TeenNick is an American pay-TV channel that is operated by the ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks division of ViacomCBS. Aimed primarily at teenagers, its programming includes a variety of live-action series inherited from sister channel Nickelodeon, along with an overnight programming block of classic programs from the main channel known as NickRewind. The channel launched on September 28, 2009, as the merger between two defunct programming blocks which also targeted a teen audience: TEENick on Nickelodeon and The N on Noggin. Before its debut as a channel, TeenNick's space had been held by Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids (from 1999 to 2007) and a short-lived, 24-hour version of The N (from 2007 to 2009).
As of September 2018, TeenNick is available to approximately 63.314 million pay-TV households in the United States.
History[]
As programming blocks (2001–2009)[]
TeenNick is the successor to TEENick and The N, two programming blocks that aired on Nickelodeon and Noggin, respectively.
TEENick was a programming block that Nickelodeon used to air its older-skewing programs. The block launched on March 4, 2001 and lasted until September 28, 2009. TEENick aired on Sunday nights from 6 to 9 p.m. ET/PT. In 2005, it was rebroadcast on Saturday from 8 to 10 p.m. ET/PT (replacing the popular SNICK block that started in 1992). Saturday night editions were broadcast as "TEENick Saturday Night" until 2007 where it rebranded as "TEENick" for both broadcasts. The inaugural host was Nick Cannon, followed by Jason Everhart (a.k.a. "J. Boogie"). TEENick's programming mainly consisted of live-action comedies and dramas, such as True Jackson, VP, The Troop, and iCarly, as well as occasional reruns of animated shows such as All Grown Up! and My Life as a Teenage Robot.
Meanwhile, The N was a nighttime block on Noggin that launched on April 1, 2002, running from 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. ET everyday. Shows that previously aired during Noggin's time as an older-skewing service — such as A Walk in Your Shoes and Sponk! — were moved over to The N. New shows were also made for the block as well, including the news program Real Access, the game show Best Friend's Date, the animated comedy series O'Grady, and the teen drama South of Nowhere. The N was also the U.S. broadcast home of Degrassi: The Next Generation, the latest iteration of the eponymous Canadian teen drama franchise.
On August 13, 2007, Nickelodeon announced that it would shut down Nick GAS at the end of the year, with a 24-hour version of The N briefly taking over its channel space. The N's standalone network only ran for under two years, from December 31, 2007 to September 27, 2009. Upon gaining its own channel, The N began to integrate several TEENick shows into its lineup, including Drake & Josh, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, and Zoey 101.
TeenNick channel (2009–present)[]
The TeenNick channel debuted on September 28, 2009, at 6 a.m. ET, accompanied by the debut of a new logo, designed by New York-based creative director/designer Eric Zim. Nick Cannon, who previously starred in the Nickelodeon series All That and The Nick Cannon Show (and was declared in publicity materials as the "Chairman of TeenNick"), had a presence on the channel, appearing in network promotions, continuing to be associated in some way with the network until the cancellation of the TeenNick Top 10 in 2018. Several shows from TEENick and The N's program libraries were carried over to the TeenNick channel, though the majority of the programming came from TEENick's library rather than The N's.
On February 1, 2010, TeenNick began incorporating music videos into its morning and afternoon schedule on a regular basis, airing between certain programs – and effectively reducing commercial breaks within programs where a music video is to be aired afterward from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET (this had been done periodically for some time prior to that date, usually airing between 6 and 8 a.m. ET, although not every day), same thing as Nickelodeon did with programs such as iCarly, Big Time Rush, Victorious, and How to Rock. In July 2011, TeenNick began carrying programs originally filmed for high definition broadcast in a letterboxed format, due to the absence of an HD simulcast feed of the channel. After Nicktoons and Nick Jr. launched HD services in 2013, TeenNick was the only Nickelodeon-branded network without an HD simulcast network until September 2016; this remains limited to IPTV providers and some cable company mobile and digital media player apps, such as that of the companies under the Spectrum branding.
Since July 25, 2011, the TeenNick channel has aired a "retro" programming block dedicated to reruns of classic Nickelodeon series. It was inspired by a large amount of interest in Nickelodeon's past programs on social media outlets. The block was originally known as "The '90s Are All That," in reference to the sketch comedy series All That that was a fixture on Nickelodeon throughout the 1990s and 2000s. To align itself with Nickelodeon's cross-platform branding, the block was renamed three times: to "The Splat" on October 5, 2015; to "NickSplat" on May 1, 2017; and to its current name NickRewind on March 18, 2019.
NickRewind[]
NickRewind is TeenNick's late-night programming block dedicated to Nickelodeon's most popular programs, mainly from the 1990s. Originally launched on July 25, 2011 as The '90s Are All That, NickRewind operates in much the similar way as Nick at Nite, which serves as a separate identity for the overnight programming on Nickelodeon, though NickRewind is not considered its own network in Nielsen ratings due to targeting the same demographic as TeenNick. After relaunching as The Splat in 2015, the block expanded to include programming from the 1980s to early-mid 2000s. NickRewind runs nightly from 12 a.m.–6 a.m. ET/PT.