
Barbie as Rapunzel poster from Nickelodeon Magazine.
Nickelodeon is a TV channel that aired the Barbie film series for fifteen years, from 2002 to 2017. Mattel's president, Richard Dickson, called Nickelodeon "the on-air home" for Barbie movies.[1]
The second movie in the series, Barbie as Rapunzel, was actually the first to air on Nickelodeon (on November 24, 2002).[2] The first movie (2001's Barbie in the Nutcracker) eventually aired on Nickelodeon on March 21, 2004.[3]
The following movies aired on Nickelodeon before they were even released on DVD: Fairytopia, The Magic of Pegasus, Mermaidia, The Barbie Diaries, The 12 Dancing Princesses, Magic of the Rainbow, and The Diamond Castle.[4]
In 2017, Barbie Video Game Hero was the last movie to air on Nickelodeon. Afterward, the Barbie movies moved to Netflix instead.