Thursday, October 03, 2019

Nickelodeon Looking to Develop More Factual-Driven Content

Nickelodeon is currently looking for opportunities to develop more factual-driven, long-form stories—including, potentially, hour-long content for YouTube or other digital platforms, Rob Bagshaw, Executive Vice President (EVP), Nickelodeon Unscripted Content, has revealed to Kidscreen, however, Bagshaw added that more development time is required to find the right projects.


Nickelodeon is also planning to develop factual linear content for 2020 similar to one of the kids network's longest-running series, Nick News, which, hosted by outspoken television journalist Linda Ellerbee aired from 1992 to 2015—though no timeline for delivery has been set yet.

“Nick News allowed for serious conversations about pop culture or newsworthy moments. Our audience today is smarter and more aware than ever—we would be doing them a disservice if we didn’t provide opportunities to have those conversations,” says Bagshaw.

Nick News, produced by Lucky Duck Productions, is the longest-running kids' news show in television history. It built its reputation on the respectful and direct way it speaks to kids about the important issues of the day. Over the years, Nick News received more than 21 Emmy nominations and won its tenth Emmy Award for Forgotten But Not Gone: Kids, HIV & AIDS in the category of Outstanding Children's Nonfiction Program. Its additional Emmy wins include: Under the Influence: Kids of Alcoholics (2011); The Face of Courage: Kids Living with Cancer (2010); Coming Home: When Parents Return from War (2009); The Untouchable Kids of India (2008); Private Worlds: Kids and Autism (2007); Never Again: From the Holocaust to the Sudan (2005); Faces of Hope: The Kids of Afghanistan (2002) and What Are You Staring At? (1998). In 1995, the entire series won the Emmy.

Nick News was also honored with the Edward R. Murrow Award for best Network News Documentary for Coming Home: When Parents Return from War — the first-ever kids' television program to receive this prestigious award. Nick News also received three Peabody Awards, including a personal award given to Ellerbee for explaining the impeachment of President Clinton to kids, as well as a Columbia duPont Award and more than a dozen Parents' Choice Awards.

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Originally published: Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 22:02 BST.
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