Nickelodeon UK Still To Set A Premiere Date For The New Animated Nickelodeon Show "The Legend Of Korra"

Nickelodeon UK and Ireland have announced on their official Twitter profile page (@NickelodeonUK) the Nickelodeon News that Nickelodeon UK have still got to set a launch and premiere date for Nickelodeon's brand new original animated series (Nicktoon) "The Legend of Korra" in Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK's schedules:

Had a few questions about Legend of Korra... ... no news on a UK premiere date yet but I'll announce on here when I know :)

UPDATE: Nickelodeon UK has announced in a email to Tumblr user 'airspeedprime' that the reason why they have not yet set a official premiere date for "The Legend of Korra" is because they knew that there would be quite a big gap on Nickelodeon USA between the first and second parts of the series. As Nick UK wants to reduce the wait as much as possible for Nickelodeon's UK fans, they feel it's best to wait so that there isn't such a big gap between both parts for Nickelodeon UK viewers:

Unfortunately we still don’t have an official release date just yet - at the moment we think that it should be in early 2013. Although we never like to keep fans waiting for a show, in the case of The Legend of Korra we knew that there would be quite a big gap in America between the first and second parts of the series, so we wanted to reduce that as much as possible for our UK fans.

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Not too much longer, though, we promise. We hope you’ll enjoy the series and will find it worth the wait. :)

You can read Nickelodeon UK's email in full here on airspeedprime's official Tumblr blog.

Although Nick UK still has to set a debut date for the brand new original animated Nickelodeon series "Legend of Korra", as previously reported on NickALive!, Nickelodeon And Viacom Consumer Products UK have started to release "The Legend of Korra" merchandise in the UK, starting with the brand new "The Legend of Korra" paperback book called "Revolution", which is published by Random House Books for Young Readers and was released in the UK and Ireland on Tuesday 8th January 2013.

"The Legend of Korra" takes place 70 years after the events of Avatar: The Last Airbender and follows the next Avatar after Aang – a girl named Korra (Janet Varney) who is from the Southern Water Tribe. With three of the four elements under her belt (Earth, Water and Fire), Korra seeks to master Air. Her quest leads her to Republic City, the modern “Avatar” world that is a virtual melting pot where benders and non-benders from all nations live and thrive. Korra quickly discovers that the metropolis is plagued by crime as well as a growing anti-bending revolution that threatens to rip the city apart. Under the tutelage of Aang’s son, Tenzin (J.K. Simmons), Korra begins her airbending training while dealing with the dangers at large.

Sing Along With "Dora The Explorer" In The Brand-New Primetime Special, "Dora Rocks!" Premiering Monday, Jan. 14, At 7PM (ET/PT) On Nickelodeon USA!

Nickelodeon has announced in the following Nickelodeon Press Release from PRNewswire the Nickelodeon News that Nickelodeon USA will premiere and show Nickelodeon Preschool's brand-new "Dora the Explorer" primetime special called "Dora Rocks!" on Monday 14th January 2013 at 7.00pm (ET/PT). Plus, from now through April, "Dora The Explorer" apparel, DVDs, electronics, toys, books and other consumer products, will be available exclusively at Target stores around North America and on Target.com. Additionally, the Dora Rocks! CD is now available at Target and other North American retailers, and features 12 upbeat tracks including the series theme song and tunes featured in Nickelodeon's "Dora Rocks!" television special:

Sing Along With Dora In Brand-New Primetime Special, Dora Rocks! Premiering Monday, Jan. 14, At 7PM (ET/PT) On Nickelodeon

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NEW YORK, Jan. 8, 2013 /Nickelodeon Press Release via PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon invites preschoolers to jam with Dora in the brand-new Dora the Explorer primetime special, "Dora Rocks!" premiering Monday, Jan. 14, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The half-hour adventure gives kids the opportunity to practice their musical skills and play interactive games learning geometry and catchy Spanish words and phrases. Emmy award-winning Dora the Explorer currently reaches more preschoolers than any other show on television (12.4 million), and averages a 4.9/661,000 K2-5 and 1.5 million total viewers.

(Download image - Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130108/NY39170; Caption: Dora, Benny, and Boots in "Dora Rocks!" Primetime Special Premiering Monday, Jan. 14, At 7pm (ET/PT) On Nickelodeon. )
In "Dora Rocks!" Benny is having a sing-along party but he forgot to send out the invitations. Dora and Boots must get the microphone to Benny's Barn to call their friends to the party! They rush down the Noisy River, create a rocky avalanche to cross the Rumble Rocks, and arrive at Benny's Barn to call everyone to the barn. Then Dora, dressed in her pop-star outfit, performs a special song with all her friends.

Nickelodeon's award-winning website, www.nickjr.com currently offers parents and preschoolers the opportunity to learn more about the "Dora Rocks" special and print out activities like a musical learning pack, make your own microphone, puppet theatre, and much more. Parents are able to submit videos of their kids rocking out to the song from the special for a chance to see them in a music video on TV and on the website. Nickjr.com also features a brand new online game for kids, "Dora Rocks: A Sing-Along Party Game" and there will be a Dora fan club sweepstakes giving away the ultimate music party, plus other "Dora Rocks" prizes.

Nickelodeon brings the Dora Rocks! experience to Target's guests with exclusive Dora-themed merchandise. Now through April, Dora apparel, DVDs, electronics, toys, books and other products, will be available exclusively at Target stores and on Target.com. Additionally, the Dora Rocks! CD is now available at Target and other retailers, and features 12 upbeat tracks including the series theme song and tunes featured in the Dora Rocks! television special.

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Classics Weekend Draws Biggest Ever Audience For British Children's TV Channel CITV

Although technically not Nickelodeon News, the following news article from Broadcast does mention the classic Nickelodeon UK show "Count Duckula", the UK version of the popular Classic Nickelodeon game show "Finders Keepers", and the classic Children's ITV preschool series "Button Moon", which Nickelodeon UK's preschool channels, Nick Jr. UK and Ireland and Nick Jr. 2, also aired in the mid 2000's are part of their "Nick Jr. Classics" programming strand. Nickelodeon UK will also be treating fans of Classic Nick to a bit of nostalgia from February 2013 when they will launch a "The '90s Are All That" style Classic Nickelodeon programming block on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK from Monday 4th February 2013, which will feature the Classic Nick comedy series "Clarissa Explains It All", the Classic Nickelodeon sketch show series "The Amanda Show", and the Classic Nick Sci-Fi series "The Journey of Allen Strange"! Nick UK's action channel, Nicktoons UK and Ireland, is also currently showing three of Nickelodeon's classic original animated television series (Nicktoons), "Rocko's Modern Life", "The Ren and Stimpy Show" and "Invader Zim", every night from 10.30pm!:

Old Skool weekend draws CITV's biggest ever audience

A nostalgic weekend of children's programmes from the CITV archive proved to be a ratings hit for the commercial broadcaster’s kids channel.

Animated children’s programme Danger Mouse scored CITV's highest ever audience as part the channel’s Old Skool weekend, compiled to celebrate 30 years of the brand.

Danger Mouse, which follows the adventures of a mouse, voiced by David Jason, who works as a secret agent attracted 523k (5.7%) in the half hour from 11.35am on Sunday 6 January. The audience was the highest rating programme on the channel since its launch in 2006.

Rosie & Jim, which aired ahead of Danger Mouse, was the second highest rated programme of the weekend with an audience of 455k (5.1%). Horrid Henry is the next best rated programme, according to figures supplied by Attentional.

Other classic programme repeats broadcast on 5 and 6 January included Fun House, Knightmare, The Raggy Dolls, Count Duckula, Art Attack, The Riddlers, Sooty and Co, Button Moon, How 2, Finders Keepers and The Sooty Show.

The programmes are available to view via VoD [Video-On-Demand] service ITV Player.

30 years of CITV

ITV children’s brand, CITV, launched on 3 January 1983 with presenters originally recording introductions to programmes such as Roland Rat, Timmy Mallet and Basil Brush. In 1987 the output went live with Gary Terzza and Debbie Shore as presenters.

The CITV channel launched on 11 March 2006 and is aimed at 4-9 year olds. It features a range of content including entertainment, comedy and animation with original commissions making up around a third of its output.