Thursday, January 28, 2016

Make It Pop - Make It Better Dance Remix

Check out the choreography team behind the amazing moves you seen in the brand-new season of "Make It Pop" with this alternate version of XO-IQ's "Make It Better" music video! 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 - You Make It Better (Reprise)

Check out the reprise of XO-IQ's "You Make It Better" 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 - Rock The Show (Reprise)

Check out the reprise of XO-IQ's "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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The Making Of "Tinkershrimp & Dutch"

Chris Stack and Greg Stevenson tell us what it takes to bring a show like Tinkershrimp & Dutch to life. Learn the back story to the villainous Michael the Fowl, what their favourite part of working on the show is and what advice they'd give to aspiring young creatives!:



Tinkershrimp & Dutch episodes premiere exclusively on Nickelodeon UK's digital platforms every Friday! For more exclusive behind the scenes content stay tuned at nick.co.uk and on the Nick Play app (available on iOS and Android)!


In episode three, "Time To Get Fit" premiering Friday 29th January 2016, we meet the Royal Rubber Ducky - HRH Elizabeth Quackalot - and discover the simple trick King Hunnybun III used to get ripped in 5 minutes, plus Bangers and SMASH are on the menu, and find out Michael the Fowl's latest dastardly plan - but does he too far this time?


Don't forget to follow Tinkershrimp and Dutch on Twitter at @TinkAndDutch and Instagram at @TinkershrimpAndDutch, plus the grumpy Michael The Fowl @MichaelTheFowl! #TinkershrimpAndDutch
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Steven Quackberg - "Breadwinners"

In this quazy video clip from "Breadwinners" episode "Movie Ducks", legendary filmmaker Steven Quackberg presents "The Bred Winnerz" movie! But rather than delivering bread, these Bred Winnerz are delivering butts!:



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Sneak Peek Of Brand-New "100 Things To Do Before High School" Episode "Leave Your Mark Thing!", Premiering 1/30 On Nickelodeon USA

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand-new "100 Things to Do Before High School" episode "Leave Your Mark Thing!" on Saturday 30th 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 "Leave Your Mark Thing!" (#118), CJ (Isabela Moner), Fen (Jaheem Toombs) and Crispo (Owen Joyner) try to find their own unique ways of creating lasting memories of their time at Pootatuck. In the super sneak peek, "Fenwick's Legacy", Fenwick decides that his legacy will be to fix the broken water fountain, but things aren't going as planned...

Did you hear? Isabela Moner will be singing the national anthem on Nickelodeon's brand-new 2016 NFL FLAG Championships hour-long special, premiering on Saturday 6th February 2016 at 6pm (ET/PT) on Nick USA and Nicktoons, as part of "Nickelodeon at Super Bowl Week"!

Additional source: Zap2it TV Listings.
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Sneak Peek Of New "Game Shakers" Episode "A Job For Jimbo", Premiering 1/30 On Nickelodeon USA

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand-new "Game Shakers" episode "A Job for Jimbo" on Saturday 30th 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 "A Job for Jimbo" (#115), the Game Shakers work to finish creating a new ocean pollution game. Meanwhile, Dub (Kel Mitchell) hopes to score a duet with a famous singer, so he makes the company hire her step-grandson, Jimbo (Justin Giddings, "Big Time Rush"). In the super sneak peek, "The Interview", Babe (Cree Cicchino) and Kenzie (Madisyn Shipman) are forced to interview the step-grandson of a famous singer, but he's not exactly Game Shakers material...

Additional sources: Zap2it TV Listings, IMDb.
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Viacom International Media Networks Announces Four Senior Management Appointments

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has promoted three members of its senior management team across Southern Europe, the Middle East and Africa, and the company has also hired a new VP of strategy and business development for VIMN Asia.


Laura Abril

Former VP of youth and music Laura Abril has been upped to Senior Vice President (SVP) of both youth and music, as well as VIMN's family brands, in the regions. In her new remit, Abril will oversee brands for both Nickelodeon and MTV.

A second promotion sees former Vice President (VP) of comedy Amalia Martinez de Velasco become SVP of entertainment brands, with an expanded role covering Comedy Central, Paramount Channel and Spike.

Also landing an extended remit is Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) VP of licensing Stefano Araldi, who will now be responsible for leading the network's licensing, consumer products and recreation business across all territories in the regions.


Amit Arora

Rounding out the moves, VIMN Asia has appointed former head of strategy and business development for BBC Worldwide Asia Amit Arora as its VP of strategy and business development. Based in Singapore and reporting to VIMN Asia Executive Vice President (EVP) and Managing Director (MD) Mark Whitehead, Arora will be tasked with driving the organization's cross-business growth strategy.

Prior to his role at BBC Worldwide, Arora held executive positions with ABC Television/The Walt Disney Company, Turner Broadcasting and Time Warner Cable in the USA.

The appointments follow the promotions of Jon Graham and Tanya Visano by VIMN Americas earlier this month within its Canadian office, and Nickelodeon Asia's upping of 15-year Viacom veteran Syahrizan Mansor to VP of Nickelodeon Asia in March 2015.

Original source: Kidscreen.
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Nickelodeon Northern Europe To Premiere "WITs Academy" In Germany, Austria, Switzerland And Poland On Monday 29th February 2016

Nickelodeon Northern Europe has announced the exciting news that Nickelodeon Germany (Deutschland), Nickelodeon Austria (Österreich), Nickelodeon Switzerland (Schweiz) and Nickelodeon Poland (Polska) will start to premiere and show "WITs Academy", a bewitching spin-off of "Every Witch Way" following Andi's magical journey at the prestigious W.I.Ts Academy, weekdays from Monday 29th February 2016!


Nickelodeon Northern Europe will premiere each brand-new episode of "WITs Academy" at 18:55 on Nickelodeon Switzerland, 20:05 Uhr on Nickelodeon Germany and Nickelodeon Austria, and at 20:10 on Nickelodeon Poland.

Although unconfirmed, it is expected that Nickelodeon Netherlands (Nederland), Nickelodeon Belgium (België; Flanders), Nickelodeon Denmark (Danmark), Nickelodeon Sweden (Sverige) and Nickelodeon Norway will also debut Nick's all-new comedy drama series "WITs Academy" on the same day.


In "WITs Academy", Andi is now studying at W.I.Ts Academy, the Magic Realm's most esteemed school for witches and wizards in training, but, as the best friend and unofficial Guardian to the Chosen One, she now has to work hard to prove that she can live up to expectations as the first and only human Guardian. She's also in charge of getting the Magical Realm's toughest witch and wizard to graduation day, one of which is Jax's little sister, Jessie Novoa. Along the way she'll have to decide who is a friend, who is a foe and who may be more.

In the premiere episode "The New Guard", Andi arrives at "WITS Academy" and meets the other Guardians and Witches in training. Then in Wednesday's episode "The Jinx", the WITS complete their first test. Ben struggles with a challenge, while Ruby has it out for Andi.

"WITs Academy" stars Daniela Nieves as Andi Cruz, Kaelii "Jazzy" WIlliams as Kim Sanders, Calvin "Ryan" Cargill as Luke Archer, Jailen James Allen Bates as Ben Davis, Andrew Amaru Ortega Walker as Sean De Soto, Lidya Jewett as Gracie Walker, Tyler T. Perez as Cameron Masters, Kennedy Lea Slocum as Ruby Webber, Julia Antonelli as Jessie Novoa, Christ Margaret "Meg" Crosbie as Emily Prescott, and Efthimios "Timothy" Colombos as Ethan Prescott, Todd Allen Durkin as Agamemnon, Mia Matthews as Desdemona, and Bianca Matthews as Samantha.


"W.I.Ts Academy" is created by Catharina Ledeboer and is produced by Viacom International. "The W.I.T.s Academy" is executive produced by Tatiana Rodriguez ("Talia in the Kitchen") and José Vicente Scheuren ("Every Witch Way"). "W.I.Ts Academy" season one features 20 episodes.
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TeenNick Italy To Premiere "Game Shakers" On Monday 15th February 2016

Nickelodeon Italy (Italia) has announced the exciting Nickelodeon International news in a post on the channels official Facebook profile page, Facebook.com/NickelodeonItalia, that TeenNick Italia, Nick Italy's recently launched channel for tweens and teens, will start to premiere and show Nickelodeon's brand-new original comedy series "Game Shakers" on Monday 15th February 2016!:

Nickelodeon Iberia To Premiere "Game Shakers" On Monday 1st February 2016

Nickelodeon Spain has announced the exciting news in the schedule area of their official website that Nickelodeon Spain and Nickelodeon Portugal (collectively known as Nickelodeon Iberia) will start to premiere and show Nickelodeon's brand-new original comedy series "Game Shakers" on Monday 1st February 2016!


Nickelodeon Portugal will debut the one-hour series premiere of "Game Shakers" at 19:05, and Nickelodeon Spain (Espana) will premiere the hour-long "Game Shakers" series premiere at 20:05!

Following the shows debut, Nickelodeon Portugal and Nickelodeon Espana will continue to premiere more brand-new episodes of "Game Shakers" weekdays at 20:05 and 21:05, respectively.


They're making games and kicking app!

To celebrate, Nickelodeon.es and Nickelodeon.pt recently unveiled their all-new official "Game Shakers" show websites to accompany the brand new show, which feature information about the series and each of the characters in the show - Babe, Kenzie, Hudson, Doble G and Triple G - and exclusive video clips, including a look behind-the-scenes look at Nick's all-new sitcom!

Created by hit-maker Dan Schneider ("Henry Danger", "iCarly", "Victorious", "Sam & Cat", "Zoey 101", "Drake & Josh", "Kenan & Kel"), "Game Shakers" follows a pair of 7th grade girls, Babe (Cree Cicchino) and Kenzie (Madisyn Shipman), who, after creating a wildly successful mobile game app called Sky Whale for a science project, start a gaming company in Brooklyn called Game Shakers with their friend Hudson (Thomas Kuc).


But when superstar rapper Double G (Kel Mitchell, "Kenan & Kel", "All That", "Good Burger"), a super successful, unpredictable rapper, finds out the girls used one of his songs in their game without licensing it, he threatens to sue them for all he is owed! To make things right, Babe and Kenzie decide to make the rap superstar their business partner and hire his son, Triple G (Benjamin Lil P-Nut" Flores, Jr, "The Haunted Hathaways"), as a game consultant. Together, Babe, Kenzie, Hudson, Triple G and Double G will work to make Game Shakers a huge success in the gaming world! Will this new deal be a high score or a game over for Babe and Kenzie? Let the games begin!


Leading up to the debut of "Game Shakers" on Nickelodeon Iberia, viewers can play "Sky Whale" (locally titled "Ballena Voladora" in Spain), the game featured in the series' premiere episode, on iOS and Android by downloading the app for free from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and Amazon App Store!
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Make It Pop - I Promise You That (Reprise)

Check out the reprise of XO-IQ's "I Promise You That" 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 - We Doin' It (Reprise)

Check out the reprise of XO-IQ's "We Doin' 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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Paradise Run - The Ultimate Challenge Begins

Competition is hitting the beach! Paradise Run, hosted by Danielle Monet (Victorious), showcases contestants who team up and throw down for the ultimate grand prize! Who will have what it takes to win? Find out every weeknight at 7pm/6c, starting Monday 1st February 2016, only on Nickelodeon USA!:



To celebrate the premiere of Paradise Run, Danielle Monet recently talked to Just Jared Jr. about her brand-new Nick game show!

"I'm so excited to be back on Nickelodeon hosting Paradise Run," Daniella told JJJ. "I can't wait for everyone to see the show. It reminds me of the Nickelodeon game shows from the 90s like Legends of the Hidden Temple. It's definitely a show I would have loved to compete on as a kid."



Danielle added, "The show is intense and adventures and it was amazing shooting in Hawaii, literally Paradise. Loved watching the teams interact and work together as they navigated challenges and sprinted to the finish."
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Double Money, Triple Advice - Game Shakers

Relationship troubles? Educational dilemmas? Legal advice? Double G (Kel Mitchell), Bunny (Bubba Ganter), and Ruthless (Sheldon Bailey) from have the answers! Catch brand-new episodes of "Game Shakers" every Saturday at 8:00pm ET/PT, only Nickelodeon USA!:


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In Studio with Matt Jones - Sanjay and Craig

He's the voice of Hector Man and you KNOW you're a fan! Join Matt Jones (Breaking Bad, Pig Goat Banana Cricket) in the studio as he records dialogue everyone's favorite eye-patch icon, Hector Flanagan on Nickelodeon's Sanjay and Craig! Catch brand-new episodes of "Sanjay and Craig" every Friday on Nick USA!:




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XO-IQ Snapchat Takeover - Make It Pop - Nickelodeon USA

The cast of Make It Pop & the stars of XO-IQ have taken over Nickelodeon USA's Snapchat this week! Are you watching? Add Nickelodeon on Snapchat at "NickelodeonTV" & don't miss the final week of Make It Pop every weeknight at 7pm/6c on Nickelodeon USA and 7:30pm (ET/PT) on YTV in Canada!:



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"Make It Pop" - How to Get That Look #4

Dress for success the Make It Pop way! Here are some hot fashion tips from star Louriza Tronco (Jodi) and show stylist Julianna Clarke! Catch brand-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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