There are plenty of reboots and remakes released every year to satisfy society's seemingly insatiable thirst for nostalgia. But sometimes, you just want to watch the original TV shows you enjoyed as a kid.
Well, Nickelodeon might make that happen for you. The network launched a new YouTube channel called The Splat last weekend, and its first video upload features a remix of classic Nickelodeon jingles as the soundtrack for clips from beloved Nicktoons, such as Rugrats, The Ren & Stimpy Show and Rocko's Modern Life. The video ends with #TheSplatIsComing as well as a logo for The Splat styled in Nickelodeon's famous slimey symbol. It looks like The Splat will be a channel or other kind of platform that will feature some fan-favorite Nickelodeon shows from the '90s.
Nickelodeon also launched an official website for The Splat, which, as of now, just provides links to its social media profiles. The Splat can also be found on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Vine and Pinterest. The majority of The Splat's social profiles seem to have launched fairly recently, but it looks like its Twitter and Tumblr pages have been filled with nostalgic posts for Nickelodeon's '90s programming for quite some time.
The public was first given a taste of The Splat during 90sFest in Brooklyn's Williamsburg neighborhood on Saturday. The event, for which Nickelodeon was one of the sponsors, featured performances by artists who defined the sound of the 1990s, including Smash Mouth, Coolio and Lisa Loeb. Superstars of the decade Pauly Shore and Salt-N-Pepa were also slimed by The Splat at the event.
It's getting slimy up in here @paulyshore #TheSplatIsComing #90sFest
A video posted by The Splat (@thesplatgram) on Sep 12, 2015 at 4:32pm PDT
Salt N Pepa are with it, will you be? #TheSplatIsComing
Posted by The Splat on Saturday, September 12, 2015
The news of The Splat comes just a couple of weeks after Nickelodeon's president of content and development Russell Hicks told Variety, "We are looking at our library to bring back ideas, shows that were loved, in a fresh new way." Hicks was a little vague on the details of what a revival of some classic Nickelodeon shows could entail, but added that the network's experimentation "with retooled versions of classics" won't necessarily mean that these beloved series will be revived as TV shows but possibly in other formats, such as movies or specials.
There's no news on when The Splat will officially launch or what it will actually look like when it does, but just the thought of Nicktoons coming back into your life in some form should be enough to keep you satisfied until then.
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