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Nickelodeon, abbreviatedly known as Nick, is an American basic cable and satellite television network launched on 1 December 1977 and is owned by Paramount Global, through Paramount Domestic Media Networks, and based in New York City, their most famous cartoon of time is SpongeBob SquarePants.
In the Netherlands, Thomas & Friends aired on Nickelodeon from 1 September 2002 up until 10 May 2015. Series 6 to series 11 and series 13 premiered on this channel between 2004 and 2010. Nickelodeon also re-aired series 1 to series 5. Nickelodeon always aired standalone episodes. Thomas originally began airing on Kindernet, the channel that Nickelodeon replaced, on 21 January 2002.
Thomas & Friends aired on Nick Jr. from December 2005 up until 10 May 2015 in the Netherlands. The preschool channel aired the same series as Nickelodeon did in the country.
In the US during the Summer of 2000, they aired the second and third series of Shining Time Station to promote Thomas and the Magic Railroad. Some episodes of Thomas & Friends also played as small segments during commercial breaks before the next show while Shining Time Station was on the air.
The Thomas & Friends partnership with PBS ended on 31 December 2017 and the Christmas/Winter episodes of the twenty-first series were broadcast on Nick Jr. on Nickelodeon as a special holiday program on December 15, 2017. Starting on March 12, 2018, Nick Jr. and the main Nickelodeon channel started regularly airing Thomas & Friends again nearly eighteen years after the 2000 airings, beginning with an airing of The Adventure Begins.
As of early 2020, the Thomas & Friends partnership with Nickelodeon ended, and all traces of it were removed from the website. Shortly after the Nickelodeon partnership ended, Mattel made a deal with Netflix to stream Thomas & Friends in the US, starting from March 2020. After the announcement of the 2021 reboot, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go, Cartoon Network acquired the broadcast rights for the show in the US.
Prior to Nick airing the series, the Minis line released toys resembling SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Ranger characters.
Shout! Factory also made Nickelodeon DVDs for the US market.
This is the last US TV channel to date to air Thomas & Friends in the US in its original format.
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Promo for the premiere of Thomas & Friends
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Thomas & Friends YouTuber DieselD199's nomination for 'Favorite Aussie/Kiwi Internet Sensation' in the Australian and New Zealand version of the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards(YouTube)
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Shining Time Station Nick Jr Promo
Shining Time Station - Coming Up Next Bumper
Thomas And The Magic Railroad Rare Nick Jr Promo
Thomas And The Magic Railroad 2nd Rare Nick Jr Promo
Thomas And The Magic Railroad Sweepstakes Ad
Nick Jr. -Thomas & Friends Coming Soon to Nickelodeon! (Teaser)
The Adventure Begins Nickelodeon Premiere Ad
Thomas & Friends - Premiering March 12th on Nickelodeon! 🚂 - Nick Jr.