The VP/General Manager of the network was Nickelodeon executive Mark Offitzer, producer of numerous Nick specials including the Kids Choice Awards.

Programs were usually grouped together in the blocks Heads Up!, Wild Card, Family Fuel, Extreme GAS (all removed in 2002) and aired during commercial breaks.

Dish Network retained an automated loop of Nick GAS on the air for 15 months, continuing to maintain the split of Noggin/The N manually on its existing channel slot.

On April 23, 2009, Dish announced it would remove Nick GAS and replace it with the Pacific of Cartoon Network the following day, and it ended at 3:30 a.m.

[11] Such programs included Double Dare, Nickelodeon Guts, Figure It Out, Wild & Crazy Kids, and Sports Theater starring Shaquille O'Neal.

[1][11] In its early years, Nick GAS signed deals with several sports associations which would provide exclusive game coverage and short features.

[4][12] Nick GAS also aired non-game programming such as Salute Your Shorts, Speed Racer X, and Rocket Power (all of which mainly involved extreme sports and competition).

Nick GAS also acquired reruns of Nickelodeon Robot Wars, a program adapted from the UK original.