Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon Animation Studio Inc. is an American animation studio owned by Paramount Global through the Nickelodeon Group. It has created many original animated television programs for Nickelodeon, Nicktoons, and Nick Jr., such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents, Rugrats, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and The Loud House, among various others. Since the 2010s, the studio has also produced its own series based on preexisting IP purchased by Paramount Global, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Winx Club. In November 2019, Nickelodeon Animation Studio signed a multiple-year output deal for Netflix, which will include producing content, in both new and preexisting IP, for the streaming platform, while also doing so for Paramount+. The studio was founded in 1992 under the name Games Animation Inc. as a subsidiary of a pre-existing company named Games Productions. It oversaw the production of three animated programs for Nickelodeon: Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show.