--- ---  # Nickelodeon Might Bring Back Your Favorite Childhood Shows ## Video: 5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive [Watch (HLS stream): 5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8) (2:16)  _Published 2014-01-16. Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from "Game of Thrones" to "Scandal" and "Breaking Bad"—keep us coming back for more._ by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Sep 3, 2015 2:59 PM UTC  Nickelodeon by [ashley Ross](https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Sep 3, 2015 2:59 PM UTC Tommy Pickles and Chuckie Finster could be making a comeback. Russell Hicks, president of content and development at Nickelodeon, is thinking about bringing back classics like _Rugrats_ or _Hey Arnold!,_ according to [_Variety_](http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/nickelodeon-classic-tv-rugrats-hey-arnold-1201583856/). The catch? The shows would be presented in “a fresh new way,” Hicks said. The generation that watched some of the network’s most-loved series now have children of their own, he said. And _Variety_ points out that Nickelodeon has already started reaching into its old school library by bringing back Kel Mitchell, of _Kenan & Kel_ and [orange soda](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lTBUDBq8xw) fame. Mitchell, whose co-star Kenan Thompson went on to be a player on _Saturday Night Live_, will star in [_Game Shakers_](http://www.nick.com/game-shakers/), premiering on Nickelodeon on Sept. 12. A nostalgia-minded Nickelodeon is in [good company](http://time.com/3829499/netflix-full-house-reboot-nostalgia/), with Netflix launching a _Full House_ follow-up series called _Fuller House_ and other networks working on reboots of _Uncle Buck_ and even _Duck Tales._ Nickelodeon Reboot Classic Shows ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4021259/nickeolodeon-rugrats-hey-arnold/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4021259/nickeolodeon-rugrats-hey-arnold/"},"headline":"Nickelodeon Might Bring Back Your Favorite Childhood Shows","datePublished":"2015-09-03T14:59:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:40:02.923Z","description":"Nineties nostalgia at its finest","url":"https://time.com/4021259/nickeolodeon-rugrats-hey-arnold/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba7eed374ad62fa5/698862212dce016e559e55ca/rugrats-1-hr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltba7eed374ad62fa5/698862212dce016e559e55ca/rugrats-1-hr.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rugrats-1-HR","caption":"","creditText":"Nickelodeon","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4021259/nickeolodeon-rugrats-hey-arnold/","name":"Nickelodeon Might Bring Back Your Favorite Childhood Shows"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"5 Reasons TV's Top Shows Are So Addictive","description":"Here's a look at how our favorite TV shows—from \"Game of Thrones\" to \"Scandal\" and \"Breaking Bad\"—keep us coming back for more.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/2RqNgPrk/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-01-16T20:47:22.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/2RqNgPrk.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4021259/nickeolodeon-rugrats-hey-arnold/","duration":"PT2M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4021259/nickeolodeon-rugrats-hey-arnold/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```