90’s kids rejoice! Nickelodeon is bringing back a blast from the past, all your favorite shows from the 1990’s! That’s right, you read that correctly we are going to see all our favorites again. However, there is a lot of speculation that is flying about The Splat. Social media has been booming with this news so much that it has been trending for the past week, but there are a lot of questions popping up, such as, what shows will they play? Will it be a channel or a TV series? Are they going to renew old shows? Will they remake them? And so on, but Nickelodeon has not released any information about any of these questions besides that they want to release The Splat in October. They have just released a link to the website for The Splat but all it states is, “Coming soon” with a picture of the logo. So, if you have been wondering about the new Facebook gossip of the fate of your favorite old show, just know it is happening.
Variety has just recently done a story about The Splat as well, only they are giving us some terrifying information about our childhood shows. Variety has stated that, “Rocko’s Modern Life, Salute Your Short, and The Secret World of Alex Mack”, will be the only shows it will bring a spotlight around. They also went on to claim that big hits from the 90’s such as The Rugrats, Hey Arnold! and CatDog along with many more will not be included in what Nick is planning. Don’t freak out just yet though because if you go to the website they just released for The Splat, then you will see that it is back shadowed in their mega hits from the 90’s which include the shows Variety has stated it will not be in it. Variety has also been calling The Splat a “series” while Nickelodeon has not given us any info on if it’s going to be a solid channel dedicated to what gave them their big name or just a mini-series.
Here is why I don’t believe it will just be a mini-series. Teen Nick already shows their most popular hits from the 90’s, but you have to wait until 12 a.m just to watch one of your favorite old shows. While Teen Nick was made to center around the teens and give us the old shows we grew up with, they have been slipping up with that idea by showing newer shows. While iCarly, Victorious, Drake & Josh, and Zoey 101 were all great hit shows, they aren’t exactly what Teen Nick was first based around. All of those shows we have grown up with, but they all released in the mid 2000’s, not the 1990’s. I believe Nickelodeon wants to start The Splat because their ratings are down with the new shows they’ve produced, so they want to bring back what made them into “TV gold” back in the day.
There have also been speculations floating around that The Splat will bring back the old shows but not as we knew them. Multiple sources have been claiming that “Nick was going to revamp their old shows” meaning give them a facelift. They will take the shows that we love and give them new storylines and twist the situations for kids today to understand and fit in with. None of these speculations have been settled or clarified with Nickelodeon as they have not released any information on The Splat. So let’s just hope all our favorites will return this October and we won’t have to wait until 12 in the morning to watch them! If you want to look more into The Splat, you can follow them on Twitter @thesplat or go to their website, www.thesplat.com but remember they are being very secretive about what is to come.
Emily Culbertson
Reporter