5 Seconds of Summer, Georgia Productions and Ash Barty Win Big at Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together'

Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand is set to premiere Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together, a show packed with stars, surprises and slime – hosted by Victoria Justice (Victorious, Zoey 101, Fun Size) – on Monday, May 11, at 6 p.m. (AEDT). With kids having cast millions of votes for their favorite celebrities, movies, games and more, this year’s virtually produced show will reveal the winners through some of the most creative orange-blimp acceptances in KCA history.

Update (12/5) - Here are the Australian and Kiwi winners of Kids’ Choice Awards 2020!:

Fave Aussie/Kiwi Sports Star
Ash Barty

Fave Aussie/Kiwi Music Maker
5 Seconds of Summer

Fave Aussie/Kiwi Creator
Georgia Productions

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The news follows in the wake of Bauer Media announcing on Tuesday night the cancellation of the 2020 TV Week Logie Awards.

Celebrities scheduled to appear on Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together include: Dwayne Johnson, Ariana Grande, Kristen Bell, Josh Gad, Camila Cabello, Millie Bobby Brown, Ellen DeGeneres, BTS, Shawn Mendes, Lil Nas X, Dove Cameron, Tom Holland, David Dobrik, Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, SSSniperWolf, and more.

The show will also feature appearances from cast members of The Avengers: Endgame (Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo and Jeremy Renner), and a sneak peek of Nickelodeon’s new live-action series The Astronauts, from Imagine Entertainment. The show will include segments such as JoJo Siwa discovering slime secretly placed in every area of her home; a performance by recording artist and actor Asher Angel of his chart-topping single “All Day”; and an exclusive look at Nick’s Slime in Space voyage.

During the broadcast the inaugural Honorary Local Legend Award will be awarded to two young Aussies: 12-year-old Molly Steer (Cairns) and 11-year-old Jack Berne (Sydney).

Molly is being recognised for her conservation campaign, Straw No More which resulted in over 17,000 schools around the country getting rid of single-use plastic straws. In May 2020, the young Queenslander was invited to attend the 2020 Single Use Plastic summit to share her campaign with Australia’s leading politicians.

While Jack is being recognised for his support of Australia’s drought-stricken farmers, launching a fundraising campaign from his classroom with the goal to reach $100,000. After asking classmates to dress up as farmers and donate $5 Jacks’ Fiver for a Farmer initiative has raised $1.6 million since it began in 2018.

The show will also reveal who kids across Australia and New Zealand have chosen as their favourite local celebrities in categories such as; Favourite Sports Star, which includes Australian born NBA player Ben Simmons, world No.1 tennis champion Ash Barty, Olympic swimmer Mack Horton, Australian cricketer Ellyse Perry and New Zealand rugby player TJ Perenara, Favourite Music Maker, with Tones and I, Benee, Dean Lewis, Six60 and 5 Seconds of Summer all hoping to claim the coveted orange blimp, and finally, in the world of all things social media, online gamer EyStreem will be up against YouTube personality Georgia Productions and Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck, Tik Tok star Mariam Star and Instagrammer Harvey Petito, for the title of Favourite Content Creator.

Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2020: Celebrate Together will make its world premiere on Nickelodeon USA on Saturday, May 2, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

AU / NZ categories:

Favourite Sports Star
Ash Barty
Mack Horton
Ellyse Perry
TJ Perenara (NZ)
Ben Simmons

Favourite Music Maker
Tones And I
5 Seconds of Summer
Benee (NZ)
Six60 (NZ)
Dean Lewis

Favourite Content Creator
Georgia Productions
EyStreem
Johnny Tuivasa-Sheck (NZ)
Mariam Star
Harvey Petito

Favourite Global Music Star
BTS - Asia
Dua Lipa - UK
J Balvin - Latin America
Rosalía - Europe
Sho Madjozi - Africa
Taylor Swift - North America
Tones & I - Australia

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Originally published: Wednesday, April 29, 2020.

Sources: Mediaweek, TV Tonight.

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Which 'You Can't Do That On Television' Episode Could They Seriously Not Air On TV?

In the latest TV Legends Revealed, discover the episode of You Can't Do That On Television that was banned from airing on Nickelodeon.

TV URBAN LEGEND: An episode of You Can't Do That On Television was approved to air in Canada, but was later banned in the United States due to its subject matter.

You Can't Do That On Television was a sketch comedy/variety series that ran on Canadian television and on Nickelodeon throughout the 1980s (it started in 1979 and ended in 1990, with a couple of gap years, so ten total seasons). It's famous for introducing slime to Nickelodeon.

The show was originally intended to be basically Saturday Night Live, only with teens and pre-teens - a forerunner to All That.

Actor Les Lye played multiple roles in the series and the kids would change from year to year. Every episode would be about a particular theme and the sketches would somehow involve that theme.

The sketches were almost all just recurring bits, like one set in a dungeon (with Lye playing a dungeon master)...

or a firing squad (with Lye playing the guy who says "Ready! Aim! Fire!")...

or a burger joint (with Lye playing Barth, the owner of the burger joint)...

or a disheveled Senator at home (played by Lye)...

And obviously, the show is best known for the fact that when someone said "I don't know," they would be hit by Green Slime...

and when they said "water" (or variations of the term), they would be hit by water...

Oh, and by the way, Alanis Morissette was briefly a cast member...

Anyhow, fairly late in the show's run (in its 8th season), they had an episode that Nickelodeon eventually banned from the network!

The topic was "Adoption," and there were a number of gags in the episode of questionable taste, like the Senator intended to adopt kids to use as workers.

The episode aired in the United States, but Nickelodeon received some complaints about the depiction of adoption in the show and they realized that it might have been a bit rough for actual adopted kids to watch, so they banned it from the network (it's believed that the episode aired twice in the United States before being banned).

One of the show's creators, Geoffrey Darby, was interviewed by Mathew Klickstein (On Your Marc, SLIMED! An Oral History of Nickelodeon's Golden Age) for Vulture, and he admitted that the Adoption episode probably went too far:

"Speaking of showing a firing squad on a children’s show, did you ever feel then or do you ever look back on the episodes now and feel that maybe some things went a bit too far?

I think the “Adoption Show” went too far.

We ourselves didn’t understand what buttons were being pushed about an episode dealing with adoption. And that was our mistake.

None of the kids were adopted, we didn’t know anybody who had been adopted. That was really us just not being cognizant of the world of adoption.

And so that was a bad show. That was just not being respectful."

It's fascinating to see Darby concede the point. Its believe the show's producers eventually pulled the episode from rotation in Canada, as well.

The legend is...

STATUS: True

Thanks to Mathew Klickstein and Geoffrey Darby for the great quote!

Be sure to check out the TV Legends Revealed archive for more urban legends about the world of TV.

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Fishers, Ind. Hosting Citywide 'PAW Patrol' Parade This Week

FISHERS, Ind. — PAW Patrol is spreading joy to a central Indiana community during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic!

If you’re looking for something fun to do with your kids, a no-contact PAW Patrol parade is traveling throughout Fishers this week.

Chase and Marshall from Nickelodeon's beloved preschool series will join the Fishers Fire Department, the police department, and the public works department for a special citywide parade, which will tour throughout the neighborhoods between May 11 and May 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The parade will include a firetruck, police car, and DPW flatbed truck, along with Chase and Marshall.

The parade will not cause any road closures, but Fishers officials say the vehicles will travel slowly in the neighborhoods, potentially causing traffic delays.

- This is a no contact parade—no candy or high fives. Just smiles, waves, and friendly faces!

- Characters will be on the DPW flatbed and will be able to be clearly seen from all directions

- Some horns and sirens will be used.

- Organizers encourage residents to follow social distancing guidelines for parade viewing. They suggest viewing the parade from your yard or driveway. If the parade does not hit your street and you need to go to another street to view, please practice social distancing and spread out from others.

- The parade is weather dependent and may be cancelled due to rain. Follow the City of Fishers on social media for updates.

- Follow Along on Social Media: Follow the City of Fishers on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and check out the hashtag #FishersPAWPatrol for daily updates. Share your parade photos and videos with us using #FishersPAWPatrol.

- The parade is unable to visit every neighborhood and street in Fishers, but neighborhoods below fall within 50 feet of the parade route. Please note that these are estimated routes and may be subject to change due to current conditions.

- For up to date information on the current parade location, follow along with the event's live GPS tracker. You can also follow #FishersPawPatrol on social media for route updates.

- There will not be any road closures for this parade, however we will be traveling slowly through neighborhoods and there may be traffic delays. We encourage residents to use alternative routes as needed.

You can find out when the parade will travel through your neighborhood using this GPS tracker.

Find the full parade route here.

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Original source: FOX 59; Additional source: 13 WTHR Indianapolis.

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Ex-Vallejo Actor Lamont Young Hopes 'Danger Force' Role Helps

Young ‘trusting my skill set’

Former Vallejoan Lamont Young was The Butcher, in the fourth episode of Nickelodeon’s ‘Delta Force.’ Young hopes the role is recurring. (Courtesy photo)

By all indications, Lamont Young’s a decent guy. Works hard at as many jobs as it takes.

Bad guy? Well, OK, for work. Which isn’t a bad thing since the former Vallejoan is an actor. And it’s not as if a Nickelodeon show is going full-own blood-and gore … especially in a comedy series.

Actually, Young wouldn’t mind more than a mere one-episode appearance of 'The Butcher', a not-so-friendly character featured in episode four of Danger Force, a spin-off of Nickelodeon’s hit comedy series Henry Danger that ran for six years.

Young considers himself fortunate to sneak in the audition but a few days “before everything shut down” due to the global COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.

The actor’s confident his appearance seen by an estimated 750,000 viewers would be a stepping stone to a recurring role.

“I think I did a fairly good job,” he told the Times-Herald last week by phone. “I think there is a high probability I’ll be called back.

Young hopes a steady Nickelodeon gig is merely the results of 20 years of acting “on stage and other things.”

The Danger Force audition was in Burbank, California and The Butcher’s scene was filmed soon after. A week later, the industry stopped.

“Barely snuck in,” Young said. “It was literally a week.”

Young had already auditioned but failed to get another role on the same program. However, the experience led to a more positive outcome the second time around.

The audition room and the casting crew were already familiar, said Young, with a philosophy of “give them your best. Don’t give them what you think they want you to be. Give them who you are and your uniqueness will shine through.”

Apparently, he was right.

“The security guard recognized me. The doorman recognized me. And that happened all the way through. It was a totally different experience than the first time,” Young said. “It was a cool experience. I had suspicions I was going to get that role.”

“I didn’t get the initial role but I impressed them enough to get me a read for The Butcher,” said Young, tickled that his character “plays the most dangerous villain” in Swellview.

In the aforementioned episode four, at The Beating Dungeon, the Butcher hosts Villains’ Night which is attended to by Betty Blades, Lawn Ranger, the Lizard Twins, Dead Bull, Doug the Thug, and other villains.

Lamont Young hopes an appearance on Nickelodeon leads to bigger roles. (Courtesy photo)

“My character was pretty pivotal to the episode,” Young said. “Fingers crossed they ask me to come back in. I’m hopeful it opens doors for other things.”

Young is confident another recent audition pans out with the Tyler Perry’s latest series, Ruthless.

“That would be a blessing,” Young said, believing “even that little bit of notoriety” with Nickelodeon “makes your talent look brighter.”

The Asuza resident was in the Bay Area last year, performing in Berkeley Rep’s Blue Eye Shadow. He also wrote and did the art for a poetry book in 2019. With Hollywood dark because of COVID-19, Young’s working on a children’s book based on one of his poems, “Dream of Dreams.”

“It’s reflective of where we are now and looking at things that are important … your family,” Young said, being more “pro-active” in promoting and marketing his talents “and creating a platform in using the arts for healing — cultural, city, community healing.”

Young left Vallejo six years ago, anchoring himself to Southern California.

Vallejo “is still home,” he said. “I still love it, even though I’m trying to do some of the things down here.”

Celebrating his 46th birthday this week, “now’s the time to start making in-roads,” Young said. “Now’s the time to start pushing.”

To view Young’s work, visit: Facebook, @renaissanceman511; Instagram @lamontharoldyoung, and YouTube, Powerhouse Inc. Productions.

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'Race With Ryan' First Ever DLC Content Available Now; 'Road Trip Deluxe Edition' to Release in October 2020

‘RACE WITH RYAN’ FIRST EVER DOWNLOADABLE CONTENT AVAILABLE NOW! FROM WORLDWIDE KIDS’ PHENOMENON ‘RYAN’S WORLD’

‘RACE WITH RYAN ROAD TRIP DELUXE EDITION’ LAUNCHES THIS OCTOBER

London, May 11th - Worldwide family entertainment publisher Outright Games™ in partnership with P.W.Games™, the gaming division of kids entertainment studios pocket.watch™, and Sunlight Entertainment have put their pedal to the metal and released the first ever downloadable content for hit kids’ kart racer, Race With Ryan. Alongside this launch, comes the news that the ultimate racing experience, Race With Ryan Road Trip Deluxe Edition will launch on shelves and digitally in October 2020.

Race With Ryan is the hit kart racer from the global kids entertainment phenomenon Ryan’s World starring Ryan, the most popular kid in the world and top creator on YouTube whose channels receive over 1.4 billion views per month and have amassed over 34 million subscribers.

Fans can play as Ryan and friends in the brand new Race With Ryan: Surprise Track Pack™, adding many more hours of racing fun to the original game, including two dynamic new tracks as racers brave the slippery slopes of Icy Land and explore the iconic scenery of Route 66. Five rip-roaring new racers will also be available to put in the driver’s seat, including fan favourites American Titan, New York Lexa and New Hampshire Panda. The first ever expansion pack for Race With Ryan is available now as a digital download for $7.99/£5.99/€7.99 on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC.

Watch the trailer below!:


In addition, this October the Race With Ryan Road Trip Deluxe Edition will be launching, allowing fans to experience the complete Ryan’s racing experience all in one bundle. This ultimate edition will contain the full original game, Surprise Track Pack and a brand new American road trip themed pack. Bringing the total amount of content to 33 racers, 16 tracks and even more hours of gaming fun.

“We’re thrilled today to release the new expansion for Race With Ryan, bringing many more hours of fun for fans of one of our favourite games” said Terry Malham, CEO of Outright Games. “This is the first downloadable content we’ve created and the family friendly, ever expanding Ryan’s World universe is the perfect fit for new and exciting content. With our deluxe edition launching later this year we’re delighted to provide Ryan’s fans and their families across the world with a way to experience the complete ‘Race With Ryan experience’ all in one place.”

Race With Ryan is available worldwide on PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC and available to buy now at local retailers including Smyth’s Toy Store in the UK priced at £34.99

The Race With Ryan: Surprise Track Pack™ is available now with the Race With Ryan: Road Trip Deluxe Edition following later this year available both digitally and in stores. To access the new DLC today simply download from your preferred console eStore or PC and then launch your original copy of Race with Ryan to access the new content.

About Outright Games

Outright Games is a global video games publisher with a focus on quality family entertainment to a worldwide audience. Founded in 2016, Outright Games has established its place in the market delivering engaging interactive games of beloved entertainment licenses globally. Outright Games brings stories and characters to life with titles including favourites such as Jumanji: The Video Game with Sony Pictures, Paw Patrol: On a Roll with Nickelodeon, Ben 10 with Cartoon Network, and Dragons: Dawn of New Risers with NBC Universal. With an Outright Games title there will be fun for all the family to enjoy. For more information please visit: www.outrightgames.com

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Website: Outright Games

Twitter: @Outright_Games

Facebook: Outright Games Ltd

Instagram: Outright_games

About pocket.watch™

Pocket.watch is a new studio that specializes in entertaining and inspiring kids and families through digital-first content and sparking their imaginations with lifestyle products ranging from toys to toothbrushes. The company inspires kids to seamlessly move between screen time and playtime and boasts a growing portfolio of franchises that includes some of the largest kids and family YouTube brands in the world. Pocket.watch developed and launched the massive Ryan’s World® consumer products line and created and produces Ryan’s Mystery Playdate, which airs on Nickelodeon and is the #1 preschool show on television. The company was founded in March 2017 by Chris M. Williams and is located in Culver City, CA where it maintains an office and studio. Its management team is made up of studio veterans and visionaries from traditional and digital entertainment including Albie Hecht, Stone Newman, Jon Moonves and Kerry Tucker. Investors include Viacom, Greycroft, Third Wave Digital and United Talent Agency (UTA), as well as notable strategic angels including Robert Downey Jr. (Team Downey) and Jon Landau. For more information about pocket.watch, please visit pocket.watch.

About Sunlight Entertainment

Sunlight Entertainment is Ryan Kaji’s family-owned and operated production company that develops family-friendly content that is driven to help kids learn. Founded in 2017, Sunlight Entertainment was created by Ryan and his family to help streamline the workflow of one of YouTube’s largest kids’ channels, Ryan’s World. The company continues to grow and currently manages eight YouTube channels: Ryan’s World, Ryan’s World Español, EK Doodles, Ryan’s Family Review, Vtubers, Combo Panda, Gus the Gummy Gator and The Studio Space. Sunlight Entertainment employs a 25-person team of videographers, editors, animators, writers and voice actors to help produce live action and animated content -- releasing about 25 videos a week. Currently, Ryan’s World has rapidly evolved from a toy review YouTube channel to a global kids play and entertainment brand through digital and broadcast entertainment, toys and consumer products.

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