Awesome tribute! I love how they used to show the "Taped at Nickelodeon Studios" thing after every show. I actually thought that's where they were still taped until someone told me the place closed. I miss seeing the place at the end of Nickelodeon shows.
@DayMare2000 Nickelodeon does have sister channels that air mixes of old & new programs. Nicktoons & TV Land could be tapped to air older Nickelodeon programs IF the conditions were right (enough viewer demand, companies willing to buy advertising spots, what shows are still available for Nickelodeon to use and so on). There is a lot that goes into creating & operating a television network that most of us will never know about...but economics & business rules do still apply. :o)
aceattorney1989, I will make your dream come true by destroying Blue Man studios, and get a job on Nickelodeon, get the old logo back, and the shows, build back Nickelodeon studios, and bring back Nickelodeon and Nick Jr Shows, and beat up Disney and return Doug to all the happy 90s people, I h yeah, Nickelodeon splat has all the old classic shows now, and Shout Factory Video DVDS
the reason why they closed it cuz it had a decline of visitors...... i would LIVE There if i could.....R.I.P. Nickelodeon Studios,R.I.P. Old Nickelodeon
@DayMare2000 TV Land is a true nostalgic channel. You can't get any more so than 50's & 60's television shows. GaS was a quasi 90's nostalgia channel and it suffered from poor viewership. Why? People with digital cable or satellite TV could access it and watch episodes of GUTS, Figure it Out, Get the Picture and other programs. But there was very little interest. Interest spiked after it was announced that GaS was being taken off the air. But by then the horse had already left the barn.
even doe I neva been there i've seen it on tv nd it looked fun i'm not gone lie i wanned to cry cuz all dose old nickelodeon memories r ova nd there gone dats sad wen they turned it into da blue man group i was sad😢😢😢 but i will ALWAYS luv nickelodeon😘😘😘😘
i miss the studios... Now it is lame.. I was on Nickelodeon Splat.... and i saw the costume room and Holy cow there were so MANY clothes it was amazing
@metakight4 The slime geyser was the BIGGEST draw to Nick Studios and the hardest to build when they built the studios. The geyser was really a huge brown rock in the ground with clunky machinery and tubes that shot out slime in the early days but later it shot out green water then just plain water
I can't wait till April 20, 2042 that when there gunna reopen nick studios it makes no sence why they closed it in the first place the could film victorious, I Carly, and any other show thereno one likes the blue men kids like me need to experience 90 nick because the 90's are ALL THAT
I know... I know.. And the area has changed around the building so much. Look at the footage of them putting up the sign in 1990. There's like nothing there! No trees. Now if those kids tried to run to the studios in the same spot they'd knock into trees of like fall in the construction of the coaster.
Nickelodeon took a risk by building the complex in Orlando. The idea was to try to create a "Hollywood" on the east coast. Things were good for quite a while, but the network's viewer's loss of interest in game shows and wanting more cartoons and scripted shows signaled the beginning of the end for Nickelodeon Studios. Because popular actors chose to stay in Hollywood, had Nickelodeon built the studio complex in southern California, it could still very well be a functioning facility today.
@DayMare2000 It would be hard to revamp GaS at this point because the channel no longer exists. For unclear reasons, Dish kept a the loop of GaS programs going for about 15 months after the channel was taken down from digital cable. Wikipedia's listing for GaS is a pretty good read. I think we've kinda loaded up the comments section of this video quite a bit so I'm going to wrap up with this one. I've enjoyed the discussion! :o)
Blue Man Group had nothing to do with the closing of Nickelodeon Studios! If anyone is to be "blamed" its: Kids for losing interest in game shows. Kids for no longer wanted to take the tour and go to the gift shop. Actors for refusing to move from Los Angeles to Orlando. What was Nickelodeon supposed to do? Pay staff people to sit in an empty facility and stare @ the walls? Turn the place into a museum? With no visitors, that idea wasn't going to fly.
@DayMare2000 TV Land seems to have a reasonable mix of shows from the 50's through the 2000's. Home Improvement, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Nanny and some other 90's shows are listed. Now if you're thinking of a channel that only plays kid's shows from the 90's 24/7, then we go back to GaS.
Nickelodeon (and Disney Channel) are kids networks. Their target audience is, roughly, early teens and younger. The networks broadcast shows that appeal to that demographic. Age-wise...90's Kids are now outside the target audience for both networks. It's great if a show appeals to both the target audience and people age 20+, but neither network is specifically looking to attract 90's Kids.
@DayMare2000 Nick GaS aired classic game shows. Interest in the channel was so small that there were no ads and very few shows airing in a constant repeat cycle. The closing of Nickelodeon Studios & the decision to fold GaS into TurboNick jolted 90's Kids and then the cries rang out. Remember that interest in game shows dried up and then number of visitors to Nickelodeon Studios tanked. These facts are mentioned by Nickelodeon insider Josh Yawn & other sources.
@DayMare2000 The thing is....Nickelodeon & Disney are just giving children the shows that they want. Shows built around a cast of kids fell out of favor in the late 90's/early 2000s because they tend to show their age much more readily than animation. Styles, such as clothing & hair, change.
To hold viewer interest, shows like Figure It Out and GUTS underwent changes. Animation can remain fairly constant and still hold an audience (think Simpsons & Spongebob).
@Hieagandaus The types of programs that Nickelodeon's (and Disney Channel's) core viewers want to see are different that what 90's kids enjoyed. But a percentage of 90's kids are having difficulty letting go and want the 2 networks to go back to broadcasting shows that really don't resonate with their current viewers. SpongeBob is the last link to 90's Nickelodeon. When it ends, the door to 90's Nickelodeon will be closed forever.
I suppose if there was enough long-term demand for game shows, Nickelodeon could justify the cost of building another facility. Right now, that doesn't appear to be the case. Right now, Nickelodeon has only 1 game show (BrainSurge) in its line-up. The network leases space @ Hollywood Center Studios for the staging of the program.
Blue Man Group has nothing to do with the closing of Nickelodeon Studios. By 2000, Nickelodeon's viewers lost interest in game shows and wanted more cartoons & scripted comedies. By giving viewers what they wanted, Nickelodeon had to move production back to Hollywood, because popular actors refused to move to Orlando. Nickelodeon kept Nickelodeon Studios opened as long as it could, but by 2005 the network realized that the time had come to close it down.
Nick was capable of reaching its core base true but they had the drive to actually reach us (kids from the 90's) now a days it more about that bottom line that more important, We (80's babies) were lucky enough to enjoy great children television. Hell i would wake up with my little bro earlier saturday morning to catch a show on TV ie..630 Mr.Wizards world, but now its all about money the bigwigs don't care for the youths these days..There is no Bill Nye, Beakmens world nothing
trekster316 Nah, The Damage Was Minor, Just A Damaged Sign (The Big Nickelodeon Logo That Hung On The Main Building, Maybe A Bit Of The Slime Geyser) They Were Able To Fix It With The Dwindling Profit Of The Studio, Possibly With Universal Orlando Resort's Increasing Funds.
@DayMare2000 I'm simply stating that the types of programs that today's kids want to watch on television differs from those that 90's Kids wanted to see. And it is the job of Nickelodeon & Disney to change to accommodate their target audiences. Shows like iCarly & Big Time Rush are popular with many of today's technology- savvy kids. 90's Kids...for the most part...hate them. So who is Nickelodeon (a children's network) going to listen to? Tweens & younger....or....20 somethings?
@bewarethedecks that really sucks =(.. if only nickelodeon cuould just rebuild another nickelodeon studio in california maybe that would bring some revival to it..
@Shortpinoy13 DUDE I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU I MEAN WHO CARES ABOUT THEM, ALL THEY DO IS DO SHIT LIKE STUFF THAT DONT MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH THEY BETTER BRING THE NICKELODEON STUDIO BACK
@DayMare2000 As a "70's Kid" I sometimes look at videos of shows I grew up with (The Banana Splits, Captain Kangaroo, Far Out Space Nuts and others) and think about my younger days. Do I miss being a kid? Sometimes. Do I think its right for me to demand that the shows my generation grew up with be brought back? No. Every generation is different. Today's kids are different than 90's Kids. Nickelodeon & Disney have moved on. Sadly.....a percentage of 90's Kids haven't.
@DayMare2000 I don't see it as selfish. Most of the comments that I post on these various tributes are in response to calls for Nickelodeon (the main channel) to punt the existing lineup and bring back many of the shows from the 90's. Doing that is just not fair to today's kids who do have different tastes than their older siblings. 90's Kids had their day and now it's time to let today's kids have their turn with Nick (& Disney).
Awesome tribute! I love how they used to show the "Taped at Nickelodeon Studios" thing after every show. I actually thought that's where they were still taped until someone told me the place closed. I miss seeing the place at the end of Nickelodeon shows.
its soo sad a time of childhood an memories gone for ever .
Thank you! I saw BMG there and they were awesome, but I'm still sad about the closing and wish viewers today wanted stuff like that.
@DayMare2000
Nickelodeon does have sister channels that air mixes of old & new programs. Nicktoons & TV Land could be tapped to air older Nickelodeon programs IF the conditions were right (enough viewer demand, companies willing to buy advertising spots, what shows are still available for Nickelodeon to use and so on).
There is a lot that goes into creating & operating a television network that most of us will never know about...but economics & business rules do still apply. :o)
There goes my childhood dream of going there.
Same. I honestly was never there and wish I was able to.
aceattorney1989, I will make your dream come true by destroying Blue Man studios, and get a job on Nickelodeon, get the old logo back, and the shows, build back Nickelodeon studios, and bring back Nickelodeon and Nick Jr Shows, and beat up Disney and return Doug to all the happy 90s people, I h yeah, Nickelodeon splat has all the old classic shows now, and Shout Factory Video DVDS
I feel you guys, my dreams were crushed too after hearing of the closure.😞🙁
the reason why they closed it cuz it had a decline of visitors......
i would LIVE There if i could.....R.I.P. Nickelodeon Studios,R.I.P. Old Nickelodeon
I miss the 90sMy childhoodWas great back then
Same here, I know it’s late to reply but I miss my childhood too.😞🙁
happy b-day nick studios u will b missed!
We're gonna protest to to get Nickelodeon Studios back
Don't protest this studio, i'm sorry !
that and Farliy oddparents
god bless Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon Studios
Damn you 2000's kids. I hope you're happy. You want to shatter the memories for the kids born in the 80's and 90's.
Peter Bautista no dude I feel bad
even though i never went to nick studios i feel my nickelodeon died before i knew it
@DayMare2000
TV Land is a true nostalgic channel. You can't get any more so than 50's & 60's television shows. GaS was a quasi 90's nostalgia channel and it suffered from poor viewership. Why?
People with digital cable or satellite TV could access it and watch episodes of GUTS, Figure it Out, Get the Picture and other programs. But there was very little interest. Interest spiked after it was announced that GaS was being taken off the air. But by then the horse had already left the barn.
Nickelodeon Guts was AWESOME! Boy I miss NickGas...:*(
even doe I neva been there i've seen it on tv nd it looked fun i'm not gone lie i wanned to cry cuz all dose old nickelodeon memories r ova nd there gone dats sad wen they turned it into da blue man group i was sad😢😢😢 but i will ALWAYS luv nickelodeon😘😘😘😘
+logan theboss123 yeah
Great Tribute
if my childhood had a temple... that place would be it
goodbye nickelodeon studios!
want it back im crying right know
i miss the studios...
Now it is lame..
I was on Nickelodeon Splat.... and i saw the costume room and Holy cow there were so MANY clothes it was amazing
@RetroFreak
How did you get the Bird's Eye view of the studios?
hahahha!! legions of the hidden temple. i used to love that show when i was a kid.. ROFL
@metakight4
The slime geyser was the BIGGEST draw to Nick Studios and the hardest to build when they built the studios. The geyser was really a huge brown rock in the ground with clunky machinery and tubes that shot out slime in the early days but later it shot out green water then just plain water
I can't wait till April 20, 2042 that when there gunna reopen nick studios it makes no sence why they closed it in the first place the could film victorious, I Carly, and any other show thereno one likes the blue men kids like me need to experience 90 nick because the 90's are ALL THAT
I know... I know.. And the area has changed around the building so much. Look at the footage of them putting up the sign in 1990. There's like nothing there! No trees. Now if those kids tried to run to the studios in the same spot they'd knock into trees of like fall in the construction of the coaster.
Nickelodeon took a risk by building the complex in Orlando. The idea was to try to create a "Hollywood" on the east coast.
Things were good for quite a while, but the network's viewer's loss of interest in game shows and wanting more cartoons and scripted shows signaled the beginning of the end for Nickelodeon Studios.
Because popular actors chose to stay in Hollywood, had Nickelodeon built the studio complex in southern California, it could still very well be a functioning facility today.
@DayMare2000
I haven't watched much of TV Land, but I caught a glimpse of the line-up on their website.
I miss Nick Studios.
RIP:(
@DayMare2000
It would be hard to revamp GaS at this point because the channel no longer exists. For unclear reasons, Dish kept a the loop of GaS programs going for about 15 months after the channel was taken down from digital cable. Wikipedia's listing for GaS is a pretty good read.
I think we've kinda loaded up the comments section of this video quite a bit so I'm going to wrap up with this one. I've enjoyed the discussion! :o)
btw ty Retro for answering my question.
@RetroFreak84
0:46 was there a nick logo on the roundish fan-like thing of the geyser?
Blue Man Group had nothing to do with the closing of Nickelodeon Studios! If anyone is to be "blamed" its:
Kids for losing interest in game shows.
Kids for no longer wanted to take the tour and go to the gift shop.
Actors for refusing to move from Los Angeles to Orlando.
What was Nickelodeon supposed to do? Pay staff people to sit in an empty facility and stare @ the walls? Turn the place into a museum? With no visitors, that idea wasn't going to fly.
@DayMare2000
TV Land seems to have a reasonable mix of shows from the 50's through the 2000's. Home Improvement, 3rd Rock From the Sun, Everybody Loves Raymond, The Nanny and some other 90's shows are listed. Now if you're thinking of a channel that only plays kid's shows from the 90's 24/7, then we go back to GaS.
i noticed that nick started to die when the studios closed
@RetroFreak84
Yup....it does. But now I'm not 100% sure if Nick News is a regular production program.
Nickelodeon (and Disney Channel) are kids networks. Their target audience is, roughly, early teens and younger. The networks broadcast shows that appeal to that demographic.
Age-wise...90's Kids are now outside the target audience for both networks. It's great if a show appeals to both the target audience and people age 20+, but neither network is specifically looking to attract 90's Kids.
@DayMare2000
Nick GaS aired classic game shows. Interest in the channel was so small that there were no ads and very few shows airing in a constant repeat cycle.
The closing of Nickelodeon Studios & the decision to fold GaS into TurboNick jolted 90's Kids and then the cries rang out.
Remember that interest in game shows dried up and then number of visitors to Nickelodeon Studios tanked. These facts are mentioned by Nickelodeon insider Josh Yawn & other sources.
I'm with you on that one
@DayMare2000
The thing is....Nickelodeon & Disney are just giving children the shows that they want.
Shows built around a cast of kids fell out of favor in the late 90's/early 2000s because they tend to show their age much more readily than animation. Styles, such as clothing & hair, change.
To hold viewer interest, shows like Figure It Out and GUTS underwent changes. Animation can remain fairly constant and still hold an audience (think Simpsons & Spongebob).
@Hieagandaus
The types of programs that Nickelodeon's (and Disney Channel's) core viewers want to see are different that what 90's kids enjoyed.
But a percentage of 90's kids are having difficulty letting go and want the 2 networks to go back to broadcasting shows that really don't resonate with their current viewers.
SpongeBob is the last link to 90's Nickelodeon. When it ends, the door to 90's Nickelodeon will be closed forever.
Regardless, Spongebob has overstayed its welcome and needs to go.
I suppose if there was enough long-term demand for game shows, Nickelodeon could justify the cost of building another facility. Right now, that doesn't appear to be the case.
Right now, Nickelodeon has only 1 game show (BrainSurge) in its line-up. The network leases space @ Hollywood Center Studios for the staging of the program.
@bewarethedecks
And Nick News. That goes back to 1993.
@drummer728 i think the slime geyser is infront of the nick hotel i actually dont know lol
Did the sign go to the Nickelodeon Hotel? i have no idea what happened to the slime geyser. i wouldve put it in my yard if i couldve lol!
What is the name of the song?
I honestly can't remember. Probably somewhere on RUclips.
April 30, 2042 is the so-called opening of the Nickelodeon Time Capsule
Blue Man Group has nothing to do with the closing of Nickelodeon Studios.
By 2000, Nickelodeon's viewers lost interest in game shows and wanted more cartoons & scripted comedies.
By giving viewers what they wanted, Nickelodeon had to move production back to Hollywood, because popular actors refused to move to Orlando.
Nickelodeon kept Nickelodeon Studios opened as long as it could, but by 2005 the network realized that the time had come to close it down.
@bewarethedecks thank's for telling why it really closed.
@RetroFreak84 nick news is like cancelled and they dont show it too much anymore
I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing by Aerosmith
Nick was capable of reaching its core base true but they had the drive to actually reach us (kids from the 90's) now a days it more about that bottom line that more important, We (80's babies) were lucky enough to enjoy great children television. Hell i would wake up with my little bro earlier saturday morning to catch a show on TV ie..630 Mr.Wizards world, but now its all about money the bigwigs don't care for the youths these days..There is no Bill Nye, Beakmens world nothing
Is it true another reason it was closed was because a hurricane damaged the outside? That's a rumor i heard going around for awhile.
trekster316 Nah, The Damage Was Minor, Just A Damaged Sign (The Big Nickelodeon Logo That Hung On The Main Building, Maybe A Bit Of The Slime Geyser) They Were Able To Fix It With The Dwindling Profit Of The Studio, Possibly With Universal Orlando Resort's Increasing Funds.
@trekster316
No. It was due to low popularity and low budget.
@DayMare2000
I'm simply stating that the types of programs that today's kids want to watch on television differs from those that 90's Kids wanted to see. And it is the job of Nickelodeon & Disney to change to accommodate their target audiences.
Shows like iCarly & Big Time Rush are popular with many of today's technology- savvy kids.
90's Kids...for the most part...hate them.
So who is Nickelodeon (a children's network) going to listen to? Tweens & younger....or....20 somethings?
@thelyssmarie14 the capsule was moved to the hotel so dont worry =)
@ravens112 take pics and some video footage if you do find something =)
its not gone it reopened in ca in 2 studios
@bewarethedecks that really sucks =(.. if only nickelodeon cuould just rebuild another nickelodeon studio in california maybe that would bring some revival to it..
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@Shortpinoy13 DUDE I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU I MEAN WHO CARES ABOUT THEM, ALL THEY DO IS DO SHIT LIKE STUFF THAT DONT MAKE PEOPLE LAUGH THEY BETTER BRING THE NICKELODEON STUDIO BACK
@DayMare2000
As a "70's Kid" I sometimes look at videos of shows I grew up with (The Banana Splits, Captain Kangaroo, Far Out Space Nuts and others) and think about my younger days.
Do I miss being a kid? Sometimes.
Do I think its right for me to demand that the shows my generation grew up with be brought back? No.
Every generation is different. Today's kids are different than 90's Kids. Nickelodeon & Disney have moved on. Sadly.....a percentage of 90's Kids haven't.
@Shortpinoy13 the pooped so hard they turned blue
the only good kid network is cartoon network
Sheepsnoop Shep BURN HIM!
All they have is but jokes in there cartoons and then kids think it’s funny
@DayMare2000
I don't see it as selfish.
Most of the comments that I post on these various tributes are in response to calls for Nickelodeon (the main channel) to punt the existing lineup and bring back many of the shows from the 90's. Doing that is just not fair to today's kids who do have different tastes than their older siblings. 90's Kids had their day and now it's time to let today's kids have their turn with Nick (& Disney).
@tboneslam Me either
Nickelodeon is gone now,all they show is live action crap, Icarly and crap and sponge bob which is losing it now.my child hood is gone now! :D
hey its too far
I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing by Aerosmith