Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Nickelodeon USA Wins February 2014 With Kids And 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 Nick USA closed February 2014 as the top basic cable network with Kids 2-11 (3.0/967K) and total viewers (1.8M), marking 13 straight months of prior-year gains with Kids 2-11! The network's February 2014 win was driven by hits in every genre: animation, live action and preschool.


In animation, Nickelodeon USA had the top four series among Kids 2-11, led by "SpongeBob SquarePants", which earned a 5.3/1.7M with Kids 2-11 and 3.3M total viewers. "Sanjay and Craig" came in second with Kids 2-11 (4.7/1.5M) and drew 2.8M total viewers. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was the third leading animated series with Kids 2-11 (4.7/1.5M) and scored 3M total viewers. "Rabbids Invasion" rounded out the top four spots with Kids 2-11 (4.6/1.5M), while drawing 2.6M total viewers.

In live-action, Nickelodeon's latest hit "Every Witch Way" ranked as the number-one program with Kids 2-11 (4.7/1.5M, +24%) and scored the number two spot behind "Sam & Cat" with K6-11 (5.7/1.1M, +43%), averaging 2.6M total viewers. "Sam & Cat" was the leading live-action series with Kids 6-11 (5.8/1.1M, +53%) and drew 2.8M total viewers.

In preschool, "Wallykazam!", the net's brand-new curriculum-driven series teaching literacy, topped the month as TV's number-one preschool show among Kids 2-5 (6.9/853K, +50%). At number two, was "Paw Patrol" which averaged a 6.8/845K with preschoolers and posted ratings increases of +45% over a year ago.

Additionally, Nick launched a brand-new original animated series (NickToon) this month, "Breadwinners", the story of two booty-shaking ducks who deliver bread in a jet-fueled rocket van, which scored the number two spot for the week (behind only "SpongeBob SquarePants") with Kids 2-11 (5.4/1.7 million) with its President's Day debut (Monday 17th February 2014), and also drew 2.8 million total viewers.

Original Nickelodeon Press Release:

NICKELODEON WINS FEBRUARY WITH KIDS AND TOTAL VIEWERS

Net Scores Month's Top Four Animated Series among Kids, Top Two Live-Action Shows and Lands Top Two Preschool Series, Including Brand-New Hit Wallykazam! at Number-One

Brand-New Animated Series Breadwinners Debuts with Almost 3 Million Total Viewers

NEW YORK – Feb. 25, 2014 – Nickelodeon closed February as the top basic cable net with Kids 2-11 (3.0/967K) and total viewers (1.8M), marking 13 straight months of prior-year gains with Kids 2-11. The network’s February win was driven by hits in every genre: animation, live action and preschool.

In animation, Nick had the top four series among Kids 2-11, led by SpongeBob SquarePants, which earned a 5.3/1.7M with Kids 2-11 and 3.3M total viewers. Sanjay and Craig came in second with Kids 2-11 (4.7/1.5M) and drew 2.8M total viewers. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the third leading animated series with Kids 2-11 (4.7/1.5M) and scored 3M total viewers. Rabbids Invasion rounded out the top four spots with Kids 2-11 (4.6/1.5M), while drawing 2.6M total viewers.

In live-action, Nickelodeon’s latest hit Every Witch Way ranked as the number-one program with Kids 2-11 (4.7/1.5M, +24%) and scored the number two spot behind Sam & Cat with K6-11 (5.7/1.1M, +43%), averaging 2.6M total viewers. Sam & Cat was the leading live-action series with Kids 6-11 (5.8/1.1M, +53%) and drew 2.8M total viewers.

In preschool, Wallykazam!, the net’s brand-new curriculum-driven series teaching literacy, topped the month as TV’s number-one preschool show among Kids 2-5 (6.9/853K, +50%). At number two, was Paw Patrol which averaged a 6.8/845K with preschoolers and posted ratings increases of +45% over a year ago.

Additionally, Nick launched a brand-new animated series this month, Breadwinners, the story of two booty-shaking ducks who deliver bread in a jet-fueled rocket van, which scored the number two spot for the week (behind only SpongeBob SquarePants) with Kids 2-11 (5.4/1.7 million) with its President’s Day debut (Monday, Feb. 17), and also drew 2.8 million total viewers.

Nickelodeon, now in its 34th 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 more than 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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Tags: Breadwinners Ratings, Sanjay & Craig Ratings, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ratings
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Nickelodeon UK Launches Twitter Voting For The UK Nominees Of The 2014 Kids' Choice Awards

Nickelodeon UK and Ireland has announced the exciting Nickelodeon UK News that, to help make the Nickelodeon 2014 Kids' Choice Awards, also known as "Nickelodeon's 27th Annual Kids' Choice Awards", the most successful and most global ever, Nickelodeon UK has launched Kids' Choice Awards 2014 voting on the social networking and microblogging service Twitter, allowing everybody with a Twitter account to vote in all seven of the UK-exclusive "Nickelodeon 2014 Kids' Choice Awards" category's and pick and choose their favourites from 28 KCA 2014 nominees just by Tweeting messages using the special KCA UK hashtags!


To vote for your favorites on Twitter, simply open up the 'Compose new Tweet' window and type or copy and paste Nick UK's special Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2014 hashtags (#KCA + #Vote_____) into a new Tweet, for example, to vote for your favourite fan family, you should use one of the following messages:

#KCA #VoteUKDirectioners
#KCA #VoteUKTWFanmily
#KCA #VoteUKMahomies
#KCA #VoteUKArianators

When voting for your favourites on Twitter, please make sure that each KCA UK voting Tweet contains just one vote (#KCA + #Vote_____) at a time, that way Nickelodeon UK are able to track and count everyone's votes and award an orange blimp to who British & Irish Nickelodeon fans and viewers think deserves a award!

Below is a complete list of each of Nickelodeon UK's 2014 Kids' Choice Awards Twitter voting hashtags:

UK Favourite Band
One Direction - #KCA #Vote1DUK
Little Mix - #KCA #VoteLittleMixUK
The Wanted - #KCA #VoteTheWantedUK
Union J - #KCA #VoteUnionJUK

UK Favourite Breakthrough Act
The Vamps - #KCA #VoteVampsUK
Little Nikki - #KCA #VoteLittleNikkiUK
Elyar Fox - #KCA #VoteElyarUK
Neon Jungle - #KCA #VoteNeonUK

UK Favourite Fan Family
One Direction (Directioners) - #KCA #VoteUKDirectioners
The Wanted (TWFanmily) - #KCA #VoteUKTWFanmily
Austin Mahone (Mahomies) - #KCA #VoteUKMahomies
Ariana Grande (Arianators) - #KCA #VoteUKArianators

UK Favourite Vlogger
Marcus Butler (MarcusButlerTV) - #KCA #VoteMarcusUK
Tanya Burr (Tanya Burr) - #KCA #VoteTanyaUK
Charlie McDonnell (charlieissocoollike) - #KCA #VoteCharlieUK
Zoe Suggs (Zoella) - #KCA #VoteZoellaUK

UK Favourite Football Star
Wayne Rooney - #KCA #VoteRooneyUK
Gareth Bale - #KCA #VoteBaleUK
Steven Gerrard - #KCA #VoteGerrardUK
Theo Walcott - #KCA #VoteWalcottUK

UK Favourite Sports Star
Nicola Adams - #KCA #VoteNicolaUK
Tom Daley - #KCA #VoteTomUK
Laura Robson - #KCA #VoteLauraUK
Lewis Hamilton - #KCA #VoteLewisUK

UK Favourite Book
How to Betray a Dragon's Hero by Cressida Cowell - #KCA #VoteDragonUK
Demon Dentist by David Walliams - #KCA #VoteDDentistUK
Four Children and IT by Jacqueline Wilson - #KCA #VoteFourChildrenUK
Horrid Henry's Nightmare by Francesca Simon - #KCA #VoteHorridHenryUK

Who wins a coveted orange Kids' Choice Award blimp is up to YOU! Keep voting for your KCA UK favourites on kca.nick.co.uk and Twitter, then tune into the premiere of the 2014 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK on Sunday 30th March 2014 at 5.30pm (6.30pm on Nickelodeon+1), the very next day after Nickelodeon holds the the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2014 on Saturday 29th March 2014 at the Galen Center at USC [University of Southern California] in Los Angeles, California, USA, to find out who wins!

Don't forget to vote at KCA2014.com for your chance to win tickets to attend Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards 2014 in LA!



'How to Vote on Twitter' guide via Nickelodeon UK's official Facebook profile page, facebook.com/NickelodeonUK

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Nickelodeon Launches Twitter Voting For The Nickelodeon 2014 Kids' Choice Awards

Nickelodeon has announced the exciting news that, to help make the Nickelodeon 2014 Kids' Choice Awards, also known as "Nickelodeon's 27th Annual Kids' Choice Awards", the most successful and most global ever, Nickelodeon launched Kids' Choice Awards 2014 voting on the social networking and microblogging service Twitter, allowing everybody with a Twitter account to vote in all 22 award category's of "Nickelodeon's 2014 Kids' Choice Awards" and pick and choose their favorites from the world of television, music, sports and movies, just by Tweeting messages using Nick's special KCA hashtags!


To vote for your favorite stars, shows, movies and songs on Twitter, simply open up the 'Compose new Tweet' window and type or copy and paste Nickelodeon's special Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2014 hashtags (#Vote_____ + #KCA) into a new Tweet, for example, to vote for Fave TV Show, you should use one of the following messages:

#VoteBigBangTheory #KCA
#VoteGoodLuckCharlie #KCA
#VoteJessie #KCA
#VoteSamAndCat #KCA

When voting for your favorite celebrity's, shows, movies and songs on Twitter, remember to use both the unique hashtag and #KCA in each Tweet for it to count, that way Nickelodeon are able to track and count everyone's votes and award an orange blimp to who fans and viewers around the world think deserves a award!

Below is a complete list of each of Nickelodeon's 2014 Kids' Choice Awards Twitter voting hashtags, from Nickelodeon's official Tumblr blog. Let the voting begin!:

Favorite Music Group
Maroon 5 - #VoteMaroon5 #KCA
One Direction - #Vote1D #KCA
One Republic - #VoteOneRepublic #KCA
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis - #VoteMacklemore #KCA

Favorite Female Singer
Lady Gaga - #VoteGaga #KCA
Selena Gomez - #VoteSelena #KCA
Katy Perry - #VoteKaty #KCA
Taylor Swift - #VoteTaylor #KCA

Favorite Male Singer
Bruno Mars - #VoteBruno #KCA
Pitbull - #VotePitbull #KCA
Justin Timberlake - #VoteTimberlake #KCA
Pharrell Williams - #VotePharrell #KCA

Favorite TV Actress
Ariana Grande - #VoteAriana #KCA
Jennette McCurdy - #VoteJennette #KCA
Bridgit Mendler - #VoteBridgit #KCA
Debby Ryan - #VoteDebby #KCA

Favorite Movie Actress
Sandra Bullock - #VoteSandraBullock #KCA
Mila Kunis - #VoteMilaKunis #KCA
Jennifer Lawrence - #VoteJLaw #KCA
Jayma Mays - #VoteJaymaMays #KCA

Favorite Movie
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - #VoteHungerGames #KCA
Iron Man 3 - #VoteIronMan3 #KCA
Oz the Great and Powerful - #VoteOz #KCA
The Smurfs 2 - #VoteSmurfs2 #KCA

Favorite TV Show
The Big Bang Theory - #VoteBigBangTheory #KCA
Good Luck Charlie - #VoteGoodLuckCharlie #KCA
Jessie - #VoteJessie #KCA
Sam & Cat - #VoteSamAndCat #KCA

Favorite Cartoon
Adventure Time - #VoteAdventureTime #KCA
Phineas & Ferb - #VotePhineasandFerb #KCA
SpongeBob SquarePants - #VoteSpongeBob #KCA
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - #VoteTMNT #KCA

Favorite TV Actor
Benjamin Flores, Jr - #VoteBenFloresJr #KCA
Jack Griffo - #VoteJackGriffo #KCA
Ross Lynch - #VoteRossLynch #KCA
Jake Short - #VoteJakeShort #KCA

Favorite Song

"I Knew You Were Trouble" - #VoteIKnewYouWereTrouble #KCA
"Roar" - #VoteRoar #KCA
"Story of My Life" - #VoteStoryofMyLife #KCA
"Wrecking Ball" - #VoteWreckingBall #KCA

Favorite Female Buttkicker
Sandra Bullock - #VoteSandraforButtkicker #KCA
Jennifer Lawrence - #VoteJLawforButtkicker #KCA
Evangeline Lilly - #VoteEvangelineforButtkicker #KCA
Jena Malone - #VoteJenaforButtkicker #KCA

Favorite Movie Actor
Johnny Depp - #VoteJohnnyDepp #KCA
Robert Downey, Jr - #VoteRobertDowneyJr #KCA
Neil Patrick Harris - #VoteNPH #KCA
Adam Sandler - #VoteAdamSandler #KCA

Favorite Animated Movie
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 - #VoteMeatballs2 #KCA
Despicable Me 2 - #VoteDespicableMe2 #KCA
Frozen - #VoteFrozen #KCA
Monsters University - #VoteMonstersU #KCA

Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie
Steve Carell - #VoteSteveCarell #KCA
Miranda Cosgrove - #VoteMirandaCosgrove #KCA
Billy Crystal - #VoteBillyCrystal #KCA
Katy Perry - #VoteKatySmurfs #KCA

Favorite Male Buttkicker
Johnny Depp - #VoteJohnnyforButtkicker #KCA
Robert Downey, Jr - #VoteRobertforButtkicker #KCA
Hugh Jackman - #VoteHughforButtkicker #KCA
Dwayne Johnson - #VoteDwayneforButtkicker #KCA

Favorite Book
Diary of a Wimpy Kid series - #VoteWimpyKidBook #KCA
Harry Potter series - #VoteHarryPotterBook #KCA
The Hobbit - #VoteTheHobbitBook #KCA
The Hunger Games series - #VoteHungerGamesBook #KCA

Favorite Videogame
Angry Birds Star Wars - #VoteAngryBirds #KCA
Disney Infinity - #VoteDisneyInfinity #KCA
Just Dance 2014 - #VoteJustDance #KCA
Minecraft - #VoteMinecraft #KCA

Favorite App Game
Angry Birds Star Wars II - #VoteAngryBirdsApp #KCA
Candy Crush Saga - #VoteCandyCrushApp #KCA
Despicable Me: Minion Rush - #VoteMinionRushApp #KCA
Temple Run - #VoteTempleRunApp #KCA

Favorite Reality Show
America's Got Talent - #VoteAmericasGotTalent #KCA
American Idol - #VoteAmericanIdol #KCA
The Voice - #VoteTheVoice #KCA
Wipeout - #VoteWipeout #KCA

Favorite Funny Star
Kaley Cuoco - #VoteKaleyCuoco #KCA
Kevin Hart - #VoteKevinHart #KCA
Andy Samberg - #VoteAndySamberg #KCA
Sofia Vergara - #VoteSofiaVergara #KCA

Most Enthusiastic Athlete
Dwight Howard (Houston Rockets) - #VoteDwightHoward #KCA
Cam Newton (Carolina Panthers) - #VoteCamNewton #KCA
David Ortiz (Red Sox) - #VoteDavidOrtiz #KCA
Richard Sherman (Seattle Seahawks) - #VoteRichardSherman #KCA

Favorite Animated Animal Sidekick
Patrick Star (SpongeBob SquarePants) - #VotePatrick #KCA
Perry the Platypus (Phineas & Ferb) - #VotePerry #KCA
Sparky (Fairly OddParents) - #VoteSparky #KCA
Waddles (Gravity Falls) - #VoteWaddles #KCA

Vote now and help keep #KCA in Twitter's trend lists!

Who wins a coveted orange Kids' Choice Award blimp is up to YOU! Keep voting for your KCA favorites on KCA2014.com and Twitter!

This year's fan-voted slime-tastic extravaganza will be hosted by Mark Wahlberg, who stars in the Michael Bay's "Transformers: Age of Extinction", the fourth installment in the "Transformers" franchise. Nickelodeon's 27th Annual Kids' Choice Awards will take place Saturday 29th March 2014, from 8-9:30 p.m. ET/PT at the University of Southern California's Galen Center and will air live on Nick USA (tape delayed for the West Coast).
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Nickelodeon Promotes Audrey Diehl To VP Of Animation Development

The children's entertainment and media news website Kidscreen is reporting the Nickelodeon News in the following article that Nickelodeon has promoted ten-year veteran Audrey Diehl to the role of Vice President (VP) of animation development for Nickelodeon Group from her previous position as executive director of development.


Her new responsibilities include providing development guidance for the networks new animated series, talent sourcing, pre- and post-production supervision duties for animated pilots, as well as outreach efforts within the animation industry.

She will report directly to Jenna Boyd, Nickelodeon's Senior Vice President (SVP) of animation development.

In her previous role, Diehl was tasked with finding and developing unique new series and she led a number of development projects including Nickelodeon's upcoming brand-new animated series "Bad Seeds" and "Pig Goat Banana Cricket".

Since joining Nickelodeon in 2003 in current series, she provided creative notes on storyboards, art direction, music and animation for a number of Nickelodeon's successful original animated productions (NickToons) including "My Life as a Teenage Robot", "Catscratch", "El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera" and "Fanboy & Chum Chum".

Audrey Diehl also helped deliver Nick's brand-new hit animated series "Sanjay and Craig":
Nickelodeon ups Audrey Diehl

Ten-year Nick veteran Audrey Diehl has been promoted to VP of animation development for Nickelodeon Group from her previous position as executive director of development.

Her new responsibilities include providing development guidance for the kidsnet’s new animated series, talent sourcing, pre- and post-production supervision duties for animated pilots, as well as outreach efforts within the animation industry.

She will report directly to Jenna Boyd, Nickelodeon’s SVP of animation development.

In her previous role, Diehl was tasked with finding and developing unique new series and she led a number of development projects including new series Bad Seeds and Pig Goat Banana Cricket.

Since joining Nick in 2003 in current series, she provided creative notes on storyboards, art direction, music and animation for a number of successful productions including My Life as a Teenage Robot, Catscratch, El Tigre and Fanboy & Chum Chum.

She also helped deliver Nick’s brand new hit series Sanjay and Craig.

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Nickelodeon USA To Debut Brand-New "Dora The Explorer" Primetime Special, "Dora in Wonderland", On Monday 10th March 2014

Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids and families, has announced in the following Press Release, from TVbytheNumbers, the exciting Nickelodeon News that Nick USA will premiere and show Nickelodeon Preschool's brand-new "Dora the Explorer" primetime special inspired by "Alice in Wonderland", called "Dora in Wonderland", on Monday 10th March 2014 at 7:00pm (ET/PT)! In the hour-long special, which will guest star Mel Brooks, Alan Cumming, Jewel and Sara Ramirez, when Abuela's kitties run through a magic mirror, Dora, Boots and all their friends travel through the magical, mixed-up world of Wonderland to catch up to them. Along the way, they come across a Mad Hatter (Mel Brooks), Rabbit (Alan Cumming), Cheshire Cat (Jewel) and the Queen of Hearts (Sara Ramirez) -- all while watching out for the Knave of Hearts (Swiper the Fox).


Nickelodeon's Emmy Award-winning "Dora the Explorer" continues to be the most watched preschool show on TV drawing 81.7M total viewers and 12.2M preschoolers in 2013. Nickelodeon is currently the number-one rated cable network among K2-5 with five of its preschool series ("Paw Patrol", "Bubble Guppies", "Team Umizoomi", "Dora the Explorer", "Peter Rabbit") ranked in the top 10 on all TV.

NickJr.com, Nickelodeon's award-winning website for parents and preschoolers, is being transformed into a Wonderland for Dora fans! Fans can visit Dora the Explorer online to print a free 26-page "Dora the Explorer" coloring book, watch "Dora the Explorer" episodes, play Dora games, and sing along to "Dora in Wonderland" music videos. Between Monday 3rd to Monday 10th March 2014, kids can search for the White Rabbit on NickJr.com, who will lead them to a very special secret surprise!

To celebrate and promote Nickelodeon's all-new "Dora the Explorer" primetime special, Nick USA's publicity office has unveiled two all-new super sneak peek previews of "Dora in Wonderland", which you can watch in the online streaming video clips below!

NICKELODEON PAYS HOMAGE TO ALICE IN WONDERLAND WITH BRAND-NEW DORA THE EXPLORER PRIMETIME SPECIAL, "DORA IN WONDERLAND," PREMIERING MONDAY, MARCH 10, AT 7PM (ET/PT) ON NICKELODEON

MEL BROOKS, ALAN CUMMING, JEWEL AND SARA RAMIREZ GUEST STAR

Nickelodeon pays tribute to the iconic Alice in Wonderland, and takes preschoolers on a musical adventure, in the brand-new Dora the Explorer primetime special, "Dora in Wonderland," premiering Monday, March 10, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT). In the hour-long special, when Abuela's kitties run through a magic mirror, Dora, Boots and all their friends travel through the magical, mixed-up world of Wonderland to catch up to them. Along the way, they come across a Mad Hatter (Mel Brooks), Rabbit (Alan Cumming), Cheshire Cat (Jewel) and the Queen of Hearts (Sara Ramirez) -- all while watching out for the Knave of Hearts (Swiper).

Emmy Award-winning Dora the Explorer continues to be the most watched preschool show on TV drawing 81.7M total viewers and 12.2M preschoolers in 2013. Nickelodeon is currently the number-one rated cable network among K2-5 with five of its preschool series (Paw Patrol, Bubble Guppies, Team Umizoomi, Dora the Explorer, Peter Rabbit) ranked in the top 10 on all TV.

NickJr.com—Nickelodeon’s award-winning website for parents and preschoolers—is being transformed into a Wonderland for Dora fans! Visit Dora the Explorer online to print a free 26-page Dora coloring book, watch Dora the Explorer episodes, play Dora games, and sing along to Dora in Wonderland music videos. Between March 3-10, kids can search for the White Rabbit on NickJr.com, who will lead them to a secret surprise!

Tags: Dora in Wonderland Ratings

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Dora in Wonderland Clip 1:

Dora in Wonderland clip from Jessica Wilson on Vimeo.

Dora in Wonderland hour-long prime-time special premieres Monday, March 10, at 7 PM (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. The special guest stars Sara Ramirez, Jewel, Mel Brooks, and Alan Cumming.

Dora in Wonderland Clip 2:

Dora in Wonderland Clip 2 from Jessica Wilson on Vimeo.


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