List of programs broadcast by Nick Jr. (block)

This is a list of television programs currently or formerly broadcast on Nickelodeon's preschool block, Nick Jr. from 1988 to 2009 and since 2014 under its current name, 2009 to 2012 under the Nick Play Date name, and 2012 to 2014 under the Nick: The Smart Place to Play name.

Current programming

• ¹ Also aired on Nick Jr. on CBS/Nick on CBS.

Original programming

Title	Premiere date	Source(s)
Bubble Guppies	January 24, 2011	^[1]
Blaze and the Monster Machines	October 13, 2014
Blue's Clues & You!	November 11, 2019	^[2]^[3]
Santiago of the Seas	October 9, 2020	^[4]^[5]
Baby Shark's Big Show!	December 11, 2020	^[note 1]^[6]
Face's Music Party	June 3, 2022	^[7]^[8]^[9]
Kiri & Lou	July 15, 2022
The Tiny Chef Show	September 9, 2022	^[10]^[11]^[12]

Acquired programming

Title	Premiere date	Source(s)
PAW Patrol	August 12, 2013	^[note 2]
Peppa Pig	November 15, 2013	^[note 2]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
Ryan's Mystery Playdate	April 19, 2019	^[note 2]

Upcoming programming

Original programming

Title	Premiere date	Source(s)
PAW Patrol spinoff series focused on Rubble	2023	^[7]
Bossy Bear		^[7]
HexVet		^[7]
Super Duper Bunny League	2024	^[17]

Acquired programming

Title	Premiere date	Source(s)
Hamsterdale	2023	^[12]^[18]

Former programming

Original programming

Title	Premiere date	End date	Source(s)
Pinwheel	January 4, 1988	July 6, 1990
Eureeka's Castle	August 27, 1989	January 29, 1999
Allegra's Window	October 24, 1994		^[19]
Gullah Gullah Island		June 2, 2000
Blue's Clues^1	September 8, 1996	May 22, 2008
Binyah Binyah!	February 2, 1998	February 6, 1998
Little Bill^1	November 29, 1999	December 22, 2006
Dora the Explorer^1	August 14, 2000	August 9, 2019
Oswald^1	August 20, 2001	May 24, 2005
Whoopi's Littleburg	January 18, 2004	September 20, 2005
Blue's Room	August 2, 2004	January 14, 2008
The Backyardigans^1	October 11, 2004	April 29, 2013
Go, Diego, Go!^1	September 6, 2005	February 15, 2013
Wonder Pets!	March 3, 2006	May 6, 2011
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan	February 7, 2008	February 15, 2016
The Fresh Beat Band	August 24, 2009	June 8, 2012
Team Umizoomi	January 25, 2010	March 2, 2021
Wallykazam!	February 3, 2014	February 12, 2016
Dora and Friends: Into the City!	August 18, 2014	February 5, 2016
Mutt & Stuff	March 6, 2015	August 10, 2017
Fresh Beat Band of Spies	June 29, 2015	July 2, 2015
Shimmer and Shine	August 24, 2015	March 23, 2018
Nella the Princess Knight	February 6, 2017	December 22, 2017
Sunny Day	July 7, 2017	August 10, 2018
Zoofari	February 5, 2018	February 15, 2018
Butterbean's Café	November 12, 2018	August 1, 2019

Acquired programming

Title	Premiere date	End date	Source(s)
Belle and Sebastian	January 4, 1988	September 1, 1989
Maple Town
Sharon, Lois & Bram's Elephant Show		October 21, 1994
Today's Special		April 30, 1991
The World of David the Gnome		June 30, 1995
Adventures of the Little Koala	January 6, 1988	April 2, 1993
Doctor Snuggles	April 4, 1988	March 31, 1990	^[20]
Fred Penner's Place	September 4, 1989	August 31, 1993
The Adventures of the Little Prince	September 13, 1988	December 29, 1989
Noozles	November 8, 1988	April 2, 1993
Maya the Bee	January 1, 1990	December 31, 1992
The Littl' Bits	May 1, 1991	April 30, 1995
Nick Jr. Lunchbreak Theater Nick Jr. Storytime Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics	June 15, 1992	June 2, 1995
Jim Henson's Muppet Babies	October 5, 1992	December 31, 1998
Cappelli & Company	April 5, 1993	June 10, 1994
Janosch's Dream World	December 5, 1993
Papa Beaver's Storytime	March 2, 1994	October 3, 1997
The Muppet Show	April 4, 1994	March 29, 1996	^[21]
The Alvin Show	June 13, 1994	October 21, 1994
Dennis the Menace			^[22]
Lassie		August 31, 1995
The Busy World of Richard Scarry	July 3, 1995	June 22, 2000
Rupert	September 21, 1995	November 13, 1998
Little Bear^1	November 6, 1995	December 25, 2002
The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth		May 17, 1996	^[23]
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss	October 7, 1997	January 30, 2000	^[24]
The Little Twins	June 22, 1998	July 3, 1998
You're on Nickelodeon, Charlie Brown	November 16, 1998	February 26, 1999
Franklin^1	January 11, 1999	July 30, 2004
Kipper^1	February 8, 1999	December 25, 2001
Maisy	February 11, 1999
Shining Time Station	June 5, 2000	August 11, 2000
Maggie and the Ferocious Beast		September 21, 2005
Bob the Builder^1	January 13, 2001	September 22, 2004
Max & Ruby	October 21, 2002	October 4, 2018
Rubbadubbers	September 2, 2003	September 22, 2005
LazyTown^1	August 16, 2004	October 7, 2007
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends^1	September 7, 2004	December 29, 2006
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!	August 28, 2006	December 20, 2010
Yo Gabba Gabba!	August 20, 2007	February 25, 2011
Olivia	January 26, 2009	July 10, 2009
Dino Dan	December 20, 2010		^[25]
Pocoyo	July 23, 2011	October 8, 2014
Mike the Knight	February 3, 2012	December 21, 2012	^[26]
Franklin and Friends	February 13, 2012	June 1, 2012	^[26]
Tickety Toc	September 10, 2012	September 20, 2012	^[note 2]^[27]
Peter Rabbit	December 14, 2012	December 12, 2014	^[note 2]
Rusty Rivets	November 8, 2016	October 4, 2018	^[note 2]
Thomas & Friends	December 15, 2017	December 30, 2019	^[28]
Abby Hatcher	December 31, 2018	February 6, 2020	^[note 2]
Corn & Peg	February 22, 2019	May 31, 2019	^[note 2]
44 Cats	May 25, 2019	January 5, 2020
Ricky Zoom	September 2, 2019	February 3, 2020
The Adventures of Paddington	December 20, 2019	March 27, 2020	^[note 2]
Deer Squad	January 25, 2021	May 27, 2021	^[note 2]^[29]

Programming from Nickelodeon

Title	Premiere date	End date	Source(s)
Rugrats^1	June 13, 1994	May 2, 1997

Programming from Noggin

Title	Premiere date	End date	Source(s)
Oobi	April 2002^[30] (shorts)	April 7, 2003	^[31]
Miffy and Friends	April 7, 2003
Tweenies	April 7, 2003	September 25, 2003
Jack's Big Music Show	September 12, 2005^[32]	February 7, 2007
Pinky Dinky Doo	April 10, 2006
The Upside Down Show	October 13, 2006		^[33]

Short-form programming

Title	Premiere date	End date	Source(s)
Abby's Friends	1998	September 2004
Amby & Dexter	June 2, 1997	2004
Ants, Ants, Ants (one-off short)	1998	2001
Ask the Cat	October 1997	1999
The BeatBuds, Let's Jam!	June 7, 2021	July 16, 2021	^[34]^[35]^[36]
The Bedtime Business Song (one-off short)	1999	2001
Belle, Bix and Barker	1992	1994
Blue's Room shorts	February 9, 2004	2005
Bob the Builder shorts	2003	September 2004
Count Along Time	April 5, 1993	1994
Countin' Carl	1996	1999
Everyday Play	2006	2008
Favorite Foods	2001	2003
Flexy's Little Big Question	1996	1999
Gullah Gullah Island Jam Sessions	March 2000	2001
Hocle and Stoty	1992	1996
Joey's Lunch	1996	2003
Jungle Boogie	1995	2003
Just Ask!	2000	2003
Just For Me Stories	2001	2004
Linny the Guinea Pig	2003	2006
Little Big Room	September 5, 1994	1997
Loretta the Letter Lady	1994	1996
The Mad Caps	September 1, 2003	2004
Maggie and the Ferocious Beast shorts	1998	2004
Max and his Alphabet Adventures	1993	September 2004
Mighty Bug 5	September 13, 2004	2006
Muppet Time	September 5, 1994	1999
My World Downward Doghouse	September 13, 2004	2006
Nanalan'	1999	2003
Nick Jr. Hispanic Heritage Month	September 15, 2006	October 13, 2006
Nick Jr. Play Along	September 1, 2003	February 2004
Nick Jr. Presents	2000	September 2004
Nick Jr. Presents Bill Cosby	1999	2002
Nick Jr. Rocks	1991	1993
Nick Jr. Show and Tell	1998	2002
Nick Jr. Sings	1995	2003
Nick Jr.'s I Can Do It!	2002	September 2004
Nick Jr.'s Questions	April 3, 2000	2002
Nickellennium (excerpts)	2000	2002
Oobi shorts	April 2002		^[30]
Picture Pages	January 4, 1988	April 2, 1993
Playful Parent	2001	2007
A Pup Grows Up	2005	2006
Reed's Sound Jars	1996	1999
Snappy Larry's Showtime	2001	2002
Sparky N'Arfman (one-off short)	1999
Sports Cartoons	January 4, 1988	April 2, 1993
Thomas & Friends	2000	2000	^[37]
Tricky Trousers	1991	1994
What Can You Imagine?	2001	2003
What's the Buzz with Philomena Fly	1995	September 2004
Winky Love	1994	1999
Wordville with Marc Weiner and Friends	February 1998	2000

Mascots

Title	Premiere date	End date	Source(s)
Face	September 5, 1994	October 8, 2004
Piper O'Possum	September 13, 2004	September 7, 2007

Notes

1. Co-produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and SmartStudy. SmartStudy owns the characters and other elements in the show while ViacomCBS retains half of the show's copyright.
2. Co-production with Nickelodeon.

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