WWE Superstars Naomi And Jimmy Uso Film New Nickelodeon Special; Slated To Premiere In November 2017

CBS Local Sports is reporting the exciting news that WWE superstar Naomi and her husband, Jimmy Uso, recently filmed an upcoming show for Nickelodeon that is expected to premiere on Nick USA in November 2017!

Although not much is known about the Naomi and Jimmy's Nickelodeon show, in an interview with CBS Local Sports, Naomi revealed that the show is a one-off special that will be "a race like a tournament", and promises to be really fun to watch!:

I have to ask you about a rumor making the rounds that you and your husband were off filming a new TV show. What’s the story there?

What?! I can’t say what it is, but I can tell you it’s for Nickelodeon.

It’s for Nickelodeon so who’s getting slimed?

Oh, man. I can’t speak on it yet, but it’s definitely a fun show, a kid-friendly show. We went out there and filmed it for four days, and it was a lot of fun. You guys will be seeing that in November, I believe.

I know you can’t give too much away, but was this a one-time thing?

Yeah. It’s not a reality show or anything like that. I wish I could tell you! I’ve probably already told you too much already! It’s just a one-time thing that we filmed, and we had a blast. It’s actually a kids show. It’s a race like a tournament. You guys will see it later this year.

Trinity Fatu is an American professional wrestler, actress, model, dancer, and singer. She is signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Naomi, where she is the current SmackDown Women's Champion in her second reign. Through her marriage to Jonathan Fatu (better known by the ring name Jimmy Uso), she is a member of the Anoaʻi family, a renowned Samoan-American wrestling dynasty. The 29-year-old champion recently learned that she will return as a featured cast member on Total Divas next season. Jimmy Uso is one-half of the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions with twin brother, Jey, where they are collectively known as The Usos.

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Nickelodeon Germany To Premiere "Bunsen Is A Beast" On Monday 17th July 2017

A beast and a human form an unlikely friendship in Nickelodeon's newest animated series Bunsen Is a Beast, premiering Monday 17th July 2017 at 16:50 Uhr on Nickelodeon Germany (Deutschland)! Created and executive produced by Butch Hartman (The Fairly OddParents), the 20-episode series follows the adventures of Bunsen, the first beast to attend a human grade school, and his best friend Mikey. Following the shows debut, new episodes will air regularly weekdays at 16:50 Uhr.

Following the premiere of Bunsen Is a Beast on Nickelodeon Deutschland, Nickelodeon Northern Europe will debut the series on Sunday 23rd July 2017 at 12:20 Uhr on Nickelodeon Austria (Österreich) and Nickelodeon Switzerland (Schweiz).

Nick Jr. USA To Air First-Look At "Sunny Day" In June 2017

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA starting to premiere and show Sunny Day on Monday 21st August 2017, Nick Jr. USA will air the first episode of Nickelodeon's brand-new animated preschool series, "Friendship Day", as a special sneak-peek preview on Saturday 10th June 2017 at 11:00am ET/PT! Following its debut, Nick Jr. USA will encore the special sneak-peek of Sunny Day on:

Sunday 11th June 2017 at 8:30pm
Tuesday 13th June 2017 at 6:30pm
Friday 16th June 2017 at 2:00pm
Sunday 18th June 2017 at 5:00pm
Monday 19th June 2017 at 8:30pm
Thursday 22nd June 2017 at 4:00pm

All times ET/PT.

Sunny Day is a brand-new musical, comedy series that features a 10-year-old master hairstylist and salon-owning entrepreneur named Sunny. With the help of her best friends, Blair, Rox, and her adorable pup, Doodle, Sunny can solve any problem that arises in her seaside town of Friendly Falls through determination, self-expression, and a positive attitude. Above all, Sunny always uses her styling skills in creative ways to be a true leader and inspires individuality in every preschooler. When adventure calls, Sunny sets out to save the day with her can-do attitude, tricked out Glam Van, best friends Rox and Blair, and Doodle by her side! The characters in the series celebrate individuality and self-expression, while the show's social-emotional curriculum promotes leadership, innovative thinking and teamwork.

Each episode of Sunny Day also features a unique digital extension on NickJr.com and the Nick Jr. App where kids and their parents can watch fun, live-action hairstyle tutorials that are tied directly to each storyline and narrated by Sunny.

The voice cast of Sunny Day includes: Lilla Crawford (Into the Woods) as Sunny; Elan Luz Rivera as Rox; Taylor Louderman (Peter Pan Live!, Frozen on Broadway: First Look) as Blair; and Rob Morrison (Peg+Cat) as Doodle. The first season will also include celebrity guest star appearances including Ashley Parker Angel (O-Town), Lance Bass (NSYNC), Kether Donohue (Grease Live, Pitch Perfect), Christopher Fitzgerald (Waitress), Adam Jacobs (Aladdin) and Shanice Williams (The Wiz Live!).

In "Friendship Day" (#101), Doodle thinks Sunny has forgotten him on Friendship Day. He goes out to find a new friend but is taken by the Dog Catcher Scratch. Sunny must get Doodle back!

Leading up to the shows debut, NickJr.com and the Nick Jr. App will be rolling out a selection of full-length episodes of the show, plus short-form content, including hair styling tutorials, online. Additionally, a new online game "Smiling and Styling with Sunny", which will let players style and color hair plus paint and decorate nails for the residents in Friendly Falls, will be debuting on Friday 4th August 2017 on NickJr.com and the Nick Jr. App.

Sunny Day will air on Nickelodeon USA's top-performing preschool programming block and on the Nick Jr. channel.

Produced by Silvergate Media (Peter Rabbit), Nickelodeon has picked up the series for 40 episodes (two seasons of twenty 22-minute episodes).

Sources: Nick and More, Zap2it TV Listings; H/T: ToonZone Forums member kanc.

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Nick Africa's "Nickelodeon’s Genius" Sparks Youth’s Interest In Maths And Science

A Maths and Science television show has found a way to get school kids aged 9 to 16 interested in these daring subjects.

Over 12 000 kids took part in the preliminary stages of the Nickelodeon’s Genius in a bid to be crowned the smartest kids in South Africa.

Tasania Parsadh, Nickelodeon Africa Channel Director, told OFM that the show aims to make these subjects fun for participants by making contestants tackle physics, algebra, calculus, and life science questions and through quick-fire quizzes and other mental challenges. Parsadh says they also wanted to make the show inclusive in every aspect.

“As we know these are two subjects that, when you’re a kid, you either love it or hate it. The worst part about these subjects is that there is a lot of fear around these subjects. What we wanted to do was to make it fun, to make it engaging. The other key thing that we also wanted to drive was that Maths and Science can be done by both boys and girls. Typically what we would see, as kids get older, is that a lot more boys go into science than girls,” she says.

She explains that they wanted to inculcate a love for the subjects by targeting the learners from a younger age. She says they also wanted to see more girls take part.

From left to right: Eunice High School learners Liane Kleynhans (Grade 10), Baraka Mutambala (Grade 9), and Alanis Alvarez Aranda (Grade 9). Photo: Supplied.

“We were presently surprised to discover that within the teams that we had coming throughout the country, there was a wonderful mix of genders coming through. And a lot of the times it was more about the skills of the team other the gender or even the demographic makeup of the teams,” she adds.

Participants get to represent their schools in teams of three. The winners of the competition will crowned the country’s best Maths and Science masterminds in their age groups and will win a once in a lifetime trip to NASA’s Kennedy Space centre in the United States of America – where they will get to meet real-life astronauts. They will also receive R100 000 each and R30 000 worth of educational material and books for their respective schools.

Students from Eunice High School in Bloemfontein and Voortrekker High School in Bethlehem have beaten thousands of students countrywide to make it to the quarterfinal stages of the well-regarded Maths and Science television quiz show after battling it out in the round robin stages. The episode which features the two teams from the Free State will air on Nickelodeon Africa, DStv channel 308 at 14:45 CAT on Friday 9th June 2017.

Head of Mathematics at Eunice High School, Lanelle Kleinhans, told OFM News it was a wonderful surprise that Liane Kleynhans (Grade 10), Baraka Mutambala (Grade 9) and Alanis Alvarez Aranda (Grade 9) have made it thus far – especially given the fact that they were chosen as wild card entries following the round robin stages in December. She says the students also facilitated their preparations for the competition.

“The girls basically went on their own the whole time. From my part I coordinated a bit. I opened my class for them during break time to practice and to go on a few websites as a team and in the afternoons they tried it on their own.”

She also says her learners didn’t have much time to prepare after they were announced as wild card entrants with only a week to go before the final stages of the competition began.

Grade 9 learners JC Pretorius, Laneri Pretorius and Petrie van Staden, are the other learners representing Bethlehem’s Voortrekker High School in the competition.

Nickelodeon’s Genius is sponsored by ABSA, and supported by the Government’s Department of Basic Education (DBE) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST).

For more information on the GENIUS quiz show, please log on to www.nickelodeonafrica.com, like Nickelodeon on Facebook or follow Nickelodeon on Twitter @NickAfrica using the hashtag #NickGenius.

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Vikki RPM | First Teaser Trailer | Nickelodeon Latinoamérica

Nickelodeon Latin America (Latinoamérica) has unveiled the first trailer for Vikki RPM, the networks brand-new teen drama series inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet that follows two kart racers who fall in love despite their families' rivalry!:



Vikki RPM gives a fun new twist to the story of Romeo y Julieta, taking it to the race track of Ciudad del Este, where Max and Victoria compete and fall in love despite the rivalry between their two families. Both run as they are; Max is a serious and methodical boy, while Victoria is impulsive and mischievous. On the track they are rivals, but outside the world of go-karting, they are inseparable. It is a dangerous sport, but the real danger lies in falling in love with your opponent. Vikki RPM will be shot entirely on location in Miami with Latin American talent.

Based on an original idea by Eduardo Jiménez-Pons and produced by Somos Productions for Nickelodeon Latinoamérica, Vikki RPM is being filmed at Viacom International Studios (VIS), the production hub for Viacom International Media Networks Americas, and on location in several areas in Miami. The series is being written by Catharina Ledeboer (Grachi, Talia in the Kitchen, I Am Frankie, Every Witch Way, W.I.Ts Academy, Isa TKM), Lara Martínez and Rocio Lara (Skimo, Plaza Sésamo, Waking Up with You).

Vikki RPM will star established and new pan-regional actors, including: Samantha Siqueros (Along Came Love, Como Dice el Dicho), Maite Embil (¿Quién es Quién?, Voltea pa' que te enamores), the niece of famed Spanish tenor Placido Domingo, Paulo Quevedo (Una Maid en Manhattan, Locos Y Peligrosos), and Stefano Ollivier (Estefano Ollivier), who will make his TV debut with the series, from Mexico; Josette Vidal (winner of two Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards blimps for her role as 'Sara Fuccinelli' in Toni La Chef), Angela Rincón (Grachi, Toni la Chef), Yul Burkel (Silvana Sin Lana), Scarlet Gruber (El Desconocido: aka El Cholo), and Ana Karina Manco (La Mujer Perfecta) from Venezuela; Vanessa Blandon (Isa TKM, Chica Vampiro) from Colombia, as well as Leo Deluglio and renowned actor Saúl Lisazo (Señorita Pólvora) from Argentina.

Vikki RPM is slated to debut on Nickelodeon Latinoamérica's pan-regional channels during the the third quarter of this year (3Q07). Vikki RPM season one will feature 60 1-hour episodes.

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) introduced the series at the latest Natpe conference.

Formally titled Formula A, Vikki RPM is Nickelodeon Latinoamérica's latest teen series inspired by a classic novel, following Heidi, Bienvenida a Casa, a new live-action teen series inspired by the 1880 novel Heidi by Johanna Spyri.

To celebrate the launch of Vikki RPM, Tatiana Rodríguez, the Senior Vice President of Kids and Family at Nickelodeon Latinoamérica, recently talked about Nickelodeon's all-new drama series, which you can check out in the super video below, which also features a fantastic look behind-the-scenes at the filming of the show!:

Tatiana Rodríguez de Nickelodeon Latin America from PRODU on Vimeo.

Additional source: PRODU TV.

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