NickALive!: 04/19/15

Sunday, April 19, 2015

Nick Jr. UK To Premiere Brand-New Episodes Of "Wallykazam!" From Monday 20th April 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 popular CG-animated literacy series "Wallykazam!" every weekday at 4:30pm in a special premiere week between Monday 20th and Friday 24th April 2015!

Following each new episodes debut, Nick Jr. will encore each new episode the same night at 7:00pm.

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 20th April 2015 - The Rock Can Talk: Wally uses a magic word to make a rock spring to life. Her name is Rockelle, and she knows where a big treasure is buried! She leads Wally and Norville on a treasure hunt.

Tuesday 21st April 2015 - Dragon Hiccups: Wally must find the strange ingredients of a magical potion to cure Norville's bad case of dragon hiccups.

Wednesday 22nd April 2015 - Hopgoblin: When Bobgoblin rides Hattie the Witch's broom without asking, she turns him into a bunny and flies away. Wally has to help Bobgoblin find Hattie and get her to change him back!

Thursday 23rd April 2015 - Castle Cafe: When hungry customers pour into Wally's pretend restaurant, Wally and friends turn it into a real restaurant and try to keep the customers satisfied.

Friday 24th April 2015 - The Dragon Games: Ogre Doug is hosting a contest for the neighbourhood dragons. Norville is determined to win. The competition really heats up when Bobgoblin enters, disguised as a dragon! (followed by brand-new "Alvinnn!!! and the Chipmunks" at 5:30pm.)

Additionally, Take That singer Howard Donald will guest star in a upcoming brand-new special episode of Nickelodeon's "Wallykazam!"! In the episode, entitled "Moustache Day", Howard will play a mischievous, moustached wizard called Wizard Jeff who sets Wally and his friends a series of challenges in order to win a delicious treat.

(all times plus-one hour on Nick Jr.+1)

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Craig Bartlett Hints At "Hey Arnold!" Reboot

During a recent interview with The Arun Mehta Show Christmas Special, Craig Bartlett, the creator of the popular Classic Nickelodeon original animated series (Nicktoon) "Hey Arnold!", has announced the fantastic news that he is currently working with Nickelodeon to work out the best way in which they can reboot the series so that it can keep going in the future!:

In the interview, Craig reveals that work on a "Hey Arnold!" reboot is going great, and that he expects more news to be announced soon.

Craig also acknowledges that today's generation of kids have different tastes than children in the 1990's, and that the show may have to adapt for today's audiences, however, he'll do his best to keep the main storyline as close to the original Nickelodeon series as he can - what it's like being a kid and a good person in a messed up world.

"Hey Arnold!" centers on a football headed fourth grader named Arnold, who lives with his grandparents in a boarding house under a freeway. Each episode centers on his experiences navigating big city life while dealing with the problems he and his friends encounter, from bullies, lost baseballs, a pig named Abner, and a tough girl named Helga who constantly teases him but secretly writes poems about him. Sound bad? Not for Arnold. His neighborhood is the only place he ever wants to be.

The series came to life after Craig created various versions of the football-headed hero. First came an "Arnold" comic strip for "Simpsons Illustrated", then a claymation version for "Pee-wee's Playhouse". As the character and world emerged in a whole new way, Craig animated the first episode of "Hey Arnold!" in his living room, and then pitched it to Nickelodeon.

Original source: Toon Zone forums member Hudasoy_Guy.

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