Nickelodeon has shown many acclaimed television programs for broadcast since its 1979 founding. Here is an incomplete list of the shows that have made this network so famous.
Animated
- Action League NOW: The Series
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
- The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Adventures of the Little Koala
- The Adventures of Tintin
- All Grown Up!
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
- The Angry Beavers
- Animaniacs
- As Told by Ginger
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Bananaman
- Belle and Sebastian
- Beetlejuice
- Butt-Ugly Martians - Slam
- Cartoon Kablooey
- CatDog
- Catscratch
- ChalkZone
- Corneil and Bernie
- Count Duckula
- Danger Mouse
- Danny Phantom
- David the Gnome
- Doug
- The Elephant Show
- Eureeka's Castle
- The Fairly OddParents
- Garfield and Friends
- George of the Jungle
- Gumby
- Hey Arnold!
- Heathcliff
- Inspector Gadget
- Invader Zim - Slam
- Jim Henson's Muppet Babies
- Kablam!
- Kaput and Zösky
- The Littl' Bits
- The Little Prince
- Looney Tunes
- Martin Mystery
- Mapletown
- Maya the Bee
- Men In Black: The Series - Slam
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Mysterious Cities of Gold
- Nicktoons Film Festival
- Noozles
- Oh Yeah! Cartoons
- Pinky and the Brain
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- Rocket Power
- Rocko's Modern Life
- Rocky and Bullwinkle
- Rugrats
- Speed Racer X - Slam
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
- Super Duper Sumos - Slam
- Tiny Toon Adventures
- Underdog
- The Wild Thornberrys
- Yakkity Yak
- You're On Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown?
- Yu-Gi-Oh! (Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters in Japan - Aired in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Latin America versions of Nickelodeon)
- Yvon of the Yukon - AAC Kids
- On non-English versions:
- Juanito Jones - Latin America
- Spider-Man - Latin America
Anthology
Educational
Game show
Live action
- 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
- The Adventures of Pete & Pete
- Allegra's Window
- Animorphs
- Caitlin's Way
- Clarissa Explains It All
- Cousin Skeeter
- Drake & Josh
- The Elephant Show
- Fifteen
- Fred Penner's Place
- Hey Dude
- The Journey of Allen Strange
- Kenan & Kel
- Land of the Lost
- My Brother and Me
- The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
- Noah Knows Best
- Romeo!
- Sabrina the Teenage Witch
- Salute Your Shorts
- Space Cases
- The Secret World of Alex Mack
- Today's Special
- The Tomorrow People
- Unfabulous
- Welcome Freshmen
- Zoey 101
Nick Jr.
- Adventures of the Little Koala
- Allegra's Window
- Babar
- Blue's Clues
- Bob the Builder
- The Busy World of Richard Scarry
- David the Gnome
- Dora the Explorer
- Eureeka's Castle
- Fred Penner's Place
- Franklin
- Gullah Gullah Island
- Lazy Town
- Littl' Bits
- Little Bill
- Maggie and the Ferocious Beast
- Max & Ruby
- Maya the Bee
- The Muppet Show
- Nick Jr. Rocks
- Noozles
- Oswald
- Papa Beaver's Storytime
- Rubbadubbers
- Rupert
- The Tweenies
- Whoopi's Littleburg
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
Other
Variety
Specials
(plot description in parenthesis)
- Channel Chasers (Timmy Turner has a magic remote control, and is surfing through various channels FOP-style)
- The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour (Timmy Turner wishes himself into Jimmy Neutron's lab, while Jimmy Neutron somehow finds himself in Dimsdale)
- SpongeBob's House Party
- SpongeBob B.C. (Before Comedy) (What SpongeBob etc. might well have looked like in prehistoric times)
- SpongeBob SquarePants Lost Episode (A gimmick to promote the airing of the SB ep "The Sponge Who Could Fly")
- Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies (Jimmy visits an asteroid where he brings back cute aliens called Twonkies that mutate when they hear music)
- Jimmy Neutron: Rescue Jet Fusion (Jimmy's favorite actor, the titular Jet Fusion, is also a secret agent who happens to need rescuing)
- Jimmy Neutron: The Eggpire Strikes Back (Self-explanatory, featuring the villains from the film that started it all)
- Jimmy Neutron: The League of Villians (Goobot, the Yolkian king, returns, but this time he has formed a group of Jimmy's arch enemies)
- Fairly Oddparents BIG Superhero Wish (Timmy and the gang as comic book-style superheroes and supervillains)
- Fairly Oddparents: Crash Nebula
- Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose & KABOOM! (Jimmy and the gang are on some alien game show... guest starring Alyssa Milano and Tim Allen)
- Rocket Power: Island of the Menehune (The RP gang goes to Hawaii)
- Rugrats: All Growed Up - (Rugrats' 10th anniversary episode... the gang prepares to go to a concert)
Award show
Movies
- Clockstoppers (2002)
- Father Knows Best (2005)
- Good Burger (1997)
- Harriet the Spy (1996)
- Hey Arnold: The Movie (2002) [animated]
- Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002) [animated]
- Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
- Rugrats Go Wild! (2003) [animated]
- Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000) [animated]
- The Rugrats Movie (1998) [animated]
- Snow Day (2000)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) [animated]
- The Wild Thornberrys Movie (2002) [animated]
Summer marathons
- Nick in the Afternoon - Until 1999
- Henry & June's Nicktoon Summer Jam - 1999 only
- SpongeBob's Nicktoon Summer Splash - 2000 - 2001
- Nicktoons Summer Beach House - 2002 - 2003
- Nickelodeon SLAM! - 2002 only
- Nicktoon Movie Summer - So far 2004 only
- SPLAT - So far 2004 only