Nickelodeon Australia

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Nickelodeon Australia

Launched	October 23, 1995
Owned by	XYZnetworks
Audience share	0.2% (Nov '05, [1])
Sister channel(s)	Nick Jr.
Website	www.nickelodeon.com.au
Availability
Satellite
Foxtel	Channel 5
Austar	Channel 5
Cable
Optus Television	Channel 701
Foxtel Digital	Channel 701
Austar Digital	Channel 701

Nickelodeon Australia is a counterpart of the Nickelodeon network in the USA. However unlike other Viacom-branded stations in Australia (ie; MTV and VH1), Nickelodeon Australia is owned by XYZnetworks, under license from Viacom.

1 Programming
2 See also
3 External Links

[edit] Programming

Nickelodeon Australia airs shows from the American Nickelodeon but also has a variety of locally-produced shows:

[edit] 'Sarvo

See main article: Sarvo

'Sarvo is a show, that was previosuly hosted by James Kerley and Dave Lawson. The duo left sarvo on Friday 23rd February 2007. The new series which begins on April 9th 2007 will be hosted by Maude Garrett and Kyle Linahan. Sarvo aires in the afternoons and plays various Nicktoons such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Kappa Mikey, Captain Flamingo as well as other shows such as Zoey 101. As well as children's programs this show also offers other things such as interviews with celebrity guests and funny extras of what the hosts get up to.

[edit] Weekend Mornings

Weekend Mornings is a block of two episodes each of four Nicktoons on Saturday and Sunday mornings. It was originally named Double Up but changed names to support Nickelodeon's new format in 2006.

[edit] Sn:tv

See main article: Saturday Nick Television

Sn:tv (Saturday Nick) was a morning show and was launched in 2002 with the help of Britney Spears. Ths show was shot in Melbourne and involved games in which the live audience could participate in, celebrity interviews and performances, skits and more. Nickelodeon cancelled the show in 2005 due to a lack in audience numbers.

[edit] Nick Takes Over Your School

See Main Article: Nick Takes Over Your School

Nick Takes Over Your School was a series where a Nickelodeon personality would visit a school and wreak havoc. The series was cancelled in 2004, but repeats of the show can still be seen on Nickelodeon Australia. According to Nick Australia's website, Nick Takes Over Your School was a "series looking inside kids' classrooms across Australia. Even cooler than aliens taking over your school. Who else but Nickelodeon can slime schoolteachers the only way they know how - green and gooey!"

[edit] You're On Nick

To Support Nickelodeon Australia's new format, the network launched a bus, that would tour around Australia in places such as Sydney Olympic Park. Part of the bus was a small recording studio, where kids could say a sentence or two about what they could do, or who they where. The ten second clips would be shown during the ads on Nickelodeon Australia shows.

[edit] Camp Orange

See main article: Camp Orange.

See related article: Camp Orange: Slimey Hollow.

Camp Orange began in 2005 and was hosted by Dave Lawson. Dave was moved to Sarvo due to the fact that Tony "T-Bone" Brockman (a former 'Sarvo host) left the network. Since 2006, Maude Garrett has hosted Camp Orange. Maude is now a well-known celebrity within the Nickelodeon community, attending events such as the Nickelodeon Australian Kids' Choice Awards, and the opening of "Pipeline Plunge" at WhiteWater World, a new theme park located in Queensland, Australia, next to and owned by Dreamworld (another popular theme park). The competitions entails eight kids (between the ages of 8 and 13) in four teams. They battle it out to win the competition and prize pack provided by the sponsor. A third season has been confirmed for 2007.

[edit] Juice

Juice is a weekday morning show. It shows popular Nicktoons between 7am and 9am such as SpongeBob SquarePants and The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Although the show was originally hosted, it no longer features a host.

[edit] Lunchtoon

Lunchtoon is a weekly lunchtime show that has six episodes of a Nickelodeon show.

[edit] Toons2Nite

Nickelodeon also plays classic Nick shows in the late night hours. It was originally named Classics, however it has since been rebranded Toons2Nite.