It's hard to believe, but Nickelodeon's Oh, Yeah! Cartoons turns 25 this year. This anthology series was the brainchild of network exec Fred Seibert, who'd also developed What a Cartoon! for Cartoon Network a few years earlier. Same purpose. New ideas being tested out, and, in fact, three series were spun off: ChalkZone, My Life as a Teenage Robot, & The Fairly OddParents, the latter of which is still running today.
In the first season, Nick auditioned some kids to serve as hosts. They scrapped that idea in season 2, turning over the MC's duties to Kenan Thompson, then starring on Kenan & Kel. After a hiatus, All That's Josh Server took over as host for the final season.
From season 1, here's "Zoomates", written by Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy), and produced & directed by Butch Hartman (Teenage Robot, Fairly OddParents):
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I barely saw season 3 of Oh, Yeah! Cartoons because Nickelodeon was constantly moving the show around on its schedule by that time. The series seemed to air on a different day and time every week, and that usually means that the network is done with the show at that point.
I know the polar bear was voiced by Tom Wilson, doing a reiteration of his Biff Tannen character.
I think it was around that time that Fairly OddParents had already been spun off, and was being spammed with weekend marathons. I think SpongeBob was getting big around that time, too......
You may want to fix your Butch Hartman credits. For Nickelodeon, he not only created TFO, but also Danny Phantom, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and Bunsen is a Beast.
I used Fairly OddParents & Teenage Robot as examples. I know about the others, and TUFF Puppy was reviewed here. Bunsen hasn't.
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