Subject: Nickelodeon's schedule from 1982

Written By: yelimsexa on 12/03/15 at 11:57 am

I found online a listing of programming that turned out to be the schedule for Nickelodeon programs for the week of April 4, 1982 during their pinball logo era. Unlike the '90s which is known for its own nostalgia, this era of Nickelodeon was when the network had a shoestring budget and wasn't found on every cable provider, with many of the shows listed lost to history, whether through tape wiping or a fire/flood that damaged the master tapes (like what happened with some early Double Dare/Finders' Keepers episodes). It is presented as a means to raise the awareness of the early years of the top kids' network.

NOTE: All times PT.

WEEKDAYS

7:00 AM Pinwheel
12:00 PM Dusty's Treehouse (1 hr Mon-Thu, 30 min. Fri)
12:30 PM Special Delivery
1:00 PM Vegetable Soup
1:30 PM Matt and Jenny (Mon, Thu)/Adventures in Rainbow Country (Tue, Fri)/You Can't Do That on Television (Wed)
2:00 PM What Will They Think of Next?
2:30 PM Special Delivery (Mon)/Spread Your Wings (Tue, Fri)/Studio See (Wed, Thu)
3:00 PM The Tomorrow People
3:30 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
4:00 PM Livewire (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri)/Special Delivery (Wed)
5:00 PM Matt and Jenny (Mon, Thu)/Adventures in Rainbow Country (Tue, Fri)/What Will They Think of Next? (Wed)
5:30 PM What Will They Think of Next? (Mon, Thu)/Spread Your Wings (Tue, Fri)/You Can't Do That on Television (Wed)
6:00 PM The Tomorrow People
6:30 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
7:00 PM Livewire (Mon-Thu)/Adventures in Rainbow Country (Fri)

SATURDAYS

7:00 AM Pinwheel
12:00 PM Matt and Jenny
12:30 PM Adventures In Rainbow Country
1:00 PM Spread Your Wings
1:30 PM What Will They Think Of Next?
2:00 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
2:30 PM The Tomorrow People
3:00 PM Reggie Jackson's World of Sports
4:00 PM Livewire
5:00 PM Spread Your Wings
5:30 PM You Can't Do That On Television
6:00 PM The Tomorrow People
6:30 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
7:00 PM Livewire

SUNDAYS

7:00 AM Pinwheel
12:00 PM You Can't Do That On Television
12:30 PM Spread Your Wings
1:00 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
1:30 PM Studio See
2:00 PM What Will They Think Of Next?
2:30 PM Livewire
3:30 PM The Tomorrow People
4:00 PM Reggie Jackson's World of Sports
5:00 PM Studio See
5:30 PM Special Delivery
6:00 PM The Tomorrow People
6:30 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
7:00 PM Livewire

At 8:00, some channels would either switch to another network such as ARTS or go dark for the night as this was before Nick at Nite.

Subject: Re: Nickelodeon's schedule from 1982

Written By: annimal on 12/03/15 at 12:43 pm

pinwheel pinwheel spinning around

Subject: Re: Nickelodeon's schedule from 1982

Written By: Howard on 12/03/15 at 3:35 pm

I found online a listing of programming that turned out to be the schedule for Nickelodeon programs for the week of April 4, 1982 during their pinball logo era. Unlike the '90s which is known for its own nostalgia, this era of Nickelodeon was when the network had a shoestring budget and wasn't found on every cable provider, with many of the shows listed lost to history, whether through tape wiping or a fire/flood that damaged the master tapes (like what happened with some early Double Dare/Finders' Keepers episodes). It is presented as a means to raise the awareness of the early years of the top kids' network.

NOTE: All times PT.

WEEKDAYS

7:00 AM Pinwheel
12:00 PM Dusty's Treehouse (1 hr Mon-Thu, 30 min. Fri)
12:30 PM Special Delivery
1:00 PM Vegetable Soup
1:30 PM Matt and Jenny (Mon, Thu)/Adventures in Rainbow Country (Tue, Fri)/You Can't Do That on Television (Wed)
2:00 PM What Will They Think of Next?
2:30 PM Special Delivery (Mon)/Spread Your Wings (Tue, Fri)/Studio See (Wed, Thu)
3:00 PM The Tomorrow People
3:30 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
4:00 PM Livewire (Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri)/Special Delivery (Wed)
5:00 PM Matt and Jenny (Mon, Thu)/Adventures in Rainbow Country (Tue, Fri)/What Will They Think of Next? (Wed)
5:30 PM What Will They Think of Next? (Mon, Thu)/Spread Your Wings (Tue, Fri)/You Can't Do That on Television (Wed)
6:00 PM The Tomorrow People
6:30 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
7:00 PM Livewire (Mon-Thu)/Adventures in Rainbow Country (Fri)

SATURDAYS

7:00 AM Pinwheel
12:00 PM Matt and Jenny
12:30 PM Adventures In Rainbow Country
1:00 PM Spread Your Wings
1:30 PM What Will They Think Of Next?
2:00 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
2:30 PM The Tomorrow People
3:00 PM Reggie Jackson's World of Sports
4:00 PM Livewire
5:00 PM Spread Your Wings
5:30 PM You Can't Do That On Television
6:00 PM The Tomorrow People
6:30 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
7:00 PM Livewire

SUNDAYS

7:00 AM Pinwheel
12:00 PM You Can't Do That On Television
12:30 PM Spread Your Wings
1:00 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
1:30 PM Studio See
2:00 PM What Will They Think Of Next?
2:30 PM Livewire
3:30 PM The Tomorrow People
4:00 PM Reggie Jackson's World of Sports
5:00 PM Studio See
5:30 PM Special Delivery
6:00 PM The Tomorrow People
6:30 PM The Adventures of Black Beauty
7:00 PM Livewire

At 8:00, some channels would either switch to another network such as ARTS or go dark for the night as this was before Nick at Nite.

Wow, that's interesting, I thought Vegetable Soup was a 70's show. :o

Subject: Re: Nickelodeon's schedule from 1982

Written By: Howard on 12/03/15 at 3:41 pm

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/e/e3/Nickelodeon_1982_silver_ball.svg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/640?cb=20141117204606
1982 logo ↑

Subject: Re: Nickelodeon's schedule from 1982

Written By: apollonia1986 on 12/16/15 at 9:28 am

It must have been an absolute BLAST to be a kid back then. I came up watching You Can't Do That on Television reruns as a kid and to this day I kind of mist up when I hear the theme music.

Subject: Re: Nickelodeon's schedule from 1982

Written By: annimal on 12/16/15 at 5:04 pm

Well, I don't know

Subject: Re: Nickelodeon's schedule from 1982

Written By: humaeast on 01/30/16 at 12:51 pm

Wow, this was before the Nicktoons era and the SpongeBob era.