Tune-In To Nickelodeon USA On Saturday 23rd March 2013 For The Nickelodeon's 26th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Plus Brand-New Series "Monsters Vs. Aliens" And A All-New "The Fairly OddParents" Special, "Fairly Odd Pet"

Nickelodeon has announced in the following Press Release, from animation news website Toonzone, to celebrate the Nickelodeon 2013 Kids' Choice Awards on Saturday 23rd March 2013, Nickelodeon USA has unveiled a exciting programming line-up!

Just before the 2013 Kids' Choice Awards, Nick will premiere and show a brand new episode of the popular Nickelodeon Original Animated Series (Nicktoon) "Fairly Odd Parents", called "Fairly Odd Pet", on at 7.30pm (ET/PT)! In the all-new episode of FOP, Timmy Turner adopts a mischievous and magical fairy dog named Sparky, voiced by Matt Taylor ("T.U.F.F. Puppy", "South Park"). However, owning a fairy dog proves to be a much bigger challenge than Timmy could have ever predicted.

Then at 8.00pm (ET/PT), Nick will show the live US telecast of Nickelodeon 2013 Kids' Choice Awards, direct from the Galen Center at USC [University of Southern California] in Los Angeles, Calif, USA! Hosted by Josh Duhamel, this year's live telecast will feature performances by Pitbull, featuring Christina Aguilera, as well as Ke$ha with their respective hits "Feel This Moment" and "C'Mon." A star-studded presenter lineup has been confirmed to hand out the coveted orange blimp awards (to be announced soon!). Fans all over the world can still cast their votes until March 23 in 22 total categories across all of Nickelodeon's digital outlets, including on kca2013.com, Nick Mobile app as well as Nickelodeon's Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Then, immediately following Saturday's live telecast of the 2013 KCAs, Nick USA will give viewers a special preview of Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation's brand new CGI-animated series "Monsters vs. Aliens" at 9.30pm (ET/PT)! A co-production with DreamWorks Animation and inspired by the 2009 blockbuster feature film ($383 million worldwide gross), the new series follows the further adventures of the beloved monsters - B.O.B. (Eric Edelstein, "Hotel for Dogs"), the gelatinous blob without a brain; Link (Diedrich Bader, "Office Space"), the prehistoric fish-man; Dr. Cockroach (Chris O'Dowd, "Bridesmaids", "The IT Crowd", "Moone Boy"), the half-man/half-insect mad scientist; and Susan (aka Ginormica) (Riki Lindhome, "Gilmore Girls"), the incredible growing woman - as they learn to adapt to a new world and work side by side with a bizarre group of aliens. In the half-hour special, "Welcome to Area Fifty-Something," Susan, B.O.B., Link and Dr. Cockroach are stationed at Area Fifty-Something to protect the planet, when a lone alien, Coverton (Jeff Bennett, "The Penguins of Madagascar") arrives and imprisons the President while making a permanent home on base.

After giving viewers and fans a special sneak peek preview of their new animated series, Nick USA will then start to premiere and show "Monsters vs. Aliens" regularly from Saturday 6th April 2013!:

Via Press Release

PR: Tune-in: Nickelodeon’s 26th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards, Brand-New Series “Monsters vs. Aliens” and “The Fairly OddParents” Special

This Saturday, March 23, at 8 p.m., don’t miss the messiest, surprise-filled slimefest of the year, Nickelodeon’s 26th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards. Hosted by Josh Duhamel, this year’s live telecast will feature performances by Pitbull, featuring Christina Aguilera, as well as Ke$ha with their respective hits “Feel This Moment” and “C’Mon.” A star-studded presenter lineup has been confirmed to hand out the coveted orange blimp awards (to be announced tomorrow!). Kids can still cast their votes until March 23 in 22 total categories across all of Nickelodeon’s digital outlets, including Nick.com, Nick Mobile app as well as Nickelodeon's Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Prior to the Kids’ Choice Awards, the hit animated series, The Fairly OddParents, will introduce a brand-new character named Sparky in a half-hour special called “Fairly Odd Pet,” premiering Saturday, March 23 at 7:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. In “Fairly Odd Pet,” Timmy adopts a mischievous and magical fairy dog named Sparky. However, owning a fairy dog proves to be a much bigger challenge than Timmy could have ever predicted. Sparky is voiced by Matt Taylor (T.U.F.F. Puppy, South Park).

Immediately following Saturday’s telecast, Nickelodeon debuts a special preview of its newest CG-animated series Monsters vs. Aliens at 9:30 p.m. (ET/PT). A co-production with DreamWorks Animation and inspired by the 2009 blockbuster feature film ($383 million worldwide gross), the new series follows the further adventures of the beloved monsters- B.O.B. (Eric Edelstein, Hotel for Dogs), the gelatinous blob without a brain; Link (Diedrich Bader, Office Space), the prehistoric fish-man; Dr. Cockroach (Chris O’Dowd, Bridesmaids), the half-man/half-insect mad scientist; and Susan (aka Ginormica) (Riki Lindhome, Gilmore Girls), the incredible growing woman-as they learn to adapt to a new world and work side by side with a bizarre group of aliens. In the half-hour special, “Welcome to Area Fifty-Something,” Susan, B.O.B., Link and Dr. Cockroach are stationed at Area Fifty-Something to protect the planet, when a lone alien, Coverton (Jeff Bennett, The Penguins of Madagascar) arrives and imprisons the President while making a permanent home on base.

Viacom International Media Networks Welcomes Matt Baker As VIMN's New Vice President For Corporate Communications

The Media Monkey blog on the official Media Guardian website is reporting the Nickelodeon UK News in the following article that Viacom International Media Networks, the international division of Viacom, has recruited former head of PR at Channel 4, Matt Baker, as their new Vice President (VP) for Corporate Communications. While at C4, Matt Baker served as the broadcasters Controller of Press & Publicity (Chief Press Officer). Prior to joining VIMN, Matt Baker served as Head of Media at the international organisation Oxfam. At Viacom International Media Networks, Matt Baker will oversee corporate communications for VIMN in the UK and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, Russia and Central & Eastern Europe:

A warm welcome back to medialand to Channel 4's ex-comms boss Matt Baker

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Monkey would like to offer a zesty medialand welcome back to Matt Baker, Channel 4's former comms director. After an excursion into charity sector PR with Oxfam, Baker is back, back, back, baby – as UK, Australia, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe vice-president of corporate communications for Camden-based Viacom International Media Networks (think MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon). That's certainly an impressive sounding job title, a pretty strong opening hand if you're playing Risk – and just think of all those Air Miles. But what's this – a new company email address beginning "Matthew"? Monkey imagines only Matt's mother has ever called him that before.