Nickelodeon just passed a major milestone by being basic cable’s top total day network for kids and total viewers for 14 years, a new record. This is being attributed to the rapid rise of two new shows the teen sitcom “ICARLY” and the animated “The Mighty B!”. The rest of their impressive accomplishments can be read here but some of the highlights in the animation world are:

– THE MIGHTY B! joins cable’s top three K2-11 shows just two months after its launch. Following top-ranked SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS and BACK AT THE BARNYARD, THE MIGHTY B! averaged a 5.5/1.9 million this quarter. Launched April 26, the animated comedy stars Amy Poehler as the voice of Bessie Higgenbottom, the world’s most ambitious and lovably unhinged 9-and-3/4-year-old Honeybee troop member.

– SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS PEST OF THE WEST (aired 4/11) special shot to the top of basic cable among total viewers and ranked number-one on broadcast and cable television with kids and tweens for week 4/7/08, where 6.1 million viewers tuned in. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS has been the number-one animated program with kids 2-11 for more than six consecutive years.