Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, abbreviatedly known as Nick, is an American basic cable and satellite television network launched on 1 December 1977 and is owned by Paramount Global, through Paramount Domestic Media Networks, and based in New York City.

Their preschool block, Nick Jr. aired Thomas & Friends in the UK and Ireland from 1999-2017 and aired Shining Time Station throughout the summer of 2000 in the US to promote the film Thomas and the Magic Railroad.

In the Netherlands, Thomas & Friends aired on Nickelodeon from 1 September 2002 up until 10 May 2015. Series 6 to series 11 and series 13 premiered on this channel between 2004 and 2010. Nickelodeon also re-aired series 1 to series 5. Nickelodeon always aired standalone episodes. Thomas originally began airing on Kindernet, the channel that Nickelodeon replaced, on 21 January 2002.

Thomas & Friends aired on Nick Jr. from December 2005 up until 10 May 2015 in the Netherlands. The preschool channel aired the same series as Nickelodeon did in the country.

Thomas & Friends aired on Nickelodeon in the US on 15 December 2017 with a showing of The Christmas Coffeepot and Terence Breaks the Ice. The following week, Emily in the Middle, Daisy's Perfect Christmas, The Big Freeze and Over the Hill aired on the Nick Jr. channel.

After PBS' contract for the series ended on 31 December 2017, Mattel announced that Nick Jr. would be the new US home for Thomas & Friends beginning on 12 March 2018 with an airing of The Adventure Begins. Nickelodeon also aired episodes and at the time, they were the exclusive consumer products licenser for the US.

In 2020, Mattel ended their contract with Nickelodeon and made a new deal with Netflix to stream Thomas & Friends episodes in March the same year. However, the two companies later drew a up a new contract that sees Nickelodeon broadcasting the UK dub of All Engines Go in 2022.

Airings
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2017

 * - The Christmas Coffeepot/Terence Breaks the Ice

2018

 * - The Adventure Begins
 * - Unscheduled Stops/Springtime for Diesel
 * - Dowager Hatt's Busy Day/Stuck in Gear
 * - Blown Away/Wild Water Rescue
 * - The Little Engine Who Raced Ahead/Philip to the Rescue
 * - P.A. Problems/Hasty Hannah
 * - Runaway Engine/Confused Coaches
 * - Slow Stephen/Two Wheels Good
 * - Reds vs Blues/Best Engine Ever
 * - Engine of the Future/Hugo and the Airship
 * - Three Steam Engines Gruff
 * - Henry in the Dark
 * - Skiff and the Mermaid
 * - The Missing Breakdown Train
 * - Pouty James
 * - The Way She Does It
 * - The Other Side of the Mountain
 * - Who's Geoffrey?
 * - Journey Beyond Sodor (Part 1)
 * - Journey Beyond Sodor (Part 2)
 * - Journey Beyond Sodor (Part 3)
 * - Diesel and the Ducklings/Toad and the Whale
 * - Mike's Whistle/Useful Railway
 * - Big World! Big Adventures!
 * - Number One Engine/What Rebecca Does
 * - Thomas in the Wild

2019

 * - Thomas and the Dragon/Seeing is Believing
 * - Cyclone Thomas/Samson and the Fireworks
 * - Deep Trouble/Rangers of the Rails
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Trivia

 * Prior to Nick airing the series, the Minis line released toys resembling SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Ranger characters.
 * Shout! Factory also made Nickelodeon DVDs for the US market.
 * This is the last US TV channel to date to air Thomas & Friends in the US in its original format.