This is a list of notable events, premieres, releases, series cancellations and endings, and other business ventures for Nickelodeon in the year 1990.
Shows[]
Series premieres[]
- July 4
- Wild and Crazy Kids (pilot premiered on January 13th)
- SK8-TV (pilot premiered on January 14th)
- August 13: Outta Here! (first series produced at Nickelodeon Studios)
- October 6: The pilot for Salute Your Shorts airs
- Acquired shows
- January 1: Maya the Bee
- April 1:
- The Lucy Show (officially joined the Nick at Nite lineup on April 6, 1992)
- Rhoda (officially joined the Nick at Nite lineup on May 10, 1996)
- April 2: The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
- June 4: Fernwood 2 Night/America 2 Night (both series aired in rotated runs)
- July 2: Camp Runamuck (aired as part of the Camp Nickelodeon Block)
- August 4: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
- August 6: Flipper
- October 1
- Kidsworld (may have aired long under a general "Cable in the Classroom banner")
- Nickelodeon's Most Wanted: Yogi Bear
- October 7: Cartoon Kablooey (the first run ended on September 19, 1991; a 3 hour special of the show aired on July 3, 1992, and a second run of the show started on September 13, 1993)
- December 31: The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (2nd airing occurred on September 1, 1991)
Season premieres[]
- April 6: Hey Dude, season 3
- September 7: Hey Dude, season 4
Series finales[]
- May 25: You Can't Do That On Television
- August 25: Finders Keepers
- August 26: Nick Rocks
- September 30: Total Panic
Network departures[]
- February 18: Miss Peach of the Kelly School
- March 4: Star Trek: The Animated Series
- March 31: Doctor Snuggles
- June 29: Pinwheel
- June 30: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
- August 11: Camp Runamuck
- November 17: The Kids of Degrassi Street
Specials[]
- January 14: 1990 ACE Awards
- March 4: Nickelodeon's TV Dinner Party, later known as Rich Hall's TV Dinner Party
- April 1: Nickelodeon's Totally Classic Outtakes (a special hosted by Lew Schneider and Will Friedle that was mainly a collection of outtakes from Nick's original programming)
- April 21: Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (aired simultaneously across numerous networks)
- April 23: 1990 Kids' Choice Awards
- June 7: Nickelodeon Studios Opening Day Celebration
- October 20: Tales from the Whoop: Hot Rod Brown, Class Clown
- November 27: Christmas at Eureeka's Castle
Video games[]
- April: Double Dare
Events[]
- March 29: Nickelodeon takes over Selwyn Elementary School in Charlotte, NC.
- June 7: Nickelodeon Studios opens at Universal Studios Florida
Nickelodeon character debuts[]
- "Tommy Pickles and the Great White Thing": Tommy Pickles, Spike, Lou Pickles, Didi Pickles, Stu Pickles, Phil and Lil DeVille
People[]
- Rusty Flood (voice actor on Hey Arnold!) is born
- Sarah Oh (actress and model on The Barbarian and the Troll) is born
- Jed Becker (actor and composer on Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!) is born
- Alan Yanaga (writer on The Really Loud House) is born
- Kevin Young (actor on The Really Loud House) is born
- Alani Ilongwe (actor on The Loud House and The Casagrandes) is born
- Keeler Sandhaus (actor on Go, Diego, Go!) is born
- Kristin Dodson (actress on The Loud House) is born
- Wes Martinez (actor, writer, and producer on The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder and The Really Loud House) is born
- Cassie Scerbo (actress and singer in Under the Boardwalk) is born
- January 2: Ashley Kliment-Baker (art director and background designer on The Loud House and Wallykazam!) is born
- January 7: Liam Aiken (actor in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events) is born
- January 15: Chris Warren (actor on Just Jordan) is born
- January 26: Christopher Massey (actor on Zoey 101) is born
- February 3: Sean Kingston (singer and rapper on Yo Gabba Gabba!) is born
- February 8: Brittney Hamilton (actor on Regal Academy) is born
- February 11: Q'orianka Kilcher (actress in Dora and the Lost City of Gold) is born
- March 4: Lilli Cooper (actress in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical) is born
- March 9: Daniel Samonas (actor on iCarly, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Last Day of Summer, Zoey 101, and guest star at the 2009 Kid's Choice Awards) is born
- March 8: Stephen Markarian (actor on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) is born
- March 13: Alec Medlock (actor on Drake & Josh and iCarly) is born
- March 23: Sally Taylor-Isherwood (actress on Kuu Kuu Harajuku) is born
- March 26: Will Choi (actor on The Casagrandes) is born
- March 30
- Chelsea Harris (actor on Just Jordan) is born
- Mary Wood (actress on Team Umizoomi) is born
- Cassie Scerbo (actress in Under the Boardwalk) is born
- April 6
- Kyle Swann (actor on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) is born
- Daisy Masterman (actress on Kuu Kuu Harajuku) is born
- Sasha Toro (actor on Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go!, ¡DORA! and in Dora and the Lost City of Gold) is born
- April 19: Teo Olivares (actor on Zoey 101 and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) is born
- April 20: Stephanie Searson (actress on Blue's Clues) is born
- April 23
- Matthew Underwood (actor on Zoey 101) is born
- Dev Patel (actor in The Last Airbender) is born
- April 26: Megan Danso (actress on The Troop) is born
- May 3: Harvey Guillen (actor on The Thundermans and voice actor on The Casagrandes) is born
- May 4: Ashley Fleming (actress on Dora the Explorer) is born
- May 13: Monica Ray (writer, director, voice actress, storyboard artist, and animator on Harvey Beaks and Glitch Techs) is born
- May 19: Crawford Wilson (actor on Avatar: The Last Airbender) is born
- May 30: Dean Collins (actor in Yours, Mine & Ours) is born
- May 31: Phillipa Soo (actress in Blue's Big City Adventure) is born
- June 10: Tristian Mays (actress and singer on Gullah Gullah Island, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, True Jackson, VP, Big Time Rush, and Victorious) is born
- June 14: Kevin Fonteyne (actor on iCarly) is born
- June 15: Denzel Whitaker (actor on All That) is born
- June 19: Ashley Burch (voice actress, actress, singer, and writer on The Loud House, Rusty Rivets, Glitch Techs, and Pig Goat Banana Cricket) is born
- June 20: Julia Rothenbuhler-Garcia (writer on The Casagrandes, Glitch Techs, The Fairly OddParents, Shimmer and Shine, Dora and Friends: Into the City, and Baby Shark's Big Show) is born
- June 24: Billy Rosemberg (actor on Max & Ruby) is born
- June 28: Nick Purcell (actor on The Troop and BrainSurge) is born
- June 30
- Jeff Sayers (writer on The Loud House and Welcome to the Wayne) is born
- Julia McAnuff (voice actress on Adventures in Wonder Park) is born
- July 2: Felipe Dieppa (writer and producer on Dora the Explorer and Blue's Clues) is born
- July 5: Jonathan Press (voice actor on Blue's Clues) is born
- July 10: Michelle Lewis (singer and voice actress on The Loud House) is born
- July 16: James Maslow (actor, singer, and dancer on Big Time Rush, iCarly and BrainSurge and guest star at the 2010 and 2011 Kids' Choice Awards) is born
- July 20: Iris Menas (actor on Monster High) is born
- July 24: Jay McGuiness (singer on Face's Music Party) is born
- July 27
- Indiana Evans (actress on H2O: Just Add Water) is born
- Ian Carter (actor in Monster Trucks) is born
- August 10
- Lucas Till (actor in Monster Trucks) is born
- Tyler Steelman (actor in Nacho Libre) is born
- August 11: Christiana Anbri (actress on Blue's Clues and Blue's Room) is born
- August 15
- Nyusha (singer-songwriter for Rango) is born
- Jared Goldsmith (actor on Blue's Clues and Blue's Room) is born
- August 29: Nicole Anderson (actress in A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!, A Fairly Odd Christmas, A Fairly Odd Summer, Unfabulous, iCarly, and Zoey 101) is born
- September 2: Tabitha Morella (actress on iCarly and Victorious) is born
- September 5: Max Mittelman (voice actor on It's Pony, Shimmer and Shine, and Breadwinners) is born
- September 10: Eddy Martin (actor and singer on Just Jordan and Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred) is born
- September 15
- Matt Shively (actor on True Jackson, VP, The Troop, Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures, Best Player, and Zoey 101 and voice actor on Winx Club) is born
- Raymond Santos (storyboard artist on The Casagrandes and Breadwinners and director on Baby Shark's Big Show) is born
- September 21
- Christian Serratos (actress on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and guest star on Zoey 101) is born
- Allison Scagliotti (actress on Drake & Josh) is born
- September 29
- Doug Brochu (actor on Zoey 101 and iCarly) is born
- Rosemary Contreras (writer on The Loud House, The Casagrandes, Dora the Explorer, and Go, Diego, Go!) is born
- October 6: Tristin Mays (actress on Gullah Gullah Island, Victorious, True Jackson, VP, Big Time Rush, and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide) is born
- October 15: Brennan Mejia (actor on iCarly)
- October 16: Carlie Casey (actress on Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Big Time Rush) is born
- October 18: Jordan Calloway (actor on Unfabulous) is born
- October 31: Lil' JJ (actor, comedian, and rapper on Yours, Mine & Ours, Just Jordan, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, and All That) is born
- November 1: Ray Pohlman (guitarist on Face's Music Party)
- November 2: Kendall Schmidt (actor on Big Time Rush, Marvin Marvin, The Penguins of Madagascar, How to Rock, and School of Rock, guest star on the Worldwide Day of Play, and the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards, and celebrity on BrainSurge) is born
- November 4: Jean-Luc Bilodeau (actor in Best Player, Spectacular!, and The Troop) is born
- November 5: Aaron Albert (actor on iCarly (2007)) is born
- November 11: Ashley Rose Orr (actress on Dora the Explorer) is born
- November 13: Kathleen Herles (voice actor on Dora the Explorer and Go, Diego, Go!) is born
- November 23: Damien C. Haas (actor on AwesomenessTV) is born
- November 25: Stephanie Hsu (actress in SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical) is born
- December 16: Monica Sherer (actress on AwesomenessTV, Drama Club, and All That (2019)) is born
- December 21: Taylor Louderman (actress on Sunny Day) is born
- December 28: David Archuleta (guest star on iCarly) is born
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