SNICK

SNICK (short for Saturday Night Nickelodeon) was a two-hour programming block on the American cable television network Nickelodeon, geared toward general audiences, that ran from 1992 until mid-2004, Saturdays starting at 8 p.m. EST. In 2004, SNICK was revamped as the Saturday night edition of TEENick.

The block debuted on Saturday, August 15, 1992, with a pair of Sunday favorites (the tween-oriented sitcom Clarissa Explains It All and the Nicktoons classic The Ren and Stimpy Show) and the network premieres of Roundhouse (a musical comedy variety series) and Are You Afraid of the Dark? (a kid-friendly horror anthology series in which a group of kids sat around a campfire telling scary stories). [1] Ads and bumpers for SNICK featured the programming block's "mascot," dubbed "The Big Orange Couch," in several locales, including in front of The Midnight Society's campfire, Ren and Stimpy's house, and in various locations. It was retired in June 1999, when the iconic couch, stuffed with $25,000, was given away in a contest celebrating Nickelodeon's 20th anniversary.

SNICK Line-Ups

SNICK

1992-93
Clarissa Explains It All
*Roundhouse
*The Ren & Stimpy Show
*''Are You Afraid of the Dark?1993-94
Clarissa Explains It All
*Roundhouse
*The Ren & Stimpy Show
*''Are You Afraid of the Dark?1994-95
The Secret World of Alex Mack
*All That
The Ren & Stimpy Show
*Are You Afraid of the Dark?1995-96
The Secret World of Alex Mack
*All That
Space Cases
*Are You Afraid of the Dark?1996-97
The Secret World of Alex Mack
*All That
Kenan & Kel
*The Journey of Allen Strange1997-98
Rugrats
*All That
Kenan & Kel
*The Journey of Allen Strange1998-99
Rugrats
*All That
Kenan & Kel
*The Journey of Allen Strange

Snick House

1999-00
Rugrats
*All That
Kenan & Kel
*Are You Afraid of the Dark?2000-01
Rugrats
*The Amanda Show
100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
*All That

Snick On-Air Dare

2001-02
All That
*The Nick Cannon Show
The Amanda Show
*Cousin Skeeter2002-03
All That
*The Amanda Show
Taina
*The Nick Cannon Show2003-04
All Grown Up
*Romeo!
All That
*The Amanda Show2004-05
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide
*Drake and Josh
All That
*The Amanda Show

On-Air Dare

In later years, 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.

Some of these dares included singing the National Anthem in a diaper, bobbing for apples in a toilet, taking a bath in a tub of raw eggs, eating a couple gallons of bleu cheese, having buckets of worms dumped on the cast member's head, or shaving a teacher's legs.

See also

* Nickelodeon TV Weekend Blocks
* Snick opening (1997-1999)