Monday, February 15, 2016

Nickelodeon News Bytes - Monday 15th February 2016

NickALive!'s pick of Nickelodeon News from around the internet!


- The Salem Red Sox to hold 90's "Double Dare" night honoring the popular Nickelodeon game show on Thursday 21st April 2016! The night will have a 90's theme, including a 90's dress attire contest!

- Nickelodeon Arabia started to premiere and show "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ("سلاحف النينجا") season four on Friday 14th February 2016 at 4:10pm KSA!

- Nickelodeon Arabia is now on social media! Give them a follow on Twitter at @NickelodeonArb and like their page on Facebook at NickelodeonArb!

- Nickelodeon India premiered the brand-new "Motu Patlu" movie "Motu Patlu in Alien World" on Sunday 14th February 2016 at 11.30am!

- Photos of Nickelodeon's booth at Play Fair 2016!

- Nickelodeon USA will be filming inspirational Chico, California-based High School senior student Allison Boyer about her work with Purses for Primates, an organization she founded to help to raise money to help Orangutans whose habitat is threatened! Allison collects gently lightly used purses and sells them. The money goes to assist Orangutan Outreach, a group that helps protect habitat. Nick USA will debut the special during Spring 2016.

- Actor Sean Flynn, who starred as Chase Matthews in "Zoey 101", was recently involved in a minor traffic accident, but when he and the other driver pulled over to exchange information the situation quickly changed and became almost deadly. Although the car accident was minor, what happened after that almost turned into a fatal tragedy, according to Radar Online. Like all responsible drivers, he pulled over to exchange information with the other driver. According to a exclusive report from Radar Online, Sean is currently in hospital undergoing treatment for several injuries, which resulted from the accident. Get well soon, Sean!

- Nickelodeon Russia and CIS (Россия and СНГ) to start to premiere and show "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ("Черепашки-ниндзя") on Sunday 28th February 2016!

- Nickelodeon Russia and CIS to hold "Spot It!" ("Заметь и отметь!") stunt on Friday 19th February 2016!

- Nickelodeon Turkey (Türkiye) starts to premiere "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ("Ninja Kaplumbağalar") weekdays at 16:10!

- Nickelodeon Asia will be holding a "Spot It!" contest on Friday 19th February 2016 at 5pm (WIB) / 6pm (MY/PH/SG)!

- "Drake & Josh" stars Josh Peck and Drake Bell reunited on Fox's "Grandfathered" - and fans lost their minds!

- Following the D&J reunion, Peck got the ball rolling by asking who the next "Drake & Josh" guest star would be - and he suggested the one and only Yvette Nicole Brown (a.k.a. Josh's boss, Helen)! Unsurprisingly, Brown was totally down for an appearance, but not before Peck's on-screen girlfriend Allison Scagliotti (Mindy Crenshaw) put in her two cents on the matter. Even former D&J crew want in on this action, with script manager Jay Demopoulos - who guest-starred on an episode — tweeting out a request, which both leads supported.

- Drake Bell and Josh Peck's epic "Drake & Josh" TV reunion will make you want to hug your brotha! - It's official: Josh Nichols went to jail for stalking Oprah. "pip pip da doodly do!"

- Entertainment Weekly interviews Drake Bell! In the interview, Drake unveils that he's already begun working with another one of his former "Drake & Josh" co-stars! "I'm creating a show right now with Jonathan Goldstein who played my dad [Walter Nichols] on the show," Bell says. While that project remains in its early stages, Bell will appear in a web series titled "Dan Is Dead" later this year, in addition to touring throughout North America.

- Nickelodeon Greece started to premiere "Σάντζε και Κρεγκ" ("Sanjay and Craig") season three on Friday 12th February 2016 at 22:30!

- Dora the Explorer and her cousin Diego, stars of Nickelodeon's hit animated preschool series "Dora the Explorer" and "Go, Diego, Go!", to visit Deer Park Zoo at Tweetsie Railroad, located in Blowing Rock, North Carolina!

- Raymond Favata, a production member on Nickelodeon's "Doug", reveals that the town of Bluffington was actually based on Richmond, where Jim Jinkins, the creator of the hit Nicktoon, spent his childhood!

- Victoria Justice ("Victorious") is nervous to star in "Rocky Horror Picture Show" remake. The former Nickelodeon star will be playing Janet Weiss in the upcoming musical.

- The "Party Down South" family is essentially the "Rugrats"!

- Russell Hicks, the president of content and development at Nickelodeon, champions game-changing partnership between the entertainment giant and our Cal State Fullerton's Art Department.

- Nickelodeon Russia and CIS starts to premiere more brand-new episodes of "The Thundermans" ("Грозная семейка")!

- Nickelodeon Russia and CIS premiered the brand-new "Henry Danger" ("Опасный Генри") special "The Time Jerker" on Friday 12th February 2016 at 16:00 МСК!

- Nickelodeon Russia and CIS is currently premiering more brand-new episodes of "Little Charmers" ("Литтл Чармерс"), "Harvey Beaks" ("Харви Бикс"), and "Dora and Friends: Into the City!" ("Даша и друзья: приключения в городе", including brand-new special "Return to the Rainforest"), plus debuted the seventh season finale of "Winx Club" ("Клуб Винкс") on Saturday 6th February 2016 at 11:50 МСК!

- Nickelodeon UK teams up with Fanbytes for campaigns!

- Nickelodeon Portugal partners with Heróis da Fruta.

- The evolution of Ryan Reynolds: From Nickelodeon's "Fifteen" to "Deadpool" (Photos)

- People.com interviews Ryan Reynolds!
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