Annie LeBlanc Signs Talent Deal with Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, the number-one kids’ network, has signed 13-year old actor and singer Annie LeBlanc to a talent deal! Under the arrangement, Nickelodeon will have the opportunity to work with LeBlanc on a multi-platform basis, in which the actor will starring in linear and digital content for Nickelodeon. Viacom Digital Studios (VDS) made the announcement during its presentation at the new West Coast edition of the NewFronts on Wednesday, October 10.

LeBlanc, whose full name is Julianna Grace "Annie" LeBlanc, is an American singer, social media star, actor, and gymnast who made her YouTube debut at age four, and has amassed an extensive online following, including 6.6 million Instagram followers.

The news follows the successful collaboration with Dance Moms and social media star JoJo Siwa.

Viacom Digital Studios, heading the company's effort to recapture young viewers no longer watching cable by reaching them online and on social platforms, also announced new programming on Snapchat, Twitter and YouTube during its NewFronts West Coast 2018 presentation.

“Viacom Digital Studios is developing hundreds of hours of premium, digital-first programming designed to engage young audiences across the social and mobile platforms they love most,” said Kelly Day, president of Viacom Digital Studios. “We’re continuing to build on our incredible momentum with expanded platform partnerships, talent deals, strategic acquisitions and new original formats to super-serve our fans.”

VDS said it expanded its relationship with Snap and is creating 10 new series, including Clean Slate from MTV, Filthy Living from MTV and De’Arrta and Ken’s Prank Show from BET. Snapchat is also getting 500 episodes of Viacom shows and season 2 of MTV Cribs for Snapchat returns this month.

Twitter users will be getting news programming from Viacom brands. BET Breaks and MTV News: Unfiltered were launched at the beginning of the month. Extra Damn Day from Comedy Central debuted this week and MTV New Presents: Need to Know premieres on Nov. 15.

VDS is creating YouTube Channels for fans of some of Viacom network franchises, including MTV’s Jersey Shore, Comedy Central Stand-Up and MTV’s Wild ‘N Out.

Viacom Digital Studios is also producing several digital series for Nickelodeon, including the recently premiered The JoJo & BowBow Show Show, and the upcoming Minecraft City Champs and Drop That Seat (formally titled Musical Dares).

Viacom says that over its social footprint of 850 million followers, it get almost 2.5 billion views per month and 3.5 billion minutes watched.

Since the launch of VDS, social video views have increased 112% and watch time is up 104%.

Original source: Broadcasting & Cable; Additional source: Wikipedia.

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Butterbean’s Café | Official Theme Song | First Look | Nickelodeon Preschool

To celebrate the upcoming launch of Butterbean’s Café, Nickelodeon's upcoming brand-new animated preschool series about a fairy named Butterbean and her adventures running a neighborhood café and magical bakery, Viacom International Studios has unveiled a fantastic video featuring the Butterbean's Cafe theme song, which you can watch here on C21Screenings!

Butterbean’s Café is an animated preschool series about a fairy named Butterbean who runs a neighborhood café and magical bakery. She and her fairy friends serve up the healthiest snacks and sweetest treats in Puddlebrook – a small town of fairies and anthropomorphized animals called Brookies. Butterbean’s special bean magic, the fairies’ magic kitchen tools, and the team’s can-do spirit all combine to make their café the most awesome eatery in town, one that’s always much busier than greedy and competitive Ms. Marmalady’s across the brook. That’s because Butterbean has a sure-fire recipe for success – a spoonful of leadership, a dash of entrepreneurial spirit and just a sprinkle of fairy magic!

Butterbean’s Cafe features creative cooking, and a social-emotional curriculum that highlights entrepreneurial and leadership skills. The currently confirmed characters in the show are: Butterbean, Keesha, Cricket, Jasper, Ms. Marmalady, Poppy, Miss Honeybook and Reuben. Created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull, the creators of Bubble Guppies, the series is produced by Brown Bag Films (Peter Rabbit) in Ireland, and is slated to launch on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. channels around the world soon.

Watch the Butterbean’s Cafe theme tune in German here, and watch a sneak-peek of Butterbean’s Café here!

Butterbean's Cafe credits:

Director: Jean Herlihy

Producer: Mark Salisbury, Michael Kaufman, Lorraine Morgan, Gillian Higgins, Rini Soemarwoto

Executive Producer: Allie Strawbridge

Writer: Jonny Belt, Robert Scull, Caitlin Hodson, Laura Kleinbaum, Lucas Mills

Cast: Kirrilee Berger, Margaret Ying Drake, Kora Gursoy, Olivia Manning, Chris Phillips, Gabriella Pizzolo, Alysia Reiner, Kari Wahlgren

Genres: Animation, Children’s

Demographics: Preschool

People: Allie Strawbridge, Alysia Reiner, Caitlin Hodson, Chris Phillips, Gabriella Pizzolo, Gillian Higgins, Jean Herlihy, Jonny Belt, Kari Wahlgren, Kirrilee Berger, Kora Gursoy, Laura Kleinbaum, Lorraine Morgan, Lucas Mills, Margaret Ying Drake, Mark Salisbury, Michael Kaufman, Olivia Manning, Rini Soemarwoto, Robert Scull.

Viacom International Studios

Viacom International Studios (VIS) is the umbrella brand for all of Viacom’s content production and distribution activities outside of the U.S. Within VIS, the Content Sales group is responsible for all international programme syndication, format and co-production activities for this diverse portfolio of entertainment brands, which are seen globally in more than 4.4 billion households in approximately 180 territories and 40 languages via more than 300 locally programmed and operated TV channels and more than 550 digital media and mobile TV properties. The group also oversees the strategic acquisition of original content in VIMN’s core competency areas of kids, youth and adults, for sale third parties around the world. For more details about the VIS programming library, please visit https://b2b.viacom.com/.

More Nick: Nickelodeon Unveils First-Look At 'Butterbean's Cafe' At Licensing Expo 2018!

H/T: Huge thanks to Mikey Salinas for the awesome news!

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Halloween Costume Quiz! | Nickelodeon

It's Halloween! Not sure what to wear to have a jolly-olly-hollo-Halloween? Nickelodeon's Halloween costume quiz will help you find the perfect spooky outfit!


Watch all your favorite shows and stars on Nickelodeon!

Visit nick.com/halloween for more spooktacular fun!

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Slime É Nick | Duelo de Slime | Nickelodeon Brasil

Drake Bell VS. Bob Burnquist, quem vai ganhar esse duelo de slime?



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Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel | 'Happy to Be Me' Sneak Peek | Nickelodeon USA

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand new Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel episode "Happy to Be Me" on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. (ET/PT), Nick USA has unveiled a fantastic sneak peek preview from the all-new PRSNS episode, which you can watch in the super video clip here on Nick.com!

In the brand-new Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel episode "Happy to Be Me" (#817), when a monster steals Levi's (Jordi Webber) voice, he learns an important lesson about self-worth. In Nick's super sneak-peek, "Little Levi", dark magic proves itself to be REALLY powerful!

Make sure to catch the Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel Halloween special "Monster Mix-Up", premiering Saturday, October 20, 2018 on Nickelodeon USA!

Missed any episodes of Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel? Catch up now at nick.com/ninjasteel and on the Nick App!

Connect with Power Rangers:

Web - http://www.powerrangers.com
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/powerrangers
Twitter - http://twitter.com/PowerRangers
Instagram - http://www.instagram.com/powerrangers

More Nick: First Look At Power Rangers Beast Morphers | First Trailer Unveiled At Power Morphicon 6!

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