Television

History of Nickelodeon Part 2: June 1984

In June of 1984, Nickelodeon saw its first major transition. Cy Schneider, the network’s original president retired. His successor would change Nickelodeon’s direction from parent approved to “kid” focused. Not “young people”-focused, not “child-focused” KID-focused.

General Pop Culture

Toys R’ Us Retail Stores Coming To Macy’s

Toys R’ Us is attempting another comeback as a brick-and-mortar retailer by partnering with Macy’s. According to a recent tweet from their official account, the toy store which went bankrupt in 2017 will now emerge

Podcast

TRN Podcast 007 – Summer Vacation

In this week’s episode of the Retro Network Podcast, Jason and Mickey return to review a couple movies they finally got each other to watch. Recurrent Events (@recurrentevents) topics include the Top Gun: Maverick trailer,