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Toph’s Daughter Talks Metalbending Mastery! w/ Mindy Sterling | Braving the Elements S4 E7 | Avatar

Toph’s Daughter Talks Metalbending Mastery! w/ Mindy Sterling | Braving the Elements S4 E7 | Avatar

Note: As of posting, this episode is currently restricted in the U.K. and Ireland, however, the audio version can be listened to here.

Mindy Sterling joins Janet Varney (Korra) and Dante Basco (Zuko) on this episode of Avatar: Braving the Elements podcast to talk about voicing Lin Beifong, The Legend of Korra’s master metalbender and the daughter of Avatar: The Last Airbender's Toph. In Book One’s “And the Winner Is…”, Lin steps up to defend the pro-bending finals against Amon’s threat. The trio unpacks Lin’s metalbending might, her Marina Dietrich-inspired swagger, and how it feels to carry on Toph’s legacy past ATLA. Plus, a hilarious attempt at a Shiro Shinobi recap and behind-the-scenes stories that prove Lin’s not the only scene-stealer in the room.

Episode Chapters

0:00 – Introductions

0:57 – Meet Mindy Sterling, Voice of Lin Beifong!

1:44 – Mindy’s First Impressions of Avatar

4:43 – Past Voice Over Experiences

6:22 – Lin Beifong & Parent Issues

10:05 – Who Do You Ship?

12:52 – Animal Crossing

13:34 – What Kind of Bender Would You Be?

15:49 – Quip or Cabbage?

18:28 – Janet’s Casting Experience

20:55 – “Pro-Bend Con #5”

22:20 – Mindy’s Shiro Shinobi-Style Recap

24:12 – And The Winner Is…

27:19 – Clip Reaction: Lin Stands Up

28:59 – The Power of Voice Acting

31:22 – Tahno & Rami Malek

34:51 – Clip Reaction: Korra vs. Tahno

36:30 – Dante Didn’t Like Lin At First

38:08 – Clip Reaction: Lin Saves Korra

39:45 – Did Dante Predict Correctly?

41:02 – Was Amon Right?

42:38 – Most Valuable Bending?

44:38 – Most Valuable Nonbending?

45:10 – Dante’s NEXT Predictions

47:30 – Goodbyes

Enter the amazing world of Avatar through the official companion podcast, Avatar: Braving the Elements from Nickelodeon. Join hosts Janet Varney (the voice of “Korra”) and Dante Basco (the voice of “Prince Zuko”) each week as they re-watch every episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra then break down key themes, notable battles, and behind-the-scenes trivia you can’t get anywhere else. Special guests from cast members to producers join them to explore elements of the Avatarverse, including the origins of the story and how Avatar was brought to life.

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Milkshake! Stirs Up a Nimble Content Strategy

Paramount UK/Ireland's SVP of kids & family Louise Bucknole reveals which formats she's in the market for and why the UK's leading preschool block is embracing omnipresence to support consistent viewership growth.

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As Paramount Global gears up for new ownership under a Skydance Media merger deal, its UK subsidiary 5 is envisioning a new era for its platforms, including the Milkshake! strand that targets two- to five-year-olds (occasionally skewing up to age seven).

Since launching in 1997, this programming block has been a UK preschool favorite—and its reach has only broadened since Louise Bucknole took charge in 2018. She became Senior Vice President (SVP) of kids & family at Paramount UK/Ireland in January.

Louise Bucknole

Last year, Milkshake! cornered an 11.3% average share of the UK’s four- to 15-year-old audience (Barb/TechEdge), and viewing for its content on the My5 platform increased by 24% compared to 2023. In order to capitalize on this growth, Channel 5 revamped this year as part of a rebrand to simply 5—with expanded offerings that include a Milkshake! FAST channel and a recent strategy of uploading select full-length episodes on YouTube. “Kids now watch content in more places than before and don’t necessarily have brand loyalty, so we’ve become more agile in sharing our content,” Bucknole told Kidscreen. “We make sure it’s available everywhere kids are.”

What is Milkshake! looking for?

Bucknole is currently seeking slapstick comedy concepts and nature-inspired edutainment—an evergreen category for the block that includes her recent commission of Aneeshwar’s Outdoor Adventures (20 x 11 minutes) from MCC Media. “We aim to be flexible with rights and work with [nimble] funding models,” adds Bucknole. “This includes co-productions, accessing regional funding and collaborating with multiple partners.”

Milkshake! typically allocates 80% of its annual spend to commissions and 20% to pick-ups, though this split can vary from year to year. To diversify its acquisitions, Bucknole is looking to license more international shows (on average, 30% are UK-produced), noting that titles like Oggy Oggy from France and Ukrainian/Spanish co-pro Brave Bunnies are strong performers.

Five-, seven- and 11-minute episodes are ideal, and in terms of volume, Milkshake! prefers 20 to 25 live-action eps per season, and either 26 or 52 animated episodes. Bucknole cautions that she’s not seeking shorts that are under three minutes long, since Mikshake!’s in-house team produces those. She’s also not looking to buy original movies due to their “low repeatability” on a linear schedule, but she’s open to this format if it’s based on an existing title in the Milkshake! catalogue.

Tim Rex in Space

Tim Rex in Space is the first global co-pro from Milkshake! and Nickelodeon, and Bucknole is looking to replicate this collaborative model.

PAW Patrol ranked as the top-performing IP on Milkshake! last year (with the flagship series and spinoff Rubble & Crew together driving a quarter of all annual viewership), followed by Peppa Pig, Milo, The Adventures of Paddington and Pip and Posy.

Coming up next

A 2D-animated family series is in early development and will be announced later this year, Bucknole teases. In the meantime, Mint Copenhagen’s 2D-animated Tim Rex in Space (60 x eight minutes) just premiered on Monday 5th May. Also joining the lineup that month is Treehouse (30 x seven minutes, featured image) from RD Content. And then Jellyfish Originals/Jollywise Media’s CG-animated series Stan & Gran (52 x 11 minutes) is slated to premiere in July, coinciding with the release of Aneeshwar’s Outdoor Adventures.

This story originally appeared in Kidscreen‘s Q2 2025 magazine issue.

Update (4/7): Milkshake! has premiered the brand new short-form series, The Real Pup Squad!

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SpongeBob’s Pilot Was REMADE in New Episode

SpongeBob’s Pilot Was REMADE in New Episode | Vailskibum

In the new SpongeBob SquarePants episode "SpongeBob & Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up," the original "Help Wanted" pilot is recreated in a few scenes! In the past, modern SpongeBob meets classic SpongeBob. We also get references to other Season 1 episodes like "Ripped Pants" and "Rock Bottom"!

Seeing "Help Wanted" in full HD like this is surreal 🥹

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All Stars 10 Episode 9 First Lewk 🏆 | RuPaul’s Drag Race

All Stars 10 Episode 9 First Lewk 🏆 | RuPaul’s Drag Race

The MVQ points are stacking up for the final round of Bracket 3! 👀 Find out who makes the semifinals on an all-new All Stars 10 – streaming FRIDAY on Paramount+ 👑 Head to ParamountPlus.com for a FREE trial!

The Pit Stop AS10 E09 🏁 Monét X Change & Morphine Feel Golden! | RuPaul’s Drag Race

Retriever? I hardly even know her! 🐕 Monét X Change is joined by Morphine Love Dion to recap #AllStars10 Episode 9 at #ThePitStop 👑

"Mama Used To Say” by Junior Lip Sync 🫵 RuPaul's Drag Race

Our top All-Stars in the final week of Bracket 3 leave it all on the main stage in this lip sync to “Mama Used To Say” by Junior! ✨

The Golden Bi*chelor Maxi Challenge 🐶 RuPaul's Drag Race

Woof woof! Who’s the paw-fect match for our Golden Bi*chelor?

Fashion Photo RuView | Full Ep: RuPaul's Drag Race AS10 E9 | "Paper Dolls" | WOWPresents

Raja and Raven toot or boot the runway looks from RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 10.

Every week, Fashion Photo RuView critiques the fashion from the most recent episode of RuPaul's Drag Race. This week, Raja and Raven critique the looks from the ninth runway of All Stars 10. Category is Paper Dolls, a look prominently featuring paper.

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Paramount+ Adds 'Rock Paper Scissors' Season One

Paramount+ is set to add Nickelodeon's hit animated series Rock Paper Scissors on Wednesday, May 28! Try Paramount+ for FREE at ParamountPlus.com

The show's Paramount+ release date was revealed by series co-creator Josh Lehrman on his official X/Twitter page, who also added that the episodes should also be available in the order that he and his fellow co-creator, Kyle Stegina, originally intended.

The stars of everyone’s favorite playground game have come to life! Rock, Paper, and Scissors are three hilarious best friends and roommates who compete over everything.

Inspired by the age-old tradition of settling things with your best friends, the game comes to life through the shenanigans of pals Rock, Paper and Scissors in Nickelodeon’s Rock Paper Scissors, the first short picked up for series from Nickelodeon’s Intergalactic Shorts Program.

In Rock Paper Scissors, titular characters, Rock, Paper and Scissors, are a trio of best friends and roommates who lovingly compete over everything in hilarious but mostly wildly absurd ways. Throughout season one, the trio will go to extremes playing hide-and-seek around the world, running from the birthday police, defending the world from an alien invasion, going head-to-head with the Rat Bros and more.

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Nickelodeon’s Annie Award-nominated animated comedy stars Ron Funches (Trolls, Trolls Band Together) as Rock, the member of the trio with the biggest heart and moral compass; Thomas Lennon (Zoey 102, 17 Again, Reno 911!) as Paper, the wannabe intellectual who dreams of being a famous inventor; and Carlos Alazraqui (Rocko’s Modern Life, Reno 911!) as Scissors, who acts overly confident and always wants to be cool. The series also stars Melissa Villaseñor (Saturday Night Live) as Pencil, the trio’s incredibly smart neighbor down the hall and Eddie Pepitone (The Muppets, Old School) as Lou, the angry landlord, who is also a garbage can.

Guest stars that breathe life into original characters during season one include Grammy Award-winner Alessia Cara (The Willoughbys) as the famous pop star Lolly; Emmy and Golden Globe-nominee Jason Alexander (Star Trek: Prodigy, Seinfeld) as the greatest fart joke comedian of all time Jonathan FartJoke; Isabela Merced (100 Things to Do Before High School, Dora and the Lost City of Gold) as the trio’s hulking vehicle The Susan – a hybrid of bicycle, hot rod and hot-air balloon; and Carla Gugino (Spy Kids) as The Birthday Cop.

Additional voices joining the series include Lauren Ash (Superstore) as Paper’s action movie star sister Sandpaper, J.P. Karliak (New Looney Tunes, TrollsTopia) as The Convenient News Reporter, Eugene Cordero (Star Trek: Lower Decks) as Putty, Diedrich Bader (The Drew Carey Show) as Chad BrockChad and Ray Chase (Good Night World, Jujutsu Kaisen) as Logan of The Rat Bros.

Originally launched in 2019 as a short, Rock Paper Scissors was greenlit for series from Nickelodeon’s Intergalactic Shorts Program. Produced by Nickelodeon Animation, the original Rock Paper Scissors short and series are created, written and executive produced by Kyle Stegina (Robot Chicken) and Josh Lehrman (Robot Chicken), with Conrad Vernon (Sausage Party) and Bob Boyle (The Fairly OddParents) serving as executive producers on the series. Development is overseen by Nickelodeon Animation’s Kari Kim, Vice President of Animation Development and Daniel Wineman, Vice President of Original Animation Development. The series is overseen by Executive in Charge, Jason Oliveri.

The series made its official debut on Nickelodeon on Monday, February 12, 2024.

Rock Paper Scissors season two (10 episodes) is slated to premiere in 2025, with a third season, along with a raft of short-form episodes in the pipeline.

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Originally published: March 24, 2025.

Original source: @NickRPSNews.

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