Sunday, February 09, 2014

Saban Brands Announces 2015 "Power Rangers" Season, "Power Rangers Dino Charge", To Air On Nickelodeon USA

Below is Saban Brands' official press release, from PR Newswire, announcing and confirming the fantastic Nickelodeon News that Nickelodeon USA will start to premiere and show Saban's "Power Rangers Dino Charge", the next season, season 22, of the popular "Power Rangers" franchise, in 2015.

Original Saban Brands Press Release:

Saban Brands Reveals 2015 Power Rangers Season, Power Rangers Dino Charge, to Air on Nickelodeon

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Saban's Power Rangers get charged in the next season of the iconic franchise, Power Rangers Dino Charge. Debuting on Nickelodeon in 2015, this new season will deliver all-new dino-fueled action and adventure to fans of all ages. The series will roll out globally later that year. In addition, Bandai America Incorporated will continue to act as the global master toy licensee for the franchise, creating an all-new dinosaur themed product line.



(Download Image - Power Rangers Dino Charge Logo. (PRNewsFoto/Saban Brands): http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140209/NY61685LOGO)

"Power Rangers Dino Charge will be a strong addition to the Power Rangers franchise," said Elie Dekel, President of Saban Brands. "By reintroducing the dinosaur theme, which global trends show is popular with boys, we know fans will find this next season larger than life!"

"We are excited to deliver a new toy line for Power Rangers Dino Charge," said Akihiro Sato, CEO of Bandai America Incorporated. "This dinosaur theme is a proven success in Japan, having seen the strongest toy sales in 10 years. We look forward to building on this popularity around the world."

On pre-historic planet Earth, an alien secretly entrusted the powerful Paragon Prisms to 12 majestic dinosaurs for protection, but when asteroids hit and the dinosaurs went extinct, the prisms were lost. In Power Rangers Dino Charge, set in present day, an intergalactic bounty hunter has arrived, determined to locate the prisms, harness their power, and destroy Earth. To face this threat, a new team of heroic Power Rangers must join together, find all of the lost prisms, and use their prehistoric energy to charge up an arsenal of dino-fueled swords, blasters, zords and Megazords in order to save the world!

Until then, fans can watch the new season, Saban's Power Rangers Super Megaforce, premiering Saturday, Feb. 15, at 12:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon in the U.S.

For more information on Power Rangers, please visit www.powerrangers.com and follow the brand on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.

About Saban's Power Rangers Dino Charge

Saban Brands will launch the next installment of its Power Rangers franchise, one of the top-rated and longest running boys live-action series in television history, with Power Rangers Dino Charge. The new season, which will premiere in the U.S. on Nickelodeon in early 2015, will deliver thrilling "dino charged" action, adventure, humor and excitement in addition to core themes of friendship, teamwork, responsibility and helping others. Power Rangers Dino Charge will introduce a new team of Power Rangers who must band together, find powerful ancient prisms and channel their inner dino spirit energy to charge up an array of dino-fueled swords, blasters, zords and Megazords to save the world from evil. The Power Rangers franchise is helmed by Haim Saban, who created and produced the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series in 1993. SCG Power Rangers LLC, which licenses and merchandises the Power Rangers brand, is an affiliate of Saban Brands. For more information, visit www.powerrangers.com.

About Saban Brands

Formed in 2010 as an affiliate of Saban Capital Group, Saban Brands (SB) was established to acquire and develop a world-class portfolio of properties and capitalize on the company's experience, track record and capabilities in growing and monetizing consumer brands through content, media and marketing. SB applies a global omni-channel management approach to enhancing and extending its brands in markets worldwide and to consumers of all ages. The company provides full-service management, marketing, promotion and strategic business development for its intellectual properties including comprehensive strategies unique to each brand, trademark and copyright management and enforcement, creative design, retail development, direct-to-consumer initiatives and specialized property extensions. SB is led by a superior management team with decades of experience in media, content creation, branding, licensing, marketing, digital and finance. SB's portfolio of properties currently includes Power Rangers, Paul Frank, Digimon Fusion, Julius Jr., Popples, Vortexx, Zui.com and The Playforge. For more information, visit www.sabanbrands.com.

About Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, now in its 34th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 19 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B).

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Saturday, February 08, 2014

Nickelodeon USA To Premiere Saban Brands' "Power Rangers Dino Charge" In 2015

USA Today is reporting in the following article, from the American national daily newspapers' official website, USAToday.com, that Saban Brands has announced the fantastic Nickelodeon News that Nickelodeon USA will start to premiere and show Saban's "Power Rangers Dino Charge", the newest season, season 22, in the popular "Power Rangers" franchise, which will see a brand-new team of heroes return to the land before time, in 2015, as part of 2015 on Nickelodeon! After the initial US launch, Saban is then expected to debut PRDC on Nickelodeon channels and networks worldwide (Planet Nickelodeon / Planet Orange), including on Nickelodeon UK's animation and action channel, NickToons UK.



Saban's "Power Rangers Dino Charge" logo

In the upcoming series of "Power Rangers", "Power Rangers Dino Charge", the Paragon Prisms were given to a dozen dinosaurs for safe keeping by an alien, but they were lost when asteroids hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. Now in the present day, an intergalactic bounty hunter starts sniffing around Earth looking for the Prisms in order to harness their power and annihilate the world, so a all-new team of Power Rangers forms to find the Prisms first and fight the bounty hunter and other threats with dino-powered swords, blasters, Zords and Megazords.

USA Today is also reporting that Bandai America is slated to create a new dinosaur-themed "Power Rangers" toy line pegged to the series launch in 2015.

Dinos are a big draw in Japan and will continue the strong success of "Power Rangers" overseas, according to Bandai CEO Akihiro Sato.

Commenting about the franchise returning to the Jurassic influence that also gave the world "Power Rangers Dino Thunder" in 2004, Elie Dekel, President of Saban Brands, said "we know fans will find this next season larger than life".

There's no need to wait until 2015 for brand new episodes of "Power Rangers"! Nick USA will start to air the latest all-new season of "Power Rangers", Saban's "Power Rangers Super Megaforce", from Saturday 15th February 2014 at 12:00pm (ET/PT)! Following its debut, the show will air regularly Saturdays at 12:00pm (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon USA, with encores airing Saturdays from 8:00pm – 9:00pm ET beginning Saturday 22nd February 2014 on Nicktoons USA:
Exclusive: 'Power Rangers Dino Charge' coming in 2015

The longtime kids franchise brings back a prehistoric theme for 22nd TV season.

Go, go prehistoric era!

STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* 'Power Rangers Dino Charge' launches in 2015 on Nickelodeon
* It marks the 22nd season of the kid-friendly franchise
* 'Power Rangers Super Megaforce' premieres Feb. 15

The kid-friendly heroes of Saban's Power Rangers return to the land before time for its 22nd season next year with Power Rangers Dino Charge. The series will air on Nickelodeon in 2015, and Bandai America is slated to create a new dinosaur-themed toy line pegged to its launch.

Dinos are a big draw in Japan and will continue the Power Rangers' strong success overseas, according to Bandai CEO Akihiro Sato. And by returning to the Jurassic influence that also gave the world Power Rangers Dino Thunder in 2004, "we know fans will find this next season larger than life," said Elie Dekel, President of Saban Brands.

In Dino Charge, the Paragon Prisms were given to a dozen dinosaurs for safe keeping by an alien, but they were lost when asteroids hit the Earth and wiped out the dinos. Now in the present day, an intergalactic bounty hunter starts sniffing around Earth looking for the Prisms in order to harness their power and annihilate the world, so a team of Power Rangers forms to find the Prisms first and fight the bounty hunter and other threats with dino-powered swords, blasters, Zords (in Power Rangers lingo, large fighting machines) and Megazords.

No need to wait till next year for a new season of Power Rangers, though — Power Rangers Super Megaforce, the 21st season of the franchise that debuted in 1993, premieres Feb. 15 (noon ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

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Thursday, February 06, 2014

Nickelodeon And SF Sketchfest To Hold Special "Sanjay and Craig Live" Event On Saturday 8th February 2014

Nickelodeon has announced the very exciting news that, to celebrate the SF Sketchfest 2014, the 13th annual San Francisco Comedy Festival, SF Sketchfest will be bringing the hit Nickelodeon original animated series "Sanjay and Craig" home to the city where it was created! For the first time ever, the rad-awesome stars of the show will perform an episode in front of a live audience, accompanied by clips from the series. Following the performance will be a Q&A with the cast and creators, and the world premiere of a brand new "Sanjay and Craig" episode.

Scheduled to appear at "Sanjay and Craig Live!" are the Nickelodeon voice actors Chris Hardwick (Craig Patel), Maulik Pancholy (Sanjay Patel), Matt Jones (Hector Flanagan), John DiMaggio (Penny Pepper), Nolan North (Huggle Bunny), with a special guest performer Janet Varney (Nickelodeon's "The Legend of Korra"). Due to a change in his shooting schedule, Tony Hale (Mr. Leslie Noodman) will not be appearing as previously announced.

The event will be held at 11:00am on Saturday 8th February 2014 at Kanbar Hall at the Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, located at 3200 California Street, San Francisco, CA 94118. Tickets are US$20, with members get US$10 off, and are available to buy here on the official JCCSF website.

All children, doom babies, chicken wing eaters and talking snakes are welcome to attend this very special Nickelodeon Event!

"Sanjay and Craig Live" is presented by SF Sketchfest and the Cartoon Art Museum.


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Nick Jr. UK And UKMums.tv To Host "Zack & Quack" Twitter Party On Friday 7th February 2014

Nick Jr. UK and Ireland has announced the very exciting news that, to celebrate Nickelodeon UK's preschool channel starting to premiere and show Nickelodeon's brand new CG-animated series "Zack & Quack" on Friday 7th February 2014 at 4:30pm (repeated at 5:30pm on Nick Junior UK's plus-one (+1) timeshift channel, Nick Jr.+1), they have teamed up with the online parenting community UKMums.tv to host a very special "Zack & Quack" Twitter Party, and everybody's invited!


Nick Jr. and UKMums.tv's "Zack & Quack" Twitter Party will be held on their official Twitter profile pages on Friday 7th February 2014 from 3.45pm to 5.45pm, and to join in, simply follow @NickJRUK, @UKMumstv & @RedRoseMummy and Tweet using the dedicated hashtag #zackandquack! There will also be lots of opportunities to win great craft prizes!

The party is open to everyone and is heavily based around craft activities using all kinds of materials so get collecting your old boxes, plastic bottles, tubes and anything else you can find to take part at home. You can find lots of great ideas on how you can get involved during the "Zack & Quack" Twitter Party in Nick Junior's official "Zack & Quack" Twitter Party guide and downloadable Twitter Party Pack, which are filled with tons of easy steps, fantastic tips and great activities on how you can join in the party at home, including instructions on how to make a origami Frog!

Additionally, Nick Jr. UK and UKMums.tv have unveiled a brand-new competition where you could win a bundle of craft activities and materials worth £100! To enter and to watch a super sneak peek preview of the very first episode of "Zack & Quack", "Pop-Up Speedway", simply visit the contests official webpage at evolutioncomps.co.uk/zackandquackcomp!

To further celebrate Nick Jr. UK premiering "Zack & Quack", NickJr.co.uk has unveiled the channels official "Zack & Quack" show website, which you can visit here at nickjr.co.uk/zackandquack. Nick Junior UK's official "Zack & Quack" webpage features information about the series and each of the characters in the show - Zack, Quack, Kira, Belly Up, Fluffy, and Hop and Skip - online streaming videos featuring clips from episodes of "Zack & Quack", and a 'Create' area featuring fantastic downloadable puzzles!

Set in a fantastical immersive pop-up book where where imagination and creativity rule, "Zack & Quack" is a brand-new CG-animated series which follows the adventures of an inventive boy named Zack and his best friend, a young duck called Quack. There are surprises abound, as pulling pop-ups triggers unexpected wonders and causes exciting new worlds to literally unfold before their eyes. Resourceful friend and neighbour, Kira, joins the dazzling duo on each adventure and is on hand to fix any paper problem with her expert pop-up tool kit.

Zack and Quack meet plenty of quirky friends along the way including a wise frog called Belly Up, Skip and Hop - a pair of acrobatic squirrel sisters - and an ever cautious hedgehog called Fluffy. Together with their friends, Zack and Quack soon discover that anything's possible with the power of pop up. The Nickelodeon and Zodiak Rights co-production has a unique visual style which re-imagines the pop-up book format for television.

Following the series premiere on Friday 7th February 2014, new episodes will air every Friday at 4:30pm on Nick Jr. UK and Ireland. Viewers can also visit nickjr.co.uk/zackandquack for more fun and games.

In the premiere episode "Pop-Up Speedway", Zack and his friends build a pop-up race car and Zack wants to prove it's a winner on the greatest raceway ever. Zack and Quack will have to use all of their pop-up "engine-uity" to show that their homemade hot-rod is just as good as the other cars.

Watch "Zack & Quack" on Nick Jr. UK every Friday at 4:30pm from 7th February 2014!

Where every day's an adventure, Nick Jr. UK is a top-performing commercial pre-school entertainment brand in cable and satellite homes. Launched in 1999 as the world's first channel dedicated to pre-school children, Nick Jr.'s programming includes beloved shows "Dora the Explorer", "Peppa Pig", "Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom" and "Bubble Guppies". Online, clips, games, exclusive activities and downloads are all available at nickjr.co.uk. Viewers also have the opportunity to catch up with the schedule through Nick Jr. +1. Nick Jr. is available on Sky 615, Virgin 715, through BT Vision and TalkTalk channel 318.

The Nickelodeon Network is a top-performing commercial kids TV network in the UK and Ireland with Nickelodeon channels available in over 14 million cable and satellite homes. Having launched in 1993 Nickelodeon UK comprises seven dedicated entertainment channels for kids aged 4-15 and their families, and is a joint venture between Viacom International Media Networks and BSkyB.

Additional sources: Viacom International Media Networks UK and Ireland, Red Rose Mummy
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Nickelodeon USA To Premiere New Episodes Of "Sanjay and Craig" From Saturday 22nd February 2014

Grab your Best Friend and Hold on to your Butt! Nickelodeon USA has announced in a Tweet (post) on their official Twitter profile page, @NickelodeonTV, that Nick USA will start to show more brand new episodes of the networks hit original animated series (Nicktoon) "Sanjay and Craig" from Saturday 22nd February 2014!:
These two best buds are back with new episodes starting February 22! http://at.nick.com/1c1tQrs #SanjayAndCraig.
According to the television news website TheFutonCritic.com, the first all-new episode of "Sanjay and Craig", which Nick USA will premiere on Saturday 22nd February 2014 at 10:30am ET/PT / 9:30am C will feature the segments "Booger Johnson" and "Dream Rangers"!


To celebrate Nick USA starting to air brand-new episodes of "Sanjay and Craig" in February 2014, Nickelodeon USA has unveiled the networks official trailer on the channels official YouTube channel, which you can watch in the online streaming video clip below!:

Sanjay And Craig - New Episodes in February Trailer


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