The Downfall of Nickelodeon

In this deep dive, we explore the rise and fall of one of the most iconic children's networks of all time: Nickelodeon. From its golden era of beloved shows like SpongeBob SquarePants and Rugrats to the decisions that led to its decline, we analyze the factors that contributed to Nickelodeon's downfall. Discover how changes in leadership, programming choices, and competition shaped the network's trajectory, leading to the loss of its once-dominant position in children's entertainment. Join us as we unravel the story of Nickelodeon’s glory days and its subsequent struggles. #downfall #animation #nickelodeon
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[@arnoldluthor]

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[@JonathanHeydh-vy4yw]

The mean problem In why Nickelodeon is is declining is capitalism and Corporatocracy and Plutocracy and this society and so called American culture and values

[@jayjaybulldog9180]

Nick is just a shadow of its former self nowadays with reboots and spin-offs, it sucks how they treated shows like el Tigre, Harvey beaks, teenage robot and glitch techs if they don’t reach the ratings that SpongeBob got which is plain dumb and sad. 90s and early 2000’s will always stand out as a powerhouse for the network.

[@arnoldluthor]

real

[@magnetoonproductions9541]

One way for the network to fix things are to give the creative team more freedom, stop giving cartoons bad time slots, and give them more marketing and advertising.

[@hafizh__iskandar]

If Nickelodeon acquired Adventure Time instead of Fanboy and Chum Chum, It would've been much better in 2010s

[@Walid-mk4jo]

Ehh I dont know..

[@kevinpolaan]

uh..

[@jonathanwade3882]

uhh no. it was always better this way

[@magnetoonproductions9541]

Some cartoons that didn’t make it to Nickelodeon include Teachers Pet, Pepper Ann, Grim and Evil, and Adventure Time.

[@theboykent]

i remember they did a PROMO on Nick for Sanjay & Craig in my country, DON'T EAT WHILE WATCHING IT! also in the 2010's they did a mix of new & old shows (90's - 00's) on the schedule, it died around 2017 when they canned them & focused on only new ones. same for CN they mixed new & old shows for their schedule.

[@KingYou2002]

Avatar is pretty much the Homer's Enemy of Nickelodeon.

[@arnoldluthor]

😭😭

[@arrashidikharo3404]

So glad I watch shows from the 90s and 2000s.

[@arnoldluthor]

great time to be alive🔥

[@nostalgiamostalgia0319]

I wish we still had the game shows. Nick GaS was amazing.

[@WILFORDCLUX]

Winx Club was indeed one of those few early '10s shows that were good by exception. But to be fair, this was a co-production between Nick and Rainbow, who had already laid down the groundwork with its first four seasons and two movies on their own since 2004. Nick basically redubbed that material and then co-produced seasons 5 and 6.

[@mediamuncher69]

Modern Nickelodeon is basically this now, it's either: A.) SpongeBob or SpongeBob spin off 24 hours a day. B.) 3 of the same movies (because God forbid that they show any other movie besides the 3rd SpongeBob movie, Sonic Movie 1, or Hotel Transylvania 1. I guess they can't show any other Paramount or Nick movie, I guess?) C.) Friends marathon or MORE SPONGEBOB for nick@nite. D.) Bad Nick sitcoms. E.) Nick Jr. shows all the way from 5am-3pm. And don't get me started about their other 2 channels and the bumpers they show.😮

[@gamelover7805]

Bad sitcoms are terrible thanks to Dan Schneider.

[@mediamuncher69]

@@gamelover7805 fr

[@williampj3573]

7:21 And to make Nickelodeon great again just like back at 1990s and 2000s Without gross ideas This time with fresh ideas

[@arnoldluthor]

🔥

[@poppie267]

Aaah Nickelodeon. I remember how many shows Nickelodeon got back in 2003 and 2004 in my country (The Netherlands) SpongeBob SquarePants. Winx Club. Rocket Power. CatDog. Invader Zim. Fairly Odd Parents. My Life As A Teenage Robot. The Wild Thornberrys. Aaah Real Monsters. Patatoes And Dragons. Sabrina The Animated Series. Rugrats. The New Adventures Of Lucky Luke. Girl Stuff Boy Stuff. Flatmania. Danny Phantom. Hey Arnold. Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius. Rockos Modern Life. Angry Beavers. And nowadays you got like only 6 shows. How tragic.

[@carterjames8829]

Hence why I’m watching old school Nick on Paramount+ like Danny Phantom and My life as a Teenage Robot.

[@arnoldluthor]

Danny phantom is definitely a classic

[@carterjames8829]

@@arnoldluthor I’ve also been rewatching the 2012 TMNT show. It’s so much better than I remember.

[@AdamantMudkip]

Here’s how I would fix Nickelodeon: 1: Air less SpongeBob related content. That’s pretty much all it airs now. 2: Air less Movies. I would only air 2 movies per week. One on Friday and another on Saturday. 3: Aquire some Anime. It may be a stretch, but having Pokémon or Beyblade air on Nick would be cool. 4: Make more Live-Action shows. Nick started out as purely Live-Action before the 1985 rebrand.

[@FileStorage-dt5gq]

I recommend you watch "A better schedule for Nickelodeon's main block" by Evan Rosman

[@arnoldluthor]

🔥

[@Timmy-Tury]

@@arnoldluthor Don't listen to him kept on spamming on every single Nickelodeon videos

[@G-starr13]

Nah I actually liked Sanjay and Craig, in a “so bad it’s good” way

[@xobjectstarx]

PRAYING A NEW WISH AND ROCK PAPER SCISSORS PERFORM WELL ,THEYRE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WRITING WISE 👏🏽

[@arnoldluthor]

definitely going to check it out!

[@xobjectstarx]

@@arnoldluthor SAY LESSSS

[@RomaroBrandon]

Neither Breadwinners, Robot & Monster, Sanjay & Craig were bad. If the latter was on Cartoon Network instead of Nickelodeon people would have watched it alongside Adventure Time and Regular Show while the former two could have been better for sure but they still aren't as terrible as Planet Sheen. Also there are some good episodes of Spongebob after the first movie up until Face Freeze and/or Ghost Host, which episode came first is where the show started to decline.

[@joelbarraclough6689]

Too be fair on Planet Sheen DNA Productions closed down after The Ant Bully flop hard but it doesn't excuse this spin off from being terrible and I have a theory that Nickelodeon gave lack of promotion on all these shows during the 2000s Era that they want to make SpongeBob be seen everywhere as there golden child which I thought by now he's over saturated at this point

[@johnnymarrero8011]

Um hold not all SpongeBob specials we’re bad in fact SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout was arguably the best SpongeBob special ever celebrating 20 years of SpongeBob and it was dedicated and honoring the late Stephen Hillenberg

[@rodrigomontalvo910]

Yup yup and truth or square was 100% filler

[@ucproductions5810]

This is actually really informative. Thanks for sharing.

[@Tasha-d3e]

This is soo true!!

[@FileStorage-dt5gq]

Try watching "A better schedule for Nickelodeon's main block" by Evan Rosman

[@Timmy-Tury]

Dude like stop you are like *Mocking File Storage* "Try Watching "A better schedule for Nickelodeon's main block" by Evan Rosman

[@aesthetic-moon-wave]

I can agree that SpongeBob was at its peak in Seasons 1-3, but Seasons 4 & 5 wasn't that bad either. Seasons 6-8 was pile of garbage. Seasons 9-onwards is mixed for me. It's either hit or miss. The first 3 SpongeBob movies were good (tho i didn't like how Movie 3 contradicts events from the show) The spin-offs Kamp Koral, The Patrick Star Show, & Saving Bikini Bottom is another pile of garbage.

[@Kosmaco]

Thoughts on pinky malinky?

[@arnoldluthor]

I remember watching a few episodes when it first aired, i’m ngl personally thought it would have performed better if it was released within the period of 2009 - 2013, but it wasn’t a bad show in general. That’s just my opinion.

[@oreoloki8872]

Hey Arnold 👋

[@arnoldluthor]

hi 👋🏽

[@juliejulie7095]

I blame Fanboy and Chumchum for bringing downfall to the network since then

[@kelyann-poe-donothackanddi1158]

Spongebob was very only good for me real

[@teddsthedog]

Hey, Arnold! *plays the Hey Arnold! theme song*

[@arnoldluthor]

😂

[@anthonywhite9178]

I feel like you missed an entire section of live shows that have also sunk the network. I mean, The Thundermans, Nicky, Dicky, Sam, and Dawn, Henry Danger. These shows have also played a big part in Nickelodeon not being the giant it was in the past

[@emiliaallen8308]

Henry danger is not even bad its pretty funny

[@kieranstark7213]

If ElectricDragon505 (and Benzie Johnson and their fans, for that matter) dares dislike this like “It’s for kids” as the “Cuties” (and “Velma”, and of course, Dan Schneider, for that matter, which really does feel like a modern Nicktoon) defender he turned out to be… P. S. You look like a “Boondocks” character! How was your date with the Health Inspector (whom if I could show him as a puppet played by Rick Carter aka “Ricky Shucks” from Animonster’s “Your Favourite Martian: The Series” and “Powerhouse” in one of my future shows “The Kieran Glen Harris Stark” Show by “SteveGreeneComedy (the guy who played Axel Chains in YFMTS and the main characters in “Dino Yacht Club” also by Animonster and might eventually play Virgil Manden, twin brother of Chad Manden. Get it? He’s a Chad because he has extra THICC thighs and big muscles and looks like his actor James Maslow) & James Maslow Productions”?) :)

[@Childishju]

Hey, just subscribed. Great work on the video! I make similar content and Your editing is really good! Nicks been in a bad place for a little while, it’s just unfortunate. Almost as unfortunate as those college STDs

[@arnoldluthor]

feels amazing to get support from other channels, I love the videos on your channel, keep up the good work. I subscribed as well, you definitely have my support.

[@JulianneWright-zm3qd]

And to think the creator of Bob’s Burgers was the one behind that piece of garbage!

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

I don’t even see this as a downfall. I’d say 2006-08 Feel like the first downfall, and then 2008-2013 was sorta of like a Bronze Age… whereas 2013-2018 was more of a Controversial Era, and 2019-2022 was somewhat of a Dark Age, and 2023 Onwards is just the current era we’re living.

[@arnoldluthor]

I really like this angle you coming from, amazing point of view 🔥🔥

[@BlillCipher]

2:10 You mean Fanboy and Chum Chum since it came out before Planet Sheen?

[@stanleymays2710]

Woke is also hurting them also !

[@GrouchMan21]

I'm just gonna say this: The Loud House was and still is Nick's best show. Ignore the idiots in the fanbase. I've been trying to rid the fandom of them for YEARS. And To my fellow 90's kids: LEARN TO SHARE THE DAMN SPOTLIGHT FOR ONCE! Your era of Nick isn't all that matters!

[@iliyas6805]

they should air gumball and regular show

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

They air reruns on Cartoon Network, even though that channel barely has new shows anymore.

[@Timmy-Tury]

*Mocking File Storage* "Try Watching "A better schedule for Nickelodeon's main block" by Evan Rosman

[@Itsjaylen_nations]

In my opinion, loud house is the best show

[@arnoldluthor]

valid

[@Itsjaylen_nations]

@@arnoldluthor I like your vids

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

Spongebob and Loud House are the only shows keeping Nickelodeon alive. Other shows like Its Pony, Welcome To The Wayne, Middlemost Post, Harvey Beaks get cancelled too fast. Nickelodeon: If it's not Spongebob...cancel it.

[@rodrigomontalvo910]

@@HyperSonicXtremedisagree. Nick doesn’t care about tlh and the lack of reruns since last year says a lot. They’ll cancel the show soon. Nick loves sb more tbh.

[@regeansdubois6160]

@@HyperSonicXtremeI love both SpongeBob SquarePants and The Loud House season’s 1 , 2, and 3 they’re a best especially for season one of the loud house is rated (TV-G) and SpongeBob season 1-3 rated (TV-Y)

[@HyperSonicXtreme]

Nickelodeon All SpongeBob 24/7 with some Sonic, SpongeBob, Boss Baby, Hotel Transylvania movies… and Loud House.

[@rodrigomontalvo910]

they don’t care about tlh. Reruns don’t exist anymore.

[@AnimatedJaden460]

the last good show for me was the the loud house and that was 2017 i miss the old nickelodeon

[@That_1Pumpkin]

2016* and I don’t blame you

[@HKG4]

New Wish is pretty good so far

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

And from what I’ve seen, Big Nate and Transformers Earthspark were pretty good shows I might say. I even saw the first episode of that new knights show, and it was not a bad start.

[@poppie267]

Can someone give me a exemple of hyped specials of Spongebob that ended up being hatred and critical panned ?

[@dmercy8477]

Look SpongeBob is one of my favorite shows of all time but it has overstayed its welcome and it and the Loud House seems to be the only saving graces for the network. The constant reboots, toilet humor and the quiet on the set doc proves that the channel will never go back their glory days. Will they make a comeback? Maybe but only if they fix their constant mistakes which will take years for them to do. Disney, Nick and CN all went downhill in this decade. My personal favorite Nick shows Rugrats SpongeBob Avatar Rocko Hey Arnold Jimmy Neutron Invader Zim Ned’s Declassified Drake And Josh

[@Arnold19.]

Hey my name is Arnold too.

[@arnoldluthor]

what’s up brother

[@regeansdubois6160]

I really want a 20 nicktoons shows on Nick@Nite and rated TV-PG: Ren and Stimpy (TV-PG) Rocko’s Modern Life (TV-PG) KaBlam! Invader Zim (TV-PG) Action League Now! (TV-PG) ChalkZone (Season 3 and 4) TV-PG The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (TV-PG-V) Avatar: The Last Airbender (TV-PG-V) SpongeBob SquarePants (season 4 to 8 / season 10 to 15) (TV-PG) The Legend of Korra (TV-PG-V) Sanjay And Craig (TV-PG) Breadwinners (TV-14) Pig,Goat,Banana,Cricket (TV-PG) The Loud House (Season 4 to 8) (TV-PG) Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV-PG-V) Pinky Malinky (TV-PG) Glitch Techs (TV-PG-V) Star Trek: Prodigy (TV-PG-V) Big Nate (TV-PG-D) Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV-PG-DL) The 20 nicktoons shows rated TV-PG on Nickelodeon,Nicktoons,CBS,Nick@Nite,MTV, and Paramount+ oh and they should have a crossover city just like Cartoon Network city but only the 20 Nicktoons shows and characters are in the city except The Nicktoons shows are rated TV-Y,TV-Y7, and TV-G.