Thursday, April 04, 2019

Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand *Won't* Be Premiering 'Glitch Techs' on Sunday 7th April 2019

Update (4/3) - Looks like it was another Glitch - Eric Robles has confirmed that Glitch Techs won't be premiering on Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand just yet.

Update (24/3) - It looks like the premiere of Glitch Techs! Foxtel, Nickelodeon's Australian carrier, is reporting that Glitch Techs will premiere on Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand on Sunday 7th April 2019 at 8:00am (AEDT), and that episode one is titled "Age of Hinobi Pt.1"! I've attached a screenshot below (second image) of the listing.


Update (12/3) - It looks like there has been a bit of a glitch somewhere. SKY New Zealand has now removed the listing from its upcoming highlights page - https://www.sky.co.nz/-/glitch-techs = for now. Stay tuned for updates!

Something Glitchy This Way Comes.. Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand will premiere Glitch Techs, Nickelodeon's brand-new animated adventure-comedy series that follows two newly recruited kids as they battle video game monsters that come to life in the real world, on Sunday 7th April 2019 at 7:00am (AEDT)! Following boot up, new episodes of Glitch Techs will continue to air Sundays at 7:00am (AEDT) on Nick AU/NZ. The news was first announced by New Zealand television provider SKY New Zealand.


This brand new animated series features High Five and Miko, two gamers who are recruited into the world of Glitch Techs: kids who battle the video game glitches that enter our world through faulty game consoles!

In the world of Glitch Techs, Hinobi is a huge gaming and tech company that makes massively popular video games consoles. What Hinobi customers do NOT know is that their games sometimes glitch and release dangerous video game creatures into the real world! That’s when the company send the Glitch Techs: a trained support team equipped with an arsenal of fantastic gaming gear designed to capture video game pests and out them back where they belong!

Once a glitch is returned, the Techs must remove any evidence it was there – including the memories of any witnesses! Not only do Glitch Techs fight for the safety of the city, they also work at Hinobi stores, helping customers with tech support and service needs.


Enter Miko and high Five – new recruits who fight glitches and reformat witnesses all before the store closes at 5pm. Talk about a crazy job!

Glitch Techs comes from Eric Robles (Fanboy & Chum Chum, The X's, Ni Hao, Kai-Lan) and Dan Milano (Greg the Bunny, Warren the Ape), both hailing from Nickelodeon's Artist Collective, an internal artist-led development program, and is produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, Calif. Nickelodeon has picked-up Glitch Techs for an initial 20-episode first season. A second season has been commissioned.

Glitch Techs will boast a multi-ethnic cast, including a Muslim-American female character who will wear a hijab. At a industry panel held late last year, the co-creators explained that when they were developing Glitch Techs, they “recognized the need to incorporate characters reflective of the viewing audience, whether they are background characters or main characters,” and revealed that they had worked with MPAC (Muslim Public Affairs Council) to “figure out how to accurately display an authenticity, even down to little behaviors.” Dan Milano further elaborated, “Even though we’re an animated show and they are trying to catch creatures, we want small things. We want to know that a stray hair came out of that hijab, and she had to tuck it behind her ear because that’s a human moment, that’s a practical moment, from everyday life.”


It was recently announced that Emmy-award winning actor Bryton James (Winx Club, The Young and the Restless) will be voicing a character in Nickelodeon Glitch Techs.

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Originally published: Saturday, March 9, 2019.

Original post title: Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand to Premiere 'Glitch Techs' on Sunday 7th April 2019
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