Nickelodeon News Round-Up - Issue 3
Below is a selection of articles from around the internet which feature news, commentary and information about Nickelodeon:
Nickelodeon Africa is reporting on their official Twitter profile page that Nickelodeon Superstar SpongeBob SquarePants recently won the title of "Coolest Animated Entertainment Character" at the recently held 2013 Sunday Times Generation Next Brand Survey Awards, which reveals what South African youth, aged between 8 and 22, deem cool! Congratulations, SpongeBob! A worthy title!:
And... @SpongeBob did it! Coolest animated TV character again! #GenerationNextAwardspic.twitter.com/ZUQoqM33JTVia Twitter / NickAfrica.
Nickelodeon Fact: SpongeBob Statistics: In 2012, Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants was the most popular TV show in terms of total activity across Twitter, Facebook, GetGlue and Viggle, according to New York-based digital and social media business intelligence platform Trendrr. SpongeBob beat The X Factor by five million mentions! Via Kidscreen.
Nickelodeon Preschool Animation's popular animated series "Dora the Explorer" delivers great TV ratings for e.tv, the fifth terrestrial television channel in South Africa. Via Kidscreen.
"Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society..." The Huffington Post has compiled a list which takes a nostalgic look back at some of television's most popular horror anthologies, fantasy serials, and sci-fi shows that gave viewers the creeps and made their nightlights a necessity come time to (try to) sleep, which includes the Classic Nickelodeon favorite Are "You Afraid of the Dark?"!
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1991-2000)Via The Huff Post.“Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society...”
A co-op in creepiness developed by Canada's Cinar and America’s Nickelodeon, this horror-fantasy anthology covered all the bases of children’s scare-bait: ghastly-grinning clowns, demented dolls, and aliens without faces that live on the floor above you. Needless to say, this staple in SNICK’s Saturday night lineup made bedtimes a nightmare for kids all over. Because staying up late on the weekend was the point, right?
Halifax, Canada-based DHX Media, is among the first creators of paid YouTube channels which offers full episodes of popular series on the Google-owned online video sharing platform. DHX's new kids channels - DHX Kids, DHX Junior and DHX Retro – will be offered for US$2.99 per month or US$24.99 per year in 10 countries including the US, UK, Australia, Brazil, and Canada, and in multiple languages. The YouTube content, from DHX's library of 8,500 half hours of children's programming, is currently available on a two-week free trial basis. Live-action and animated titles in the US version of DHX Junior features the popular Classic Nick Jr. series "The Busy World of Richard Scarry", while subscribers to DHX Retro can access classic kids shows including the Classic Nickelodeon animated series "Inspector Gadget". Via Kidscreen.
The audience at BBC's "Graham Norton Show" was in for a treat during a recent episode when Will Smith performed the theme to the popular comedy series "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" with some special guests! Will Smith was on the show with his 14-year-old son Jaden Smith when they got to talking about their individual music careers. Norton asked the father-and-son duo to perform, prompting Will to beatbox while his son rapped. The Smith men then launched into a rendition of the "Fresh Prince" theme, complete with DJ Jazzy Jeff on the turntables, and a surprise appearance by Alfonso Ribeiro, who played Carlton Banks on the beloved television show! "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" aired on Nick at Nite, Nickelodeon and The N (now TeenNick) between 2004 to 2009.
Via The Huff Post.
Inquirer's Lifestyle column catches up with the British actor Joshua Bowman, who, after injuries ended his brief career as a professional rugby player, made his acting debut in 2007 on the popular Nickelodeon UK comedy series "Genie in the House", in Malibu, where he was attending a photoshoot modeling clothing brand Penshoppe's latest promotional campaign. Joshua Bowman can currently be seen portraying the rich and conflicted ex-party boy Daniel Grayson in the hit American primetime soap opera "Revenge", which airs on ABC in the USA. In "Genie in the House", Josh Bowman guest-starred in two episodes of Nick UK's "Genie in the House" playing two different characters. In the episode "Princess Emma", Josh portrayed the character 'Royal Hunk', and in the episode "You've Been Framed", in which he played the character 'Dimitri'. Via Inquirer Lifestyle.
In honor of Chris Kelly from Kris Kross, TeenNick fondly remember the duo's fantastic performance of the "Rugrats Rap" — watch the video here http://at.nick.com/RugRap and view some fantastic animated GIFs from the music video here. Via TeenNick USA's official Tumblr blog.
Puzzle - Can you find the names of each of the characters Victorious in this great crossword puzzle? Find Tori, Andre, Robbie, Jade, Cat, Beck, Trina, Rex and Sinjin!:
SpongeBob SandPants! It's Summer's, and SpongeBob SquarePants looks right at home in this sand-sculpture found on the site Can You Dig It!:
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