Orrin Scott: Archiving Animation with Home Media - Nickelodeon Physical Home Media Releases

There are not a lot of printed literature exclusively documenting the history of Nickelodeon. The exception is two books by Jerry Beck. One available at retail and the other lost to the changing of the guard at ViacomCBS. Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons! Was released in 2007. From “Books by Jerry Beck” on Cartoon Research:

“This is the first book to collect all thirty-one of the groundbreaking cartoons into one dynamic volume. The creators of every show open up their archives, revealing napkins scrawled with early prototypes: see SpongeBob before he started wearing pants, storyboards, one-of-a- kind cels, and more. A crazy gigantic art book for the entire family!”

The cover of the 2007 Jerry Beck Nicktoons book - very out of print.

On September 7th of this year, Jerry wrote a blog entry for his website, Animation Scoop, where he dove into the existence of a thoroughly researched and very oversized book on the creation of Nickelodeon. You Can’t Do That on Television: The Rebellious History of Nickelodeon was written in 2015. Unfortunately, management changes at the corporation resulted in the 1,000 copies intended to be distributed to artists and other workers of the network scrapped.

Sources:

http://www.animationscoop.com/i-wrote-a-book-about-the-history-of-nickelodeon-that-no-one-has-ever-seen/

https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/books-by-jerry-beck/

CGI series, Robot and Monster (2012), ran for a single season. The entirety of the series was released on DVD through Amazon’s manufacture-on-demand.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_and_Monster

Robot and Monster Logo

https://robotandmonster.fandom.com/wiki/Season_1\

The third interpretation of the comic book series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), ran for five seasons. A CGI retelling, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles saw a smattering of Home Media releases. All five seasons were released across 14 DVD episode compilations. The first two seasons were repackaged as season sets.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(2012_TV_series)

https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(2012_TV_series)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Logo:

https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(2012_TV_series)

Monsters Vs Aliens (2013), was a spin-off series based on the 2009 film of the same name and it ran for a 26 episode single season. Only 14 of the 50 segments produced appear on three DVD episodic compilation releases. The first two episode compilations, Cloning Around and Supersonic Joyride, have had a general release while the third, Creature Features, was a Redbox exclusive.

Episodes Released:
Episode 1 "Welcome to Area Fifty-Something"
Episode 8B "Attack of the Movie Night!"
Episode 9A "98 Pound Cockroach"
Episode 13B "The Time-Out That Wouldn't End"
Episode 14A "Curse of the Man-Beast"
Episode 14B "It Came From Level Z"
Episode 15A "Number Seven!"
Episode 17B "Prisoner of the Dark Dimension"
Episode 18A "I Predict Horror"
Episode 20B "My Monster, My Master"
Episode 21A "It Came From Channel 5"
Episode 21B "It Ruled With an Iron Fist"
Episode 22A "This Ball Must Be Dodged"
Episode 22B"It Spoke With Authority"

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters_vs._Aliens_(franchise)

Monsters Vs Aliens Logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Monsters_vs._Aliens_(TV_series)

Sanjay & Craig (2013) ran for three seasons. It was created by Will McRobb and Chris Vicardi who created the early Nickelodeon live action series, The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Only the first season has been released on a single set DVD.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjay_and_Craig

Sanjay & Craig Logo

https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/Sanjay_and_Craig

Breadwinners (2014) was a two season series running for 40 episodes. The first season has been released on DVD, the second season has never seen a home media release.