SNICK
| SNICK | |
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| Genre | Programming block |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 120 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | Nickelodeon |
| Original release | August 15, 1992 – August 28, 2004, August 17, 2013 on The '90s Are All That |
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| Followed by |
TEENick (2004–2009) |
SNICK (short for Saturday Night Nickelodeon) was a two-hour programming block on the American cable television network Nickelodeon, geared toward older (preteen to teen) audiences, that ran from August 15, 1992 until August 28, 2004. It was aired on Saturdays starting at 8 p.m and ending at 10 p.m. ET. In 2004, SNICK was revamped as the Saturday night edition of TEENick. Nickelodeon continues to run a Saturday night programming block today, though since the TEENick name was removed from the lineup in February 2009, the block no longer goes by any name.
The block debuted on Saturday, August 15, 1992, with a pair of Sunday favorites (the teen sitcom Clarissa Explains It All and the Nicktoon The Ren & Stimpy Show) and the network premieres of Roundhouse (a musical comedy variety series) and Are You Afraid of the Dark? (a horror fantasy drama anthology series).
Ads and bumpers for SNICK featured the programming block's "mascot," dubbed "The Big Orange Couch," in several locales, including in front of the Midnight Society's campfire, Ren and Stimpy's house, the Roundhouse, and in various locations. It was retired in June 1999, when the iconic couch, stuffed with $25,000 and 6000 cookies, was given away in a contest celebrating Nickelodeon's 20 years on television. In 2006, one of Nickelodeon's celebrities would take over Nickelodeon from Monday to Friday, sitting on the Big Orange Couch.
The following are the shows aired during SNICK for the year listed. Although these are the standard shows aired, some days would see variation in the SNICK line-up.
1992-1993:
1993 to mid-Summer 1994:
1994-1996:
Early 1996-Spring 1996:
Spring 1996-Fall 1996
Fall 1996-Early 1997
Early-Fall 1997
August–November 1997:
1997-1998:
1998-1999:
November 1998:
Early 1999-late 1999:
All these shows aired from 8 p.m.-10 p.m. ET (though the schedule was briefly extended to 8-10:30 p.m. ET in the summer of 1994) with the ending having the big orange couch and above that a clock counting down until next week's broadcast.
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