Nick at Nite Promo's 1988

Nick at Nite was not as conservative in the 1980s and 1990s as they are today. They would use wacky promos to advertise their programs and sometimes show fake news reports or play short stand up comedy segments during commercial breaks. Here are some of the promo's for their programs.

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[humbleradio]

More conservative today? How are they more conservative? I'd I'll call them crap today. In fact, before VIACOM bought everything, TV was far better. Nick and TV Land and Scifi all had different ownership then. More conservative owners, who liked classic 50s, 60s 70s shows. Today, endless Roseanne and Reality TV. Garbage. Don't even get me started on the downfall of MTV.

[xlogold]

@humbleradio Was talking about their promos. They used to make fun of the shows they aired by giving them wacky promos. They had fake news, and some crazy cable shows on the weekends such as "Mad Movies" , "On The Television", and "Turkey Television", those shows were far from the classics they aired at the same time.

[silverose1209]

Even though I was 8 years old I totally remember these actual specific commercials. I was so addicted! Nick at Nite began my love of Donna Reed!

[xlogold]

same here!

[springert19]

Because Nick @ Nite's employees are dumbasses.

[WFCM18]

Also Nick at Nite isn't what it use to be. I have come up with ideas to bring shows like this back with a Nickelodon station called Nick at Nite Black and White and another Nick at Nite 70's and 80's. Showing nothing but Black and white sitcom, movies and dramas from the 1940's to the 1960's. And the other well I think you all can piece that together.

[WFCM18]

You'll never see Television as good as this ever again. It was a different time and era and I refer to the late 1950's to the late 1960's. I wasn't born in the era of "make Room for Daddy" or "The Donna Reed Show" Most of us who were born in the 1970's were lucky enoough to be born in the time TV was changing and you could watch way more Channels. Cable was the next big thing and if not for cable and Nickeldon AKA Nick at Nite I never would have been able to appericate what we once had.

[gtdupree]

If you think about it, the late 80's when nick at night started was looking back to the mid 60's. Right now, the same time frame is the mid 80's, basically when NIck at Nite started.

I agree about George Lopez, he sucks bad, he's a token in my opinion.

[humbleradio]

@xlogold Oh sure. I know very well. And miss them very much. I was just surprised to see someone make a political connection to it, whether by programming or ownership of stations. So what do you mean by more conservative today? Less crazy? In that case, I agree. But if people don't like how TV used to be great and now sucks, look no further than Viacom, owned by Sumner Redstone who is responsible for the major changes. When Ted Turner ran TNT, it was 100% better, too.

[strangelove262]

i remember being 11 years old and watching all of this in a ritalin haze night after night. that stuff may have not helped me in school but i remember these promos word for word.

[dgwaters]

@jawbreakerjo You got that right! The closest they have to old skool Nick at Nite or TVLand now is Retro Television Network.  (They even have the old touch-tone signal you would sometimes hear on Nick at Nite!)

[dgwaters]

@trapadoored I did post it about three years ago but Youtube took it down after a few months because of copyright infringement. I'm thinking about contacting Viacom to see if they will let me repost it.

[trapadoored]

@dgwaters

-any chance of you getting that special posted anytime soon? I'd be curious to see it.