Sunday, February 08, 2015

Sneak Peek From Brand-New "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" Episode "Valentime's Day", Premiering 2/14 On Nickelodeon USA

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering and showing the brand-new Valentine's-themed episode of "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn", called "Valentime's Day", on Saturday 14th February 2015, at 8:30pm ET/PT; 7:30c, as part of the networks Valentine's Day programming line-up, Nick USA has unveiled a quad-tastic sneak peek preview of the all-new episode on their official YouTube channel, which you can watch in the online streaming video clip below!:

Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn | 'Valentime's Day' Official Clip | Nick



In the all-new NRDD episode "Valentime's Day", the quads set out to do something nice for others on Valentine's Day, but things don't exactly go as planned. See if they can save the day in an all new episode of "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" this Saturday at 8:30pm/7:30c!

Plus, catch the next brand-new episode of "Bella and the Bulldogs", "Dancing In The Endzone", straight after NRDD at 9:00pm ET/PT, only on Nick USA, and check out Nickelodeon USA's special Valentine's website, Love is in the Air, on nick.com for aweslime V-day themed clips, photos, games, and full episodes featuring "SpongeBob Squarepants", "Every Witch Way", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Breadwinners", "Fairly OddParents" and more!
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Jonathan Judge Wins Directors Award At 67th Annual DGA Awards For "100 Things to Do Before High School" Pilot; Fatima Ptacek, Voice Of Dora The Explorer, Wins Award At 46th NAACP Image Awards

The Directors Guild of America has announced the fantastic news that television director and producer Jonathan Judge has won the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs for 2014 award in the TV and commercial categories of the 67th Annual DGA Awards for his directional work on the pilot episode of Nickelodeon's brand-new show "100 Things to Do Before High School"!


This is Jonathan's first DGA Award and third nomination. He was previously nominated in this category in 2012 and 2013 for the Nickelodeon Original TV Movies "Camp Fred", in which he made a cameo as a Monkey Butler, and "Swindle", respectively.


Jonathan Judge's directorial team on the pilot of "100 Things to Do Before High School" was:

Unit Production Manager: Debra Spidell
First Assistant Director: Julian Petrillo
Second Assistant Director: Katey Wheelhouse
Second Second Assistant Director: Ceci Mak



Isabela Moner (CJ Parker), Jaheem Toombs (Fenwick) and Owen Joyner (Crispo) in "100 Things To Do Before High School".

Nickelodeon USA premiered the pilot of "100 Things to Do Before High School" on Tuesday 11th November 2014 as a movie special, and plans to fully launch the series, which will introduce Nickelodeon's latest crop of super-star talent, in April 2015.

"100 Things To Do Before High School" is a brand-new live-action creator-driven comedy-focused series from "Big Time Rush" creator and executive producer Scott Fellows. The half-hour, single-camera series follows three best friends as they navigate the highs and lows of middle school, with the help of a bucket list of adventures that help them overcome class cliques, terrifying bullies and clueless teachers.

With real life and teen drama awaiting her after 8th grade graduation, CJ Parker (Isabela Moner) has only a short time left to make the most of her middle school years. Together with her two lifelong best friends Fenwick (Jaheem Toombs) and Crispo (Owen Joyner), she is determined to get the most out of this time, using an ever-expanding list of challenges as a guide. For this group, growing up means trying everything and taking chances while they still can.

Jonathan Judge also directed the pilot episode of the brand-new Nickelodeon comedy series "Bella and the Bulldogs", "Newbie QB" (part one), which Nick USA debuted on Saturday 17th January 2015, and has directed many episodes of popular Nickelodeon shows, including "Haunted Hathaways", "The Thundermans", "Big Time Rush", "Marvin Marvin", "Supah Ninjas", "Fred: The Show", "The Naked Brothers Band", "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide", "See Dad Run", and "Instant Mom", and episodes of the popular Nickelodeon Preschool series "Blue's Clues", "Blue's Room", "Nick Jr.'s Play Along" and "LazyTown". Jonathan Judge's producing credits include "U-Pick Live" ("MusicWeek" and "Fairly Odd Wish-a-Thon"), the "Kids Choice Awards Orange Carpet Pre-Show 2009" and "Kids Choice Awards Orange Carpet 2010".

The Directors Guild of America announced the winners at the 67th annual DGA Awards at a dinner hosted by actress, singer, and comedian Jane Lynch, who guest-starred on the hit Nickelodeon comedy series "iCarly" as Pam Puckett, Sam Puckett's (Jennette McCurdy) Mother, in the episode "iSam's Mom", on Saturday 7th February 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza.

You can find a full list of 67th annual DGA Awards nominees here on the official Directors Guild of America website, dga.org.

Additionally, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has announced the further fantastic Nickelodeon News that Nickelodeon voice actress Fatima Ptacek, who voices Nickelodeon's preschool megastar Dora the Explorer, has won the "Outstanding Performance by a Youth in a Youth/Children's Program (Series or Special)" award in the 46th NAACP Image Awards for her voice work on Nickelodeon's brand-new animated preschool series "Dora and Friends: Into the City!"! The NAACP Image Awards is a prestigious event which celebrates the outstanding achievements and performances of people of color in the arts (television, recording, literature, motion picture and writing & directing), as well as those individuals or groups who promote social justice through their creative endeavors. You can find a full list of 46th NAACP Image Awards winners here on the official NAACP Image Awards website, naacpimageawards.net!



Fatima Ptacek at the 2014 Alma Awards. Photo Copyright (C) Richard Sandoval.

A huge congratulations to Jonathan Judge and Fatima Ptacek!!
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Saturday, February 07, 2015

Nickelodeon News Round-Up - Issue 18: Global Edition

Below is a round-up of aweslime Nickelodeon International news!


To make the 2015 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon's 28th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards, the biggest and slimiest ever, Nick needs your help! Nickelodeon wants to know what YOU'RE into and they're looking to YOU to help them decide what will happen at KCA 2015! Head to www.kca2015.com and tell Nick all about your favorite music, video games, celebrity's, and more!

Nickelodeon Russia and CIS (Nickelodeon Россия and СНГ) today, Saturday 7th February 2015, started to premiere and show Nickelodeon's brand-new original comedy series "Henry Danger" ("Опасный Генри") at 16:45 (МСК)!


Additionally, Nickelodeon Russia and CIS also started to premiere "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" ("Черепашки-ниндзя) season 3 today at 18:40 (МСК)! To celebrate, Nick Russia & CIS aired a special TMNT marathon leading up to the debut of the first episode of the all-new third season of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"!


Nickelodeon France will start to premiere and show season two of Nickelodeon's hit superhero-themed original comedy series "The Thundermans", locally titled "Les Thunderman", from Monday 9th February 2015 at 19h40! NickHeads located in France can view a exclusive sneak-peek preview of "The Thundermans" season two here on nickelodeon.fr!


Additionally, Nickelodeon 4Teen will start to air more brand-new episodes of "iCarly", including "iGo One Direction", guest starring One Direction, from Monday 9th February 2015 at 18h55! Fans in France can watch a sneak-peek video clip of "iGo One Direction" here on Nickelodeon.fr!


Nickelodeon France will also be holding a special "Choose Your Own Ending" ("A toi de choisir la fin") programming stunt on Friday 21st February 2015 at 18:05 on Nick and 18:35 on Nick 4Teen! Similar to Nick USA's special in 2014, "Choose Your Own Ending" will be a one-night only event that's putting viewers in charge of how brand-new episodes of "The Thundermans" ("Les Thunderman") and "The Haunted Hathaways" ("3 fantômes chez les Hathaway") will end! NickHeads can cast their votes at Nickelodeon.fr to decide the fates of the characters and then watch to see which endings win! Plus, NickHeads can get prepped for what they should choose with some videos, sneak peeks and even photos! This night is gonna be AWESLIME!


Nickelodeon Italy (Italia) will premiere and show Nickelodeon's "Kids' Choice Awards 2015" awards ceremony, Nickelodeon's 28th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, in April 2015!

Nickelodeon Spain (Espana) will start to premiere and show more brand-new episodes of "The Thundermans" ("Los Thundermans") from Monday 9th February 2015 at 21:00 H!

Nickelodeon Spain will also be holding a "Choose Your Own Ending" programming stunt, locally titled "Tú Eliges El Final", in which NickHeads can choose the endings of brand-new episodes of "The Thundermans" ("Los Thundermans") and "The Haunted Hathaways" ("Las Hathaways entre fantasmas"), in February 2015!

Nickelodeon Greece will be holding a special "Kids In Action" conference on Tuesday 17th February 2015. Visit kids-in-action.gr for more information.

Nickelodeon Latin America have launched a brand-new blog called Trendy By Nick!
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NickToons USA To Premiere New "Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL" Episodes From Sunday 8th February 2015

Like monsters? Like cards? Like monsters jumping out of cards?


Then bust out the Happy Pants, as Nickelodeon USA has announced in a brand-new trailer/promo, below, that the networks animation and action channel, NickToons USA, will start to premiere and show more brand-new episodes of the popular anime series "Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL", featuring all-new sick duels, fans going cray-cray and extra humor, from Sunday 8th February 2015 at 10:30am ET/PT!



"Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL" is the third main spin-off series of the hit "Yu-Gi-Oh!" franchise.
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"The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" Dominates US Box Office Upon Opening On Friday 6th February 2015

The entertainment industry news websites The Hollywood Reporter and Variety are reporting the fantastic Nickelodeon Movies news that Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Animation's brand-new "SpongeBob SquarePants" movie, "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water", is soaring at the North American box office, soaking up an estimated $15.1 million on the day of the films release, Friday 6th February 2015, from 3,641 theaters for a impressive $52 million opening weekend, well ahead of most industry projections of a $35 million launch!


"The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water", Nick and Paramount's second "SpongeBob SquarePants" movie, is easily trouncing new big-budget entries "Jupiter Ascending" and "Seventh Son". To boot, it will steal the top perch from reigning champion "American Sniper"!

"SpongeBob" will finish only 25% behind the impressive $69 million launch of Warner's "The Lego Movie", which opened on the same weekend in 2014.

"SpongeBob" scored well with reviewers, racking up a 74% fresh rating on the Rotten Tomatoes site. It achieved a "B" grade from Cinema Score; 50% of the audience was under 18 and gave the film an A- score.

Additionally, the $74 million family title made a nice splash last weekend overseas, where it grossed $8 million from its first five territories - Taiwan, Iceland, Mexico, Belgium and Holland.

"Out of Water" opens eleven years after "The Spongebob SquarePants Movie" played in theaters in 2004, grossing north of $130 million globally. The first film was directed by Stephen Hillenburg, creator of the television show. This time, series writer and executive producer Paul Tibbitt directs, with regular cast members Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence and Mr. Lawrence reprising their roles. The movie also stars Antonio Banderas as the villainous pirate Burger Beard, "The IT Crowd" star Matt Berry as the voice of Bubbles, and former former Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash as himself.

"The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water" will be released in Digital 3D and 2D in cinemas across the UK on Friday 20th March 2015!
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