I HAVE encountered heart ache before, but it seems lightweight compared to the feelings of despair I was flooded with this week.
Last month, Nickelodeon announced it was going to revisit its most commercially-successful content from 20 years ago with a new program block called The Splat — an eight hour block dedicated to its 90s cartoons.
The network used a social media campaign to publicly promote the program block to the millions of millennials fiending for such a release.
After much speculation, the network announced the program block would be launching this week, running nightly from 10pm to 6am.
Obviously, I rushed out to the supermarket to load up on Dunkaroos, Space Food Sticks and Pop Tops.
I had planned to do an all-nighter, binge-watching eight hours of classic television from my childhood.
However, when I turned on my Foxtel and changed the channel to Nickelodeon, I was greeted with the standard programming.
Feeling it was moral obligation, I contacted Nickelodeon to find out when 20-something Australians would be able to experience the Holy Grail of programming.
The answer was not what I wanted to hear.
“Unfortunately, The Splat is a US only initiative, so we won’t be getting it here,†a spokeswoman told news.com.au in an email.
This news was obviously devastating for me.
The blow was softened with the Australian branch of Nickelodeon saying it has something in the works for next month.
“From the 2nd of November, Nickelodeon Australia is bringing back its retro 90’s cartoons from 10pm – 1:30am, Monday to Friday throughout the month of November,†she said.
“The line-up includes: Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Rocko’s Modern Life, CatDog, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters and Ren & Stimpy.â€
While a month is a good start, we still need this to become a perminant thing.
We need someone to start a change.org petition — just saying.
For the time being, Australian millennials will have to stream Heartbreak High clips on YouTube while enjoying childhood snacks.