Saturday, July 19, 2014

Nickelodeon Animation Studio Unveils Exclusive "Pig Goat Banana Cricket" Production Art To Celebrate SDCC 2014

To celebrate and countdown to Nickelodeon holding a special panel called "Nickelodeon: New Animated Comedies" at this years San Diego Comic-Con International (SDCC) event, Comic-Con International: San Diego 2014, which will showcase Nickelodeon's upcoming brand-new original animated comedy series, including "Bad Seeds" (working title) and "Pig Goat Banana Cricket", giving attendees a first-look sneak-peek at Nick's brand-new Nicktoons, the Nickelodeon Animation Studio has announced that they will be counting down to the panel by releasing never before seen concept and production art from "Pig Goat Banana Cricket" everyday until the panel on the official Nickelodeon Animation Studio Tumblr blog! In addition to unveiling new concept/production artwork everyday, NAS are slowly revealing the "Pig Goat Banana Cricket" poster they'll be signing at the Nickelodeon Booth at SDCC 2014 in a special jigsaw puzzle! You can take a look at the aweslime PGBC artwork the Nick Animation Studio has released so-far and the unveiled pieces of their "Pig Goat Banana Cricket" jigsaw below, plus don't forget to keep checking nickanimationstudio.tumblr.com for more great Nickelodeon art!


Meet Pig (and Gravity Pickles):


Meet Goat:


Meet Banana:


Nickelodeon's "Pig Goat Banana Cricket" Comic-Con International: San Diego 2014 Poster Jigsaw:


"Pig Goat Banana Cricket" features a series of absurd interwoven stories about four friends and roommates, naive Pig (the fool), bohemian Goat (the artist), selfish Banana (the wise-guy) and mad scientist Cricket (the brain). Created by Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan, established comic artists who worked on several issues of Nickelodeon Magazine, and executive produced by David Sacks ("The Simpsons", "Regular Show") who co-writes with J. Ryan. Dave Cooper also art directs the series and the pilot was directed by independent animator Nick Cross.


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Nickelodeon's Inaugural "Kids' Choice Sports 2014" Is Night's Top Telecast, Best ESPYS With Total Viewers

Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids and families, has announced in the following press release, from TVByTheNumbers.com, the exciting Nickelodeon News that a star-studded lineup of sports superstars including David Beckham, Dwyane Wade, Tim Howard, Serena Williams, Kevin Durant, Gabby Douglas, Victor Cruz, Carmelo Anthony and more helped lead Nickelodeon's inaugural "Kids' Choice Sports 2014" to a ratings victory for its Thursday 17th July 2014 (8-9:30pm) telecast on Nick USA!


Nick's first-year "Kids' Choice Sports" awards won the night with kids 2-11, 6-11 and tweens, but also handily outperformed the prior evening's ESPYs with kids 2-11 by triple digits (850%) and edged out a win with total viewers by +5% (KCS's 2.3MM total viewers v. ESPYs 2.2MM). This makes Kids' Choice Sports stand as the biggest must-see sports awards telecast.

"Kids' Choice Sports" earned a 3.8/1.2 million with Kids 2-11, up +52% from last year. With kids 6-11, it posted a 5.2/1.0 MM, up +68%. Among tweens, it garnered a 4.2/848,000, up +83%. The show's total viewer average of 2.3 MM represents a +37% increase over last year's time period, as well.

Hosted by Michael Strahan ("LIVE with Kelly and Michael", "Fox NFL Sunday"), the awards were broadcast live from UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles where kids honored their favorite athletes, teams and sports moments from the year in one big, slimy sports celebration.

Original Nickelodeon Press Release:

NICKELODEON'S INAUGURAL KIDS' CHOICE SPORTS 2014 IS NIGHT'S TOP TELECAST, BESTS ESPYS WITH TOTAL VIEWERS

KCS Scored 2.3 Million Total Viewers, Making it Viewers' Sports Awards of Choice



Photo credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Soccer player David Beckham (C) with Cruz Beckham (L) and Romeo Beckham (R) get slimed onstage during Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports Awards 2014 at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion on July 17, 2014 in Los Angeles, California

LOS ANGELES – July 18, 2014 – A lineup of sports superstars including Dwyane Wade, Tim Howard, Serena Williams, Kevin Durant, Gabby Douglas, Victor Cruz, Carmelo Anthony and more helped lead Nickelodeon’s inaugural Kids’ Choice Sports 2014 to a ratings victory for its Thursday, July 17, (8-9:30 p.m.) telecast.

Nick’s first-year Awards won the night with kids 2-11, 6-11 and tweens, but also handily outperformed the prior evening’s ESPYs with kids 2-11 by triple digits (850%) and edged out a win with total viewers by +5% (KCS’s 2.3MM total viewers v. ESPYs 2.2MM). This makes Kids’ Choice Sports stand as the biggest must-see sports awards telecast.

Kids’ Choice Sports earned a 3.8/1.2 million with Kids 2-11, up +52% from last year. With kids 6-11, it posted a 5.2/1.0 MM, up +68%. Among tweens, it garnered a 4.2/848,000, up +83%. The show’s total viewer average of 2.3 MM represents a +37% increase over last year’s time period, as well.

Hosted by Michael Strahan (LIVE with Kelly and Michael, Fox NFL Sunday), the awards were broadcast live from UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles where kids honored their favorite athletes, teams and sports moments from the year in one big, slimy sports celebration.

World-renowned athlete David Beckham was presented with Kids' Choice Sports' first Legend Award, a gold mohawked blimp, for his incredible talent and outstanding sportsmanship on the field. Adding to his list of accomplishments, Beckham also received the first-ever gold sliming in Kids' Choice history with his sons Romeo and Cruz.

In a special half-time show filled with music, athleticism and slime, award-winning country stars Florida Georgia Line rewarded fans with a performance medley of their smash hits "Cruise" and "This is How We Roll," followed by a thorough drenching of the mosh pit. In a live vote during the show, kids decided on the contents--maple syrup, whipped cream or slime--of the giant dunk tanks in the "Verizon Power Dunk" competition. Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald prevailed, dunking Seattle Seahawks defensive back Earl Thomas III in a giant tank of green goo, only to be dunked himself by Strahan.

Dallas Mavericks center Tyson Chandler, basketball forward Metta World Peace, and The Haunted Hathaways star Benjamin "Lil' P-Nut'' Flores Jr. cheered on 15-year-old Ricardo Jacobo Jr. in the "Kids' Choice Sports Half-Court Shot Contest" who landed the $50,000 grand prize.

Additional highlights from the sports celebration include: Super Bowl XLVIII champion Marshawn Lynch (Seattle Seahawks) running an epic football play into a pool of slime with a KCS trophy; Will Arnett (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie) and New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist going head to head in a hockey shoot-out; a cross-arena football pass by sports trick shot group Dude Perfect; and an exhilarating grand finale featuring multi-Grammy Award-winner Pharrell Williams who performed his chart-topping hit "Happy."

Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Sports 2014 was produced by Nickelodeon Productions in association with Done + Dusted. Ian Stewart and Hamish Hamilton of Done + Dusted, Michael Strahan, Jay Schmalholz, Shelly Sumpter Gillyard and Constance Schwartz of SMAC Entertainment are executive producers.

Nickelodeon, now in its 35th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in almost 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 19 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B).

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