1993
From Nickelodeon
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- January 10-Ren & Stimpy is picked up by MTV, where it ran intermittently for about 3 years. MTV carried some episodes that were either banned or edited by Nick. Ren & Stimpy is the first Nicktoon to be seen in the US on both Nick and another channel.
- January 10-Susie and The Carmichaels made their first appearances on Rugrats, in the first telecast of Meet The Carmichaels.
- April 2-Maple Town airs for the last time on Nick
- May- Nickelodeon signed its first movie deal, with Twentieth Century Fox -- this deal would let Nick and Fox produce theatrical features during the next 2 years, and would include movies featuring Doug, Ren & Stimpy, and Rugrats. Unfortunately, the contract period ended before Fox could produce a single Nick movie. In the end, there was no Ren & Stimpy film, though Doug and Rugrats eventually made it to the big screen, through different studios.
- Summer: Nickelodeon Magazine resumes publication; Ren & Stimpy was on the cover of the return issue.
- August 31-The first Nicktoon videos were released in the US by Sony -- featuring Doug, Rugrats and Ren & Stimpy. Special Snick collection videos were also released. A total of 9 Nick videos were released on that date.
- Fall: The fourth Nicktoon, Rocko's Modern Life, goes on the air.
- Fall: CJOH pulls You Can't Do That On Television off of Nick and YTV, as it would be tedious to send royalty checks to over 200 cast members; by this time, it was seen only as reruns on weekends on Nick, while YTV continued showing it weekdays, along with the pre-Nick episodes.
- September 1: Nickelodeon expands into Great Britain, its first expansion outside the US.
- November 26-28: The first Nonstop Nicktoon Weekend, an annual Thanksgiving tradition on Nick, was presented. The first marathon featured the 4 Nicktoons in existance at the time (Rugrats, Doug, Ren & Stimpy and Rocko), and ran Friday through Sunday, 12 Noon ET to 8PM ET each day.
