Nickelodeon Promo Reel- 1980 

Agustín Gómez Yep! The music video is at 6:17 which is "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. It was the music video that started it all for MTV.

Which is crazy because MTV would become a sister channel to Nick

@@lotsoflogos that's right

Another funny thing is, The Buggles were never aired on Special Delivery. I don’t know about PopClips though

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@** Well, that’s the era I grew up on.

Me too!

@@mrs.evelynkerr8799 I don’t see why we can’t.

@@CadillacLI’m actually trying to work on a live tv website to bring back that era but have my own name and twist, I’ll let you guys know how it goes

@@SuperSlusheey thanks! I’ll be watching/listening for you.

No.

Shut up,Stevie!

Meanwhile, 'Jerry Springer', 'Maury Povich', 'Steve Wilkos', and 'TMZ' still air on broadcast television for free while anything else that's better is keep behind a pay wall. Let that sink in.

@@sillygoose635 The fuck does this mean? No, it wasn't commercial-free? Yes it was! I remember it. You were just too young. No, OP doesn't miss those days? Who are you to say that? Do you know them? You and the three people who upvoted you are idiotic kids.

I know how you feel.

Proceeds to call something mindless and idiotic while being mindless and idiotic, save your nostalgic bullshit, moron!

@@sillygoose635 Without saying your own age, in what decade (or generation) did you primarily grow up as a child?

@@SuperAV21 Mine was the late 1990s and early-to-mid 2000s.

@@andrewbloom7637 I spent my childhood in the 1990s through the early 2000s.

Erm, they still arent.

But apparently they were boring af and at one point during this period nickelodeon was the lowest rated channel in all of cable television. Yikes. No wonder nick barely makes reference to this period when talking about it's history.

@@lamontyaboy718 Yeah. Most of the shows back then were pretty boring. Nickelodeon didn't become the Nick we all know and love until probably the last two years of the silver ball era. I also remember before Nickelodeon went 24 hours in 1985, weekends were dedicated to National Geographic programming that was just mind-numbingly boring.

Pre MTV Networks (Viacom and MCA headed by Fred Siebert and Alan Goodman)Nick was horrible.

hyper-rare

Now, with Nick All Stars Brawl out, and MultiVersus on the way, we could have had both games in one!!

Nickelodeon Keeps Adventure Time, Eventually Getting Regular Show, Steven Universe and OK KO in the 2010s?! This Probably Also Means Cartoon Network Gets Fanboy and Chum Chum and The Loud House (Possibly Also Keeping Crap Like Johnny Test and Out of Jimmys Head 😨) Even With Alternate History You Cant Kill Two Birds with One Stone 😔

And Viacom buys Turner Broadcasting, the company that owns Cartoon Network.

@@arrowpictures2844 In that alternate universe it could happen.

I remember both Pinwheel and Today’s Special from my childhood. They were two of my favorite shows.

+RJSchex I always felt jealous Columbus got something nice when Toledo didn't, though apparently my cable operator picked up Nickelodeon as early as Christmas '79.

QUBE operated it as Pinwheel in 1977-1979.

+Lane Crooks And none of this "The Splat" crap!

Nick Edutainment Classics, anyone?

Unfortunately most of these shows no longer exist. The master tapes were "wiped", ie. recorded over instead of archived. Videotape was very expensive in those days.

Dick Johnson It wouldn't surprise me.

Dick Johnson It's sad that Nickelodeon values entertainment over education outside of Nick Jr./Noggin. The last great educational non-Nick Jr. Nickelodeon TV shows were Mr. Wizard's World and Pinwheel.

YCDTOT doesn't count cause wasn't an original series Pinwheel should have just been a puppetry show instead of viewing other preschool shows it would be well remembered for that but I Nick had no idea what they were doing

the silver ball actually debuted in april 1981

Nickelodeon should NEVER go back to being this way, utterly horrible.

Nickelodeon during the Warner Amex era was pretty boring at first but they are also bold and taking risk in experimenting programing that will cater to kids and teens alike that somehow manage to works on very different angles. Modern Nick should watch or see this video and they can at least have a little spark of inspiration in order to fix this network from being oversaturated by live action comedy and too much nonsense.

@@AccipiterSmith Why would they look back at this they should look at clever comedy like Pete and Pete

To add your lucky Nick went to risk making the shows that we love to this day be grateful you had a wholesome childhood you don't deserve one if you think they should go back to where they started

Okay woah, what was I saying when I typed this lmao Guessing that the crap sitcoms that aired in the mid-2010s made me think this way

If you or anyone brings back this version of Nick, I don’t think it would succeed…maybe unless it was a digital broadcast network.

The 90's was a turning point.

Sadly, I don't think they will. Nickelodeon actually HATES any 80s show that isn't named Double Dare, Hey Dude, or You Can't Do That on Television. Why else would Eureeka's Castle be on Parmount Plus but with zero episodes while Kablam has a few episodes on the same service? Also, Nickelodeon's treatment of Pinwheel, their first show, is repulsive. They rarely talk about it, and don't want to re-air it on Nickrewind [they actually aired Pinwheel without the shorts in the late 80s, so the shorts aren't the problem]. It's a shame too, as while I'm a 2000's kid, 80s Nick seemed like it had some pretty cool shows.

@@muppetsretrofan8873 It would be really cool if they ever re-aired the exact episode of Pinwheel that contained the O Paradive Sally short film.

nope

+JellicleKat That's nearly all of television (broadcast and cable), ma'am.

+SuperAV21 Yes, sadly that is all too true.

No, BACK then channels were filled with mindless garbage, today's content is much better

JellicleKat And yeah, there’s been a few superior programs like Avatar here and there...

Sorry, but this stuff is pretty lame.

No, Nickelodeon was flat out boring back then, it's much better now, and the demographics have changed.

@@sillygoose635 Yeah they would have shut down if there wasn't an improvement

@@sillygoose635 I Disagree With You!!!!!! 100%!!!!!!!!

Also Nick Jr has it's own channel now they can do the educational stuff there tv's for entertainment not to bored the hell out of people

Max Nyström they should remake pinwheel And you can’t do that on television as well and David the gnome And today’s special

@@schemer1991Nickelodeon doesn’t own the production rights to Today’s Special. In fact Nickelodeon never did own the production rights to Today’s Special when that show was made. A Canadian company called TVOntario owned and produced Today’s Special. Nickelodeon only imported the series from Canada.

That’s because they are board this wasn’t really about what the kids wanted it was about if it got parents approval.