Nickelodeon Introduces Preschool Music Group

The Fresh Beat Band is Nickelodeon’s new music group and self-titled original live-action comedy series. Premiering Monday, Aug. 24, The Fresh Beat Band centers on four best friends in a band who attend music school together and love to sing and dance. The 20-episode, half-hour series has a broad-based music curriculum focusing on self-expression through [...]

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Miranda Cosgrove to Perform ‘Raining Sunshine’ for Film

Miranda Cosgrove, the star of Nickelodeon series iCarly, will perform “Raining Sunshine,” the end-title song to Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, in theaters September 18. The song was written by Matthew Gerrard, Jay Landers, and Charlie Midnight. Columbia Pictures’ and Sony Pictures Animation’s Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs film focuses [...]

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Nickelodeon Scholarship at CalArts School of Film, Video

Nickelodeon, a leading producer of television animation in the U.S., says it will establish The Nickelodeon Endowed Scholarship in Animation in Honor of Jules Engel at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) School of Film/Video. The announcement was made by Brown Johnson, president, Animation for Nickelodeon and MTV Network Kids’ & Family Group during [...]

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Netflix, MTV in Your Living Room for More Fun

The fun plan includes previous seasons of Comedy Central’s Emmy and Peabody animated series “South Park” along with Nickelodeon shows like “iCarly” and “SpongeBob SquarePants.” This is in addition to thousands of movies and TV episodes that Netflix subscribers can watch instantly on their computers and TVs. The agreement was announced today (April 6) by [...]

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Watching The Penguins of Madagascar

Nickelodeon’s debut of the CGI-animated series The Penguins of Madagascar (March 28) ranks as the most-watched series premiere in the network’s history, drawing 6.1 total million viewers (P2+), says Nickelodeon. It’s said that the half-hour premiere also delivered more kids 6-11 than any other Nick animated series premiere, averaging an 11.0/2.3 million K6-11. Nickelodeon will [...]

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