Nickelodeon
Hollywood Flashback: Dropped Slime Boosted Ratings for ‘You Can’t Do That on Television’
The team behind the low-budget Canadian kids’ sketch show You Can’t Do That on Television didn’t know it would help define the Nickelodeon brand when it premiered 45 years ago. British TV producer Roger Price had created several children’s programs in the U.K. before moving to Canada, where he aimed to launch a show that […]
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Demi Lovato Opened Old Wounds, Then Other Child Stars Joined In
In early April 2008, a few dozen people, including me, filed into a recording studio in midtown Manhattan to meet Disney’s “Next Big Thing.” That was how the company introduced a then-15-year-old Demi Lovato to the world, or to roughly 30 members of the media and advertising community. The wide-eyed teen was in New York for the […]
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‘Quiet on Set’ Directors Talk Emmy Nominations and Helping End Kids TV Set Abuse
Child actors pushed on set for ratings and box office success has long been the foundation of Hollywood as they become the fresh faces of film and TV tentpole franchises and indie gems. But Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV co-directors and executive producers Mary Robertson and Emma Schwartz spotted a fatal […]
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Nickelodeon, Paramount+ Marketing Exec Sabrina Caluori Exits
A second top marketing executive is departing Paramount Global. Sabrina Caluori, executive vp kids and family marketing for Nickelodeon and Paramount+, is leaving the company. Her departure follows that of Paramount+ and Showtime chief marketing officer Michael Engleman, and comes at a time when Paramount is looking at large numbers of layoffs ahead of its […]
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Taylor Swift, ‘Barbie,’ ‘Young Sheldon’ Among Winners at 2024 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards
Barbie, Taylor Swift, Timothée Chalamet, Margot Robbie, Young Sheldon, Olivia Rodrigo and Percy Jackson and the Olympians were among the big winners at the 2024 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards. SpongeBob SquarePants (voiced by Tom Kenny) and Patrick Star (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) hosted the Saturday night awards ceremony filled with epic slimings to celebrate 25 […]
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Where to Watch the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Online
The July 13 event marks the first time that animated characters have hosted a full-length awards show.
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Kids’ Choice Awards: What It’s Really Like to Get Slimed (From Three Kids’ Points of View)
It wouldn’t be a Kids’ Choice Awards show without slime. Lots and lots of slime. And to make sure all that slime behaves like it’s supposed to, Nickelodeon does “lots of testing,” Ashley Kaplan, executive vp, Nickelodeon & Awesomeness Unscripted & Digital Franchise Studio, told The Hollywood Reporter earlier this week. Nickelodeon graciously allowed THR […]
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Kids’ Choice Awards Stage to Celebrate SpongeBob SquarePants, Feature First-Ever Rainbow-Colored Slime (Exclusive)
Kids’ Choice Awards viewers will be transported into the world of Bikini Bottom during this year’s show. Nickelodeon has designed the stage based on the undersea home of SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, who are hosting the 2024 KCAs on Saturday from Los Angeles — just a few days ahead of the date of SpongeBob SquarePants’ 25th […]
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Dinosaurs in Space at Paramount as Nickelodeon, Channel 5’s Milkshake! Team on ‘Tim Rex in Space’
Paramount Global has been in the deal news with its big merger with David Ellison’s Skydance Media. But on Wednesday, two of the company’s kids brands unveiled a deal of their own. Nickelodeon unveiled new animated series Tim Rex in Space, its first global co-production with Channel 5’s Milkshake! The show will premiere in 2025 […]
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Ariana Grande Still “Reprocessing” Time on Nickelodeon Amid ‘Quiet on Set’ Allegations
Ariana Grande is reflecting on her time on Nickelodeon’s Victorious and Sam & Cat and admits that she is now “reprocessing” her experience amid Investigation Discovery’s Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV docuseries. While appearing on the most recent episode of the Podcrushed podcast, co-hosted by Penn Badgley, who recently starred in her “The Boy […]
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Kids’ Choice Awards: Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Beyoncé, Travis Kelce, Zendaya Among Nominees
Taylor Swift leads the nominees for the 2024 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards with a total of six mentions. Olivia Rodrigo, Miley Cyrus and Beyoncé follow with four noms apiece. Other nominees this year include Jack Black, Caitlin Clark, Ryan Gosling, Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, Post Malone, Reneé Rapp, Ryan Reynolds, Sha’Carri Richardson, Olivia Rodrigo, Zoe […]
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SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star to Host 2024 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards
SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star will host the 2024 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards as the kickoff to a 25th-anniversary celebration of the animated show. Nickelodeon says this is the first time that animated characters have hosted a full-length awards show. SpongeBob SquarePants is voiced by Tom Kenny, and Patrick Star is voiced by Bill Fagerbakke, […]
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