This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2005.

Shows

Series premieres

Original shows

• January 9: Zoey 101
• February 21: Avatar: The Last Airbender
• May 16: Martin Mystery
• July 9: Catscratch
• August 22: Go, Diego, Go! (Noggin, sneak peek)
• September 6: Go, Diego, Go! (Nickelodeon, official; started airing regularly on September 26)
• September 12: Jack's Big Music Show
• September 23: Mighty Bug 5
• November 4: South of Nowhere
• November 25: The X's

Syndicated shows

• January 1: 64 Zoo Lane
• January 24: Murphy Brown
• February 7: My Dad the Rockstar
• March 29: Chasing Farrah
• June 21
  • Growing Pains (started airing regularly on February 12, 2007)
  • Moonlighting
• June 22
  • Kate and Allie
  • Benson
• June 23: Night Court
• July 1: Instant Star
• July 23: The Jeff Foxworthy Show
• August 2: Hi-Jinks
• December 18: 6teen

Season premieres

• January 24: My Life as a Teenage Robot, season 2 (Officially)
• February 14: The Fairly OddParents, season 5
• April 2: Drake & Josh, season 3
• April 30: All That, season 10
• May 6: SpongeBob SquarePants, season 4
• June 10: Danny Phantom, season 2
• September 10: Zoey 101, season 2

Season finales

• September 23: Instant Star, season 1

Series finales

• February 11: Oobi, three seasons
• February 20: Miracle's Boys, one season
• October 7: Girls v. Boys, four seasons
• October 18: A Walk in Your Shoes, three seasons
• October 22: All That (returned on June 15, 2019 for Season 11)

Specials

• April 23: Nickelodeon's All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special, hosted by Frankie Muniz
• June 10: The Fairly OddParents: "School's Out!: The Musical"
• July 29: Danny Phantom: "Reign Storm"
• August 12: My Life as a Teenage Robot: "Escape From Cluster Prime"
• September 16: Danny Phantom: "The Ultimate Enemy"
• November 4: South of Nowhere: "Secret Truths"
• November 4: Dora the Explorer: "Dora's World Adventure"

Programming blocks

• January 29: SNICK ends.

International series

• January 28: Pocoyo premiered on Clan TVE in Spain (the show would soon arrive to the Nick Jr. Channel in 2011).
• July: Hi-5: Series 6 premiered on Nick Jr. in Australia.
• Hi-5: Series 4 premiered on Nickelodeon in Philippines.
• November 16: Postman Pat (2003) got it's French debut

Network departures

• September 25: Whoopi's Littleburg airs for the last time on Noggin
• October 18: A Walk in Your Shoes airs for the last time on Noggin
• Mr. Men and Little Miss (Netherlands) via Nickelodeon
• December 26: Little People (Netherlands) via Nickelodeon

Movies

Theatrical

• May 13: Mad Hot Ballroom
• November 23: Yours, Mine & Ours

Video games

• September 8: Danny Phantom: The Ultimate Enemy
• September 19: Tak: The Great Juju Challenge
• October 27: Nicktoons Unite!
• InteracTV
  • Dora the Explorer: ¡Rápido, Tico!
  • Dora the Explorer: Mixed-Up Seasons
  • Nickelodeon Triple Play

Books

• January 25
  • The Great Snail Race
  • SpongeBob's Easter Parade
  • Timmy's Eggs-Ray Vision
  • UFO!
• March 22: Bikini Bottom Riddles
• May 17: Timmy Turner, Action Hero!
• June 28
  • Ask Angelica!
  • Coolest Girl in School
  • Cookie Crisis!
  • Singin' the Blues
  • Welcome to Fifth Grade!
• July 28: The Nick Dictionary
• August 9: Chuckie's Ghost
• September: Boys vs. Girls
• October: Stage Fright
• October 4: The Finster Who Stole Christmas
• Dora the Explorer: Dora's Art Adventure
• Dora the Explorer: The Gingerbread Boy
• SpongeBob SquarePants: The Never-Ending Stay
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Bad Luck Day

Home video releases

• January 4: SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple VHS & DVD
• January 11
  • All Grown Up!: All Grown Up and Loving It VHS & DVD
  • Dora the Explorer: Catch the Stars VHS & DVD
• January 18: The Fairly OddParents: Timmy's Top Wishes VHS & DVD
• January 25: Blue's Room: It's Hug Day! VHS & DVD
• March 1:
  • Max & Ruby: Springtime for Max & Ruby VHS & DVD
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie VHS & DVD
• March 22: Dora the Explorer: Big Sister Dora VHS & DVD
• April 5
  • As Told By Ginger: Far From Home VHS & DVD
  • All Grown Up!: Interview with a Campfire VHS & DVD
• April 12: Invader Zim: House Box Set DVD set
• April 19: Blue's Room: Beyond Your Wildest Dreams! VHS & DVD
• May 3: Dora the Explorer: It's a Party VHS & DVD
• May 17
  • The Adventures of Pete & Pete: Season 1 DVD
  • Clarissa Explains It All: Season 1 DVD
• May 24
  • Nick Picks: Volume 1 DVD
  • Nick Jr. Favorites: Volume 1 DVD
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Fear of a Krabby Patty VHS & DVD
• June 14: The Fairly OddParents: School's Out!: The Musical VHS & DVD
• July 16: The Ren & Stimpy Show: Season Three and a Half-Ish DVD
• July 19: Dora the Explorer: Super Babies VHS & DVD
• July 26: All Grown Up!: Dude, Where's My Horse? VHS & DVD
• August 2: Blue's Room: Alphabet Power! VHS & DVD
• August 16: LazyTown: LazyTown's New Superhero VHS & DVD
• August 30:
  • The Backyardigans: It's Great to be a Ghost! VHS & DVD
  • Max & Ruby: Max & Ruby's Halloween VHS & DVD
  • The Fairly OddParents: Scary Godparents VHS & DVD
• September 6: Rugrats Tales from the Crib: Snow White VHS & DVD
• September 20
  • The Ren & Stimpy Show: Season Five and Some More of Four DVD
  • SpongeBob SquarePants: Absorbing Favorites VHS & DVD
• September 27: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 3rd Season DVD
• October 4
  • Blue's Room: Holiday Wishes DVD
  • Nick For the Holidays! DVD box set
• October 11
  • All Grown Up!: R.V. Having Fun Yet? VHS & DVD
  • Dora the Explorer: Dora's Dance to the Rescue VHS & DVD
• October 18:
  • Nick Picks: Volume 2 DVD
  • Nick Jr. Favorites: Volume 2 DVD
• November 1: The Adventures of Pete and Pete: Season 2 DVD
• November 8: The Backyardigans: The Snow Fort VHS & DVD
• November 15: SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? VHS & DVD

Nickelodeon character debuts

• Go, Diego, Go!: Baby Jaguar, Alicia, Click, Rescue Pack, Bobo Brothers
• The Fairly OddParents: Flappy Bob and Big Daddy
• Mighty Bug 5: Jason, Antny, Lizzy, Catybug, Parnell and Mr. Big snail
• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Aang, Katara, Sokka, Zuko, Iroh, Zhao, Azula, Ozai
• SpongeBob SquarePants: Carl the Manager
• Catscratch: Gordon Quid, Waffle, Mr. Blik
• The X's: Tucker. X, Trudy X, Tuesday X, Truman X
• Danny Phantom: Angela Foley, Maurice Foley, Pamela Manson, Jeremy Manson, Guys in White, Wulf, Clockwork, Bullet, Behemoth, Freakshow, Lydia, Goliath, Elastica, Green Kid, Nightmerica, Terminatra, Femalien, Youngblood, Pariah Dark, Dark Danny, Ghost Writer
• Dora the Explorer: Guillermo and Isabella Márquez

People

Births

• Mateo Castel (actor on The Really Loud House)
• Angela Malhotra (actress and writer on Pinky Malinky and The Loud House)
• January 8: Collin Dean (voice actor on The Loud House)
• January 9
  • Gunnar Sizemore (actor on The Adventures of Kid Danger, Shimmer and Shine, Lucky, The Loud House and The Casagrandes)
  • Savannah La Rain (actress in Dora and the Lost City of Gold)
• January 11: Christian Distefano (voice actor on PAW Patrol, Top Wing, and Corn and Peg)
• January 20: Carter Thorne (voice actor on PAW Patrol)
• January 28: Alaya High (actress on That Girl Lay Lay)
• February 2: Jonah Wineberg (voice actor on Top Wing and Abby Hatcher)
• February 5: Mila Brener (actress and TV personalist on Shimmer and Shine and Mutt & Stuff)
• March 14: Aiden Lewandowski (voice actor in Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie)
• March 26: Ella Anderson (actress on Henry Danger, The Fairly OddParents, The Adventures of Kid Danger, One Crazy Cruise, A Fairly Odd Summer, and All That (2019))
• April 6: Lucas Kalechstein (actor on Top Wing and Mike the Knight)
• April 7: Nathan Janak (film actor on Drama Club, All That (2019), and Henry Danger)
• May 1: Luca Diaz (actor on Transformers: Earthspark and Erin & Aaron)
• May 5: Gabrielle Nevaeh Green (actress on All That (2019), Danger Force, and That Girl Lay Lay, voice actor on Monster High, panelist on Unfiltered and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
• May 11: Shayle Simons (actor on PAW Patrol, Corn & Peg, and Abby Hatcher)
• May 12: Ava Acres (voice actress on Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness)
• May 18: Ryan Alessi (actor and comedian on All That (2019) and guest star in The All-Star Nickmas Spectacular)
• June 14: Tamara Smart (actor on Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019))
• June 25: Kylie Cantrall (actress, singer, songwriter and guest star at the 2024 Kids' Choice Awards)
• June 27: Isaiah Crews (actor on Side Hustle and guest star at the 2022 Kids' Choice Awards)
• June 30: Will Brisbin (voice actor in PAW Patrol: The Movie and PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie)
• July 12: Issac Ryan Brown (actor on Sam & Cat, The Thundermans, and Bubble Guppies and singer on Face's Music Party)
• July 13: Kyle Harrison Breitkopf (actor on Rusty Rivets, Mutt and Stuff, and Corn & Peg)
• July 17: Lilly Bartlam (voice actress on PAW Patrol)
• July 18: Mariel Sheets (actress on The Loud House and The Adventures of Kid Danger)
• July 22: Israel Johnson (actor and guest star at the 2023 Kids' Choice Awards)
• July 25: Pierce Gagnon (actor on The Loud House)
• August 6: Jay Gragnani (voice actor on The Loud House, Bubble Guppies, and Shimmer and Shine)
• August 8: Kitana Turnbull (voice actress on Adventures in Wonder Park and Shimmer and Shine)
• August 22: Macy Drouin (voice actress on Abby Hatcher)
• September 3: Nathan Arenas (voice actor on Glitch Techs)
• September 18: Ben Daon (actor on The Astronauts)
• September 20: Jason Drucker (child actor on Every Witch Way)
• October 5: Jessica Mikayla (actress and voice actress on Mr. Crocodile)
• November 3: Lara Raj (singer at the 2025 Kids' Choice Awards)
• December 24: Jaxon Mercey (voice actor on PAW Patrol, Abby Hatcher, and Little Charmers)
• December 30: Brady Noon (actor in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and guest star at the 2023 and 2024 Kids' Choice Awards)

Deaths

• February 20: Hunter S. Thompson (actor on The Adventures of Pete and Pete)
• April 22: Paul Beard (animator on Blue's Clues, Blue's Room, and Wonder Pets!)
• May 17: Frank Gorshin (actor on Are You Afraid of the Dark? and voice actor on The Ren & Stimpy Show)
• May 21: Howard Morris (voice actor on All Grown Up! and The Wild Thornberrys)
• August 4: Ileen Getz (actress on Hey Arnold!)
• August 23: Brock Peters (actor in The Wild Thornberrys Movie)
• September 1: Nikki Tilroe (actress and dancer on Today's Special)
• October 6: Ray Bumatai (voice actor on Rocket Power and The Wild Thornberrys)
• October 21: Tara Correa-McMullen (actress on Zoey 101)
• October 23: William Hootkins (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters)
• November 24: Pat Morita (actor on The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo and voice actor on SpongeBob SquarePants)
• December 25: Vernon Roberts (actor on Drake & Josh)
• December 26: Vincent Schiavelli (voice actor on Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and in Hey Arnold!: The Movie)

Business

• March 9: Nickelodeon Family Suites by Holiday Inn or The Nick Hotel officially opens in Orlando.
• April 30: Nickelodeon Studios closes down for Blue Man Group and Sharp Aquos Theater.
• August 12: most of Nick at Night's time is lost due to Talpa.
• September 12: Nickelodeon relaunched in Germany
• November 1: Nick GaS automates their programming, putting six shows in permanent looping timeslot.

Events

• September 23: NickToons was renamed as Nicktoons Network.

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