Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids
| Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids | |
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| Owned by | MTV Networks, a division of Viacom (1999–2007; 2009 for Dish Network customers only) |
| Slogan | Your Games, Your Sports |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles |
| Replaced by | TeenNick |
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Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids (stylized as Nick GaS and commonly known as Nick Gas) was an American cable television network that was part of MTV Networks's suite of digital cable channels. The channel was available to all digital cable providers and satellite provider Dish Network. With its focus on classic Nickelodeon game shows (all of which had been removed from the parent network by 2000), Nick GAS was essentially a children's version of (and Viacom's answer to) Game Show Network, which launched on December 1, 1994.
The VP/General Manager of the network was Nickelodeon executive Mark Offitzer, producer of numerous Nick specials including the Kids Choice Awards. Summer Sanders was named on-air Commissioner of the network; Dave Aizer (1999–2003) and Vivianne Collins (1999–2003) were the network's original on-air hosts, with Mati Moralejo (2001–05) joining soon after and later on Nadine (2004) and George (2004) separately during commercials.
Nick GAS originally launched as a 1-hour block on Nickelodeon on November 8, 1998, featuring game & sports-related shows like Wild & Crazy Kids, Guts and Figure It Out. The block was removed from Nickelodeon's schedule in the Fall of 2002.
Nick GAS launched on March 1, 1999, and its programming primarily consisted of children's game shows and sports-related programs from Nickelodeon, its parent network. This included shows such as Guts, all versions of Double Dare from 1986 onward, and Figure It Out (which ended its run on the parent network nine months after GAS's launch).
Nick GAS also produced its own original programming, such as Play to Z, Gamefarm and Splash TV. GAS also featured original blocks Camp GAS during the summer, Double Dare Double Play (both removed in 2004), and Pumping GAS (removed in 2005).
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