This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2001.

Shows

Series premieres

Original shows

• January 14: Taina
• January 29: Big Kids (Noggin)
• January 30: On the Team (Noggin)
• March 8: Big Kids (Nickelodeon)
• March 30
  • The Fairly OddParents
  • Invader Zim
• April 30: On the Team (Nickelodeon)
• June 17: TEENick In Concert
• August 20: Oswald
• September 10: Sponk!
• October 14: Degrassi: The Next Generation
• November 18: Action League Now! (series)

Syndicated shows (reruns)

• January 15: Bob the Builder
• February 2: Roc
• March 4: Diff'rent Strokes
• March 5: Silver Spoons
• March 7: ALF
• March 8: 227
• March 9
  • Square Pegs
• March 18: Hangin' With Mr. Cooper (aired for a brief time on Nick, but returned to Nick at Nite on January 13, 2014)
• September 3: Animaniacs
• September 23: Family Ties
• October 7: Cheers
• November 9: Butt-Ugly Martians
• December 26: Kids Say the Darndest Things

Season premieres

• April 9: Blue's Clues, season 4
• May 7: Little Bill, season 3
• October 5: SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3

Series finales

• January 6: Noah Knows Best, one season
• March 26: Big Kids, one season (Noggin)
• March 30: Big Kids, one season (Nickelodeon)
• April 24: On the Team, one season (Noggin)
• May 16: On the Team, one season (Nickelodeon)
• May 19: Cousin Skeeter, three seasons
• June 11: The Angry Beavers, four seasons

Specials

• July 21: Rugrats celebrates its 10th anniversary with the premiere of the hour-length special episode "All Growed Up". The special's premiere is followed up with the half-hour 10th anniversary retrospective documentary Still Babies After All These Years.

Season finales

• March 3: SpongeBob SquarePants, season 1
• October 15: Dora the Explorer, Season 1
• December 11: Rugrats, Season 7
• December 12: The Fairly OddParents, season 1

Blocks

• January 5: Friday Night Nicktoons premieres.
• March 4: TEENick premieres as a Sunday night counterpart to SNICK.
• August 31: Friday Night Nicktoons ends.
• September 7: Totally Twisted Telly premieres.
• December 14: Totally Twisted Telly ends.

Network departures

• August 19: Clarissa Explains it All (last episode aired on October 1, 1994)
• November 2: KaBlam! (Nickelodeon)

Movies

• December 21: Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius

Video games

• March 1: Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Musical for PlayStation
• March 14: SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula
• March 21: Rocket Power: Gettin' Air
• April 10: Rugrats: Totally Angelica for PlayStation
• June 18: Nicktoons Racing for PlayStation
• September 4: Rocket Power: Team Rocket Rescue
• September 13: Nicktoons Nick Tunes
• September 24: Rugrats: Castle Capers and SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation Krabby Patty
• October 1: The Wild Thornberrys: Chimp Chase
• October 2: Rocket Power: Extreme Arcade Games
• October 21: Rugrats: All Growed Up
• November 3: Rocket Power: Dream Scheme
• November 5: SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge
• November 7: Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius for PC
• November 9: Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius for Game Boy Advance

Albums

• August 14: SpongeBob SquarePants: Original Theme Highlights
• October 2
  • Dance And Sing! The Best of Nick Jr.
  • The Newest Nicktoons

Books

• January 1
  • Arnold's Valentine
  • Stupid Cupid
  • The World's Greatest Valentine
• February 1: Parents Day
• March 1: SpongeBob Superstar
• April 1: Tale of the Unfinished Masterpiece
• April 3
  • Brand-New Daddy
  • Prince Chuckie
• May 1
  • Have No Fear, Chuckie's Here!
  • Summer Love
• June 12
  • All Growed Up!: Next Stop... The Future!
  • Picture-Perfect Tommy
• July 1: Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
• October 1
  • Arnold's Christmas
  • Double Trouble (Rocket Power)
  • Rocket Power Joke Book
  • Rocket Report: A Trivia Book
  • The Rugrats' First Kwanzaa
  • Surf's Up!
• November 1
  • Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius (novelization)
  • Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: Movie Storybook
  • My Book of Inventions
  • No Parents Day
• December 1: Arnold's E-Files

Home video releases

• February 6
  • Blue's Clues: All Kinds of Signs VHS
  • Little Bear: Little Sherlock Bear VHS
• March 27: Rugrats in Paris: The Movie VHS & DVD
• May 1: Blue's Clues: Playtime with Periwinkle VHS
• June 5
  • Little Bear: Favorite Tales, Volume 3 VHS
  • Little Bill: Me and My Family VHS
  • Little Bill: Big Little Bill VHS
  • Little Bill: All About Little Bill, Volume 1 VHS
  • Dora the Explorer: Swing Into Action! VHS
  • Dora the Explorer: Wish on a Star VHS
  • Dora the Explorer: Adventures with Dora Volume 1 VHS
  • Blue's Clues: Big, Blue and Just for You! Volume 5 VHS
• August 7
  • Rugrats: Decade in Diapers: Volume 1 VHS
  • Rugrats: Decade in Diapers: Volume 2 VHS
  • Rugrats: All Growed Up VHS
  • Rocket Power: Maxing Out VHS
• August 21
  • Dora the Explorer: To the Rescue VHS
  • Little Bill: What I Did At School VHS
• September 4: Blue's Clues: Cafe Blue VHS
• September 25
  • Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Holiday VHS
  • Nick Jr.'s Imagine That! VHS
  • Rugrats: Kwanzaa VHS
• November 6
  • Blue's Clues: Blue's Big News, Volume 1: Read All About It! VHS
  • Blue's Clues: Blue's Big News, Volume 2: The Baby's Here! VHS
  • Little Bear: Let's Play a Game VHS

Nickelodeon character debuts

• The Fairly OddParents: Chester McBadbat, A.J., Francis, Mr. and Mrs. Turner (full bodies), Mark Chang, King Gripullon, Queen Jipjorrulac, Denzel Crocker, Geraldine Waxelplax, The Crimson Chin, Doidle, Trixie Tang, Tad and Chad, Elmer, Veronica, Mama Cosma, Cupid, Mayor of Dimmsdale, Chompy the Goat, Dr. Bender, Wendell Bender, Chet Ubetcha, Easter Bunny, The April Fool
• Invader Zim: Zim, GIR, Almighty Tallest, Dib Membrane, Gaz Membrane, Professor Membrane
• Jimmy Neutron shorts: Cindy Vortex, Sheen Estevez, Libby Folfax, Winifred Fowl, Amber, Nathan Decarlo, Courtney Tyler, Sasha Vortex, Mr. Estevez, Tina Sue, Wendall
• Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius: Nick Dean, Britney Tenelli, Butch Pakovski, Lewis, Abraham Adler, Ebenezer Wheezer, Emily Svalsbord, Farley Pakovski, Ike Wilderman, Martha Wheezer, Mr. Vortex, Mr. Folfax, Nissa Kapadopolus, Oleander Svalsbord, Poultra, Tristan, Zachary Jones
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Dirty Bubble, Man Ray, Squilliam Fancyson, Grandma SquarePants

Events

• Rugrats becomes the first (and, to date, only) Nickelodeon show to earn a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
• The Jimmy Neutron balloon debuts in the 75th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

People

• Christine Cavanaugh (voice actress on Rugrats, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Oh Yeah! Cartoons, The Wild Thornberrys, and actress on Salute Your Shorts) retires; her last episodes on Rugrats would air in the spring of 2002
• March 6: Shannon Walker Williams (actress on Blue's Clues) leaves

Births

• Drew Beasley (actor on Dora the Explorer)
• Annacheska Brown (actress and co-star on The Really Loud House)
• Allison Sanchez (writer for Middlemost Post)
• January 21: Jackson Brundage (voice actor on Harvey Beaks)
• January 31: Katherine Forrester (actress on Dino Dan and voice actress on PAW Patrol)
• February 15: Haley Tju (actress on Bella and the Bulldogs, Rufus, Rufus 2, See Dad Run, and The Thundermans, and voice actress on Monsters VS Aliens, The Loud House, Glitch Techs, Big Nate, and Middle School Moguls)
• February 21: Amarr M. Wooten (actor in Splitting Adam, Knight Squad, and Instant Mom)
• February 23: Lilla Crawford (actress on Sunny Day)
• March 25: Daniel DiVenere (actor on The Loud House)
• March 27: Cierra Russell (actress on iParty with Victorious^[1])^[2] (d. 2015)
• April 2: Ceci Balagot (actor in Monster High: The Movie)
• April 8: Kyla Rae Kowalewski (voice actress on Ni Hao, Kai-Lan)
• April 10: Ky Baldwin (singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor in Snow Day)
• April 21: Maria Quezada (actress on Talia in the Kitchen and Every Witch Way)
• April 24: Angie Wu (actress on Ni Hao, Kai-Lan)
• May 2: Anna Grace Hill (storyboard artist on The Loud House)
• May 4: Victoria Leigh (actress on Team Umizoomi)
• May 22: Emma Chamberlain (guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
• June 7: Lexi Riveria (guest star at the 2022 and 2024 Kids' Choice Awards)
• June 8
  • Owen Mason (voice actor on PAW Patrol and Butterbean's Café)
  • Tyler Murree (actor on Star Falls, Make it Pop, Blue's Clues & You!, and Max and Shred)
  • Esther Zyskind (actress on The Other Kingdom)
• June 9: Xolo Maridueña (actor on Big Nate)
• July 8: Riele Downs (actress on The Adventures of Kid Danger and Henry Danger)
• July 10: Isabela Moner (voice actress on Dora and Friends: Into the City and Rock, Paper, Scissors and actress in Dora and the Lost City of Gold, 100 Things to do Before High School, Splitting Adam, #KidsTogether: The Nickelodeon Town Hall and Legends of the Hidden Temple)
• July 24: Wyatt Griswold (voice actor on The Loud House and Big Nate)
• July 31: Sean Michael Kyer (actor in A Fairly Odd Christmas and A Fairly Odd Summer)
• August 12: Dixie D'Amelio (singer and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
• August 13: Juan Mirt (actor on Wallykazam!, Bubble Guppies, Team Umizoomi, Dora the Explorer, Harvey Beaks, and iCarly)
• August 21
  • Miles Elliot (voice actor on The Loud House and actor on Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn)
  • Dallas Liu (actor on the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series)
• August 30: Sean Ryan Fox (actor on Henry Danger and voice actor on The Loud House pilot)
• August 31: Lucius Hoyos (actor on PAW Patrol and Little Charmers)
• September 21: Ethan Estrada (singer on Every Witch Way and Talia in the Kitchen)
• October 5: Dalila Bela (actress in A Fairly Odd Christmas and A Fairly Odd Summer)
• October 12: Raymond Ochoa (actor in Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh)
• October 13: Caleb McLaughlin (actor in Dora and the Lost City of Gold)
• October 14: Thomas Langston (actor in Wallykazam!)
• October 17: Jake Beale (actor on Mike the Knight)
• November 5: Alex Hook (actress on I Am Frankie and guest star at the 2017 Kids' Choice Sports awards)
• November 22: Molly Jackson (actor on Blaze and the Monster Machines)
• December 2: Dusan Brown (actor on Blaze and the Monster Machines)
• December 5: Diego Velazquez (actor on The Thundermans)
• December 13: Haley Bird (voice actress on Peppa Pig and singer on Face's Music Party)
• December 14: Joshua Rush (actor on See Dad Run and The Loud House)
• December 16: Kai Cenet (YouTuber and guest star in Good Burger 2)
• December 18: Billie Eilish (singer-songwriter and guest star at the 2024 and 2025 Kids' Choice Awards)
• December 20: Blake Bertrand (voice actor in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, The Loud House and Shimmer and Shine)
• December 31: Alex Thorne (voice actor on PAW Patrol)

Deaths

• February 10: Lewis Arquette (actor on As Told by Ginger)
• March 8: Edward Winter (actor on The Angry Beavers)
• May 22: Whitman Mayo (actor on Kenan & Kel)
• August 23: Kathleen Freeman (voice actress on Rugrats (1991) and As Told By Ginger)
• August 25: Aaliyah (guest singer on All That)
• September 11: 2,996 people die in 9/11 attacks
• November 26: Terry King (actor in Snow Day (2000))

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