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‘NFL Rush Zone’ Returns to Nicktoons

September 6, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Nickelodeon and the National Football League continue their partnership with NFL Rush Zone: Season of the Guardians, the first-ever original half-hour animated series developed by a major U.S. sports league and a cable network, the two entities jointly announced today. The second installment of the Nicktoons series (24 episodes) is [...]

Hicks Is Nick’s New President of Content/Production

August 29, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Russell Hicks, a 14-year Nickelodeon veteran and its Chief Creative Officer since 2008, has been named to the new position of President, Content Development and Production for the Nickelodeon Group. The announcement was made today by Cyma Zarghami, President, Nickelodeon Group, to whom Hicks will continue to report. The newly created [...]

Nicktoons Debuts ‘Monsuno’ Feb. 23

February 6, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image

Nickelodeon’s Nicktoons channel will launch its new action-adventure animated series Monsuno Thursday, February 23 at 8 p.m. (ET). The 52 x half-hour series focuses on a group of heroic kids with the fate of the world in their hands and the power to control and battle creatures known as Monsuno. [...]

Nicktoons Orders Rob Dyrdek Skater Toon ‘Wild Grinders’

July 21, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Nicktoons has ordered Wild Grinders, a new animated comedy series based on the work and life of pro skateboarder Rob Dyrdek. The 26-episode series is produced in partnership with Home Plate Entertainment, Moonscoop and Dyrdek’s Wild Grinders LLC, and will premiere on Nicktoons in 2012, preceded by shorts and other [...]

Nick Signs on to Air New Action Property ‘Monsuno’

July 20, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

JAKKS Pacific, Dentsu Entertainment and FremantleMedia Enterprises announced a global content-distribution deal with leading children’s entertainment network Nickelodeon for worldwide broadcast rights to the new original animated entertainment franchise Monsuno. The 52 x 30 min. series is a boys’ action show about a race to harness a power called Monsuno [...]

‘Voltron Force’ Debuts June 16 on Nicktoons

May 23, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Nicktoons has set the date for Voltron’s return to television. The network has announced it will premiere June 16 the all-new animated series Voltron Force at 8:3o p.m. ET/PT with a commercial-free airing of a 90-minute movie titled Voltron Force: New Defenders Trilogy. The half-hour series is the first new [...]