Who has been Nickelodeon's best president thus far

[TMC1982]

There have officially been five Presidents of Nickelodeon since its national launch on April 1, 1979:

• Cy Schneider (1980–1984)
• Geraldine Laybourne (1984-1996)
• Herb Scannell (1996-2006)
• Cyma Zarghami (2006-2018)
• Brian Robbins (2018-present)

And if you want to be technical, then Dr. Vivian Horner was actually Nickelodeon's first president since she was in charge of its predecessor channel, "C-3" on the QUBE system in Columbus, Ohio.

I didn't know a lot about the Cy Schneider era until the Nick Knacks series on YouTube began. Based on that, it appears that Schneider's image for Nickelodeon was that he essentially wanted it to be a cable TV version of PBS. It was really under Geraldine Laybourne that I personally feel, that the Nickelodeon that we all are familiar with (i.e. an irreverent and fun destination and voice for kids, especially post-Double Dare) didn't come to be.

 

[toonmaster17]

Anyone but Cyma or Brian.