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Nickelodeon is a channel in Mushroom Kingdom which launched as a block on Comedy Central on 23 February 1996.

1996 - 1998 Introduction as Block on Comedy Central
Nickelodeon was originally a block on Comedy Central broadcasting from 5:00am to 9:00pm, with Comedy Central getting the rest hours. The block was a major hit to many kids, because this was the third kids brand in Mushroom Kingdom.

The block vanished on 25 February 1998, the block launched as a channel two days later.

1998 - 2000 Channel and Nick Jr. block
As soon as the channel launched, it aired from 4:00am to 10:00pm, however, it began to air a pre-school block called Nick Jr. which had 3 two-hour sections, 6:00am, 12:00pm and 6:00pm.

The block actually only aired advertisements every two shows.

The block vanished on 23 January 2000 as it launched as its own channel the next day.

2000 - 2005 Nick Jr. and Nick Show
The channel launched two spin-off channels, Nick Jr. and classic cartoon channel Nick Show on 24 January 2000, followed by a new logo. Nick Jr. got hours 6:00am to 8:00pm, with Nick Show getting the rest hours. It also launched a timeshift channel called Nick +1.

Nick Show had actually received higher votes than Nickelodeon itself.

Nick Show was rebranded as Nick Toons on 31 August 2005.

2005 - 2009 The Falldown Era
Nick changed its logo to a splat design on 31 August 2005. It also switched a lot of its shows. Many people say Nickelodeon lost its touch in 2005. Even Nick Toons was doing quite bad.

Nick Jr. was the only channel which was actually still doing good.

To make up for the mistakes made, a MK version of Nick Games and Sports launched on 1 December 2005.

A HD beta version of Nickelodeon launched on 1 January 2006, broadcasting shows from all 4 Nick channels in HD but it was short lived. It closed on 30 August. It was replaced with a +1 version of Nick Jr. which launched on 1 September.

Nick Games and Sports closed close to midnight on 22 January 2009. It was replaced with brand new channel Nick Cinema.

2009 - 2013 Uprise
Nickelodeon and Nick Toons changed their logos on 23 January 2009. Nickelodeon and Nick Toons began airing from 5:00am to 2:00am as well as Nick HD returning fully.

Nick Jr. increased hours to 6:00am to 10:00pm, with Nick Cinema timesharing with it. A +1 version of Mick Cinema launched on Christmas Day 2009, timsharing with Nick Jr. +1.

Many say that this is where Nick recovered and became good again.

Nick Toons closed on 30 October 2011, allowing Nick Cinema to launch a HD version and to broadcast from 5:00am to 2:00am. Nick Jr. changed its logo that day.

2013 - Present 15 Year Run
For its 15 Year Anniversary in February, Nickelodeon began showing its old logo for a few days and broadcasting old shows again.

On 19 August 2013, it was announced that Nick Jr. shall receive a HD version as well as a possible Nick Jr. Retro.