Nickelodeon Posts 28th Consecutive Week Of Gains, Bolstered By Launch Of "Rabbids Invasion" And New Episodes Of "Sam & Cat" And "The Haunted Hathaways"

Nickelodeon, one of the world's leading entertainment brands for kids and families, has announced, in the following press release from TVbytheNumbers, that Nickelodeon USA continued its ratings roll this week (Monday 29th July 2013 - Sunday 4th August 2013) by posting its 28th consecutive week of gains with K2-11 (2.9/969K; +7%). The network was also up with total viewers (1.9M; +5%). Nick's ratings gains were fueled by the launch of Nickelodeon's brand new CG-animated series "Rabbids Invasion", which features Ubisoft's wacky, mysterious creatures known as 'Rabbids', on Saturday 3rd August 2013 at 11:30 a.m. ET/PT), and all-new episodes of the networks latest crop of live-action hits "Sam & Cat" and "The Haunted Hathaways".

Original Nickelodeon Press Release:

NICKELODEON POSTS 28TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK OF GAINS, BOLSTERED BY LAUNCH OF RABBIDS INVASION AND NEW EPISODES OF SAM & CAT AND THE HAUNTED HATHAWAYS

NEW YORK – Aug. 6, 2013 – Nickelodeon continued its ratings roll this week (7/29/13-8/4/13) by posting its 28th consecutive week of gains with K2-11 (2.9/969K; +7%). The net was also up with total viewers (1.9M; +5%). Nick's ratings gains were fueled by the launch of Rabbids Invasion (Saturday, Aug. 3, at 11:30 a.m. ET/PT) – Nickelodeon’s new CG-animated series featuring Ubisoft’s wacky, mysterious creatures known as Rabbids®–and new episodes of its latest crop of live-action hits Sam & Cat and The Haunted Hathaways.

Rabbids Invasion’s Saturday morning premiere drew 2.6M total viewers and posted double-digit year over year gains for the net; averaging a 4.2/1.4M K2-11 (+35%), 4.7/928K K6-11 (+57%), 2.9/581K (+71%) and +32% increase with total viewers. The series also topped in its time period with boys 2-11 (5.0/843K; +47%) and boys 6-11 (5.8/584; +57%).

Originating from Ubisoft’s popular Raving Rabbids video games, the 26-episode, half-hour series, Rabbids Invasion, follows the curious creatures as they discover, explore, and wreak havoc in the human world. The series airs regularly on Saturday mornings at 11:30 a.m.

A brand-new episode of Nickelodeon’s hit live-action comedy Sam & Cat (Saturday, Aug. 3, at 8 p.m.) won its time period with all kid and tween demos across all TV. The live-action comedy, drew 2.9M total viewers and averaged a 4.2/1.4M K2-11, 5.3/1.0M K6-11, 4.5/907K T9-14; posting double-digit gains for the net with K2-11 (+11%), K6-11 (+33%), T9-14 (+50%) and total viewers (+25%).

Sam & Cat’s primetime premiere was followed by a new episode of The Haunted Hathaways (8:30 p.m.), which drew 2.4M total viewers and posted double-digit year over year gains for Nick, averaging a 3.7/1.2M K2-11 (+19%), 4.8/952K (+26%), 4.0/822K (+48%) and +23% increase with total viewers.

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Nick Jr. UK's Poppy Cat Provides The Purrfect Summer Treat As She Arrives At Nickelodeon Land At Pleasure Beach, Blackpool For Her Summer Holidays

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has announced in a blog entry on the amusement park and resorts official website, blackpoolpleasurebeach.com, that, to celebrate the 2013 British and Irish school summer holidays, Nick Jr. UK star Poppy Cat will be visiting Nickelodeon Land at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, the UK's ONLY Nickelodeon land, every day during the summer school holidays, where she will be participating in special Meet and Greet sessions with her fans, as well as hosting story time with children every day. There will also be a chance to get healthy and dance along to an energetic "Copy Poppy" routine, where families are encouraged to mimic the costume characters' dance movements in time with the Poppy Cat theme tune several times a day on the Nickelodeon Land stage!:

Poppy Cat provides the purrfect summer treat as she arrives at Nickelodeon Land!

Nickelodeon Land at Blackpool Pleasure Beach is about to welcome a very special character to the attraction!

Poppy Cat, from the hit Nick Jr series, will be joining the likes of SpongeBob SquarePants, Dora the Explorer and the rest of the gang at the six-acre attraction for fun and story time!

The adventurous pussy cat will be appearing at Nickelodeon Land every day from July 30 where she will be meeting and greeting youngsters, as well as hosting story time with children every day.

There will also be a chance to get healthy and dance along to an energetic “Copy Poppy” routine, where families will be encouraged to mimic the costume characters’ dance movements in time with the Poppy Cat theme tune several times a day on the Nickelodeon Land stage.

Poppy Cat is aimed at the pre-school market and promises to bring extra fun to guests at Nickelodeon Land where younger children can learn and have fun with the colourful character, whilst enjoying the 12 amazing rides based on characters from one the world’s favourite children’s channels.

Poppy Cat is based on the award-winning books written and illustrated by Lara Jones which have sold over 2.5million copies worldwide. Poppy Cat and her friends enjoy extraordinary adventures and with a flick of her patchwork bandana, fantastic vehicles appear such as sailing ships to hot air balloons.

Managing Director of Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Amanda Thompson OBE, said: “We cannot wait to welcome Poppy Cat to Nickelodeon Land at Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

“We have such a vast array of amazing characters like SpongeBob and Dora so it will be nice to have a character who can interact with the even younger children that visit us with their families.

"I know she will be a hit when she tells her amazing stories and I am sure the children will all love her!"

Nickelodeon Universe At Mall of America Presents Summer Of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2013

Nickelodeon's Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America theme park/amusement park has announced on their official website, NickelodeonUniverse.com, that, to celebrate Summer 2013, Nickelodeon Universe, situated in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA, will be hosting a special Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-themed event over the summer holidays called Nickelodeon Universe Mall of America Presents "Summer of Turtles 2013", which promises to be All Ninja, All Summer Long, and will feature special live appearances by the Heroes in a Half Shell and the dreaded Foot Clan, Ninja Training Sessions, Ride Challenges, Costume Contests, Giveaways (including Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and collectible badges) and more!:

SUMMER OF TURTLES 2013

June 15 – August 18
All Ninja, All Summer Long!

Celebrate the Summer of Turtles 2013 with Ninja Training Sessions, Turtles + Foot Clan Appearances, Ride Challenges, Costume Contests, Giveaway + More!

First 100 ride ticket purchases each day will receive a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book.

Valid on ride ticket purchases at Nickelodeon Universe® Guest Services and the following retail stores: NU STUFF, TOYS and Nickelodeon® Store. While Supplies last.

COLLECTABLE BUTTONS

Receive free exclusive buttons featuring your favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters just for visiting Nickelodeon Universe® this summer. A new button will be given out each week while Supplies last. You can collect all 10!

TURTLES APPEARANCES
BLUE SPOT

Monday: Raphael & Leonardo 3, 4, 5, 6 p.m.
Tuesday: Donatello & Michelangelo 12, 1, 2 p.m. Raphael & Leonardo 3, 4, 5, 6 p.m.
Wednesday: Donatello & Michelangelo 3, 4, 5, 6 p.m.
Thursday: Raphael & Leonardo 12, 1, 2 p.m. Donatello & Michelangelo 3, 4, 5, 6 p.m.
Friday: Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello & Michelangelo 4, 5, 6, 7 p.m.
Saturday: Donatello & Michelangelo 12, 1, 2, 3 p.m. Raphael & Leonardo 4, 5, 6, 7 p.m.
Sunday: Raphael & Leonardo 12, 1, 2 p.m. Donatello & Michelangelo 3, 4, 5 p.m.

TOTAL TURTLE SATURDAYS
EVERY SATURDAY

Temporary Tattoos
12 - 4 p.m. – South Entrance

Ninja Training Sessions + Foot Clan Appearances
2 & 4 p.m. – Midway

COSTUME CONTEST
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17
REGISTRATION: 1-2 P.M. | WEST MARKET SQUARE

10 & Under Contests: 2-3 p.m. | 11-17 Contests: 3-4 p.m. | 18+ Contests: 4-5 p.m.
Attention Turtles Fans! Dress up as your favorite TMNT character and enter to win epic prizes.

Check back for official rules.

Event information is subject to change without notice.

Nick Jr. UK Star Peppa Pig To Visit Knowsley Safari Park On Sunday 11th August 2013!

To celebrate the 2013 British and Irish school summer holidays, Knowsley Safari Park, a zoological park and tourist attraction in Prescot, Merseyside, on the outskirts of Liverpool, England, UK has announced the exciting Nick Jr. UK news on their official website that to celebrate the 2013 British and Irish school summer holidays, Nick Jr. UK megastar Peppa Pig will be visiting Knowsley Safari Park on Sunday 11th August 2013, where she'll be making personal appearances throughout the day! You can find more information about Peppa Pig visiting Knowsley Safari Park this summer here on Knowsley Safari's event webpage on their official website, knowsleysafariexperience.co.uk.

"Peppa Pig" is a British animated preschool television series that follows Peppa Pig, Britain's most loved little piggy, who lives at home with her little brother George Pig, Mummy Pig, and Daddy Pig. Peppa Pig adores playing games, dressing up, days out and most of all jumping in muddy puddles!

"Peppa Pig", who has starred in over 200 five-minute TV episodes, was recently voted as one of the greatest children's television shows by staff and readers of the Radio Times!

August 2013 On Nickelodeon UK, NickToons, Nick Jr. And Nick Jr. 2

Here are Nickelodeon UK and Ireland's, Nickelodeon HD UK's, Nickelodeon +1's, Nicktoons UK and Ireland's, Nick Jr. Channel UK and Ireland's, Nick Jr. +1's and Nick Jr. 2's channel highlights and events for August 2013:

Nickelodeon UK's latest August 2013 schedule highlights and upcoming events will be posted at the top of each Nick channels category in this NickALive! Nickelodeon UK blog post as they are announced.

Keep your TV tuned to Nick this August as Summer on Nickelodeon continues! Nick, Nicktoons and Nick Junior have all-new episodes of favourite Nick shows, great marathons, aweslime competitions, a selection of great movies and specials, and a brand new show to help you celebrate the 2013 Summer school holidays in style! Plus, the countdown to Nickelodeon UK's 20th Birthday on Sunday 1st September 2013 continues! #SummerOnNick #NickUK20

Nickelodeon

New Episodes - "The Legend of Korra": The legend of the newest Avatar continues as Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK premieres and shows more brand new episodes of Nickelodeon's latest new original animated series (Nicktoon) "Legend of Korra" every Sunday at 9:00am (repeated at 10:00am on Nick UK's plus-one timeshift channel, Nick+1)!

New Episodes - "Figure It Out": The mega guesses and epic messes continue as Nickelodeon Stars continue to try and "Figure It Out" in brand new episodes of Nick's brand new Nickelodeon game show, Monday to Friday at 6.00pm (repeated at 7pm on Nickelodeon+1)!

uWin with iCarly!: This summer, Nickelodeon UK will be holding a very special "iCarly" watch and win competition over the summer holidays called "iWin", where British and Irish Nickelodeon and iCarly superfans can win great "iCarly" prizes and props from the set of "iCarly" (replicas), including a Gummi Light Chandelier, an Ice Cream Bench and Cupcake Table as well as a Gummi Bear lamp and a Penny Tee! To win, simply watch Nickelodeon during the summer holidays and look out for the special iCarly icons - a webcam, a cowboy hat and mustache, a Pear Phone, a spaghetti taco (yum!), and a computer cursor. Once you've spotted the symbol, head to nick.co.uk/icarly to enter Nick's fantastic "iCarly" contest!:

New Episodes - "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures": To make sure your summer is epic, Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK will be premiering and showing more brand new episodes of the Nickelodeon original comedy series "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures" this August (2013), as part of Summer on Nickelodeon UK 2013, every weekday at 3.30pm (repeated at 4.30pm on Nick UK's plus-one timeshift channel, Nick+1) from Monday 5th August 2013, including the all-new eps:

Monday 5th August 2013 - Epic Crush
Tuesday 6th August 2013 - Epic Babysitters
Wednesday 7th August 2013 - Epic Cupids
Thursday 8th August 2013 - Epic Copycat
Tuesday 13th August 2013 - Epic Showdown
Wednesday 14th August 2013 - Epic Cheer
Monday 19th August 2013 - Epic Seal
Tuesday 20th August 2013 - Epic Crahsers
Wednesday 21st August 2013 - Epic Break Up (Part 1) Guest Starring Jennette McCurdy, Patrick Gallagher, Cody Simpson and Matt Shively.
Thursday 22nd August 2013 - Epic Break Up (Part 2)

Summer Movies: To celebrate the 2013 British and Irish school summer holidays, Nickelodeon has announced plans to show a great selection of movies every weeknight at 6.30pm (repeated from 7.30pm on Nickelodeon+1), straight after brand new episodes of the popular Nickelodeon game show "Figure It Out" at 6.00pm (repeated at 7.00pm on Nick+1), from Monday 22nd July 2013, as part of Summer on Nickelodeon UK 2013, including "Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred", "One Direction: Up All Night", "iCarly: iGo to Japan", "Big Time Movie", "Best Player", "Fred 3: Camp Fred", "A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up Timmy Turner", "Gym Teacher", "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf", "Roxy Hunter and the Horrific Halloween", "Fred: The Movie", "The Magic Roundabout", "Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid", "A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up Timmy Turner!", and "iParty With Victorious"!

Summer Marathons: To celebrate the 2013 British and Irish school summer holidays, Nickelodeon UK & Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK will be showing back-to-back episodes of a fantastic selection of popular Nickelodeon shows every weekday and weekend throughout the summer holidays, as part of "Summer on Nickelodeon UK 2013"!

As part of Nick's Summer highlights, Nick will be airing evening marathons of a favourite Nickelodeon show every weekday between 8:30pm and 11:00pm (repeated from 9:30pm to 12:00am on Nick UK's plus one (+1) timeshift channel, Nick+), with each week dedicated to a different popular Nick show, including "iCarly", "Life With Boys", "Victorious", "Big Time Rush", "Dance Academy", and "Drake & Josh", plus, to further celebrate the summer school holidays, Nick UK will be showing weekend marathons of hit shows every weekend from 10:00am and 4:00pm (replayed between 11:00pm to 5:00pm on Nick+), with a different show showcased each day, including "iCarly", "Big Time Rush", "How to Rock", "Fred: The Show", "VICTORiOUS", "Life With Boys", "Marvin Marvin", and "Supah Ninjas", as part of a brand new programming block called "Nickelodeon's Summer Weekends". The block features its own on-air design package, including bumpers. On Sunday 18th August 2013, Nick UK will be dedicating the block to a great selection of popular movies and specials, and on Saturday 24th August 2013, Nick will treat viewers to a feast of "iCarly" specials, (including "iGo to Japan", "iPsycho", "iParty", "iStill Psycho" and iShock The World!

NickToons

We're all going on a Pant-Tastic Summer Holiday!: Nicktoons UK and Ireland is celebrating the summer holidays in SpongeBob SquarePants Style with a brand new "SpongeBob SquarePants" programming block called "SpongeBob's Pant-Tastic Summer", which will feature back-to-back episodes of "SpongeBob SquarePants" everyday between 9:00am and 1:00pm, and a exclusive competition, where fans and visitors to nicktoons.co.uk/spongebob can win a trip to visit Nickelodeon Land at Pleasure Beach, Blackpool, the UK's ONLY Nickelodeon land, by playing a Pant-Tastic online game! Plus, there's Sponge-tastic fun and games to be had with Nickelodeon Megastar SpongeBob SquarePants at Nickelodeon Land all this summer!

Nick Jr. and Nick Jr. 2

New Show - Louie: To celebrate the summer holidays, Nickelodeon UK's preschool channel will start to premiere and show "Louie", a brand new drawing-themed preschool series that stars Louie, a cute little rabbit. With the help of his friend Yoko, the ladybird, they draw many exciting things for children to discover, including a house, an aeroplane, a kangaroo, a rocket and even an elephant. With the help of Louie and Yoko, children can learn to be a master artists themselves!

New Episodes - Dinosaur Train: Take a special rail trip with Nick Jr. this summer with brand new episodes of "Dinosaur Train", a CGI-animated preschool series which was created by Craig Bartlett, the creator of the popular Classic Nickelodeon original animated series (Nicktoon) "Hey Arnold!"!

Summer of Adventures: To help make sure preschoolers have a summer full of adventures, Nick Jr. will be showing a special brand new programming block called "Summer of Adventures", Nick Jr. will be dedicating each week during the summer holidays to the popular Nick Jr. Channel UK and Ireland shows "Bubble Guppies", "Dora the Explorer", "Tickety Toc", "Peppa Pig", "Max & Ruby", "Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom" and "Dinosaur Train" by showing back-to-back episodes of a favourite Nick Jr. Channel UK and Ireland show every summer weekday from Monday 22nd July 2013 between 12.00pm and 2.00pm! Plus, to further celebrate the school summer holidays and their brand new programming block, Nick Jr. has also launched a brand new "Summer of Adventures" competition, where each week, Nick Jr. will be giving visitors to the channels official website, nickjr.co.uk, the chance to win amazing prizes, including fantastic family adventures!