Nickelodeon UK, the number one commercial kids TV network in the UK, has today, Tuesday 1st April 2014, announced on Twitter the launch of a brand-new Nickelodeon channel called Nick Snr.!
Nick Snr., scheduled to launch on Monday 7th April 2014, will feature a wide range of programming featuring an emphasis on the issues which are important to the older generation.
Nick Snr. will channel share with Nick Jr. 2 and will broadcast between the hours of 5:00pm and 10:00pm everyday.
Nick Snr. will also be the home of Nickelodeon's brand-new original animated series "Ol'Bob SquarePants" and "Even More All Grown Up!". A spin-off from megahit "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Ol'Bob OldPants" will feature the popular residents of Bikini Bottom in their senior years. In "Even More All Grown Up!", a spin-off from "Rugrats" and "All Grown Up!", Tommy, Chuckie, Angelica and the Rugrats gang are back in all new misadventures!
In the debut episode of "Ol'Bob SquarePants", 'Retirement Sponge', it's the eve of SpongeBob's long overdue retirement from the Krusty Krab, but Mr. Krabs doesn't want to pay SpongeBob a pension, so thinks of plans to keep SpongeBob working at the diner. Then, SpongeBob and Patrick try to fix Squidward's chairlift with disastrious results in 'Rocket Squid', and in 'Tired Squid', Squidward's plans to relax at Shady Shoals are threatened when SpongeBob & Patrick turn up and nearly get him kicked out!
To compliment the schedule, Nickelodeon UK has also acquired the rights to the hit BBC sitcom "Last of the Summer Wine" for broadcast later this year.
You can find full information and a video preview of Nickelodeon UK's brand-new channel here on Nick Snr.'s official website on Nick.co.uk!