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Get ready for another “BrainSurge” on Nickelodeon

June 3, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Nickelodeon is bringing back its very popular game show BrainSurge starting June 21 at 6pm ET/PT with the first of 40 new episodes. Jeff Sutphen returns as host of BrainSurge to energetically guide kids through mind-bending challenges that test their visual, memory and analytical skills as they compete for fun prizes. Season 2 premieres with a week of special episodes that feature Boys vs. Girls — where the live audience is divided by gender and the contestants (3 boys and 3 girls) are playing for bragging rights and T-shirts for the audience. In addition, the new season will include celebrity […]

Which kids’ shows really DESERVE an Emmy?

May 14, 2010 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek This past Wednesday, the nominations went out for the 37th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards, which is where a lot of the kids’ shows get recognized. The big event is set for June 25 in Los Angeles, and will be taped for broadcast on CBS June 27. Who comes out on top when it comes to kids’ programming? PBS handily takes a lead with 36 children’s programming-related nominations, followed by Nickelodeon with 25. Disney Channel narrowly edges out Cartoon Network‘s four nominations with five. Not the strongest showing for the mighty Mouse, but with shows like […]

Bret Michaels kicks off Season 2 of Nick’s “Glenn Martin, DDS”

May 14, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

Nick at Nite’s stop-motion animated comedy series begins its second season June 11 at 10:30pm ET/PT. The upcoming season will feature an impressive cast of celebrity guest voices, including Mel Brooks, Fergie, Kristen Bell, Sean Hayes, the ubiquitous Betty White, Jimmy Kimmel, John Corbett, Fran Drescher, Bradley Whitford, Cheri Oteri, MC Hammer, Jason Alexander, George Takei, Howie Mandel, Don Johnson, Ty Burrell, Ashley Tisdale, Jim Parsons, Bryan Cranston, Gabourey Sibide and Ellen Page, among others.

Networks launch apps for iPad

April 2, 2010 Jeff Pfeiffer

The buzz and excitement continues to build over Apple’s launch of its new iPad tomorrow. Several networks are already touting the apps that they are making available for this latest must-have device. ABC, Disney & ESPN * ABC will have an ABC Player app that enables users to watch full episodes of ABC programming on their iPad. The app will also allow iPad users to purchase downloads of episodes from iTunes. The ABC.com site has also been optimized for the iPad, complete with full functionality for all of its features. For more details and a demo of the ABC Player […]

Nickelodeon’s “Big Time Rush” poised to be a music cash cow

November 4, 2009 StayTuned Staff

Having launched so many showbiz careers (of admittedly variable quality), American Idol and its producers are enjoying success not beyond their wildest imaginations, but exactly as they imagined it. In addition to the usual advertising revenue generated by the show, money is sluicing in via the ongoing synergy with AT&T, album and download sales, licensing and so forth, not to mention the ongoing careers of its participants. In the wake of that kind of success, it was certain that other shows would come along and do their emulation act. Shows like Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana, Nickelodeon’s Instant Star and, most […]

SpongeBob’s 10th anniversary celebration concludes with “Truth or Square” special

October 29, 2009 Jeff Pfeiffer

On Nov. 6 at 8pm ET/PT, Nickelodeon culminates its celebration of the 10th anniversary of its pop-culture hit series SpongeBob SquarePants with a star-studded, one-hour special called Truth or Square. Celebrity guests Rosario Dawson, Craig Ferguson, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey, LeBron James, Pink, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and Robin Williams will appear as themselves in live-action sequences throughout the special, which follows SpongeBob and the Bikini Bottom gang as they reminisce through a series of original flashbacks. (Flashbacks include SpongeBob’s first visit to the Krusty Krab as a baby, a vintage Krusty Krab TV commercial, how SpongeBob found his […]

What to watch this Halloween season

October 12, 2009 Jeff Pfeiffer

**This was our 2009 Halloween preview. To see what’s coming up for Halloween 2010, click here. Whether you’re looking for hardcore horror, family-friendly frights, or something in between, here’s a selection of some of the shows and movies to get you in a macabre mood this Halloween season. For more detail on the scary movies listed here, and to search for others throughout the month, visit our online movie database. Goosebumps — Cartoon Network, weekdays at 4:30pm ET through Oct. 29. Episodes from all three seasons of the show that adapted R.L. Stine’s spooky book series for television. The Othersiders […]

Nickelodeon introduces “The Fresh Beat Band”

July 24, 2009 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek There must be a focus group or two behind this one. Nickelodeon has announced that its much-ballyhooed series The JumpArounds has been renamed. The Fresh Beat Band will premiere on Nickelodeon Monday, Aug. 24 (time TBD), kicking off two weeks of brand-new episodes. Encore presentations of two episodes will appear on Noggin Aug. 30 at 7pm ET. The basic format and content of the series remains the same — four

“Planet Sheen” Leads Nickelodeon’s New Animated Funnies

June 11, 2009 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek Fans of Nickelodeon’s animated series The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius have something to look forward to, and fans of Nickelodeon’s animated series in general have a lot to look forward to with five new animated series on the horizon. Among the highlighted pickups are Jimmy Neutron spin-off Planet Sheen, detailing the space-age stories of Sheen Guevera Estevez, Neutron’s resident ADD case, who steals off in a rocket and finds himself on Zeenu, a world of limited intelligence and technology. While Sheen navigates the peculiar planet with its odd customs and inhabitants — including an […]

Nickelodeon’s “The JumpArounds” Aims At Kids’ Musical Sensibilities

May 1, 2009 StayTuned Staff

by Karl J. Paloucek The folks at Nickelodeon are once again stepping up their creative edge, introducing new and arguably more hip programming for preschoolers. Just announced this morning, summer 2009 will see the premiere of a new music-based series for the pre-K set. In production right now, The JumpArounds is being billed as “an energetic, vibrant new music series … packed with hip, catchy songs, dynamic choreography and clever storylines.” At the center of the series are four friends and bandmates who attend music school. Through their musical experiences, preschoolers will acquaint themselves with basic musical concepts like rhythm, […]