Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Viacom |
| Parent | MTV Networks |
| Sister channels | |
| History | |
| Launched |
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| Closed | December 31, 2007 (most providers) April 23, 2009 (on Dish) |
| Replaced by | The N (most providers) Cartoon Network (West feed) (on Dish) |
Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids (stylized as either Nick GaS or Nickelodeon GaS and commonly known as Nick GAS) was an American cable television network that was part of MTV Networks' suite of digital cable channels. The channel was primarily oriented towards game shows and sport-related programming targeting a youth audience, much of which drawn from Nickelodeon library programming (including classic Nickelodeon game shows such as Double Dare and Nickelodeon Guts). Nick GaS also featured interstitial segments, such as sports highlights and interviews with figures such as athletes.
By 2005, the channel's schedule had become largely automated. On December 31, 2007, Nick GaS was shut down by Viacom in favor of a 24-hour The N channel (spun off from its preschool-oriented channel Noggin), which itself would later relaunch as the TeenNick channel in 2009.
The VP/General Manager of the network was Nickelodeon executive Mark Offitzer, producer of numerous Nickelodeon specials including the Kids' Choice Awards. Summer Sanders was named on-air commissioner of the network; Dave Aizer (1999–2003) and Vivianne Collins (1999–2003) were the network's original on-air hosts, with Mati Moralejo (2001–05) joining soon after and later on Nadine (2004) and George (2004) separately during commercials.