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| - First broadcast on March 30, 2001, Nickelodeon had initially desired a block of 'edgy' programming for their older demographic when Invader Zim was green lighted. Invader Zim was the only show that could fit such a block, leaving the series hard to place in an appropriate time slot suitable for their typical demographic. It was intended for audiences in their early teens, but was instead viewed more by older audiences, usually college-aged audiences and fans of Jhonen's previous works. Consequently, the ratings were not high enough for the expenses put into the show. As Nickelodeon was spending more money in airing and producing Invader Zim than any other show, it was cancelled on December 10, 2002. Though on June 10, 2006, Nicktoons aired a handful of Season 2 episodes, but shortly after
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| - First broadcast on March 30, 2001, Nickelodeon had initially desired a block of 'edgy' programming for their older demographic when Invader Zim was green lighted. Invader Zim was the only show that could fit such a block, leaving the series hard to place in an appropriate time slot suitable for their typical demographic. It was intended for audiences in their early teens, but was instead viewed more by older audiences, usually college-aged audiences and fans of Jhonen's previous works. Consequently, the ratings were not high enough for the expenses put into the show. As Nickelodeon was spending more money in airing and producing Invader Zim than any other show, it was cancelled on December 10, 2002. Though on June 10, 2006, Nicktoons aired a handful of Season 2 episodes, but shortly after cancelled it again on August 19, 2006. The second season was never completed. Like most other Nickelodeon cartoons, Invader Zim is a two-dimensional television show. However, semi-three dimensional technology is sometimes used, mostly for the more elaborate space-battle scenes, best seen in "Battle of the Planets." The series has a unique, angular animation style typical of Jhonen's earlier comic book titles, which was updated and improved in the second season. Because of its continued fan-base and above-average DVD sales since series production ended, various observers have labeled Invader Zim a cult hit. The show completed its run in European and South American territories normally while American audiences had no legal means to viewing season 2 until a DVD release in 2004. The show can currently be seen in syndication on Nicktoons, which started airing the completed season two episodes for the first time on United States broadcasting in the summer of 2006. In Canada, YTV began airing the series on its Bionix programming block starting with September 8, 2006. MTV 2 only aired a few Invader Zim episodes in June 2006 during a week of Nicktoons episodes for their Sic'emation block. An Invader Zim DVD collection packed with bonus content was released by Media Blasters in North America in 2004. The series has also been translated into several different languages (including French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish) for foreign broadcast in more recent times. Reruns returned to the Nicktoons Network on September 8, 2008, but stopped after several weeks. In March 2010, Invader Zim returned to Nicktoons Network for a month of reruns. This, as well as a new flash game on Nicktoons' website accompanied with an inquiry about interest in more Zim from the sites' forum admin, brought forth speculation that Nickelodeon was testing the waters for more Invader Zim episodes. On June 21, 2010, Nickelodeon began rerunning Invader Zim on Nicktoons. The first week continued at this time, then stopped. It started up again July 5 at 10:00pm Mon.-Thur. and ended the last Thursday in July. Series creator Jhonen Vasquez confirms in his blog that, contrary to popular belief, he "would have loved" to return to the show and that Nickelodeon indeed was testing the waters for more Zim but subsequently deemed a revival "too expensive". Nickelodeon released a "greatest hits" DVD titled Operation Doom on February 22, 2011. It is unconfirmed by any public released statements, but it is highly likely this bare-bones DVD was released in response to the greeting card mailing campaign orchestrated by Operation: Head Pigeons on December 2010. On March 2011, the first convention entirely dedicated to Invader Zim, titled InvaderCON, was held in Atlanta, GA to celebrate the series ten-year anniversary. It featured special guests cast members Richard Steven Horvitz, Rosearik Rikki Simons, Andy Berman, Melissa Fahn, and writer Eric Trueheart. Originally slated to appear was color director Jean-Paul Bondy and fansite Room With A Moose's admin team. Also noteworthy was the Operation Head Pigeons admin's panel that was rescheduled to a prime time scheduling towards the final week of preparation. On September 1, 2011, Nicktoons aired a 24-hour marathon as part of "Nicktoons: 24 Hour Marathon-athon." During which, Nickelodeon's official Twitter account acknowledged the fan-driven revival campaign Operation: Head Pigeons. On December 10, 2011, Nicktoons was set to air the Pilot on television for the first time as a part of an afternoon holiday block, but then subsequently rescheduled it to December 24, 2011 as its own event during prime-time hours after an eight hour marathon and followed by the result of their online "Girreatest Zim Moments" poll. By popular demand, Green Mustard Entertainment announced a second InvaderCon, even though they stated that the first one in Atlanta would be the only InvaderCon that would be organized. Previous guests return (with Andy Berman in limited capacity) but also joined by Jhonen Vasquez as a rare convention appearance and character designer Aaron Alexovich. An invitation was also extended to Olivia d'Abo, the voice of the widely popular yet small-role character Tak, although she had to decline. It is of note that fan production group Soapy Waffles arranged the premiere of their "Mopiness of Doom" project there and that Operation Head Pigeons had their own panels and booths. On November 8, 2016, Harvey Beaks creator C.H. Greenblatt stated on his tumblr page that Invader Zim creator Jhonen Vazquez was working on a movie based off the series in a reply to one of his followers. However, Jhonen initially denied this on his twitter. But on April 4, 2017, Nickelodeon confirmed that an Invader Zim television film was in the works with Jhonen Vasquez involved and all the main character leads returning to reprise their roles.
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