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Thursday, December 24, 2020

Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | Nickelodeon

Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for Wednesday, December 23, 2020 | Nickelodeon

Rugrats, provided to Creators Syndicate by Nickelodeon, based off the popular animated television series has been created for children and family's to laugh and enjoy together.

Follow these comics and their take on real episodes of the show and their own spin on hilarious adventures.

Read more Rugrats comic strips!: https://www.creators.com/features/rugrats

More Nick: Nickelodeon Unveils First Look at CG-Animated 'Rugrats' and 'Big Nate'!

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Vote for Your Nickelodeon Favorites in the NickALive! Awards 2020

Introducing the 2020 NickALive! Awards, celebrating the best of Nickelodeon in 2020!

Every year during December, NickALive! usually asks visitors to vote for what they liked best about Nickelodeon during the year with the Best Of Nickelodeon.. fan poll - and this year is no different, however, the poll will be bigger. Much bigger! Introducing the first-ever NickALive! Awards!

Fans can now cast their votes across 32 different categories, each representing a different part of Nickelodeon - that's double the amount of polls in last years Best of Nickelodeon survey! And, to make things fairer, preschool series now have their own categories.

Apart from the 'Most Looking Forward To' categories, the nominees include programming or content broadcast or released on a Nickelodeon channel or platform between December 1, 2019 and November 30, 2020. New shows and specials that make their debut in December 2020 will be included in the 2021 NickALive! Awards.

UPDATE (12/24) - Some good news and some bad news - depending how you look at it! Unfortunately, a lot of the categories have reached their max number of votes allowed, so regrettably, I've had to close them. However, there's still a few categories available to vote in, which you can check out below! Thank-you to everyone who voted in the NickALive! Awards, so far, I can't wait to announce the results!

There are two ways to vote. You can start HERE and follow the breadcrumbs through each poll, or by scrolling down and selecting which poll you'd like to vote in.

- You don't need to vote in each category (but it would be great if you did!)

- You can cast one vote per day in each category.

- Although this Big Ballot is meant for Nickelodeon fans around the world, some of the nominees have only aired or have been held in the USA.

Remember, NickALive! is an unofficial website, and the inaugural 2020 NickALive! Awards fan poll is for fun and entertainment purposes only. Unfortunately, nobody will actually receive an Splatty - or is it a Nicky?

Any problems voting or questions? Let me know by using the 'Connect with NickALive!' box in the sidebar (I respond quicker on Twitter) - or drop a comment below!

The 2020 NickALive! Awards are open now and will close on Wednesday 30th December 2020 at 23:59 GMT.

The results of 2020 NickALive! Awards will be revealed on midnight GMT on Friday 1st January 2021, as part of NickALive!'s annual New Year's celebration post. Remember to let me know how you voted and why in the comments below, and make sure to share the poll - each poll has its own sharing link!

Here are the nominees of NickALive! Awards 2020:

Best of Nickelodeon in 2020

Most Looking Forward To:

More Nick: 2021 on Nickelodeon | New Shows, Specials, Podcasts, Events, Movies, Episodes, and More!

Originally published: Wednesday, December 02, 2020.

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Nickelodeon Wins Raft of Awards at Promax's 2020 Global Excellence and Regional Awards

Promax, the global association for the entertainment marketing industry, representing people who create, market, and distribute content in media, has announced the fantastic news that Nickelodeon channels in the U.S.A. and internationally picked up a raft of awards in the Promax Global Excellence Awards 2020 and the Promax Regional Awards 2020, two of the world's premier celebrations of outstanding achievement in entertainment marketing and design!

Below is a list of awards that Nickelodeon won at both Promax Awards. For a full list of winners, visit https://www.promax.org/awards/current-awards/promax-awards-2020.

A huge congratulations to Nickelodeon and to everyone who worked on the winning projects!

Promax Global Excellence Awards 2020

CHILDREN CLIP-BASED PROGRAMMING SPOT

BRONZE

COUSINS FOR LIFE SONG

NICKELODEON INTERNATIONAL

BRAND IMAGE DESIGN PROMO

SILVER

NICKELODEON VADA PAV IDENT

VIACOM18 MEDIA PVT. LTD. (NICK-INDIA)

BRONZE

NICKELODEON GARBA IDENT

VIACOM18 MEDIA PVT. LTD. (NICK-INDIA)

CHANNEL ID

GOLD

NICKELODEON IDENT

VIACOM18 MEDIA PVT LTD. (NICK-INDIA)

VIACOM18 MEDIA PVT LTD.

Suchita Karmokar, VP, Creative Services

Sanhita Das, Creative Director

HOLIDAY/SEASONAL/SPECIAL EVENT PROMO

SILVER

NICKELODEON VADA PAV IDENT

VIACOM18 MEDIA PVT. LTD. (NICK-INDIA)

INTERSTITIAL/BUMPER PROMO OR CAMPAIGN

SILVER

NICKELODEON IDENTS

VIACOM18 MEDIA PVT. LTD. (NICK-INDIA)

BRONZE

FUN MODE WITH NICKELODEON

VIACOM18 MEDIA PVT. LTD. (NICK-INDIA)

ANIMATION

BRONZE

NICKELODEON VADA PAV IDENT

VIACOM18 MEDIA PVT. LTD. (NICK-INDIA)

CONTENT FOR DIGITAL PROMO

SILVER

NICKELODEON GARBA IDENT

VIACOM18 MEDIA PVT. LTD. (NICK-INDIA)

PROMAX REGIONAL AWARDS 2020

Note: Michael Waldron, SVP Creative Director, Brand Design, Nickelodeon was a juror on these awards.

North America:

BRAND PROMO: HOLIDAY OR SPECIAL EVENT SPOT

BRONZE

NICK JR HALLOWEEN ANTHEM

NICKELODEON

IN-HOUSE PROGRAM CAMPAIGN

SILVER

THE OFFICE LAUNCH ON NICK AT NITE

NICKELODEON

DAYTIME PROGRAM PROMO

SILVER

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT BLUE

NICKELODEON

INTERSTITIAL AND PROGRAM WRAPS CAMPAIGN

GOLD

HOLIDAY CAMPAIGN 2019

NICKELODEON

SEASONAL OR SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAM CAMPAIGN

BRONZE

HALLOWEEN CAMPAIGN 2019

NICKELODEON

SPORTS USE OF AN ATHLETE

BRONZE

SPONGEBOB X NIKE X KYRIE

VIACOM NICKELODEON CONSUMER PRODUCTS

CHILDREN CLIP-BASED PROGRAMMING SPOT

GOLD

YTV - MUCHO MARCHO EVENT SELL

CORUS ENTERTAINMENT

SILVER

KIDS’ CHOICE SPORTS 2019 HERO SPOT

NICKELODEON

CHILDREN PROGRAM CAMPAIGN

GOLD

BLUE’S CLUES AND YOU CAMPAIGN

NICKELODEON

BRONZE

SPONGEBOB’S BIG BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT CAMPAIGN

NICKELODEON

CHILDREN PROGRAM PROMO

GOLD

ALL THAT AUDITIONS

NICKELODEON

SILVER

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER: KIDS IN CHARGE

NICKELODEON

BRONZE

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK SUPER TRAILER

NICKELODEON

BRAND IMAGE DESIGN PROMO CAMPAIGN

SILVER

HALLOWEEN CAMPAIGN 2019

NICKELODEON

CHANNEL IMAGE - REBRAND OR REFRESH

SILVER

TEENNICK REBRAND

TROLLBÄCK+COMPANY

BRAND INTEGRATION USING MULTIPLE PLATFORMS

BRONZE

NICKELODEON’S JOJO SIWA FOR AMAZON PRIME DAY

VIACOM

CHILDREN PROGRAM PROMOTION MULTIPLATFORM/360 CAMPAIGN

GOLD

SPONGEBOB’S BIG BIRTHDAY BLOWOUT

NICKELODEON

SILVER

ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A FIFTH GRADER LAUNCH

NICKELODEON

BRONZE

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK - FORTNITE MAP & CARNIVAL

INSTALLATION

NICKELODEON

LATIN AMERICA

HOLIDAY/SEASONAL/SPECIAL EVENT PROMOTION

SILVER

NICK_ABRILISIMO_

MONTHLONGSPOT

THE VIACOM AGENCY

IMAGE PROMO

SILVER

NICK_ANIMALMADNESS_ [Animal Madness]

MONTHLONGSPOT

THE VIACOM AGENCY

More Nick: 2021 on Nickelodeon | New Shows, Specials, Podcasts, Events, Movies, Episodes, and More!

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Voice Actor Eric Bauza Reveals How Nickelodeon Gave Him His First Big Break

Filipino Canadian voice actor Eric Bauza (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rise of the TMNT), who is set to become the new voice of beloved Looney Tunes character Bugs Bunny, recently revealed how Nickelodeon gave him his first big break in voice acting!

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Bauza grew up in the Scarborough area of metropolitan Toronto. At Cardinal Newman Catholic High School in the 1990s, he delivered the morning announcements in the voice of Homer Simpson and produced video sketches for school assemblies invoking Ace Ventura and Austin Powers.

He pursued radio, television and film at Centennial College. He had an internship at an animation studio in Los Angeles - which he got after delivering his resume in an oversized fortune cookie - where he worked as a production assistant and voiced some side characters. He got his name out by distributing a rudimentary demo reel on audio cassette. “I printed his resume, miniaturized it, and we stuck it in the fortune cookie,” his brother says.

Bauza returned to Canada, graduated and was unemployed for about a year, before getting a stint at an animation studio in Ottawa. After that gig dried up, he started making trips back to Southern California. He found work in production and editing, while picking up more voice-acting roles.

“All the friends I made at the internship started working for various places like Nickelodeon, Disney, Cartoon Network. And they always remembered I had this weird ability to change my voice and do funny voices. Years later, they would invite me back to work on their projects,” Bauza told the Toronto Star.

The cast of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

In the mid-2000s, he got his first big role after meeting Book of Life director Jorge Gutierrez, who was developing a pilot for Nickelodeon called El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera.

Gutierrez says he had auditioned hundreds of people to play Rodolfo Rivera, the overprotective superhero father of the title character, but couldn’t find the person with the right voice — a blend of Ricardo Montalban and Scarface but with a Mexican accent.

Bauza took up the challenge. He picked up a DVD box set of Fantasy Island, the series Montalban starred in in the 1970s and 1980s, and went home and studied him.

Gutierrez says Bauza came back and performed the voice.

“You know how in movies you drop the glass when you see or hear something? I was like, ‘That’s it! That’s it!’”

Gutierrez says he told Nickelodeon executives: “We found a Canadian-Filipino guy who can do a better Mexican accent than any Mexican I’ve ever auditioned.”

It took a bit of convincing, but the studio agreed to bring him on and get him a U.S. work visa.

Bauza then went on to voice a range of characters in Nickelodeon's CG-animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, going on to voice Splinter in the network's 2D-animated Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. The Fil-Canadian voice actor can currently be heard voicing a variety of roles on Nick's The Loud House and it's spin-off, The Casagrandes.

More Nick: 2021 on Nickelodeon | New Shows, Specials, Podcasts, Events, Movies, Episodes, and More!

Original source: Inquirer.net; Additional source: Page Six.

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PAW Patrol Leaps Onto Google Assistant

Nick News Mini: PAW Patrol is now on Google Assistant! Just say the command "Hey Google, tell me a PAW Patrol story" and kids can interact with a PAWesome storybook on Smart Display devices.

In addition to PAW Patrol, fans can also find Nickelodeon Preschool properties such as Shimmer and Shine! Users will say “Hey Google, tell me a Shimmer and Shine Story” and they will be able to hear content from the popular Nickelodeon series.

More Nick: Spin Master Announces Star-Studded Voice Talent for 'Paw Patrol' Movie!

Originally published: Monday, December 21, 2020.

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