2006

2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium, the 6th year of the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade.

2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification and the International Asperger's Year.

January

 * January 2nd: Kids' WB stops airing on weekdays, and only airs on Saturday morning.
 * January 10th:
 * Steve Jobs releases the first ever iMac.
 * The video game "NickToons Unite" is released.
 * January 26th - Nintendo announces the Nintendo DS Lite, a streamlined and less ugly version of the original DS.

February

 * February 27th: The Pokémon franchise celebrates its 10th anniversary.
 * February 28th: The Bold and The Beautiful actor Jack Wagner along with contestant Christine Denos won $142,550 in Wheel of Fortune, setting a record for its one-episode winnings total in the show, and the second largest winnings record since Peter Argyropolous and Deborah Cohen in 1996. Both of these records would later be first surpassed on October 14, 2008 where Michelle Lowenstein won $1,026,080.

March

 * March 6:
 * "Pokemon Trozei!" releases in North America.
 * "SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Avenger" releases for the PSP.

April

 * April 1st: The Kids' Choice Awards ceremony is broadcast by Nickelodeon, with host Jack Black and featuring Robin Williams as the unfortunate victim of the network's trademark slime.

May

 * May 5th: The PlayHouse Disney show "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" airs its first episode.
 * May 15th: The best selling Nintendo DS game of all time, "New Super Mario Bros. DS", is released in North America.