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This article is about the television channel that the Nick Jr. block airs on. You may be looking for the Nick Jr. television channel.

Nickelodeon, abbreviatedly known as Nick, is an American basic cable and satellite television network launched on 1 December 1977 and is owned by Paramount Skydance Corporation, through Paramount Domestic Media Networks, and based in New York City, their most famous cartoon of time is SpongeBob SquarePants.

In the UK and Ireland, Thomas & Friends aired on the Nick Jr. block from 1999-2000 and on the Nick Jr. channels from 1999-2017.

In the US, the Nick Jr. block aired Shining Time Station throughout the summer of 2000 to promote the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

In the Netherlands, Thomas & Friends aired on Nickelodeon from 1 September 2002 up until 10 May 2015. Series 8 to series 11 and series 13 premiered on this channel between 2006 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.

Broadcast[]

United Kingdom and Ireland[]

In January 1999, Nickelodeon UK acquired the British pay broadcast rights to Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from Cartoon Network.[1] They began airing the first to the fifth series on the Nick Jr. block and channel from 1999 in the UK and Ireland daily, starting off with the first and the fourth series, with the other series joining the line-up shortly after. However, Cartoon Network lost the rights to air the series after the end of February 1999.[2]

The Nick Jr. block on Nickelodeon continued until July 2000, where after that, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends exclusively aired on the Nick Jr. channel.

United States[]

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 15 December 2017. Starting on 12 March 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.

Airings[]

For airings on the Nick Jr. Channel, see Nick Jr. § Airings.

Nick Jr.

2000

For airings on the Nick Jr. Channel, see Nick Jr. § Airings.

Shining Time Station

2000

  1. (Win, Lose or Draw) - Double Trouble / Gordon and the Famous Visitor
  2. (Sweet and Sour) - Donald and Douglas
  3. (Achoo) - Trust Thomas / Whistles and Sneezes
  4. (Washout) - Bertie's Chase
  5. (Crackpot) - Henry's Forest
  6. (He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not) - Thomas, Percy and the Mail Train
  7. (Is Anybody There?) - A Scarf for Percy
  8. (Do I Hear?) - Mavis
  9. (All's Fair) - Edward, Trevor and the Really Useful Party
  10. (Becky Makes a Wish) - All at Sea
  11. (Schemer's Alone) - Percy, James and the Fruitful Day
  12. (Bully for Mr. Conductor) - Bulgy
  13. (Stacy Cleans Up) - James Goes Buzz Buzz
  14. (Billy Saves the Day) - A New Friend for Thomas
  15. (Billy's Party) - Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure
  16. (Fortune Teller Schemer) - Thomas and the Conductor / A Cow on the Line
  17. (Billy's Runaway Train) - A Close Shave for Duck
  18. (Schemer Goes Camping) - Percy Takes the Plunge
  19. (Bad Luck Day at Shining Time Station) - Gordon Takes a Dip
  20. (Mr. Conductor's Fourth of July) - Escape
  21. (Stacy Forgets Her Name) - Thomas Gets Tricked
  22. (Mr. Conductor's Movie) - Tender Engines
  23. (The Joke's on Schemer) - Wrong Road
  24. (Dance Crazy) - Percy Runs Away
  25. (Mysterious Stranger) - Come Out, Henry! / Henry to the Rescue
  26. (Dan's Big Race) - Henry's Special Coal / The Flying Kipper
  27. (Mr. Conductor's Big Sleepwalk) - Better Late Than Never
  28. (The Mayor Runs for Re-Election) - James Learns a Lesson / Foolish Freight Cars
  29. (Stacy Says No) - Duck Takes Charge
  30. (How the Station Got Its Name) - Toby the Tram Engine / Thomas Breaks the Rules

Thomas & Friends

2017

2018

2019

Trivia[]

  • The Minis line released toys resembling characters from SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers.
  • Shout! Factory made Nickelodeon DVDs for the US market.
  • NCircle Entertainment has released DVDs of Nick Jr. shows
  • Nickelodeon is the last US television channel to air Thomas & Friends in the US in its original format.
  • In the Australian and New Zealand version of the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards on Nickelodeon, a Thomas & Friends YouTuber named DieselD199 (who was involved in the Thomas Creator Collective) was nominated under the award for 'Favorite Aussie/Kiwi Internet Sensation', but lost to Troye Sivan. Several clips from DieselD199's videos were included for his nomination on the broadcast. (YouTube)
  • Butch Hartman, the creator of Nickelodeon shows such as The Fairly OddParents, drew a picture of Thomas the Tank Engine and shared it on TikTok.[3]
  • Ava Ro, US voice of Kana in Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go co-starred in Nickelodeon sitcom Erin & Aaron as Erin.

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References[]

  1. ↑ Nickelodeon UK has swiped the rights to Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends from arch-rival children's cable channel Cartoon Network, writes Alice Macandrew. The entire series is set to air on - Broadcast
  2. ↑ [1]
  3. ↑ Drawing THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE! - TikTok

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