1992–2000: Original SNICK SNICK debuted on August 15, 1992, with two programs that previously aired on Sundays (the teen sitcom
Clarissa Explains It All and
The Ren & Stimpy Show) and the network premieres of
Roundhouse (a musical sketch comedy-variety series) and
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (a horror fantasy-drama anthology series). Three new shows (
The Adventures of Pete and Pete,
The Secret World of Alex Mack, and
All That) premiered on the block between 1994 and 1995, with the latter two replacing Clarissa and Roundhouse's time slots, which both shows had ended their runs. By this time, much of SNICK's programming had diversified to the point of making room for other new programs by replacing their existing shows or scheduling them in different time slots. On some occasions, the block would run a series of interstitial shorts in-between regular broadcast, known as "SNICK Snack", or special programming events. Many bumpers and advertising promos for SNICK featured the programming block's mascot, dubbed "The Big Orange Couch," in several places, including in different Nickelodeon shows (front of the Midnight Society's campfire,
Ren and Stimpy's house, the Roundhouse, among others), as well as various real life and fictional locations. It was retired in June 1999, when the Big Orange Couch, filled with $25,000 and 6,000 cookies, was given to a viewer in a contest during a live event celebrating Nickelodeon's 20 years on television. However, the couch was briefly returned from 2000–2001, in which it was redesigned.
2000–2001: SNICK House On October 14, 2000, SNICK was revamped and was renamed to the
SNICK House, and with this came a number of changes. The block was now hosted by
Nick Cannon, and each week, a celebrity or music group made an appearance. The format was very similar to the TEENick block, which premiered three months later, but was more of a party. Each week, viewers could go online and vote for their favorite
SNICK House Video Picks. The winning music video would then be played during the block. The SNICK House was cancelled on July 7, 2001, making the way for the return of the regular SNICK block.
2001–2002: Elevator Music Era After SNICK House was cancelled on July 1, 2001, with the last program aired being
All That, Nick replaced SNICK's normal slot with "Nick Flicks", which featured 90-minute Nicktoon specials followed by
The Brothers García. This went on from July 7, 2001, to January 12, 2002, and from June 29, 2002, to September 7, 2002. On January 19, 2002, the brand new SNICK began with a whole new lineup, including a
brand new season and subsequently a new cast of
All That, which had been on hiatus for a year and a half. Bumpers now featured still pictures of various SNICK stars with a SNICK "talk bubble" above them, with
elevator music playing in the background.
2002–2004: SNICK On-Air Dare Starting on September 21, 2002, SNICK featured a series of
On-Air Dare segments featuring members of the
All That cast. All but three members of the cast would pull a lever to determine the night's "dare", which one of the three would have to do. The three cast members from
All That in each segment would be placed in a glass cylinder and one would be randomly chosen to participate in a dare. If chosen, two security guards enter and grab the cast member (as if they were arrested) so they would not escape. This appears to have been based on
Fear Factor. Some of these dares included singing the
National Anthem in a
diaper,
apple bobbing in a
toilet, taking a bath in a tub of raw
eggs, eating a couple gallons of
blue cheese, being painted with
peanut butter and licked by dogs, hanging upside down and being dipped in
dog food, having buckets of
worms dumped on the cast member's head, drinking a gallon of
sweat, sitting in a giant bowl of
chili, eating 1,000 toe nails, the cast member putting an entire
scorpion in their mouth, the cast member being pecked by hungry chickens, or
shaving their school principal's legs. During this era of SNICK, the SNICK line-ups went through some major transitions that included the cancellations of
The Nick Cannon Show and
Cousin Skeeter and the premiere of a new show,
Romeo!. In 2003, design company Beehive created brand new bumpers for SNICK, featuring an orange splat morphing into a show's character. Instead of saying "SNICK", the announcer said "Saturday Night Nickelodeon".
2004–2005: Saturday Night on Nickelodeon era and the end of SNICK On September 4, 2004, SNICK was quietly rebranded as
Saturday Night on Nickelodeon. However, the SNICK name was still used during live on-air segments. On January 29, 2005, SNICK aired for the last time and was replaced the following week by a Saturday night version of TEENick. The TEENick block name was discontinued in February 2009, in preparation for the launch of a separate channel named after the block,
TeenNick. TeenNick launched in September 2009, and much of its programming was sourced from the original TEENick block.
2011: SNICK on The '90s Are All That In July 2011, TeenNick begin airing 1990s era Nickelodeon shows starting at 12:00 am Eastern Time under the banner ''
The '90s Are All That''. SNICK programs that originally aired on the block's lineup were
All That,
Kenan & Kel, and
Clarissa Explains It All. In December 2011, it was announced that the week of December 26, 2011, up until New Year's Eve that TeenNick would air classic SNICK lineups from each year of the 1990s, with a special marathon airing New Year's Eve, all with classic SNICK and Nickelodeon bumpers from the 1990s. On August 17, 2013, SNICK returned to ''The '90s Are All That
, for its "SNICK-iversary", celebrating its 21st anniversary, reaching the drinking age if it were a person. The original lineup was aired (Clarissa Explains It All, The Ren & Stimpy Show and Are You Afraid of the Dark?) with the exception of Roundhouse being replaced by All That''.
2017: SNICK on NickSplat Since the block's 2011 resurgence, SNICK has returned to TeenNick three times. The first two under the block timeslot of The '90s Are All That, which was renamed to The Splat on October 5, 2015, and was renamed once again as NickSplat on May 1, 2017. SNICK's third appearance on TeenNick was to celebrate SNICK's 25th anniversary by airing episodes Saturday nights during the month of August 2017. August 5, 2017: • 12:00AM –
The Adventures of Pete and Pete • 12:30AM –
Clarissa Explains It All • 1:00AM –
Are You Afraid of the Dark? • 1:30AM –
The Ren & Stimpy Show August 12, 2017: • 12:00AM –
All That • 12:30AM –
All That • 1:00AM –
Kenan & Kel • 1:30AM –
Kenan & Kel August 15, 2017: • 10:00PM –
Clarissa Explains It All • 10:30PM –
Roundhouse • 11:00PM –
The Ren & Stimpy Show • 11:30PM –
Are You Afraid of the Dark? August 19, 2017: • 12:00AM –
KaBlam! • 12:30AM –
Rugrats • 1:00AM –
CatDog • 1:30AM –
The Angry Beavers August 26, 2017: • 12:00AM –
The Amanda Show • 12:30AM –
The Amanda Show • 1:00AM –
All That • 1:30AM –
All That ==SNICK line-ups==