Thursday, October 10, 2013

Nickelodeon USA Draws Shrieks And Shrills With Halloween-Themed Premieres Beginning Thursday 10th October 2013

Nickelodeon has announced in the following press release, from TVbytheNumbers, Nick USA's spooktacular programming highlights to celebrate Halloween 2013!


This Halloween season, starting Thursday 10th October 2013, Nickelodeon will treat viewers to a month of spooky, side-splitting new episodes from hit Nickelodeon series "Sam & Cat", "The Haunted Hathaways", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "See Dad Run", "Peter Rabbit", "Deadtime Stories", "The Fairly OddParents", "Sanjay and Craig", "Monsters vs. Aliens", "Power Rangers Megaforce", "PAW Patrol", and a special Halloween-themed episode of "AwesomenessTV" hosted by pop sensation Cody Simpson!

Fans can visit Nick's Halloween hub, www.nick.com/shows/halloween, to access exclusive content including photo galleries, quizzes, blogs, polls and games featuring characters from their favorite Nick shows. Classic Halloween episodes from "iCarly", "Big Time Rush", "Victorious", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Power Rangers Megaforce", "Kung Fu Panda" and "Penguins of Madagascar", will be available for viewing all month long on the site. Additionally, "The Haunted Hathaways", "Haunted Halloween" and "Sam & Cat", "#DollSitting" will be available for streaming on Nick.com three hours after their premieres on Nickelodeon on Saturday 19th October 2013).

To further celebrate Halloween, TeenNick, Nick USA's teens and young adults network, will be rebooting the classic "Nick or Treat" as "Nick or Tweet" with Halloween episodes of '90s classics "Hey Arnold", "Rugrats" and more. Viewers can watch and tweet the secret word for the chance to win a super '90s prize pack.

Plus, Nicktoons, Nick USA's action and animation channel, embraces the Halloween spirit with a "HALLOWHAAAAT!" programming stunt which will feature brand new episodes of "Wild Grinders" on Monday 28th October 2013, leading up to an action-packed marathon of episodes on Halloween day.

A full rundown of Nickelodeon's Halloween-themed highlights can be found in Nick's official press release below!

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Original Nickelodeon Press Release:

NICKELODEON DRAWS SHRIEKS AND SHRILLS WITH HALLOWEEN-THEMED PREMIERES BEGINNING THURSDAY, OCT. 10

Line-up Includes All-New Episodes of Sam & Cat, The Haunted Hathaways, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants, See Dad Run, Peter Rabbit and Deadtime Stories

NEW YORK – Oct. 9, 2013 – This Halloween season, Nickelodeon will treat viewers to a month of spooky, side-splitting new episodes from hit series Sam & Cat, The Haunted Hathaways, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants, See Dad Run, Peter Rabbit, Deadtime Stories and a Halloween themed AwesomenessTV episode hosted by pop sensation Cody Simpson.

Fans can visit Nick’s Halloween hub, www.nick.com/shows/halloween to access content including photo galleries, quizzes, blogs, polls and games featuring characters from their favorite shows. Classic Halloween episodes from iCarly, Big Time Rush, Victorious, SpongeBob SquarePants, Power Rangers Megaforce, Kung Fu Panda and Penguins of Madagascar, will be available for viewing all month long on the site. Additionally, The Haunted Hathaways, “Haunted Halloween” and Sam & Cat, “#DollSitting” will be available for streaming on Nick.com three hours after the Nickelodeon premiere (Oct. 19) .

Below is the rundown of Nickelodeon’s Halloween-themed premieres:

NICKELODEON (all times ET/PT)

Deadtime Stories "The Witching Game"
Thursday, Oct. 10, at 8:00p.m.
Bloody Mary was a silly wishing game that never worked. But when Lindsay and her friends play in front of an antique mirror, the game quickly turns into a nightmare. Their wishes start coming true, with horrifying results!

Deadtime Stories "The Beast of Baskerville"
Thursday, Oct. 10, at 8:30p.m.
The town of Baskerville has a legend about a half-human beast with horns and hooves. When Adam's friends start disappearing during an over-night camp out he learns that the story is all too real.

SpongeBob SquarePants "Don't Look Now/Séance Schméance"
Monday, Oct. 14, at 7:00p.m.
In "Don't Look Now," SpongeBob and Patrick go to see the latest horror film, only to be seemingly stalked by the villain. Next, SpongeBob holds a séance at the Krusty Krab to learn the recipe for a long-lost sandwich in Séance Schméance.

Deadtime Stories "Terror in Tiny Town"
Thursday, Oct. 17, at 8:00p.m.
Willy and Zack love playing with their Tiny Town train set action figures, but they begin to notice that the pieces aren't always where they left them, and the train now runs by itself. Is it possible Tiny Town has come to life?

Deadtime Stories "Revenge of the Goblins"
Thursday, Oct. 17, at 8:30p.m.
When Nina and Sam discover a magical orb that can freeze time, they unwittingly unleash a horde of evil goblins. Now they must find a way to stop the goblins before they take over the world.

The Fairly OddParents "Scary GodCouple"
Saturday, Oct. 19, at 9:30a.m.
During this 30-minute special, Foop becomes Vicky's anti-fairy godparent, Vicky and Foop terrorize Timmy and the kids of Dimmsdale and Foop tells Vicky that the reason Timmy has thwarted her all these years is because he has fairy godparents. If they can destroy the fairies, no one will be able to stop them.

Sanjay and Craig "Blackout/Family Re-Noodman"
Saturday, Oct. 19, at 10:30a.m.
When the lights go out, Sanjay becomes the most powerful kid in town during "Blackout."
During "Family Re-Noodman," the boys infiltrate Noodman's reunion in hopes of tasting special Frycade wings.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles "Invasion of the Squirrelanoids"
Saturday, Oct. 19, at 11:00a.m.
While tracking mutagen, the Turtles bring a mutated squirrel back to the lair. When it starts multiplying, the Turtles must hunt the squirrel mutants and prevent them escaping into the city.

Monsters vs. Aliens "Curse of the Man-Beast / It Came From Level Z"
Saturday, Oct. 19, at 12:00p.m.
After hacking into Monger's top secret files, the monsters learn that there was supposed to be another member of the team, The Man-Beast, during "Curse of the Man-Beast." Next in, "It Came From Level Z," the boys of Team Monster have turned the Rec Room into a pigsty. When Monger demands they clean up, the guys enlist the help of an old zombie.

Power Rangers Megaforce "Halloween"
Saturday, Oct. 19, at 1:00p.m.
On Halloween, the scariest night of the year, the Rangers have a strange encounter with a mysterious cloaked Medium who conjures “visions” of monsters past.

Sam & Cat "#DollSitting"
Saturday, Oct. 19, at 8:00p.m.
On Halloween, Sam and Cat are hired to babysit a doll, with unusual and creepy results. Cat also thinks she may have accidentally turned Dice into a monkey with a magic spell.

The Haunted Hathaways "Haunted Halloween"
Saturday, Oct. 19, at 8:30p.m.
When Ray and Miles agree to help Taylor with her first Halloween party in the Hathaway/Preston house by doing parlor tricks, things go awry after Louie defiantly turns to a powerful ghost to help really haunt the party.

See Dad Run "See Dad Halloween"
Sunday, Oct. 20, at 8:00p.m.
David hopes to get the kids in the Halloween spirit, so he takes them with him to “exorcise” the Ghost of Stage 19. The kids aren’t impressed until crazy things start happening at home, and the whole family is freaked out.

PAW Patrol "Pups and the Ghost Pirate"
Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 12:00p.m.
It's Halloween and the pups are dressed in costume and going Trick or Treating, then to a party! Capt'n Turbot has decorated an old wreck as a pirate ship and the whole town is invited to the party. When the ship mysteriously starts to head out to sea captained by a “ghost” Ryder and the PAW Patrol must save the ship and discover who the ghost is.

Deadtime Stories "Grandpa's Monster Movies"
Thursday, Oct. 24, at 8:00p.m.
A pair of city kids attend a family reunion at their grandparent's farm, but are soon bored and looking for something to do. After sneaking into the attic and finding their grandfather's old home movies, they realize that cows aren't the only creatures on the farm.

Deadtime Stories "Ghost Knight"
Thursday. Oct. 24, at 8:30p.m.
Cody and his friend Ben go in search of excitement in a haunted Castle behind his grandfather's retirement home, however the duo gets more than they bargained for when they are suddenly swept into a medieval tournament on a quest to save the princess.

Peter Rabbit "The Tale of the Giant Pumpkin/The Tale of the Fierce Bad Rabbit"
Sunday, Oct. 25, at 1:30p.m.
In "The Tale of the Giant Pumpkin," when Peter sets his sights on the biggest pumpkin in Mr. McGregor's patch, rolling it out of the garden turns into the ride of a lifetime. Next in, "The Tale of the Fierce Bad Rabbit," Peter and his friends set out to taste the sweetest dandelions in the world, only to find that they're protected by the meanest character in the entire valley!

AwesomenessTV: Halloween episode hosted by Cody Simpson
Monday, Oct. 28, at 7:30p.m.
Nickelodeon's brand new sketch comedy show featuring hilarious characters, awesome pranks and music parodies. Swag Master J: Guide to Halloween, Trash Scare Prank, Overly Dramatic Teen Picks Out Her Halloween Costume, and more.

Deadtime Stories "Little Magic Shop of Horrors"
Thursday, Oct. 31, at 8:00p.m.
Peter and Bo buy a magic kit from a mysterious magic shop in order to win the school's talent competition. However, they learn their tricks are real, and can't be undone, putting their friends and classmates in grave danger.

TeenNick Programming:
TeenNick reboots the classic “Nick or Treat” as “Nick or Tweet” with Halloween episodes of ‘90s classics Hey Arnold, Rugrats and more. Viewers can watch and tweet the secret word for the chance to win a super ‘90s prize pack.

Nicktoons Programming:
Nicktoons embraces the Halloween spirit with “HALLOWHAAAAT!” The stunt features new episodes of Wild Grinders on Monday, Oct. 28, leading up to an action-packed marathon of episodes on Halloween day.

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