The Best TV Shows on Nickelodeon

Every Nickelodeon Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Discover the best of Nickelodeon with our list of over 20 series, meticulously updated for March 2026. Highlighting Nickelodeon’s quality programming, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show stand out, premiering in 1991 and 1991. With its programming history stretching from 1991 to 2016, Nickelodeon offers an impressive lineup of over 20 shows.

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender
    Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005)8.8

    In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)8.3

    The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back in an all-new animated series on Nickelodeon! Surfacing topside for the first time on their fifteenth birthday, the titular turtles, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Donatello, find that life out of the sewers isn't exactly what they thought it would be. Now the turtles must work together as a team to take on new enemies that arise to take over New York City.

  • Henry Danger
    Henry Danger (2014)8.3

    When 13-year-old Henry Hart lands a job as Danger, the sidekick-in-training to superhero Captain Man, he must learn to navigate a double life balancing the challenges of 8th grade with the crazy adventures of a real-life crime fighter!

  • Victorious
    Victorious (2010)8.2

    Aspiring singer Tori Vega navigates life while attending a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts.

  • The Legend of Korra
    The Legend of Korra (2012)8.2

    Avatar Korra, a headstrong, rebellious, feisty young woman who continually challenges and breaks with tradition, is on her quest to become a fully realized Avatar. In this story, the Avatar struggles to find balance within herself.

  • Hey Arnold!
    Hey Arnold! (1996)8.0

    The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.

  • iCarly
    iCarly (2007)8.0

    Watch Carly, Sam, and Freddie, as they try to balance their everyday 8th grade lives with their newfound fame managing and starring in the most awesome show on the web.

  • The Thundermans
    The Thundermans (2013)8.0

    Meet The Thundermans, a typical suburban family that happens to have astounding superpowers. At the center of the action are the 14-year-old Thunderman twins, who share the same bathroom, the same school, and the same annoying little siblings. Their only difference? The sister is a super student with a super sunny disposition who super looks forward to being a superhero someday, and her twin brother is a super villain.

  • The Loud House
    The Loud House (2016)7.8

    Welcome to the Loud House, where life can get pretty crazy. One boy, TEN girls?! Lincoln Loud wouldn’t change it for the world!

  • SpongeBob SquarePants
    SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)7.7

    Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into all kinds of trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy, the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.

  • Rugrats
    Rugrats (1991)7.6

    Focuses on a group of toddlers, most prominently Tommy, Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Angelica, and their day-to-day lives, usually involving common life experiences that become adventures in the babies' imaginations. Adults in the series are almost always unaware of what the children are up to; however, this only provides more room for the babies to explore and discover their surroundings.

  • The Ren & Stimpy Show
    The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991)7.6

    Ren and Stimpy are a mismatch made in animation heaven with nothing in common but a life-long friendship and an incredible knack for getting into trouble. Join them in their bizarre and gross world for some outlandish situations coupled with hilarious jokes.

  • The Fairly OddParents
    The Fairly OddParents (2001)7.6

    The zany, fast-paced adventures of a 10-year-old boy and his fairy godparents, who inadvertently create havoc as they grant wishes for their pint-sized charge.

  • The Penguins of Madagascar
    The Penguins of Madagascar (2008)7.4

    The adventures of four penguins—Skipper, Kowalski, Private, and Rico, who perform various commando-like missions to protect their home in the Central Park Zoo. The penguins often have to deal with problems caused, or made worse, by their zoo neighbors, King Julien XIII (a ring-tailed lemur), Maurice (an aye-aye), and Mort (a mouse lemur).

  • Blaze and the Monster Machines
    Blaze and the Monster Machines (2014)7.3

    AJ is an 8-year-old techie who drives monster-truck Blaze, the top racer in Axle City. The two go on adventures that have them taking on problems involving science and math. Many predicaments they face are caused by Blaze's rival, Crusher, a tractor-trailer that will do anything to beat other vehicles to the finish line. The animated series is billed as the first TV show for preschoolers to comprehensively cover areas of science, technology, engineering and math. Each episode introduces different STEM concepts, including buoyancy and trajectory.

  • Power Rangers
    Power Rangers (1993)7.1

    A team of teenagers with attitude are recruited to save Angel Grove from the evil witch, Rita Repulsa, and later, Lord Zedd, Emperor of all he sees, and their horde of monsters.

  • The Wild Thornberrys
    The Wild Thornberrys (1998)7.0

    Travel the world with the Thornberrys and come face-to-face with blue sheep in Nepal, emus in Australia, marmots in Pakistan, flash floods in Siberia, Egyptian burial chambers, a runaway hot air balloon, a rock slide on the Karakoram Highway and more!

  • PAW Patrol
    PAW Patrol (2013)7.0

    Marshall, Rocky, Rubble, Zuma and Skye are doing their best to protect the people of their town. Led by Ryder, a tech-savvy 10-year-old boy, each of them is equipped with special equipment and together they help anyone who finds themselves in trouble. No task is too big for them and no puppy is too small.

  • Max & Ruby
    Max & Ruby (2002)6.5

    Meet two funny bunny siblings, the energetic and mischievous Max, and the patient, smart and goal-oriented Ruby. The show models empowering messages by showing Max and Ruby playing together and resolving their differences respectfully and supportively.

  • Dora the Explorer
    Dora the Explorer (2000)6.2

    A young girl named Dora goes on adventures with her red boot-wearing monkey named Boots.