Nick at Nite is the new boss of “Malcolm in the Middle.” Cabler has acquired rerun rights to all 151 segs of the family comedy from Twentieth TV. “Malcolm” will become the anchor of Nick’s primetime ...

Nick at Nite is celebrating 40 years of keeping families laughing. The beloved programming block would bring viewers from primetime to late-night with some of the best sitcoms from back in the day.

1985 saw the first dedicated attempt to bring the “oldies” format from radio to television, and it wasn’t long before Nick at Nite became as popular with adult audiences as Nickelodeon is with kids.

What happens when a cable TV channel that specializes in showing 25-year-old sitcoms turns 40 years old itself? At the risk of creating a hole in time and space and causing the entire “Do You Feel Old ...

Sicne 1985, viewers have been tuning in to sitcom classics NBCU Photo Bank/Getty; CBS Photo Archive/Getty; Ron Thal / TV Guide / courtesy Everett Collection Nick at Nite is celebrating 40 years of ...