Saturday, June 15, 2019

Nickelodeon Has Reportedly Decided to Cancel 'Top Wing'

A member of the Fans of Nick Jr, Disney Junior or PBS Kids Shows Facebook page is reporting the unfortunate news that Nickelodeon has decided to cancel and not renew the network's popular animated preschool series Top Wing for a third season. Please note that this news has yet to be confirmed.

Nickelodeon's Top Wing (l-r) Brody, Swift, Rod and Penny

During a interview at the Industrial Brothers studio in Toronto, Canada, Arthur Spanos, one of the executive producers on the series, is reportedly have said that the show with officially wrap production at the end of June 2019.

The news comes as Nickelodeon is ending production on quite a few preschool series, such as Sunny Day, Rusty Rivets, Shimmer and Shine, Nella the Princess Knight and Blaze and the Monster Machines. This is most likely to make way for the network's new slate of preschool programming, including Blue's Clues & You!, Paddington and Santiago of the Seas, and the newly launched Ryan’s Mystery Playdate.

Top Wing is an action-packed series that follows the adventures of a team of eager young birds as they work together to help their island community, go on amazing adventures and earn their wings as full-feathered rescue birds. The series is produced by 9 Story Media Group, and features storylines that help preschoolers build self-confidence, and includes lessons about perseverance and hard work.

Top Wing follows four best friend rescue birds–Swift, Penny, Rod and Brody–who are training to earn their wings at the Top Wing Academy on Big Swirl Island. With the help of their mentor Speedy, and unique turbo-charged vehicles and high-tech gadgets, the cadets are assigned different missions to sharpen their rescue skills and help those in need while learning valuable lessons along the way.

Nickelodeon launched a Top Wing toy line inspired by the series during winter 2018.

Top Wing is created by Matthew Fernandes of Industrial Brothers (Dot, Yup Yups, Gummandos) and executive produced by Scott Kraft (co-creator, Fresh Beat Band; executive producer/head writer, PAW Patrol), Vince Commisso for 9 Story Media Group and Matthew Fernandes and Arthur Spanos for Industrial Brothers. It is the newest series to join Nick’s top-ranked preschool roster.

Top Wing made its world debut on Nickelodeon USA in November 2017, and airs on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels and programming blocks worldwide. The series is currently in its second and final season.

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H/T: Special thanks to @TVShowsFan for the news.
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