The Casagrandes debut in The Loud House's second season.
The Legend of Korra returns in comic book form...
...and so do Rugrats...
...and Rocko's Modern Life.
This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations, endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 2017.
Original shows
Series premieres
- Original shows
- January 16: Bunsen Is a Beast
- January 30: Ride
- February 6: Nella the Princess Knight
- March 11: Hunter Street
- June 10: Sunny Day (Nick Jr. Channel sneak peek)
- July 7: Sunny Day (Nickelodeon)
- July 16: The Dude Perfect Show
- July 24: Welcome to the Wayne
- August 28: Mysticons
- September 4: I Am Frankie
- October 15: Lip Sync Battle Shorties (pilot/special aired on December 11, 2016)
- November 6: Top Wing
- Acquired shows
Season premieres
- January 7: Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Season 3
- February 6: PAW Patrol, Season 4
- March 19: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Season 5
- May 5: Shimmer and Shine, Season 3
- June 24: SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 11
- July 8: School of Rock, Season 3
- October 21: Henry Danger, Season 4
- November 13: Paradise Run, Season 3
Season finales
- February 20: SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 9
- April 14: Blaze and the Monster Machines, season 2
- December 1: The Loud House, season 2
- December 2: SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 10
Series finales
- February 5: Dora and Friends: Into the City!, two seasons (Nick Jr. Channel)
- April 2: Jagger Eaton's Mega Life, one season
- June 23: Rabbids Invasion, three seasons
- July 26: The Fairly OddParents, ten seasons (NickToons)
- September 9: Wallykazam!, two seasons (Nick Jr. Channel)
- November 1: Mutt & Stuff, two seasons
- November 12: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, five seasons
- December 29: Harvey Beaks, two seasons (NickToons)
Specials
- March 11: 2017 Kids' Choice Awards
- May 29-October 26: Blaze and the Monster Machines: "Wild Wheels"
- July 13 (taped)/July 16 (aired): 2017 Kids' Choice Sports
- October 14: Nickelodeon's Ultimate Halloween Haunted House 2017
- November 25: Danger Games
Network departures
- February 20: Bunsen Is a Beast airs for the only time on TeenNick
- March 9: Dino Dan airs for the last time on the Nick Jr. Channel
- April 13: Power Rangers Jungle Fury airs for the last time on NickToons
- June 30: Rabbids Invasion airs for the last time on NickToons
- August 20: KaBlam! airs for the last time on TeenNick
- September 21: Welcome to the Wayne airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
- September 22: Bella and the Bulldogs airs for the last time on NickToons
- October 14: Bunsen Is a Beast airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
- November 12: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles airs for the last time on Nickelodeon
Programming blocks
- February 25: Saturday Morning Hang Zone with Lincoln Loud begins
- March 23: Saturday Morning Hang Zone with Lincoln Loud ends
- May 1: The Splat is renamed NickSplat
- June 3: Do the New Saturday Mornings begins
- June 24: Do the New Saturday Mornings ends
Non-original shows
- Network debuts
- February 23: Sun Records
- March 18: The After Party
- April 2: Nobodies
- September 18: The Goldbergs
- December 6: Two and a Half Men
- December 15: Thomas & Friends
Movies
Theatrical
Made-for-TV
- January 16: Rufus 2
- October 9: Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library
- November 24: Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie
- December 2: Tiny Christmas
Comics
- February 7: Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South: Part 2
- February 21: Nickelodeon Pandemonium #2
- February 28: Harvey Beaks #3: More Than Meets the Eye
- May 9
- July 25: The Fairly Odd Phantom comic[1]
- August 8
- October 18: Boom! Studios began publishing a new Rugrats comic book[2]
- November 7: Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South
- November 21: The Loud House #2: There Will Be More Chaos
- December 6: Boom! Studios began publishing a new Rocko's Modern Life comic book[3]
Albums
DVD releases
- February 21: Blaze and the Monster Machines: Race Into Velocityville
- March 1: SpongeBob SquarePants: SeaSide Story (Australia)
- March 7: Paw Patrol: Pups Save the Bunnies
- March 15: SpongeBob SquarePants: SeaSide Story (Belgium Netherlands)
- March 21: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder
- April 11: Monster Trucks
- April 25: Nickelodeon 6-Movie Collection (box set)
- May 2
- Rugrats: Season 1
- Rugrats: Season 2
- May 16: Bubble Guppies: Super Guppies
- May 23: The Loud House: Welcome to the Loud House (Season 1, Volume 1)
- August 1: The Secret World of Alex Mack: The Complete Series
- September 6: SpongeBob SquarePants: Factory Fresh (Belgium Netherlands Italy)
- September 12: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Wanted: Bebop & Rocksteady
- October 10: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Ninth Season
- November 14: Albert
- December 5: Rusty Rivets
- December 12: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Final Chapters
Streaming
- January 4: 54 more episodes of Teletubbies are added to Noggin.
- January 12: Trucktown is added to Noggin.
- February 3: A Valentine's Day playlist is added to Noggin.
- February 17: 13 more episodes of Pocoyo Planet are added to Noggin.
- March 4: A birthday playlist is added to celebrate Noggin's second birthday.
- March 8: Yo Gabba Gabba! (season 1) is added to Noggin.
- March 24: A Spring playlist is added to Noggin.
- April 12: Season 2 of Go, Diego, Go! is added to Noggin.
- May 4: 52 more episodes of Teletubbies are added to Noggin.
- May 11: More episodes of The Backyardigans are added to Noggin.
- May 24: Twirlywoos is added to Noggin.
- May 31: Blaze and the Monster Machines, Team Umizoomi, and Bubble Guppies are added to Noggin.
- June 1: Play-along videos are added to select shows on Noggin, such as Blaze and the Monster Machines and Team Umizoomi.
- June 29: A Summer playlist is added to Noggin.
- July 19: Tickety Toc is added to Noggin.
- July 26: 5 more play-along videos are added to Noggin.
- August 3: More Blaze and the Monster Machines episodes and play-along videos are added to Noggin.
- August 16: More Little Bear episodes are added to Noggin.
- August 24: 40 more episodes of Miffy and Friends are added to Noggin.
- August 31: The first few seasons of Dora the Explorer are added to Noggin, as well as an Off to School playlist.
- September 14: More episodes of Teletubbies are added.
- September 20: The Noggin app celebrates 1,000 episodes.
- September 28: More play-along videos are added.
- October 4: Zack & Quack is added to Noggin.
- October 19: More episodes of Team Umizoomi are added, plus new play-along videos.
- October 26: More episodes of Gullah Gullah Island are added to Noggin.
- November 2: More episodes of Blaze and the Monster Machines are added, plus new play-along videos.
- November 9: A My Family playlist is added to Noggin.
- November 16: Peppa Pig is added to Noggin.
- December 7: More episodes of Bubble Guppies are added, plus new play-along videos.
- December 14: More episodes of Go, Diego, Go! are added to Noggin.
Podcasts
- September 18: Listen Out Loud premieres
Events
- December: SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical opens on Broadway
Nickelodeon character debuts
- The Loud House: Maria Santiago, Rosa Casagrande, Hector Casagrande, Carlos Casagrande, Frida Puga Casagrande, Carlota Casagrande, CJ Casagrande, Carl Casagrande, Carlitos Casagrande, Sam Sharp, Chaz, Benny Stein, Wilbur Huggins, Cheryl Farrell, Vito Filliponio, Todd
- Bunsen is a Beast: Bunsen, Mikey Munroe, Amanda Killman, Darcy, Miss Flap, Commander Cone, Beverly, Sophie Sanders, Jerk Von Handsome
- Nella the Princess Knight: Nella, Sir Garrett, Trinket, Clod
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mira
Milestone anniversaries
TV Shows
- January 7: Just Jordan - 10th
- February 3: The Naked Brothers Band - 10th
- February 4: How to Rock - 5th
- February 19: El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera - 10th
- March 22: ChalkZone - 15th
- April 14: The Legend of Korra - 5th
- April 19: The Angry Beavers - 20th
- July 20: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius - 15th
- August 4: Robot and Monster - 5th
- August 31: Tak and the Power of Juju - 10th
- September 8: iCarly - 10th
- September 28: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 5th
- September 29: Back at the Barnyard - 10th
- November 8: The Journey of Allen Strange - 20th
- November 24: Marvin Marvin - 5th
Movies
- March 29: Clockstoppers - 10th
- June 28: Hey Arnold!: The Movie - 10th
- July 25: Good Burger - 15th
- October 26: Fun Size - 5th
- December 20: The Wild Thornberrys Movie - 10th
Behind the scenes
- March 13: SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg is diagnosed with ALS.
- May 31: Bubble Guppies goes on hiatus after ending production on its fourth season; it would resume production in 2019.
- Mid-October: The Loud House creator Chris Savino is suspended from production on the show due to allegations from co-workers of harassment.
- October 19: Nickelodeon fires Chris Savino from directing a cartoon after conducting an investigation.
People
- October 19: Chris Savino (creator of The Loud House and director on The Ren and Stimpy Show, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life, and Ni Hao, Kai-Lan) gets fired due to a sexual harassment from directing a cartoon after conducting an investigation
Births
- April 27: Charlotte Ann Tucker (actress in A Loud House Christmas)
- September 13: Lainey Jane Knowles (actress in A Loud House Christmas)
Deaths
- January 10: Tony Rosato (actor, voice actor, and comedian on Pelswick)
- January 19: Miguel Ferrer (guest star on El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
- March 10: Joni Sledge (singer, songwriter, and producer on Face's Music Party)
- May 23: Brandon James (actor on Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures)
- May 31: Tino Insana (voice actor on Back at the Barnyard and Bubble Guppies)
- June 9: Adam West (guest star on Rugrats (1991), The Adventures of Pete and Pete, SpongeBob SquarePants, and The Fairly OddParents)
- July 26: June Foray (guest voice on Rugrats (1991), The Wild Thornberrys, As Told by Ginger, The Angry Beavers, and Random! Cartoons)
- July 27: Sam Shepard (actor and narrator in Charlotte's Web)
- September 15: Harry Dean Stanton (actor in Rango)
- September 26: Barry Dennen (actor and writer on Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- November 10: Ray Lovelock (actor on Mia and Me)
- December 28: Rose Marie (guest star on Hey Arnold!)
References
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