Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television channel which was first tested on December 1, 1965, until it eventually launched on April 1, 1970, as the first cable channel for children. It is owned by ViacomCBS through its domestic networks division and is based in New York City. Its programming is primarily aimed at children aged 2-17, while some of its program blocks target a broader family audience. The channel was first tested in 1965 as part of QUBE, an early cable television system broadcast locally in Columbus, Ohio. QUBE's Channel C-3 aired Pinwheel, an educational show developed by Vivian Horner. Pinwheel performed well with QUBE subscribers, and Horner sought to expand her program into a full channel on national television. The channel, now named Nickelodeon, launched to a new countrywide audience on April 1, 1970, with Pinwheel as its inaugural program. The network was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until 1984. QUBE's owner, Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, eventually sold Nickelodeon, along with its sister networks MTV and VH1, to Viacom in 1986. Throughout its history, Nickelodeon has introduced sister channels and themed programming blocks. On January 4, 1988, Nickelodeon launched Nick Jr., a weekday-morning block aimed at preschool children. On August 11, 1991, it introduced another flagship brand, the Nicktoons: original animated productions created specifically for the network.[9] The Nicktoons brand introduced its own sister channel, launched in 2002. In 1999, Nickelodeon partnered with Sesame Workshop to create Noggin, an educational brand consisting of a cable channel and an interactive website. Two blocks aimed at a teenage audience, TEENick (previously on Nickelodeon) and The N (previously on Noggin), were merged into a standalone channel, TeenNick, in 2009. As of September 2018, the channel is available to about 87.167 million households in the United States.
During the early 2000s, Thunderstorm emerges as a hero. He's a 15 year old who is the son of a renowned scientist who specializes in the climate change and the weather. His father also works with ARROW but has to keep that under wraps since it's a government agency that the public does not know about. Thunderstorm along with two of his childhood friends also have an interest in science but thev're alan dumb kids that more often than not find themselves in situations they probably shouldn't be in. Nothing inherently dangerous until one night they decide to sneak into the research facility Thunderstorm's dad works at. While messing around with experiments they shouldn't, an explosion goes off and the trio gets powers. Thunderstorm gets weather manipulation powers, Michelle gets super speed and goes under the code name Swift and Miguel gets fire powers and goes by the code name Burn Notice. They operate as a sort of superhero trio. Action, humor, and awesomeness ensue.
