Tonight (at 9 on Nickelodeon), Nick at Nite tries something new: an original show. The Early Days is a pilot for a regular series set during the golden age of TV. The initial episode visits the ...

Cronin said a number of factors go into selecting Nick at Nite’s “classic” fare. In most cases, a program has to be off the networks for about 10 years, he said.

The hottest thing on cable television these days isn’t the newest. It’s Nick at Nite, the “oldies but goodies” channel that’s become home to such video ghosts of the p… ...