Nickelodeon sign off (1984) into Arts & Entertainment Network 

The irony is when this actually aired when I was a kid, this bumper pretty much meant your day was about to come to an end. I hated Nickelodeon going off the air. Now I watch this with the biggest smile on my face. The last time this aired was June 30th, 1985. Nick at Nite premiered July 1st, 1985. Thus the end of Nickelodeons silver ball era, even though Nick Rocks used a variant of the silver ball logo I believe up until 1989.

I was 12 when this was on TV. I just cannot describe what it was like for 12 year old living in Iowa, it opened up so much to me. Theatre, Ballet. Culture, not just sports, yes I loved baseball. But theatre became just as important. Because of this I tried out for plays in High School and College and did some Local Dinner Theatre, Best years of my life. Thank You A&E.

I loved those little DTMF tones they used to have on cable.

At that moment, Nickelodeon already changed to its popular orange logo, but retaining its silver ball sign off sequence.

Man, this takes me back...shame how A&E gradually went from being "TV that people can look up to" (their slogan at the time) to its current incarnation as another cookie-cutter general entertainment/reality TV network.

I felt a chill of excitement listening to this song at the end of Nickelodeon's sign off!

Great video! Note that Nick then was using their "orange" logo, but during sign off, they were still using the old "silver ball" logo.

I love whenever there's a set of DTMF tones because it makes you that something is going happen but it doesn't. Scary, cool but addictive.

In Philadelphia and South Jersey cable systems, Nick and A&E were on separate channels. Nick ended at 8pm after broadcasting Danger Mouse. The color bars would appear. In 1985, Nick at Nite debuted prime time and Nick became bigger than ever.

Absolutely used to (and still) love that interstitial video and music and channel sign on for A&E, even the fast DTMF in-band signaling.

I miss the 80s and 90s!!

Man, A&E used to be all Ballet and orchestra.

The Arts & Entertainment Network. When a network's name actually reflected its programming!

And then Nick@Nite launched about a year later.

The in-band fast DTMF at 1:08 is "637*". I know that's to switch over to A&E (after the interstitial slide and music loop), but I wonder what 637 means specifically. The * is probably a stop symbol.

kids today have no idea what it was like with just 35 channels. i miss those days just a bit..

This really takes me back to my youth. That "cue tone" at 1:06 brought back even more memories of watching cable TV with a set top box with push buttons on it and no remote control in sight. A&E was true to the name back then, years before it turned into another reality show garbage wasteland.

Even after their Orange Splat rebranded of the network in January 1985, Nickelodeon likely maintained the Silver Ball-era sign-off bumper until Nick at Nite debuted six months later.

Is it just me, or is the music on the "coming next" screen just really good?

yeah i miss this..when a channel would actually end for the day.

Honestly so interesting and cool getting to see what channels like Nickelodeon were like back in the olden days.

where did all these years go......😌🙁

Ah, back when Arts & Entertainment Network actually had arts & entertainment! Those days are gone!

The rarest Media that you finally found. Congratulations

This was before Nick at Nite even existed!

this is the year when nickelodeon changed into the iconic splat logo

I Didn't Know That That's What A&E Stood For,You Learn Something New Everyday

The sign off was so epic.

Where I lived in Rochester, NY, it would just cut to the A&E sign-on in the middle of a commercial or one of those filler segments Nickelodeon aired because their last program (Usually Danger Mouse) would run short. That even kept up for awhile even after Nick At Nite launched. We'd get the start of the Nick At Nite sign-on and then it suddenly cut into A&E's sign on. Yeah, Rochester's Cable was a bit behind the times then. We had Buffalo's CBS station on the channel lineup, and also Community Access station that aired shows from the Buffalo and Syracuse NBC stations. It was trippy.

I’ve heard bits and pieces of that theme that starts at 0:30 mostly because of my Dad’s many VHS tapes, but I’ve never heard it in it’s entirety. Cool stuff! I miss the old A&E!!

I used to watch this every time I saw Nickelodeon's sign-off in Marshfield.

I always remembered this because at 8PM after You Can't Do That on Television and Danger Mouse, Nickelodeon would switch over to A&E. And the big "&" symbol always meant it was time to go do homework.

Damn I miss those shiny 80s digital effects and music. Where I was from, Columbus Ohio the original home of Nickelodeon, the silver ball close would come right after Danger Mouse then transition right into the A&E preview graphic

I wasn't alive back then, but 1984 Nickelodeon looks way better than now Nickelodeon.

It may be because that two channels, ARTS (Alpha Repertory Television Service) and The Entertainment Channel have merged.

I remember these sign-offs back in the day. I remember being so resentful that Nick was having to sign off for A&E Network. I'd hate watch a couple of hours until I fell asleep..LOL!!

Today A&E has it's own separate channel and under A+E Networks a division of Hearst Disney ABC

Nowadays it would be Spongebob meets Duck Dynasty.

It’s so weird because I was born over 20 years after this didn’t even exist anymore. But it still looks and sounds so familiar but there’s no way I could’ve ever seen it. It’s interesting

I remember this as a kid

0:00 If you look closely, you'll see the Nickelodeon splat!

This takes me back...watching this as a kid and hoping Nickelodeon would stay on later...thanks for posting!

I remember this. A&E and Nick use to share a Broadcast Signal. Nick would end its day with Danger Mouse.

0:29, "This concludes our program service for today. We welcome your comments with regards to our programming. Address your correspondence to: Cy Schneider VP & General Manager, Nickelodeon Department G 1133 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019 Nickelodeon is located in Department G at 1133 Avenue of the Americas in New York City with transmitter atop the Empire State Building, and operating at a maximum power as permitted by the Federal Communications Commission. Nickelodeon is a subscriber to the Television Code of the National Association of Broadcasters and is recommended by the National Education Association. Some of today's programming has been methodically reproduced. Nickelodeon is owned and operated by Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company, a joint venture of American Express and Warner Communications. We invite you to join us again tomorrow morning for another day of the best in educational and childrens' programming. Until then, the management and staff of Nickelodeon wishes you a very pleasant goodnight."

The splat logo is on the first video frame

How weird is it that they both just happen to have a big ball behind their logos?

Similarity of BBC Radio 4 handover to News 24 Radio from the BBC after shipping forecast from the MetOffice

if you press 0, you can see the "orange era" logo of nick

Now A&E is a small network itself: Bio, FYI, History, etc.

What about the transistion from C-SPAN to USA, and USA to BET? All three shared one channel in the early days. BET was initially only on Friday late nights. USA was everything from the kids show "Calliope" to sports to "Night Flight," with cult films and "New Wave Theatre."

Before this network was devoted to horders and drug addicts...

Ahh the old days

Arts & Entertainment Network -> A&E

i remember on Sundays around 5 pm or something like that back in the mid- late 80's, when Nickelodeon would end .then it would be Nick at Nite,which I actually enjoyed

Back when A&E meant something!!!

Posted on my 18th birthday

A&E was the real nick at nite even Nickelodeon used to sign off a little early like at 4 or 5 now it signs off at 8

A&E used to be Orchestra now it's this A&E is now Cop shows and other whatnot

If you pause at the start you can see the 1984-2009 Nickelodeon logo

Sad thing is an arts channel today would most likely do terribly especially when up against the mountain of watered down programming on today's networks...most of it is tripe and not even worth having TV at all.

Thank you for posting this. I knew i wasn’t crazy

Does anyone know the name of the music that starts at 1:08, please?

I don't know if you really paid any attention, but both A&E and Nickelodeon shared a round grey pinball in their logo. Maybe to symbolize that they shared the same channel dial?

In Los Angeles, we had Group W Cable (which then became Century Cable in 1986). After Nick signed off at 5:30pm, there would be several hours of public access programming before the switch to ARTS (Alpha Repertory Television Service). Following a merger in 1984, it then became the Arts & Entertainment Network. When Nick-At-Nite first launched Group W kept the channel the same as it was which I was bummed by. By 1986 or 87, they finally gave A&E their own channel and finally carried Nick-At-Nite. This was the same cable system that wouldn't offer Game Show Network until a couple years after its debut.

0:12 VOICE CRACK

A&E Now Stands For Actions & Entertainment!

This year marks 40 years since Cy Schneider stepped down as original head of Nickelodeon, placing Gerry Laybourne for her position!

1:06 Sounds like the TV is going to make a phone call. LOL

Now this is more like it, unlike that nick mom shit.

Clock 11:56pm.

RIP Nickelodeon

It use to be Arts & Entertainment Network, what happened to A&E?

By this point, the "pinball" logo of Nickelodeon was pretty much phased out in favor of the more familiar orange logo. It was only used for when the channel switched over to A&E. Once A&E got it's own 24 hour space, the pinball logo was retired for good.

Heh! Balls. Very unique.

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Nice video!!

At least they got balls

I think they used the silver ball because the A&E logo is a silver ball

is it just me or am I the only one who thinks they should of changed the balls to orange ones and then the splat at the end when they changed the logo?

1:06 This.

Nickelodeon i Arts & Entertainment Network (obecnie A&E)

0:15 fast a bit

Squidward would watch this 0:34

i don't think i got nickelodeon in my area until 1984?? when i was 5...just assumed it didn't exist prior

Isn't 4 or 5 a little early to sign off cause now they sign off at 8

i am sure it was 8:00 pm ET in Waldorf Maryland on the Chascovision (Charles County cable vision) cable service. are you on Pacific? 8:00 pm ET equals 5:00 pm PT

Why do I love that boo dee boo cue tone thing so much? It sounds so quick but sounds old but interesting idk how to explain it. Also whats it actually called?

30 seconds in, I heard some production music, at least that's what I think it is. Can somebody tell me what that is?

Nickelodeon And A&E They’re Separated.

in A&E change in Nick jr

Nickelodeon is milking SpongeBob too much, A&E Is now pure shit, what would come next? I would say that as a fan of the new and old Nickelodeon.

Nick looked alot better it what it airs in todays world. just sayin

Nickelodeon 200000000000000000000000000000000000000000019 ATE year

It’s the arts and entertainment network welcome to arts and entertainment network

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0:11 voice crack

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What is Arts and entertainment network.