

Danger Mouse eventually got the boot, but network president Geraldine Laybourne was still interested in working with Cosgrove Hall Films on a new show.

Sorry Danger Mouse fans, but I don’t like your show. The British import satisfied the network’s desire to have something that couldn’t be found on broadcast, but it didn’t really satisfy the desire to have an actual, good, show. Things would obviously change, and one of the first animated shows Nick would air was Danger Mouse. And if you’re going to produce original content, live action is often far cheaper than animation. That was due in large part to the network first prioritizing educational content, and then wanting to make sure whatever it aired couldn’t be found on another channel.

That’s probably surprising for today’s adolescents, but that’s how the network was in the old days. In the 1980s, Nickelodeon didn’t have a lot of animated content. Original air date Decem(IMDB) or December 26 (Wikipedia)
