Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which was launched on, as the first cable channel for children. It is owned by ViacomCBS through its domestic networks division and is based in New York City. The network's programming is primarily aimed at children and adolescents aged 2–17, while some of its program blocks target a broader family audience.

The channel was originally first tested as Channel C-3, with Pinwheel as its main program on. Pinwheel was a television series that was, at the time, only available on QUBE, which was the first two-way major market interactive cable television system, owned by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment. The channel relaunched as Nickelodeon on, and expanded to other cable providers nationwide. It was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until. Warner-Amex sold Nickelodeon, along with its sister networks MTV and VH1, to Viacom in.

, the channel is available to about 87.167 million households in the United States.

Programming
Programming seen on Nickelodeon includes animated series (such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Loud House, The Casagrandes, and It's Pony), live-action, scripted series (such as Henry Danger and All That), and original made-for-TV movies, while the network's daytime schedule is dedicated to shows targeting preschoolers (such as 44 Cats, Bubble Guppies, PAW Patrol, and Blue's Clues & You!).

A re-occurring program was bi-monthly special editions of Nick News with Linda Ellerbee, a news magazine series aimed at children that debuted in as a weekly series and ended in.