You Can’t Do That on Television

YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON TELEVISION, series ran 1979-1990

Why Slime Became Part of Nickelodeon’s Identity — and the Forgotten Show That Started It All

August 14, 2:27 pm

The idea for the network’s trademark green goo began in the Great White North.

YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON TELEVISION, 1979-1990

Nickelodeon’s Most Popular Shows of the ’80s & ’90s

‘You Can’t Do That On Television,’ or can you? We cover Nickelodeon’s most popular series in the 1980s and 1990s.