Nick at Nite debuted in July of 1985, conceived as the first "Oldies TV Network." The programming and branding direction was created by the same team as MTV and used a similar style of commercial bumpers. Nick at Nite was every bit of a revelation for me as MTV. I grew up in a small town, and we only had about 30 channels, so pickings were slim. Discovering all these old shows opened up a whole new world, and there were times when I would sneak out of bed to watch in the middle of the night.
