Friday Night Nicktoons was a primetime block that began airing on January 5, 2001.[1] The block was mainly home to reruns, new episodes, and new shows from Nickelodeon's animated slate. Premiere episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants were featured during the block's run five times: once in 2001 at 8:30pm, and four times between 2002 and 2003 at 8:00pm.[9]
Various shows joined the block during its lengthy 3-year run: Rugrats,[14] Hey Arnold!,[1] The Fairly OddParents,[15] Rocket Power,[1] Invader Zim,[15] The Wild Thornberrys,[16] and CatDog[14] joined the lineup in 2001; ChalkZone[17] and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius[17] joined in 2002; and My Life as a Teenage Robot joined in 2003.[18]
On March 12, 2004,[5] Friday Night Nicktoons was renamed to Prime Time Nicktoons, where the show aired reruns once at 8:30pm and 9:30pm,[12] until September 17.[6]
On September 24, Prime Time Nicktoons was renamed back to its original name, and gained an extra hour at 7:00pm. Unlike "Prime Time", reruns aired for an hour at 9:00pm.[7] Nearly 3 months later on December 17,[8] the block was removed from Nickelodeon's line up.
Premieres[]
| Title card | # | Title | U.S. airdate | U.S. viewers (millions)
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33a | "Shanghaied" (tr • ga) | March 9, 2001 | 1.95[20] (HH)[21] |
| Squidward, Patrick, and SpongeBob board the Flying Dutchman's ship. | ||||
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42a | "Club SpongeBob" (tr • ga) | July 12, 2002 | |
| SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward are flung into and stranded in the Kelp Forest, where the former two depend their lives on the Magic Conch shell. | ||||
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42b | "My Pretty Seahorse" (tr • ga) | July 12, 2002 | |
| SpongeBob adopts a stray seahorse. | ||||
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36a | "Graveyard Shift" (tr • ga) | September 6, 2002 | 2.48[22] (HH)[21] |
| SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift. | ||||
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36b | "Krusty Love" (tr • ga) | September 6, 2002 | 2.48[22] (HH)[21] |
| Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff. | ||||
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53a | "New Student Starfish" (tr • ga) | September 20, 2002 | 2.69[23] (HH)[21] |
| Patrick joins SpongeBob's Boating School, but he gets SpongeBob in trouble. | ||||
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53b | "Clams" (tr • ga) | September 20, 2002 | 2.69[23] (HH)[21] |
| Mr. Krabs earns his millionth dollar and takes his crew on a fishing trip, but a clam eats the dollar, and he orders his crew to get it back. | ||||
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55a | "The Great Snail Race" (tr • ga) | January 24, 2003 | 2.72[24] (HH)[21] |
| SpongeBob forcefully trains Gary to enter a snail race against Squidward's snail after Squidward insults Gary. | ||||
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55b | "Mid-Life Crustacean" (tr • ga) | January 24, 2003 | 2.72[24] (HH)[21] |
| Mr. Krabs has a mid-life crisis when he realizes that he is old, so to make him feel young again, he joins SpongeBob and Patrick for a night out on the town. | ||||
Trivia[]
General[]
- "Shanghaied," "Graveyard Shift," and "Krusty Love" are the only season 2 episodes to premiere in this event.
- "Shanghaied" premiered during this event as the 22-minute version, while the 15-minute version premiered on March 10, a day after its premiere.[25]
- Although new episodes of SpongeBob during the event stopped on January 24, 2003,[9] reruns still aired on the block until August 1, 2003, when it was replaced by The Fairly OddParents,[18] the same day as the premiere of My Life as a Teenage Robot.
Errors[]
- Throughout the promos, SpongeBob's belt is colored white instead of black.
Gallery[]
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Videos[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Nickstory - January 5, 2001
- ^ Nickstory - August 31, 2001
- ^ Nickstory - July 12, 2002
- ^ Nickstory - February 27, 2004
- ^ a b Nickstory - March 12, 2004
- ^ a b Nickstory - September 17, 2004
- ^ a b c d Nickstory - September 24, 2004
- ^ a b c Nickstory - December 17, 2004
- ^ a b c Nickandmore! - SpongeBob SquarePants
- ^ a b Nickstory - July 12, 2002
- ^ Nickstory - July 25, 2003
- ^ a b c d Nickstory - April 2, 2004
- ^ Nickstory - March 9, 2001
- ^ a b Nickstory - January 19, 2001
- ^ a b Nickstory - March 30, 2001
- ^ Nickstory - January 12, 2001
- ^ a b Nickstory - September 6, 2002
- ^ a b Nickstory - August 1, 2003
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Friends (NBC): Ratings Recap
- ^ Broadcasting and Cable Nielsens: Week Ending March 11, 2001
- ^ a b c d e f g (HH) indicates the amount of households the episode was viewed in.
- ^ a b Broadcasting and Cable Nielsens: Week Ending September 8, 2002
- ^ a b Broadcasting and Cable Nielsens: Week Ending September 22, 2002
- ^ a b Broadcasting and Cable Nielsens: Week Ending January 26, 2003
- ^ Nickstory - March 10, 2001