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BabyFirstTV Seeks More Animated Growth Spurts
It’s been quite an eventful quarter for BabyFirstTV as the fast-growing channel hit the 35 million home mark in the U.S. and named Trifecta Media as its exclusive ad sales rep. The six-year-old cable outlet, which is billed as the number one cable and satellite destination for babies, toddlers and [...]
Stop-Mo ‘SpongeBob Christmas’ Arrives on Nick
Kids’ net Nickelodeon is celebrating the holidays in style with its first full-length stop-motion animated special, It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!, which premieres on the channel Thursday, Dec. 6 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Inspired by the Rankin/Bass classics of yesteryear and the popular SpongeBob song “Don’t Be a Jerk (It’s Christmas)” [...]
Nickelodeon to Debut New ‘Fairly Odd Christmas’ Movie
Nickelodeon plans to premiere A Fairly Odd Christmas, a new original live-action CG TV movie on November 29, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT). The movie, based on the popular animated TV series The Fairly OddParents and a sequel to the hit Nick TV movie A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy [...]
Stop Motion Casts a Spell on SpongeBob
How the talented team at Screen Novelties brought a familiar 2D toon to 3D life in It’s a SpongeBob Christmas! special. You can call it the Rankin-Bass legacy—the reason we tend to enjoy our classic animated holiday programming spiced with a touch of stop-motion magic. It’s only natural that kids [...]
New Peter Rabbit Christmas Special to Debut on Nick
Beatrix Potter’s classic character Peter Rabbit is set to make a comeback on Nickelodeon next month. The U.S. cabler will premiere Peter Rabbit’s Christmas Tale on Friday, December 14th at 7 p.m. Produced by Silvergate Media for Nickelodeon U.S.A. and the BBC, the CG special is animated by Dublin-based Brown [...]
CW Taps Berlanti, Plec for ‘Tomorrow People’ Redo
Greg Berlanti and Julie Plec, who first collaborated on Dawson’s Creek, are teaming up to adapt the ‘70s Brit sci-fi drama The Tomorrow People for the CW, says The Hollywood Reporter. The Tomorrow People was created by Roger Price and revolves around young people across the globe who are the [...]
Ninja Turtles to Rock Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Nickelodeon has announced that for the first time ever the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will come out of their shells (at least metaphorically) and join in the festivities at the 86th Annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in Manhattan with their very own float! At the Parade, taking place Thursday, Nov. [...]
Hulu Kids Offers 43 Shows for the Family
U.S. kids have a new children’s programming platform this week as Hulu debuts its kids and families portal Hulu Kids (www.hulu.com/kids) in its Hulu Plus subscription section. At launch, the Hulu Kids section features 43 shows—including commercial-free series episodes from Nickelodeon as well as series from PBS and Lionsgate. Hulu [...]
Nick Serves Up SpongeBob Christmas Album
If you’re looking add some Bikini Bottom melodies to your usual holiday soundtracks, you’re in luck. Nickelodeon and Sony Music Entertainment are offering It’s a SpongeBob Christmas! Album, a new release featuring 11 tracks of original holiday-themed music, featuring four songs from the upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants special It’s A SpongeBob [...]
Pioneering Voice Actress Lucille Bliss Passes
Pioneering voice actress Lucille Bliss passed away on Thursday Night (Nov. 8), per Cartoon Brew. She was best known for voicing TV’s first cartoon character, Crusader Rabbit (1949), as well as her memorable parts as Anastasia in Disney’s Cinderella (1959), Smurfette in Hanna-Barbera’s The Smurfs and Miss Bitters on Nickelodeon’s [...]
Jon Vitti to Pen ‘Angry...
Emmy-winning writer Jon Vitti, who has worked on hit toons The Simpsons and...
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