Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand To Premiere "Max & Shred" On Saturday 24th January 2015

Nickelodeon Australia has announced the exciting Nick News in a Tweet on their official Twitter profile page, @Nickelodeon_AU, that Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand will start to premiere and show Nickelodeon and Breakthrough Entertainment's brand-new live-action buddy-comedy series "Max & Shred" from Saturday 24th January 2015 at 5:30pm, as part of the channels "All New Saturdays" programming block!


"Max & Shred" chronicles the hilarious and unlikely friendship between Max Asher (Jonny Gray), a celebrity snowboarder, and Alvin "Shred" Ackerman (Jake Goodman, "Life with Boys"), a science whiz-kid, who become roommates and instant "bros" when Max moves to Colorado to train for the Winter Cup. The two boys must work to become friends and learn to navigate the trials of teenage life from completely opposite points of view. It's gonna be siiiiick!


To celebrate Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand starting to air "Max & Shred", Nickelodeon.com.au has unveiled Nick AU & NZ's all-new official "Max & Shred" show website to accompany the brand new show, which is packed full with show information, character bios, online streaming video clips, photo galleries, and a aweslime online game, Extreme Velocity!


This season on "Max & Shred", the boys will find themselves in hilarious situations that everyday teens' experience. From liking the same girl to navigating the crazy halls of high school to fighting over who gets a new room, Max and Shred may approach life differently but in the end, they always have each other's back.

"Max & Shred" (26 X 30) is created by writing partners Ben MacMillan and Josh Greenbaum whose credits include CW's "Swordfighting", CBS's "Homeland Insecurity" and the Paramount feature film "The Mascot". The series is executive produced by George Doty IV who is no stranger to the Nickelodeon family having written and co-executive produced some of the networks biggest hit shows including "iCarly", "Victorious" and the beloved buddy-comedy series "Drake & Josh".

Additionally, Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand recently started to air "The Legend of Korra - Book 4: Balance", the fourth and final season of Nickelodeon's epic original animated series (Nicktoon) "The Legend of Korra", weekdays at 7:30pm on Monday 12th January 2015! Nick AU has also added every episode of "Book Four: Balance" to Foxtel Anytime!
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Nickelodeon Releases Hit "Every Witch Way" Song "It's Always You" On iTunes

Nickelodeon USA has announced the magical news in a Tweet on their official Twitter profile page, @NickelodeonTV, that Nickelodeon has released the hit song "It's Always You" from the networks hit spell-binding fantasy television series "Every Witch Way" on iTunes! Fans can download "It's Always You (Music from the Original TV Series "Every Witch Way")", in which Daniel Miller (Nick Merico) sings about Emma Alonso (Paola Andino) and their magic that will never go away, here on iTunes.com and via the iTunes app!



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Nickelodeon Italy To Premiere "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" On Monday 26th January 2015

Nickelodeon Italy (Italia) has announced the exciting Nickelodeon Europe News in their new trailer/promo that Nick Italy, the Italian version of the world's number one kids' channel, will start to premiere and show Nickelodeon's brand-new hit original comedy series "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" from Monday 26th January 2015 at 7:30pm (19:30)!:



To celebrate Nick Italia starting to air NRDD, Nickelodeon Italy's official website, NickTV.it, has unveiled the channels official "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" show website, which features information about the brand new show, a 'Meet the Characters' section featuring bios of Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Harper, a fantastic photo gallery and exclusive online streaming video clips!


Additionally, Nick Italia's official Nickelodeon Magazine (Nick Magazine) blog has unveiled a special post packed with top tips on how the Harper quads can learn to get along with each other, featuring Nickelodeon siblings from "The Thundermans", "The Haunted Hathaways" and the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"!

"Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" is the story of a 10-year-old girl Dawn Harper (Lizzy Greene), a born leader whose sibling rivalry with her three brothers is heightened by the fact that they are quadruplets who have wildly different personalities. Aidan Gallagher ("Modern Family") plays the germaphobic Nicky, joined by Casey Simpson ("The Goldbergs") as the overachieving and unbelievably smart Ricky, and Mace Coronel ("Bold and the Beautiful") as the pint-sized ladies man, Dicky. Brian Stepanek ("Two and a Half Men") and Allison Munn ("What I Like About You") star as the Haley parents. The series is created by Matt Fleckenstein ("Wendell & Vinnie", "iCarly", "Victorious") and executive produced by Fleckenstein and Michael Feldman ("See Dad Run"). Even though they seem different on the outside, there couldn't be a more tight-knit group.
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Series Launch Of "Bella and the Bulldogs" Achieves Great Ratings For Nickelodeon USA

The Nickelodeon USA fanblog Nick and More is reporting the fantastic news that the hour-long series debut of Nickelodeon's brand-new original comedy series "Bella and the Bulldogs" on Nick USA on Saturday 17th January 2015 at 8:00pm ET/PT was watched by 2.521 million viewers, making it the networks highest-rated series launch in recent months!


In Nick's new comedy ripped right out of the headlines of girls playing traditionally "boy" sports, Bella Dawson, a confident, caring and talented teenager, suddenly finds herself fulfilling a lifelong dream of becoming the star quarterback of her middle school football team but also having to navigate the world of her teammates Troy (Coy Stewart), Sawyer (Jackie Radinsky) and Newt (Buddy Handleson), without losing her two best friends, Pepper (Haley Tju) and Sophie (Lilimar) from the cheer squad.

Following the series launch, Nickelodeon USA will continue to premiere brand-new episodes of "Bella and the Bulldogs" every Saturday at 9:00pm ET/PT from 1/24!
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Nick Jr. UK To Premiere Brand-New Episodes Of "Wallykazam!" In February 2015

Nick Jr. UK has announced the exciting news in their new promo/trailer that Nickelodeon UK's popular preschool channel, Nick Jr. UK and Ireland, will be premiering and showing more brand-new episodes of Nickelodeon Preschool's all-new CG-animated literacy series "Wallykazam!" in a special premiere week in February 2015!


According to Digiguide, Nick Jr. UK will premiere each all-new episode of "Wallykazam!" every weekday at 4:30pm (repeated at 5:30pm on Nick Jr.+1) between Monday 2nd and Friday 6th February 2015. Nick Jr. UK will encore each brand-new "Wallykazam!" episode the following weekday at 9:30am and 12:50am (replayed at 10:30am and 1:50am on Nick Jr.+1; as part of the same broadcast day.)

In the brand-new episodes of Nick's popular preschool series, Wally will be heading on brand-new adventures, and will be making brand-new friends! There'll be big surprises, and some teeny-tiny ones, too!

Below is a list of the all-new "Wallykazam!" episodes and their premiere dates on Nick Jr. UK, from Digiguide:

Monday 2nd February 2015 - Totally Swamped: When Wally's glider lands in Stan's swamp, the grumpy swamp monster issues a challenge: he'll give the glider back if Wally can make him laugh. It's no easy task!

Tuesday 3rd February 2015 - The Great Wishing Potato: Libby Light Sprite loses her voice before a big concert, but Bobgoblin knows how to get it back. They must journey into the Goblin Forest and find The Great Wishing Potato.

Wednesday 4th February 2015 - Play it Again, Stan: Stan of the Swamp's beloved niece, Lucy of the Lake, is coming to visit and Stan wants to show her a good time.

Thursday 5th February 2015 - A Tiny Problem: When a magic flower shrinks Wally and Norville, they meet a tiny new friend named Wendy Whittle, who leads them on a quest to get big again.

Friday 6th February 2015 - The Switching Stone: Wally and Gina Giant discover a magic rock. Whoever touches it at the same time switches sizes! It's lots of fun... until Bobgoblin uses it to become giant and causes big trouble!



Pictured: L-R: Gina Giant, Ogre Doug, Wally, Norville, Libby Light Sprite, Bobgoblin in WALLYKAZAM! on Nickelodeon. Photo: Nickelodeon. ©2014 Viacom, International, Inc. All Rights Reserved

"Wallykazam!" follows the adventures of a troll named Wally Trollman and his pet dragon Norville, who live in a magical forest full of giants, goblins, ogres, sprites. In each episode Wally uses a magic stick to make words come to life.

"Wallykazam!" is the first Nick Jr. series that embeds a literacy curriculum into a full-length story, introducing skills such as letter and sound identification, rhyming and vocabulary development. "Wallykazam!" is created by producer/writer Adam Peltzman (Emmy Award-winning "The Backyardigans" and "Bubble Guppies").
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