The Nickelodeon UK fanblog NickUKHub is reporting the exciting Nickelodeon UK News that the online British and Irish TV guide Digiguide has unveiled Nickelodeon UK & Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK's schedules to celebrate the October 2013 British and Irish school half-term/mid-term holiday break!
To celebrate the October 2013 school holidays, Nick UK & Eire/HD will be holding a special back-to-back programming stunt similar to "Double Up Summer" where Nickelodeon UK and Ireland will be showing back-to-back episodes of a fantastic selection of popular Nickelodeon shows every weekday from Monday 21st to Friday 25th October 2013!
It is also expected that Nickelodeon UK and Ireland will celebrate Halloween 2013 with a special Halloween Weekend over Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th October 2013 which will feature some of the most terrifying Halloween-themed episodes of Nickelodeon's most popular shows, including "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness", "Bucket & Skinner's Epic Adventures", "iCarly", "Victorious", and "Big Time Rush", plus Nickelodeon's supernatural original television movie "The Boy Who Cried Werewolf"!
Below is Nick's October 2013 halfterm/midterm schedule.
4:40am House of Anubis
6:00am - Life With Boys
6:30am - How to Rock
7:00am - iCarly
8:00am - Life With Boys
9:00am - Marvin Marvin
10:00am - Big Time Rush
11:00am - iCarly
12:00pm - Victorious
1:00pm - How to Rock
2:00pm - Marvin Marvin
3:00pm - Big Time Rush
4:00pm - iCarly
5:00pm - iCarly
5:30pm - Victorious (New episodes on Mondays)
6:00pm - Sam and Cat (New episodes on Mondays) / Dance Academy (New episodes Tuesday - Friday)
6:30pm - Extreme Babysitting (New episodes on Monday's) / iCarly (Tuesday - Friday)
7:00pm - MOVIE (Best Player, Fred 3, A Fairly Odd Movie, Monster High & TBA)
9:00pm - iCarly
9:30pm - Drake & Josh
10:00pm - SpongeBob SquarePants (x4 episodes)
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Nickelodeon USA Serves Up Thrills And Chills With "Deadtime Stories", A Frighteningly Fun New Live Action Series Premiering Thursday 3rd October 2013 At 8pm (ET/PT)
Nickelodeon, one of the world's leading entertainment brands for kids and families, has announced the exciting Nickelodeon News in the following press release, from Nickelodeon's Kids and Family Press Site, NickPress.com, that Nick USA will celebrate the spookiest month of the year by premiering and showing "Deadtime Stories", a brand-new half-hour series, on Thursday 3rd October 2013 at 8pm (ET/PT)!
"Deadtime Stories" is a all-new single-camera show which stars Jennifer Stone ("Wizards of Waverly Place") as "The Babysitter", who shares stories from her collection of creepy tales with children every week. "Deadtime Stories" is based on the popular eponymous children's book series, and chronicles kids' eerie encounters, from hauntings to monsters to supernatural occurrences.
After the series debut, brand new episodes of "Deadtime Stories" will premiere every Thursday at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), with two back-to-back episodes on Nickelodeon USA.
In each episode of "Deadtime Stories", kids embark on different thrilling adventures with ghostly tales, including a grave with something unusual buried inside, a wishing game gone awry and a magic kit with irreversible tricks. The series is created by the Hillenbrand brothers and the Cascone sisters and distributed by DHX Media. David and Scott Hillenbrand have a long track record across multiple genres including extensive work on hit kids shows such as "Spider-Man (Animated)", "Sweet Valley High" and "Power Rangers", while Annette and Gina Cascone have an equally long track record of writing spine tingling tales for middle grade and young adult readers.
In the series premiere, "Invasion of the Appleheads", Katie and Andy attend their town's famous haunted hayride, where legend says locals were turned into zombies. When the siblings see people acting strangely, they have to find a way to save the town before history repeats itself. Immediately following is "Along Came a Spider", where two best friends, Mikey and Max, stumble upon an old science kit and discover that some of the animals in the kit are not quite as dead as they seem.
The popular "Deadtime Stories" book series written by the Cascones, originally included 17 titles and has sold over 2 million copies. It is has been republished and released in hardcover, paperback and digital by major publisher Tor Books/Starscape, a division of the Macmillan Group, in addition to being carried by Scholastic.
JustJaredJr is also reporting the exciting Nick News that to celebrate their brand new Nick show, Jennifer Stone and Annette Cascone will be appearing at the Barnes & Noble store at The Grove at Farmers Market, Los Angeles CA on Saturday 28th September 2013 for a exclusive signing and to promote the book in the "Deadtime Stories" franchise, "Grandpa's Monster Movies"! Full information, including times, can be found here on the official B&N website, barnesandnoble.com. Plus, scroll down for a special online streaming video clip featuring a fantastic sneak peek at the upcoming new "Deadtime Stories" episode, “Ghost Knight”, which will premiere on Nick US on Thursday, October 24th 2013!
Original Nickelodeon Press Release:
NICKELODEON SERVES UP THRILLS AND CHILLS WITH DEADTIME STORIES, A FRIGHTENINGLY FUN NEW LIVE ACTION SERIES PREMIERING OCT. 3, at 8 P.M. (ET/PT)
Adapted from Popular Children’s Books, New Series Stars Jennifer Stone
LOS ANGELES, CA (Sept. 24, 2013) – Ghosts, zombies and monsters come to life every week in October as Nickelodeon celebrates the spookiest month of the year with the premiere of Deadtime Stories, a brand-new, half-hour series, scaring on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The single-camera show stars Jennifer Stone (Wizards of Waverly Place) as "The Babysitter," who shares stories from her collection of creepy tales with children every week. Deadtime Stories is based on the popular eponymous children’s book series, and chronicles kids’ eerie encounters, from hauntings to monsters to supernatural occurrences. The series will premiere every Thursday at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), with two back-to-back episodes on Nickelodeon.
“Deadtime Stories offers a mysterious element that complements our comedy-filled programing,” said Russell Hicks, Nickelodeon’s President of Content Development and Production. “Fans of the popular book series will delight in seeing their favorite haunted tales jump off the pages and onto the screen.”
In each episode of Deadtime Stories, kids embark on different thrilling adventures with ghostly tales, including a grave with something unusual buried inside, a wishing game gone awry and a magic kit with irreversible tricks. The series is created by the Hillenbrand brothers and the Cascone sisters and distributed by DHX Media. David and Scott Hillenbrand have a long track
record across multiple genres including extensive work on hit kids shows such as Spider-Man (Animated), Sweet Valley High and Power Rangers, while Annette and Gina Cascone have an equally long track record of writing spine tingling tales for middle grade and young adult readers.
“We are thrilled to be working with Nickelodeon to bring this wonderfully engaging book series to life. We are excited to have the incredibly talented Jennifer Stone anchoring the show; and it has been a pleasure working with all of the young performers and established veteran actors throughout the series,” said series producers, David and Scott Hillenbrand.
In the series premiere, “Invasion of the Appleheads,” Katie and Andy attend their town’s famous haunted hayride, where legend says locals were turned into zombies. When the siblings see people acting strangely, they have to find a way to save the town before history repeats itself.
Immediately following is “Along Came a Spider,” where best friends, Mikey and Max, stumble upon an old science kit and discover that some of the animals in the kit are not quite as dead as they seem.
The popular Deadtime Stories book series written by the Cascones, originally included 17 titles and has sold over 2 million copies. It is has been republished and released in hardcover, paperback and digital by major publisher Tor Books/Starscape, a division of the Macmillan Group, in addition to being carried by Scholastic.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 34th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in almost 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 18 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit www.nickpress.com.
Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).
About DHX Media
DHX Media (www.dhxmedia.com) is a leader in the creation, production and licensing of family entertainment rights. DHX Media owns markets and distributes 8,500 half hours of children’s entertainment content, and exploits owned properties through its consumer products licensing business. DHX Media is recognized for brands such as Caillou, Busytown Mysteries, Inspector Gadget, Johnny Test, Animal Mechanicals, Kid vs. Kat, Super WHY!, Rastamouse, and Yo Gabba Gabba. The company also provides programming for Cookie Jar TV, the weekend morning block on CBS. DHX Media’s full-service international licensing agency, Copyright Promotions Licensing Group, (CPLG), represents numerous entertainment, sport and design brands. DHX Media has offices in Toronto, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Halifax, London, Paris, Barcelona, Lisbon, Milan, Munich, Netherlands and DHX Media is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
About the Hillenbrand Brothers and Cascone Sisters.
David and Scott Hillenbrand are known for creating and delivering audience-pleasing entertainment across multiple genres and delivering high quality productions for the targeted demographics. The brothers have been involved in thousands of hours of episodic television and numerous feature films. They have extensive experience in the kids & family genre working on shows such as The Adventures of Oliver Twist (UPN), Pinocchio (HBO), Spiderman (Fox/Marvel), Space Cats (NBC), X-men (Marvel/Fox) and Power Rangers (FOX).
The brothers were excited to team up with the “Twisted Sisters” Annette and Gina Cascone who have written more than twenty-eight books and two movies together. Their books include young adult thrillers, as well as the Deadtime Stories series for middle-grade readers. They have also produced and written numerous books for series packagers such as Parachute Publishing, where they worked on the mega-successful R.L. Stine series.
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Nickelodeon Contacts:
Lilah Kojoori
Nickelodeon/LA
(310) 752-8206
[...]
Katelyn Balach
Nickelodeon/NY
(212) 846-6283
[...]
Elizabeth Cain
Nickelodeon/LA
(310) 752-8286
[...]
DHX Media Contact:
Amanda Grimes
[...]
--Ends--
First Look: Deadtime Stories: Ghost Knight
In "Ghost Knight", Cody isn't expecting to find much excitement at Shady Acres, the retirement community where his grandparents live. That is, of course, until he comes across the haunted castle at the edge of the golf course and finds out that its residents are anything but retired.
Follow NickALive! on Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, via RSS, on Instagram, and/or Facebook for the latest Nickelodeon and Deadtime Stories News!
"Deadtime Stories" is a all-new single-camera show which stars Jennifer Stone ("Wizards of Waverly Place") as "The Babysitter", who shares stories from her collection of creepy tales with children every week. "Deadtime Stories" is based on the popular eponymous children's book series, and chronicles kids' eerie encounters, from hauntings to monsters to supernatural occurrences.
After the series debut, brand new episodes of "Deadtime Stories" will premiere every Thursday at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), with two back-to-back episodes on Nickelodeon USA.
In each episode of "Deadtime Stories", kids embark on different thrilling adventures with ghostly tales, including a grave with something unusual buried inside, a wishing game gone awry and a magic kit with irreversible tricks. The series is created by the Hillenbrand brothers and the Cascone sisters and distributed by DHX Media. David and Scott Hillenbrand have a long track record across multiple genres including extensive work on hit kids shows such as "Spider-Man (Animated)", "Sweet Valley High" and "Power Rangers", while Annette and Gina Cascone have an equally long track record of writing spine tingling tales for middle grade and young adult readers.
In the series premiere, "Invasion of the Appleheads", Katie and Andy attend their town's famous haunted hayride, where legend says locals were turned into zombies. When the siblings see people acting strangely, they have to find a way to save the town before history repeats itself. Immediately following is "Along Came a Spider", where two best friends, Mikey and Max, stumble upon an old science kit and discover that some of the animals in the kit are not quite as dead as they seem.
The popular "Deadtime Stories" book series written by the Cascones, originally included 17 titles and has sold over 2 million copies. It is has been republished and released in hardcover, paperback and digital by major publisher Tor Books/Starscape, a division of the Macmillan Group, in addition to being carried by Scholastic.
Original Nickelodeon Press Release:
NICKELODEON SERVES UP THRILLS AND CHILLS WITH DEADTIME STORIES, A FRIGHTENINGLY FUN NEW LIVE ACTION SERIES PREMIERING OCT. 3, at 8 P.M. (ET/PT)
Adapted from Popular Children’s Books, New Series Stars Jennifer Stone
LOS ANGELES, CA (Sept. 24, 2013) – Ghosts, zombies and monsters come to life every week in October as Nickelodeon celebrates the spookiest month of the year with the premiere of Deadtime Stories, a brand-new, half-hour series, scaring on Thursday, Oct. 3, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). The single-camera show stars Jennifer Stone (Wizards of Waverly Place) as "The Babysitter," who shares stories from her collection of creepy tales with children every week. Deadtime Stories is based on the popular eponymous children’s book series, and chronicles kids’ eerie encounters, from hauntings to monsters to supernatural occurrences. The series will premiere every Thursday at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), with two back-to-back episodes on Nickelodeon.
“Deadtime Stories offers a mysterious element that complements our comedy-filled programing,” said Russell Hicks, Nickelodeon’s President of Content Development and Production. “Fans of the popular book series will delight in seeing their favorite haunted tales jump off the pages and onto the screen.”
In each episode of Deadtime Stories, kids embark on different thrilling adventures with ghostly tales, including a grave with something unusual buried inside, a wishing game gone awry and a magic kit with irreversible tricks. The series is created by the Hillenbrand brothers and the Cascone sisters and distributed by DHX Media. David and Scott Hillenbrand have a long track
record across multiple genres including extensive work on hit kids shows such as Spider-Man (Animated), Sweet Valley High and Power Rangers, while Annette and Gina Cascone have an equally long track record of writing spine tingling tales for middle grade and young adult readers.
“We are thrilled to be working with Nickelodeon to bring this wonderfully engaging book series to life. We are excited to have the incredibly talented Jennifer Stone anchoring the show; and it has been a pleasure working with all of the young performers and established veteran actors throughout the series,” said series producers, David and Scott Hillenbrand.
In the series premiere, “Invasion of the Appleheads,” Katie and Andy attend their town’s famous haunted hayride, where legend says locals were turned into zombies. When the siblings see people acting strangely, they have to find a way to save the town before history repeats itself.
Immediately following is “Along Came a Spider,” where best friends, Mikey and Max, stumble upon an old science kit and discover that some of the animals in the kit are not quite as dead as they seem.
The popular Deadtime Stories book series written by the Cascones, originally included 17 titles and has sold over 2 million copies. It is has been republished and released in hardcover, paperback and digital by major publisher Tor Books/Starscape, a division of the Macmillan Group, in addition to being carried by Scholastic.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 34th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in almost 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 18 consecutive years. For more information or artwork, visit www.nickpress.com.
Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).
About DHX Media
DHX Media (www.dhxmedia.com) is a leader in the creation, production and licensing of family entertainment rights. DHX Media owns markets and distributes 8,500 half hours of children’s entertainment content, and exploits owned properties through its consumer products licensing business. DHX Media is recognized for brands such as Caillou, Busytown Mysteries, Inspector Gadget, Johnny Test, Animal Mechanicals, Kid vs. Kat, Super WHY!, Rastamouse, and Yo Gabba Gabba. The company also provides programming for Cookie Jar TV, the weekend morning block on CBS. DHX Media’s full-service international licensing agency, Copyright Promotions Licensing Group, (CPLG), represents numerous entertainment, sport and design brands. DHX Media has offices in Toronto, Los Angeles, Vancouver, Halifax, London, Paris, Barcelona, Lisbon, Milan, Munich, Netherlands and DHX Media is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
About the Hillenbrand Brothers and Cascone Sisters.
David and Scott Hillenbrand are known for creating and delivering audience-pleasing entertainment across multiple genres and delivering high quality productions for the targeted demographics. The brothers have been involved in thousands of hours of episodic television and numerous feature films. They have extensive experience in the kids & family genre working on shows such as The Adventures of Oliver Twist (UPN), Pinocchio (HBO), Spiderman (Fox/Marvel), Space Cats (NBC), X-men (Marvel/Fox) and Power Rangers (FOX).
The brothers were excited to team up with the “Twisted Sisters” Annette and Gina Cascone who have written more than twenty-eight books and two movies together. Their books include young adult thrillers, as well as the Deadtime Stories series for middle-grade readers. They have also produced and written numerous books for series packagers such as Parachute Publishing, where they worked on the mega-successful R.L. Stine series.
###
Nickelodeon Contacts:
Lilah Kojoori
Nickelodeon/LA
(310) 752-8206
[...]
Katelyn Balach
Nickelodeon/NY
(212) 846-6283
[...]
Elizabeth Cain
Nickelodeon/LA
(310) 752-8286
[...]
DHX Media Contact:
Amanda Grimes
[...]
--Ends--
First Look: Deadtime Stories: Ghost Knight
In "Ghost Knight", Cody isn't expecting to find much excitement at Shady Acres, the retirement community where his grandparents live. That is, of course, until he comes across the haunted castle at the edge of the golf course and finds out that its residents are anything but retired.
Follow NickALive! on Twitter, Tumblr, Google+, via RSS, on Instagram, and/or Facebook for the latest Nickelodeon and Deadtime Stories News!
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