Thursday, January 14, 2016

Nickelodeon News Bytes - Thursday 14th January 2016

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



- Let's play Double Dare! ABC's popular comedy series The Goldbergs will pay homage to the hit classic Nickelodeon game show Double Dare next week! In the brand-new episode, things get messy between Adam (Sean Giambrone) and Emmy (Stephanie Katherine Grant) when Double Dare hosts auditions at school -- and not just because of the obstacle course. Insteading of asking each other to be partners, Adam asks Pops (George Segal) to be his, while Emmy asks Handsome Ben (Froy Gutierrez) to be hers, leading to a fight. The episode is inspired by creator Adam F. Goldberg's real friends, Benjamin "Handsome Ben" Bauman and Amy "Regular Amy" Gross, who were actually on Double Dare back in the day. The two make cameos in the episode as Double Dare producers. Meanwhile, Barry (Troy Gentile) thinks Beverly (Wendi McLendon-Covey) is a good luck charm for his favorite sports team. The all-new episode airs on Wednesday 20th January 2016 at 8:30/7:30c on ABC! Check out exclusive photos from the Double Dare episode of The Goldbergs here on TVGuide.com!


- It's Slime Time! Australian tennis ace Daria Gavrilova (World No. 36) was awarded Nickelodeon's highest honour by Woolworths Ball Kids in the Nickelodeon Kids' World playground at the Australian Open Festival site in Birrarung Marr when she was drenched in Nickelodeon's famous green slime, joining fellow tennis pros Andy Murray and Priscilla Hon! Fans can visit the festival from Monday 18th January 2016! Watch Daria being slimed, and her priceless reaction, in the video below, and check out more pictures here on the
Australian Open's official Facebook page
! Sports presenter Clint Stanaway also got slimed!



- Kauai, Hawaii resident Siena Agudong has landed a role on Nickelodeon's "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn"! Siena will play the character Natlee in six episodes of NRDD, with her character getting longer and longer parts in each episode!

- Nickelodeon Iberia will start to premiere and show "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" season four from Monday 8th February 2016! Nickelodeon Portugal will debut each all-new episode from the fourth season of "As Tartarugas Ninja" at 18:00 and Nickelodeon Spain (Espana) will premiere each brand-new episode of "Las Tortugas Ninja" season four at 19:00!

- Nick Jr. USA will premiere brand-new episodes of "Franklin and Friends" daily at 6pm ET/PT from Monday 25th January 2016! Nick Jr. will encore each all-new episode the same evening at 11:36 PM ET/PT. The currently announced brand-new episodes of "Franklin and Friends" that Nick Jr. will debut in January 2016 are:

1/25 - Franklin and the Adventure on Planet Zorb; Franklin and the Two Unicycles
1/26 - Franklin's Firefighter Flapjacks; Franklin and the Missing Mega Machine
1/27 - Franklin's School; Franklin Plays Hoppity Bop

- Nickelodeon Greece will start to premiere and show more brand-new episodes of "Blaze and the Monster Machines" ("Ο Μπλεϊζ και οι Φίλοι του") from Monday 18th January 2016 at 09.45!

- Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB and VIA) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.40 per share on both its Class A and Class B common stock. The dividend will be payable on April 1, 2016 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Sunday 13th March 2016.

- Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has added MEC to its shortlist as it hunts for a UK media agency to handle all its TV channels – including Channel 5, MTV and Nickelodeon – for the first time. The other five shops in the running are: PHD, Starcom Mediavest Group, the7stars, UM London and Vizeum.

- Nickelodeon USA will debut brand-new Fan Art and Emoji-inspired bumpers designed by Brooklyn, NY-based illustrator Natali Martinez this weekend! Check them out below!:

Get To Know Alex Phan From "Make It Pop"!

Mickeey Nguyen introduces us to one of Mackendrick Prep's newest students and the master of 'The Vibe', Alex Phan!:



Catch all-new episodes from "Make It Pop" season two weeknight's at 7pm (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon USA and 7:30pm (ET/PT) on YTV in Canada!

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"Angry Beavers" Nicksclusive - The Splat

5..4..3..2..1.. "All That" star Lori Beth Denberg explores the Nickelodeon Animation Studios, meeting the animation crew who made "The Angry Beavers", and even gets transformed into an Angry Beaver called Lori Beth Beaver!:



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Say Whattt?! With Donnie Thornberry - The Splat

After years of wondering, Donnie Thornberry's (Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) language in "The Wild Thornberrys" is finally translated!:



Watch The Splat every night from 10:00pm ET/PT on TeenNick USA! #TheSplat!

Additional source: Wikipedia.
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"Make It Pop" - "Rock the Show" Official Music Video

Check out XO-IQ's new song "Rock the Show" from the brand-new season of "Make It Pop"! Catch all-new episodes from "Make It Pop" season two weeknight's at 7pm (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon USA and 7:30pm (ET/PT) on YTV in Canada!:



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"Make It Pop" - "Jump To It" Official Music Video

Check out XO-IQ's new song "Jump To It" from the brand-new season of "Make It Pop"! Catch all-new episodes from "Make It Pop" season two weeknight's at 7pm (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon USA and 7:30pm (ET/PT) on YTV in Canada!:



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"Rufus" - "Top Dog” Official Music Video

Jace Norman is top dog in the brand-new Nickelodeon original TV movie, "Rufus", premiering Monday, January 18th at 7pm/6c on Nickelodeon USA! Wag your tail & tap your paws to this bark-tastic beat!:



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Sneak Peek Of Brand-New "100 Things" Episode "Always Tell The Truth (But Not Always) Thing!", Premiering 1/16 On Nickelodeon USA

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand-new "100 Things to Do Before High School" episode "Always Tell the Truth (But Not Always) Thing!" on Saturday 16th January 2016 at 9:00pm (ET/PT), Nick USA has unveiled a super sneak peek preview of the all-new "100 Things" episode, which you can watch in the fantastic online streaming video clip here on Nick.com!


In the brand-new "100 Things to Do Before High School" episode "Run for Office Thing!" (#124), when a simple lie morphs into an out of control event, CJ (Isabela Moner) and the boys discover the power of words and the messy business surrounding lies, truths and the consequences of telling both. In the super sneak peek, "Darkness Chip Cookies", Crispo (Owen Joyner) is trying to be completely honest to everyone, but old habits are hard to break!

Additional source: Zap2it TV Listings.
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Sneak Peek Of New "Game Shakers" Episode "Party Crashers", Premiering 1/16 On Nickelodeon USA

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand-new "Game Shakers" episode "Party Crashers" on Saturday 16th January 2016 at 8:00pm (ET/PT), Nick USA has unveiled a super sneak peek preview of the all-new "Game Shakers" episode, which you can watch in the fantastic video clip here on nick.com!


In the brand-new "Game Shakers" episode "Party Crashers" (#112), Babe (Cree Cicchino) and Kenzie's (Madisyn Shipman) plans to hang with Mason (Tanner Buchanan) are ruined when Bunny (Bubba Ganter) and Ruthless (Sheldon Bailey) crash a birthday party. Meanwhile, Dub (Kel Mitchell) uses Hudson (Thomas Kuc) to make Trip jealous when Trip (Benjamin Lil P-Nut" Flores, Jr.) chooses work over hanging out with him. In the super sneak peek, "Babe's Feelings", Babe wants to spend time with her crush at a friend's birthday party.

Additional sources: Zap2it TV Listings, IMDb.
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Mexico's Televisa Acquires 400 Hours of Nickelodeon Content

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has extended a deal with Mexico's Televisa for 400 hours of popular Nickelodeon titles as part of various sales closed ahead of NATPE!


Through the deal, Televisa will now air seasons one and two of Harvey Beaks, the first season of Pig Goat Banana Cricket and the first three seasons of Penguins of Madagascar, plus live-action shows such as season one of Game Shakers, Henry Danger, Bella and the Bulldogs, season two of Max & Shred, seasons one and two of Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, and the third season of The Thundermans.

Televisa also went for the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons of MTV's Ridiculousness. Telenica in Nicaragua also picked up MTV titles, among them the second seasons of Faking It, Are You the One? and Ex on the Beach, alongside the first three seasons of Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer and more than 40 hours of South Park. The network additionally acquired the first season of Spike's Lip Sync Battle.


In additional news, Nickelodeon Latin America's hit teen telenovela Grachi has landed in Spain on Mediaset España's Divinity!

The series will air on Divinity Monday through Friday at 7pm. Created by Nickelodeon Latin America and shot on location in Miami, the show follows a young girl who must learn to use her new-found magical powers while coping with school, boys and growing up.

Grachi, which is distributed by Comarex, has been sold to more than 50 countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela, as well as 36 French-speaking territories including France, Belgium and Switzerland. The novela has also been adapted into the English-language Every Witch Way for Nickelodeon USA and it's international channels.

On the formats front, Canadian producer QuebeComm acquired Comedy Central's Drunk History and the MTV game show Say It In Song for French-speaking audiences.


In related VIMN news, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched Comedy Central Australia as a brand-new digital channel! The comedy website will feature satirical editorial by comedian Cyrus Bezyan, who has been hired as digital editor, and specially created short-form content from Australian comedy talent, as well as clips of some international content including The Daily Show, Broad City, Key & Peele, Workaholics, South Park, Inside Amy Schumer and more. Throughout the year, comedycentral.com.au is set to launch local video content featuring Aussie comedians, YouTube stars, sketch groups and live comedy events. The first official commission scheduled for early 2016 is the Australian absurdist sketch group, Aunty Donna. The Melbourne based trio consisting of Mark Samual Bonanno, Broden Kelly and Zachary Ruane have performed at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival. Newly appointed digital editor, Cyrus Bezyan, will oversee editorial for the website with Joshua Duncan appointed as Comedy Central digital manager, both reporting into Simon Bates, head of MTV & Comedy Central, Australia & New Zealand. The local Comedy Central team will operate out of the VIMN headquarters in East Sydney. MCN will be managing advertising sales for the Comedy Central website alongside other VIMN brands in Australia. In addition to comedycentral.com.au, Comedy Central Australia can also be found on Twitter and Facebook.

Sources: World Screen, TV Kids, mUmBRELLA, B&T, Grachi Wiki.
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Nicktoons USA To Premiere "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V" On Sunday 21st February 2016

Nickelodeon USA has announced the exciting news in a email to ToonZone Forums member '4Kids4EverFandom' that Nicktoons USA will start to premiere and show "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V", the fourth main spin-off anime series in the popular "Yu-Gi-Oh!" franchise, on Sunday 21st February 2016! Nick USA also announced that Nicktoons USA will start airing the networks official "Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V" teaser trailer on Monday ‎18th January 2016!

UPDATE: Added trailer, below.


"Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V" takes place in the near future place called Paradise City where Leo Corporation creates new advancements to Solid Vision that gives life to Duel Monsters. New advancements to Solid Vision give physical mass to monsters, environments, and allow players to interact directly with them. It also gives birth to challenging Action Duels. Action Duels allow duelists to traverse environments to locate Action Cards to help them in a pinch.

The story follows Yuya Sakaki who is a second year middle school student at Paradise City's You Show Duel School. Yuya's father, Yusho Sakaki, disappeared three years ago when he was scheduled for a Duel against the Action Duel Champion and was deemed as a coward who ran away. To clear his father's name, Yuya faces off against the current Action Duel champion and awakens a new power from his pendant known as Pendulum Summoning.


Yuya strives to master the art of Pendulum Summoning to become a great Dueltainer like his father. Yuya met a mysterious black masked Duelist who greatly resembles him named Yuto, who reveals that the world is split into four dimensions. Three of the dimension names come from the summoning methods used in the respective world. The names of the dimensions are Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Standard, which is the center of the four dimensions where Yuya lives in. Yuya and his friends become involved in the interdimensional conflict after Duelists from Duel Academy of the Fusion Dimension invade the Arc League Championship. Duel Academy Duelists turn several Duelists into cards under orders from Leo Akaba, Declan's father whose ambition is to unite the four dimensions. Declan forms the Lancers, a group of elite Duelists capable of fighting Duel Academy with Duelists selected based on the result of the championship to stop Leo.

Following the disappearance of Yuya's childhood friend, Zuzu Boyle, during the championship, Yuya and the other Lancers go to City of Synchro Dimension in hope to gain allies before Duel Academy invade it. To prove their worth as Duelists to the people of Synchro Dimension, the Executive Council of City signed them into Friendship Cup where Duelists compete in Turbo Duels for the right to challenge the Duel King, Jack Atlas.

Nickelodeon USA has also confirmed the closure of the official Nicktoons USA website, nicktoons.com, with Nick.com becoming the home of Nicktoons USA on internet!

Nicktoons: Yu-Gi-Oh ARC V Premieres in Feburary! (Teaser Promo)



Additional sources: Yu-Gi-Oh! Wikia, Wikipedia, IMDb.
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Maddie Ziegler Guest Stars On Brand-New "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" Episode "Ballet And The Beasts", Premiering 1/16 On Nickelodeon USA

In 2015, Mackenzie Ziegler guest starred on Nickelodeon's hit original comedy series "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" as sassy camper Lilly in episode "Unhappy Campers". And now, almost seven months since her episode premiered, Mackenzie's big sister and fellow "Dance Moms" superstar Maddie Ziegler is getting her shot on the show - and to celebrate, Teen.com has unveiled a exclusive sneak peek preview from the brand-new episode, titled "Ballet and the Beasts", which you can watch by clicking the pic below!


In the all-new episode, premiering Saturday 16th January 2016 at 8:30pm (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon USA, the 13-year-old dancer-turned-actress plays a slightly conceited ballerina who refuses to let Dawn live out her dream. Here's the ep’s official summary:

"Dawn joins a ballet class excited to have her own activity away from her brothers, only to have her plan spoiled when the boys join the class too. Maddie Ziegler plays Eiffel, the best dancer in Dawn and Mae’s ballet class. She is excited by the prospect of boys joining her class, so she can finally showcase her true talents. When Dawn does not want her brothers to join, Eiffel gives the girls an ultimatum."

Fans who watch "Dance Moms" will know Maddie is anything but self-centered; despite all her success, she's always sweet and humble and willing to work hard for her dance team. Having said that, it was actually pretty freakin' funny to see the young teen act so darn flippant and sell it so well!

Watch Maddie's episode of "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn", airing 1/16 on Nick USA!

Additional source: Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn Wiki.
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Nickelodeon USA Unveils New Sneak Peek From "The Fairly OddParents" Season 10

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA starting to premiere brand-new episodes from the all-new tenth season of "Fairly OddParents" from Friday 15th January 2016 from 7:30pm (ET/PT), Nick USA has released a brand-new Vine featuring a magical sneak peek from a brand-new episode from "Fairly OddParents" season 10, which you can watch in the super video below!: