The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story

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The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story

2020

1h 42m

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For millions of children and adults, the Nickelodeon Network is synonymous with growing up. In just a few years, the channel grew from a small local channel to an international phenomenon that helped shape a generation. Led by trailblazing visionary Geraldine Laybourne and her commitment to putting kids first, a group of unconventional heroes turned an underdog channel into an $8 billion dollar juggernaut as the golden standard for children’s programming. The Orange Years chronicles the rise of Nickelodeon, with the actors, writers, and creators from all the golden age Nickelodeon shows that shaped your lives. It’s wild. It’s crazy. It changed the world.

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

There's little criticism here, but plenty of affection.

Feb 3, 2021

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Tara McNamara

Common Sense Media

Millennial-targeted docu is sweet but lacks punch.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 2, 2020

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Ethan Anderton

Slashfilm

The Orange Years is fairly formulaic in its approach, but that doesn't make it any less engaging.

Rated: 8/10

Nov 30, 2020

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

A great injection of 90's nostalgia with a heavy emphasis on the historic significance of Nickelodeon.

Nov 22, 2020

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

For having a 90ish minute running time,The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story will be perfectly satisfying satisfying for fans.

Nov 20, 2020

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Joel Keller

Decider

An enjoyable, informative trip through Nickelodeon's prominent years, and a huge nostalgia trip for a wide range of age groups.

Nov 19, 2020

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Daniel Q

this is awesome because its nickelodeon

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/23/24

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WazzupMyBoyz

A joyful documentary about the popular kids' cable channel, The Orange Years is what Nickelodeon is all about — nostalgic, fun and somewhat educational.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/29/23

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patrick f

This is a really well done film. It does a great job in telling the history of Nickelodeon. It does so with great archival footage and modern day interviews with the biggest stars of Nickelodeon's past. A super fun and nostalgic trip down memory lane if you grew up in the 80's or 90's.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

The greatest 01 hour: and 42 minutes ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

This is a really well done film. It does a great job in telling the history of Nickelodeon. It does so with great archival footage and modern day interviews with the biggest stars of Nickelodeon's past. A super fun and nostalgic trip down memory lane if you grew up in the 80's or 90's.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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spencer p

A lovingly told nostalgic doc that presents the best of each step in the network's early history, while not shying away from the important lessons that popped up, "The Orange Years" hits every 90s kid right in the childhood!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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For millions of children and adults, the Nickelodeon Network is synonymous with growing up. In just a few years, the channel grew from a small local channel to an international phenomenon that helped shape a generation. Led by trailblazing visionary Geraldine Laybourne and her commitment to putting kids first, a group of unconventional heroes turned an underdog channel into an $8 billion dollar juggernaut as the golden standard for children’s programming. The Orange Years chronicles the rise of Nickelodeon, with the actors, writers, and creators from all the golden age Nickelodeon shows that shaped your lives. It’s wild. It’s crazy. It changed the world.

Director: Scott Barber, Adam Sweeney
Producer: Scott Barber, Shawn Cauthen, Bill Parks, Alisa Reyes, Suzanne Scudder, Adam Sweeney
Screenwriter: Scott Barber, Adam Sweeney
Production Co: Patchwork Media, GingerKid Productions, The Sonic Reducer
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 17, 2020
Runtime: 1h 42m

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