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Aug 9, 2021 · At the height of its power, Nickelodeon helped shape pop culture for almost two decades. While the network was ubiquitous for anyone who lived through the era, the way it was experienced was far...
Aug 12, 2021 · Throughout the ’90s, Nick showcased a wide variety of animation styles, yet everyone recognizes the network’s common signatures. Why?
- Justin Charity
Never thought I would find myself writing a “Why is ___ so popular?” Post but here we are... So Cave has been around forever, and he’s never really appealed to me, I just never really got into his stuff back in, what, like the 90’s.
- Nickelodeon: Cartoons
- Disney: Live-Action Shows
- Nickelodeon: Slime
- Disney: Personalities
- Nickelodeon: Game Shows
- Disney: Fashion
- Nickelodeon: Age Variety
- Disney: Crossovers
- Nickelodeon: Memeability
- Disney: Dcoms
Looking back at the shows you used to watch as a kid, you’ll notice that, if the channel was Nickelodeon, nine times out of ten, you were watching a cartoon. Whether it was SpongeBob SquarePants, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, or Danny Phantom, they thrived on Nickelodeon. Outside of some quality shows like Kim Possible and American Dragon Jake Long, t...
On the other hand, if you were looking for live-action, it was and still is easy to find on Disney Channel. From Boy Meets World to Lizzie McGuire to Hannah Montana, live-action programminghas always played a role in Disney Channel’s success. There is a reason that the term Disney Channel star exists where Nickelodeon star doesn’t. Nickelodeon had ...
Disney has had the mouse for a few dozen years, and even though Mickey Ears are a fun accessory, there was no greater thrill than watching people get slimed as a youngster. Being coated in the great green slime that many celebrities had been drenched with was the dream. RELATED: 5 Nicktoons from the '90s That Aged Well (& 5 That Didn't) Add in the ...
Weirdly enough, mass-marketed individuality was the norm for Disney Channel cast members. As mentioned earlier, the Disney Channel stars were the bread and butter for many adolescents and pre-teen youth. The hottest gossip was knowing who Miley Cyrus or Nick Jonas were dating. Obviously, looking back, we can see that this level of fandom was at the...
In 2006, the stars of Disney Channel came together to participate in the Disney Channel Games. While it was fun, it was much more about watching famous teens exercise. Nickelodeon, on the other hand, has been running game shows like Double Dare, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and BrainSurgesince the ‘80s. The premise of these shows was to be watered...
Along the same lines as the television personalities of Disney Channel, one of the biggest drawing factors was the classic late-90s to mid-2000s looks that appeared both on Disney Channel and in its star’s personal lives. Even going as far back as Britney Spears for clothing references, it is easy to see just how tween to teen styles were shaped by...
While Disney Channel was aimed particularly at 12 to 15-year-olds, Nickelodeon seemingly went out of its way to make its content welcoming to people of all ages. Childish aesthetics covered all of their shows, but the themes and content could range from a simple fart joke to slightly disguised adult jokesyou’d normally find in an R-rated movie. The...
While this entry could be fully explained with the title That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana, anyone not familiar with the clash of titans that was the crossover episodes is missing out on cultural greatness. It should be noted that, while Nickelodeon did have the Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour series of crossovers for Fairly Odd Parents and Jimmy Neutr...
“Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?” is a simple question that millions of people today can answer, even without having seen the show. The reason for tis is that Nickelodeon shows have an inherent Memeability to them. Several popular memes outside of the hundreds of SpongeBob SquarePantsones feature Nickelodeon properties. This is probably bec...
We all knew this was the ultimate reason that Disney Channel wins over Nickelodeon time and time again. Disney Channel Original Movies, or DCOMs, truly shaped millennial lives in a way that Nickelodeon could only dream of. These movies actually became a major selling point of the recently launched Disney+ service as most of them were unavailable on...
- Nicholas Howe
Primary demographic target: Generation X/Xennials/Early Millennials. And here we've arrived at the classic Golden Age of Nickelodeon, the legendary era that many older people here remember and younger people discuss in nostalgic hushed whispers.
If you asked someone to show you what a 90s heartthrob looked like, they’d probably show you a picture of Nick. He epitomised the perfect male celebrity of the 90s. He was in a boyband, blonde, blue-eyed, very handsome but in a “pretty” way. This was probably why he was the most popular.
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Nov 27, 2014 · So what made Nickelodeon so great in the 90s? The main answer to that question can be found in the ideals of the team at Nick, to make television that kids actually wanted to watch and...
