Kenan Thompson, current cast member on “Saturday Night Live,” owes his career to his start on Nickelodeon. The former member of “All That” and “Kenan and Kel” talked to MTV News about TeenNick’s new block of retro television, “The ’90s Are All That.”
Thompson said that the response to the fan-requested block of television is “very exciting.” “I thought it was very crazy. It was very complimentary and felt really nice of [TeenNick to bring back the programs], and it’s all fan requested and then that made it even better.”
He said the late-night airing of the shows fits in well with the demographic it’s marketed towards. “We’re all at that age now where we’re night-owls; everybody’s up anyway. It’s a good idea for a spot.”
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The block of programming, which currently features “Kenan and Kel,” “All That,” “Clarissa Explains It All” and “Doug,” airs nightly at midnight ET/11 p.m. CT on TeenNick. According to the press site:
The decade of orange soda, Vital Information, and “Killer Tofu” is back and on TeenNick! “The ‘90s Are All That” is a two-hour, weeknight programming block featuring some of Nickelodeon’s iconic ‘90s hits – complete with deeply integrated, fan-driven social media components on Facebook (www.facebook.com/90sAreAllThat) and at www.90sAreAllThat.com. Sparked by rising demand via the internet and social media platforms from young adults who grew up with Nickelodeon in the 1990s, TeenNick has curated the block and its accompanying online content with the fans’ specific requests in mind.
