What is considered "Old School Nickelodeon"?

I agree with the ones that are hyperlinked to be considered OSN but I would also include You Cant Do That On TV and Roundhouse.

I don't recall ever having watched those shows but of course that doesn't mean they aren't OSN. Let's put to a vote. If (some arbitary number of) 5 people agree with tubby2002, then I'll add them to the OSN subset. Thank you for your input tubby2002!

You Can't Do That On Television is a classic. I can't believe you never saw that. They introduced being "slimed". A great show and I am sorry to say that the few episodes I posted don't do it justice. The videos from the 80s are poor quality. And Old School Nick should start somewhere in the mid or late 80's where half of those shows began.

BTW..This is a great example on how a soapbox article should be written. You can tell you put a lot of time and effort into it. If I missed I think a Cressida's Guideline to Writing a Soapbox Article is due.

Yes YCDTOT is a CLASSIC and original Old School Nick show. Just don't ever say "I Don't Know" or you'll regret it.

Maybe I did watch it but my faulty memory is attributing its episodes to another show. But it is now part of the OSN collection.

whoever said it is right!! You Can't Do That On Television is THE point in television history when Nickelodeon became synonymous with slime!! YCDTOTV is Definitely old school and DEFINITELY a classic. Does anyone remember "The World of David the Gnome" and that Grimm's Fairy Tale show (I can't remember the exact name). Those were two of my favorites!

I believe figure it out, finders keepers, pretty much all the game shows (GAS) that were created at Nickelodeon studios in orlando during the 90s-00s are highly considered as classics or old school, eureeka's castle and David the gnome are classics of Nick Jr, Pinweel as one of the first shows to air on Nick is by default an old school show, and what about Pete and Pete, I think you need to start hyperlinking a few more shows and I agree with you cant do that on television man thats how we got the slime!

yea i can't believe that you did not include pete and pete in the OSN catagory. very good show and deserves to be included

In my opinion, Figure It Out and Hey Arnold aren't classic enough to be considered Old School Nick. They were pretty good shows (well Figure it Out was) but when I think about Old School Nickelodeon, I don't consider them classics. They're a bit too recent as Kenan and Kel was. I was born in 1986. I don't mean to consider myself snobbish, but I am really at the tail end of growing up with the Nick classics. Eureeka's Castle should also be considered at least a Nick Jr classic though I hated that show. I agree that the mid to late 80's and the early 90's are what should be considered Old School Nickelodeon.

List of shows forgotten, dont know if they are considered OSN because some of them werent originally aired on Nick. But they were shows on Nick back when these other shows were on.

Animorphs
Alvin and the chipmunks
Garfeild and Friends
Journey of Allen Strange
Looney Tunes
Muppet babies
Nick news
Pinky and the Brain
Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Wonder years

Pinwheel and then if you go a bit older like Clarissa, SYS, and around that era. That and earlier is what I consider old school.


I was born in 1979 and I think Old school tends to be what your generation grew up with.

i think oh yeah cartoons in 1998 was the best and ren and stimpy...omgee i love that showww

See i grew up with Roundhouse as what i would always watch and not a lot of people know what that show was about...but i LOVED that show...*singing* "Whenever life gets me so down i know i can go down to where the part charges up every year.And when the music is playing,you know what I'm saying.I know where i can find a friend! DOWN AT THE ROUNDHOUSE!!!"...wow...brings back memories...

I think OSN ended around 2002 or 2001...
Considering I may be 13, but I remember KABLAM and AAH! Real Monsters!.
Shouldn't "100 Good Deeds for Eddie McDowd" be up there?

I remember new episodes of Rugrats in 05.
Ren and Stimpy isn't off air, it just got transfered to Spike TV. Try to see it.
Drake and Josh, Invader Zim, and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide would be considered old school Nickelodean also
6teen, believe it or not, was originaly on Nick. It got transfered to Telletoon and Cartoon Network. The idea is the same, but the characters and setting aren't.
Doug is now a newspaper comic
Fairly Odd Parents and Spondgebob wouldn't be considered old school nickelodean because they're still making new episodes
My top 4:

1. Ren and Stimpy (I still watch it XD)
2. Rugrats
3. All That
4. Hey Arnold!

there's also that show with surfers and skateboarders who lived in the beach. I remember that one of the character's names is Sam. There's one girl, and three guys. Their uncle works at a snack bar and he believes in Hawwaian or something
Sound framilar? If it does, what is it called?

Hey, it is called Rocket Power lol. My favorite episode is that they went to biggest theme park with alot of skateboards in it like be in dark tunnel waterslide with lights. It was awesome lol. And their talk styles too.