What happens when a cable TV channel that specializes in showing 25-year-old sitcoms turns 40 years old itself? At the risk of creating a hole in time and space and causing the entire “Do You Feel Old ...

One can just imagine the brainstorming sessions that go on behind closed doors at Nick at Nite's headquarters in New York: Deep, intense discussions about Donna Reed's impact on the Feminist Movement.

Nick at Nite is celebrating 40 years of keeping families laughing. The beloved programming block would bring viewers from primetime to late-night with some of the best sitcoms from back in the day.

1985 saw the first dedicated attempt to bring the “oldies” format from radio to television, and it wasn’t long before Nick at Nite became as popular with adult audiences as Nickelodeon is with kids.

Nick at Nite has bought cable TV rights to reruns of “Everybody Hates Chris” for a license fee of between $250,000 and $300,000 an episode. The show’s distributor, CBS TV Distribution, will also chalk ...

Sicne 1985, viewers have been tuning in to sitcom classics NBCU Photo Bank/Getty; CBS Photo Archive/Getty; Ron Thal / TV Guide / courtesy Everett Collection Nick at Nite is celebrating 40 years of ...