Urban Commons Purchases 777-Room Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando Hotel

Original Urban Commons, LLC Press Release via PR Newswire iReach:

Urban Commons Purchases 777-room Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando Hotel

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Urban Commons, LLC announces today the purchase of the 777-room Nickelodeon Suites Resort Orlando hotel located in Orlando, Florida. Nickelodeon Suites Resort is located directly east of the main entrance to Walt Disney World in the Lake Buena Vista area of Orlando, Florida. Lake Buena Vista is one of the nation's most dynamic submarkets, known for being the home to Walt Disney World, the flagship of Disney's worldwide theme park empire and, according to Forbes, the most visited vacation resort in the world with an attendance of 52.5 million annually. In addition to its location minutes from Walt Disney World, the Property is only three miles from SeaWorld, four miles from Wet 'n Wild, five miles from Universal Orlando, eight miles from the Orange County Convention Center, and eleven miles from the Orlando International Airport. The Hotel sits on 24 acres and features 777 oversized suites averaging 500 square feet. The Property also features 85,000 square feet of recreational amenities, including two expansive lagoons with extensive interactive water features distinctively called, The Lagoon and The Oasis. It is one of only five poperties in Lake Buena Vista with a waterpark. In addition, the Hotel recently added 4,000 square feet of meeting space, which has been very popular for birthday parties and social meetings. Finally, the Property also hosts a unique entertainment retail complex of approximately 50,000 square feet, known as "The Mall", which showcases six food and beverage outlets, a 3,000 square feet arcade, two retail shops, a 4-D movie theater, a live action studio, and a Kids' Spa.

Over the last several years Urban Commons has completed a large number of commercial property acquisitions. Urban Commons targets value-add opportunities where they see the greatest growth potential and upside opportunities for returns. With their success, Urban Commons continues to aggressively grow its portfolio in the hospitality sector.

Urban Commons, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm, specializes in hospitality and residential income generating assets. Urban Commons targets value-add property acquisitions in highly populated, predictable markets. With decades of cumulative real estate investment, development, and management experience, the company has proven the ability to thrive in the US market throughout all market cycles. Urban Commons owns, manages and invests in a variety of assets including land, apartment buildings, condominium projects, hotels, retail and commercial properties. Hospitality partners include names such as, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Hilton Worldwide, InterContinental Hotels Group and Wyndham Worldwide. For further information about Urban Commons, please visit www.urban-commons.com.

Media Contact: Nancy Choi, Urban Commons, LLC, 213-260-9111 ext. 104, nancy@urban-commons.com

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Nickelodeon UK To Premiere Brand-New "The Thundermans" Christmas Special "Winter Thunderland" On Friday 19th December 2014

The online British and Irish TV guide website Digiguide is reporting the exciting Nick UK News that Nickelodeon UK and Ireland and Nickelodeon HD UK, the number one commercial kids TV network in the UK, will premiere and show the brand-new Christmas special of Nick's popular superhero-themed original comedy series "The Thundermans", called "Winter Thunderland", on Friday 19th December 2014 at 5:30pm (repeated at 6:30pm on Nickelodeon+1), as part of "Jordan and Perri's Xmas Slime"!

In the all-new "The Thundermans" holiday special, Max (Jack Griffo) is at his Scroogiest on Christmas Eve, until the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future show up to put him in the holiday spirit. Will Nora (Addison Riecke) only receive green cottage cheese as her Christmas present from Max? And can Billy (Diego Velazquez) really be the most evilest of the Thunderman family? Find out in the brand-new "The Thundermans" Christmas special!

Following the debut of the brand-new "The Thundermans" Xmas special, Nick UK & Eire/HD will encore the all-new seasonal episode on: Saturday 20th December 2014 at 11:00am and 7:30pm; Sunday 21st December 2014 at 6:00pm; Monday 22nd December 2014 at 11:30am; and Wednesday 24th December 2014 (Christmas Eve) at 5:30pm.

Kira Kosarin as the Ghost of Christmas Present

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Nickelodeon Nominated For Several Awards In The 42nd Annie Awards

The Annie Awards has announced the fantastic Nickelodeon News on the organizations official website, annieawards.org, that the Nickelodeon has been nominated for several awards in the 42nd Annie Awards, an prestige annual awards show which honors the best in animation! The 2014 Annie Awards ceremony will be held on Saturday 31st January 2015 at UCLA's Royce Hall in Los Angeles, California, USA.

The 42nd Annie Award nominations, presented by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, cover film, TV production, commercials, short subjects, video games, student films and honorary and achievement awards. The newest category, character animation in a video game, brings the total awards to 36.

In the Production categories, Nickelodeon Preschools' "Peter Rabbit" and "Wallykazam!" and Nick Jr. UK's "Zack & Quack" have been nominated for the "Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children" award, and Nickelodeon Animation Studio's "The Legend of Korra" has been nominated for the "Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience" award.

In the Individual Achievement Categories, Zac Gorman, a storyboard artist and character designer at Nickelodeon Animation Studio, has been nominated for the "Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production" 2014 Annie Award for his work work on Nickelodeon's digital series "Welcome to the Wayne"; Peter Lurye, George Gabriel and Chris Gifford have been nominated for the "Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production" award for their musical work on Nickelodeon Preschool's "Dora and Friends: Into the City!"; Joaquim Dos Santos has been nominated for the "Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production" award for "Legend of Korra"; and stand-up comedian, actor, singer, impressionist, voice artist; comedian Carlos Alazraqui has been nominated for the "Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production" award for his portrayal of Denzel Q. Crocker (FAIRIES!!) on "Fairly Oddparents"; and Erez Gavish has been nominated for the "Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production" award his work on Nick Jr. UK's popular preschool series "Zack and Quack".

Congratulations and good luck to Nickelodeon and everyone nominated in the 42nd Annie Awards!

Below is a full list of 42nd Annie Awards nominees from annieawards.org:

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES___________________________

Best Animated Feature

* Big Hero 6 - 
Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Cheatin' - Plymptoons Studio
* How to Train Your Dragon 2 - DreamWorks Animation
* Song of the Sea - GKIDS/Cartoon Saloon
* The Book of Life - Reel FX
* The Boxtrolls - Focus Features/Laika
* The LEGO Movie -Warner Bros. Pictures
* The Tale of The Princess Kaguya - GKIDS/Studio Ghibli

Best Animated Special Production

* Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey - Voyager Pictures LLC
* Dawn of the Dragon Racers - DreamWorks Animation
* How Murray Saved Christmas - Universal Television
* Polariffic - Bent Image Lab
* Toy Story That Time Forgot - Pixar Animation Studios

Best Animated Short Subject

* Coda
- 62 George Street
* Duet
- Glen Keane Productions
* Feast
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Inside Homer - The Simpsons Couch Gag (Episode #549) - Acme Filmworks
* Me and My Moulton
- National Film Board of Canada
* Silent -
Creative Artists Agency
* The Dam Keeper 
- Tonko House LLC
* The Raven - Moonbot Studios

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Commercial

* Citizen M: "Swan Song" - Stoopid Buddy Stoodios
* Flight of the Stories - Aardman Animations
* LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham 
- Plastic Wax

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children

* Doc McStuffins 
- Disney Channel / Disney XD
* Peter Rabbit - 
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
* Tumble Leaf
- Amazon Studios
* Wallykazam! - 
Nickelodeon Animation Studio
* Zack & Quack
- Zodiak Kids

Best Animated TV/Broadcast Production For Children’s Audience

* Adventure Time
 - Cartoon Network
* Gravity Falls - 
Disney Television Animation
* Legend of Korra - Nickelodeon Animation Studio
* Over The Garden Wall
 - Cartoon Network
* Wander Over Yonder 
- Disney Television Animation

Best General Audience Animated TV/Broadcast Production

* Archer
 - FX Networks
* Back To Backspace
- Cartoon Network Studios
* Bob's Burgers
 - Bento Box Entertainment
* Rick and Morty 
- Starburns Industries, Inc.
* Mike Tyson Mysteries 
- Warner Bros. Animation
* Regular Show 
- Cartoon Network Studios
* The Simpsons
 - The Simpsons

Best Animated Video Game

* Forza Horizon 2 - Microsoft - Turn 10 Studios
* Valiant Hearts: The Great War - Ubisoft
* Child of Light - Ubisoft

Best Student Film

* After School - Junyi Xiao
* Dead Over Heels - Jose Matheu
* El Coyote
 - Javier Barboza
* Frog's Legs -
 Katie Tamboer
* My Big Brother 
- Jason Rayner
* Tiny Nomad 
- Toniko Pantoja

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES___________________

Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in an Animated Production

* Michael Kaschalk, Peter DeMund, David Hutchins, Henrik Falt, John Kosnik - Big Hero 6 - Walt Disney Animation Studios
* James Jackson, Lucas Janin, Tobin Jones, Baptiste Van Opstal, Jason Mayer - How to Train Your Dragon 2
- DreamWorks Animation
* Fangwei Lee, Krzysztof Rost, Jihyun Yoon, Robert Chen - Mr. Peabody & Sherman -
DreamWorks Animation
* Mitul Patel, Nicolas Delbecq, Santosh Khedkar, Yash Argawal - Penguins of Madagascar
- DreamWorks Animation
* Augusto Schillaci, Erich Turner, Bill Konersman, Chris Rasch, Joseph Burnette - The Book of Life - Reel FX
* Rick Sevy, Peter Vickery, Kent Estep, Peter Stuart, Ralph Procida - The Boxtrolls
 - Focus Features/Laika
* Jayandera Danappal, Matt Ebb, Christian Epunan Hernandez, Danielle Brooks, Raphael Gadot - The LEGO Movie - Warner Bros. Pictures

Outstanding Achievement, Animated Effects in a Live Action Production

* Steve Avoujageli, Atsushi Ikarashi, Pawel Grochola, Paul Waggoner, Viktor Lundqvist - Edge of Tomorrow - Sony Pictures Imageworks
* Raul Essig, Karin Cooper, Rick Hankins, Owen Calouro - Noah - 
Industrial Light & Magic
* Charles-Felix Chabert, Daniel La Chapelle, Spencer Lueders, Klaus Seitschek, Chris Messineo - The Amazing Spider-Man 2 
- Sony Pictures Imageworks
* Areito Echevarria, Andreas Soderstrom, Ronnie Menahem, Christoph Sprenger, Kevin Romond - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - 
Weta Digital
* Michael Balog, Jim Van Allen, Rick Hankins, John Hansen - Transformers: Age of Extinction -
 Industrial Light & Magic
* Jeremy Hampton, Daniel Stern, Edmond Smith III, Hiroshi Tsubokawa, Daniel Jenkins - X-Men: Days of Future Past - 
Digital Domain

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production

* Don Crum - Toy Story That Time Forgot - 
Pixar Animation Studios
* Carlo Vogele - Toy Story That Time Forgot 
- Pixar Animation Studios
* Ken Kim - Toy Story That Time Forgot - Pixar Animation Studios
* Michael Granberry - Tumble Leaf - Amazon Studios
* Teresa Drilling - Tumble Leaf - Amazon Studios
* Justin Nichols - Wander Over Yonder - Disney Television Animation

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Feature Production

* Fabio Lignini - How to Train Your Dragon 2 
- DreamWorks Animation
* Steven "Shaggy" Hornby - How to Train Your Dragon 2
- DreamWorks Animation
* Thomas Grummt - How to Train Your Dragon 2
- DreamWorks Animation
* Ravi Kamble - Penguins of Madagascar
 - DreamWorks Animation
* Travis Knight - The Boxtrolls - Focus Features/Laika
* Malcolm Lamont - The Boxtrolls
- Focus Features/Laika
* Jason Stalman - The Boxtrolls - Focus Features/Laika

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Live Action Production

* Daniel Barrett, Paul Story, Eteuati Tema, Alessandro Bonora, Dejan Momcilovic - Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
 - Weta Digital
* Kevin Spruce, Dale Newton, Sidney Kombo, Chris Mullins, Brad Silby - Guardians of the Galaxy - Framestore
* Eric Reynolds, David Clayton, Andreja Vuckovic, Guillaume Francois, Gios Johnston - The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Weta Digital

Outstanding Achievement, Character Animation in a Video Game

* Mike Mennillo - Assassin's Creed Unity - Ubisoft
* Don't Starve: Console Edition - Klei Entertainment Inc.
* Alex Drouin - Child Of Light - Ubisoft

Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

* Andy Suriano - Disney Mickey Mouse - Disney Television Animation
* Benjamin Balistreri - Wander Over Yonder 
- Disney Television Animation
* Zac Gorman - Welcome to the Wayne - Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Outstanding Achievement, Character Design in an Animated Feature Production

* Shiyoon Kim, Jin Kim - Big Hero 6
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Timothy Lamb, Joe Moshier - Mr. Peabody & Sherman - 
DreamWorks Animation
* Craig Kellman, Joe Moshier, Stevie Lewis, Todd Kurosawa - Penguins of Madagascar
 - DreamWorks Animation
* Sang Jun Lee, Jason Sadler, José Manuel Fernandez Oli - Rio 2 
- Blue Sky Studios
* Tomm Moore, Marie Thorhauge, Sandra Anderson, Rosa Ballester Cabo - Song of the Sea
 - GKIDS/Cartoon Saloon
* Paul Sullivan, Sandra Equihua, Jorge R. Gutierrez - The Book of Life - Reel FX
* Mike Smith - The Boxtrolls
 - Focus Features/Laika

Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

* Yuasa Masaaki, Eunyoung Choi - Adventure Time
 - Cartoon Network
* Bryan Fordney - Archer
 - FX Networks
* Jennifer Coyle & Bernard Derriman - Bob's Burgers
 - Bento Box Entertainment
* Aaron Springer - Disney Mickey Mouse 
- Disney Television Animation
* Rob Renzetti - Gravity Falls
 - Disney Television Animation
* Robert Alvarez, Ken Bruce, Larry Leichliter - Over The Garden Wall - 
Cartoon Network
* Matthew Nastuk - The Simpsons
 - The Simpsons
* David Thomas - Wander Over Yonder - 
Disney Television Animation

Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated Feature Production

* Don Hall & Chris Williams - Big Hero 6
 - Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Bill Plympton - Cheatin'
 - Plymptoons Studio
* Dean DeBlois - How to Train Your Dragon 2
 - DreamWorks Animation
* Tomm Moore - Song of the Sea
 - GKIDS/Cartoon Saloon
* Jorge R. Gutierrez - The Book of Life
 - Reel FX
* Anthony Stacchi & Graham Annable - The Boxtrolls
 - Focus Features/Laika
* Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, Directors; Chris McKay, Co-Director - The LEGO Movie - Warner Bros. Pictures
* Isao Takahata - The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
 - GKIDS/Studio Ghibli

Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

* Christopher Willis - Disney Mickey Mouse - Disney Television Animation
* Peter Lurye, George Gabriel, Chris Gifford - Dora and Friends: Into the City! - Nickelodeon Animation Studio
* Jay Vincent, Michael Kramer, Jeppe Riddervold, Erin Chapman - Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu
 - Jam
* Lolita Ritmanis, Kristopher Carter & Michael McCuistion - Marvel's Avengers Assemble
 - Dynamic Music Partners
* Nathan Barr & Lisbeth Scott - Tumble Leaf
 - Amazon Studios

Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated Feature Production

* Nicole Renaud, Composer - Cheatin'
 - Plymptoons Studio
* John Powell, Jónsi - How to Train Your Dragon 2
 - DreamWorks Animation
* Danny Elfman - Mr. Peabody & Sherman
- DreamWorks Animation
* Bruno Coulais & Kila - Song of the Sea
- GKIDS/Cartoon Saloon
* Joe Hisaishi - The Tale of The Princess Kaguya
- GKIDS/Studio Ghibli

Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

* Kara Vallow, Brent Woods, Lucas Gray & Andrew Brandou - Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
 - Voyager Pictures LLC
* Joseph Holt - Disney Mickey Mouse - Disney Television Animation
* Narina Sokolova - Mickey Shorts
- Disney
* Kevin Dart, Chris Turnham, Jasmin Lai & Elle Michalka - The Powerpuff Girls - Cartoon Network
* Antonio Canobbio, Khang Le, Mark Taihei, Howard Chen & Brandon Cuellar - Turbo FAST - 
DreamWorks Animation
* Alex Kirwan, Chris Tsirigotis, Alexander Duckworth, Janice Kubo & Francis Giglio - Wander Over Yonder - Disney Television Animation
* Erez Gavish - Zack & Quack - Zodiak Kids

Outstanding Achievement, Production Design in an Animated Feature Production

* David James, Ruben Perez, Priscilla Wong, Timothy Lamb & Alexandre Puvilland - Mr. Peabody & Sherman
- DreamWorks Animation
* Adrien Merigeau - Song of the Sea - 
GKIDS/Cartoon Saloon
* Simon Varela & Paul Sullivan - The Book of Life 
- Reel FX
* Paul Lasaine, Tom McClure & August Hall - The Boxtrolls
 - Focus Features/Laika
* Grant Freckelton - The LEGO Movie
 - Warner Bros. Pictures

Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

* Heiko Drengenberg - Disney Mickey Mouse - Disney Television Animation
* Luke Weber, Alonso Ramirez Ramos, Neil Graf & Steve Heneveld - Gravity Falls 
- Disney Television Animation
* Joaquim Dos Santos - Legend of Korra -Nickelodeon Animation Studio
* Nathaniel Villanueva & Douglas Lovelace - Star Wars Rebels
 - Disney Channel / Disney XD
* Brad Ableson, Matthew Faughnan & Stephen Reis - The Simpsons
 - Film Roman
* Louise Smythe - Toy Story That Time Forgot 
- Pixar Animation Studios
* Mark Ackland - Wander Over Yonder - Disney Television Animation

Outstanding Achievement, Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production

* Marc E. Smith - Big Hero 6
 - Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Truong "Tron" Son Mai - How to Train Your Dragon 2
 - DreamWorks Animation
* Piero Peluso - Planes: Fire & Rescue
 - Disneytoon Studios
* John Hurst - Rio 2
 - Blue Sky Studios
* Rodrigo Castro - Rio 2
- Blue Sky Studios
* Julian Nariño - The Boxtrolls
 - Focus Features
* Emanuela Cozzi - The Boxtrolls
 - Focus Features/Laika

Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

* Bill Farmer as the voices of Goofy and Grandma - Disney Mickey Mouse
 - Disney Television Animation
* Carlos Alazaraqui as the voice of Crocker - Fairly Oddparents - Nickelodeon Animation Studio
* Seth Green as the voice of Robot Chicken Nerd - Robot Chicken 
- Stoopid Buddy Stoodios

Outstanding Achievement, Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production

* Cyndi Lauper as the voice of Nurse Cyndi - Henry & Me - Reveal Animation Studios
* Andy Garcia as the voice of Eduardo - Rio 2 
- Blue Sky Studios
* Sir Ben Kingsley as the voice of Archibald Snatcher - The Boxtrolls
 - Focus Features/Laika
* Dee Bradley Baker as the voice of Fish - The Boxtrolls 
- Focus Features/Laika

Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

* Darrick Bachman - Disney Mickey Mouse
 - Disney Television Animation
* Dave Tennant, David P. Smith, Chris Mitchell & Will Mata - The Powerpuff Girls
 - Cartoon Network
* Rob LaZebnik - The Simpsons
 - 20th Century Fox
* Tim Long - The Simpsons - 20th Century Fox
* Steve Purcell - Toy Story That Time Forgot - 
Pixar Animation Studios

Outstanding Achievement, Writing in an Animated Feature Production

* Robert L. Baird, Daniel Gerson & Jordan Roberts - Big Hero 6
 - Walt Disney Animation Studios
* Dean DeBlois - How to Train Your Dragon 2
 - DreamWorks Animation
* Will Collins - Song of the Sea 
- GKIDS/Cartoon Saloon
* Irena Brignull & Adam Pava - The Boxtrolls
 - Focus Features/Laika
* Phil Lord & Christopher Miller - The Lego Movie
 - Warner Bros. Pictures

Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production

* Illya Owens - Disney Mickey Mouse
 - Disney Television Animation
* Ernesto Matamoros - Dragons: Defenders of Berk
 - DreamWorks Animation Television
* Mike Elias - Family Guy
 - Super 78
* David Suther, Bradley Furnish & David Condolora - Toy Story That Time Forgot
 - Pixar Animation Studios
* Todd Raleigh & Doug Vito - Turbo FAST
 - DreamWorks Animation

Outstanding Achievement, Editorial in an Animated Feature Production

* Tim Mertens - Big Hero 6 
- Walt Disney Animation Studios
* John K. Carr - How to Train Your Dragon 2 - DreamWorks Animation
* Dan Molina, Mark Keefer & Karen Hathaway - Planes: Fire & Rescue - 
Disneytoon Studios
* Darragh Byrne - Song of the Sea
 - GKIDS/Cartoon Saloon
* David Burrows, Todd Hansen, Doug Nicholas, Jonathan Tappin & Courtney O'Brien-Brown - The LEGO Movie 
- Warner Bros. Pictures

JURIED AWARDS__________________________________

Winsor McCay Award

June Foray Award

Ub Iwerks

Special Achievement Award

Certificate of Merit

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"Nick News with Linda Ellerbee" Presents "The Border Kids" Premiering 12/2 On Nickelodeon USA

Nickelodeon has announced in the following press release, from The Futon Critic, that Nickelodeon USA will premiere and show the latest brand new "Nick News with Linda Ellerbee" special episode, called "The Border Kids", on Tuesday 2nd December 2014 at 8:00pm (ET/PT). The special will hear from some of the children who have crossed the southern border of the U.S. from Central America and Mexico in 2014, and will also feature American kids weighing in on the topic of immigration.

Original Nickelodeon Press Release:

NICK NEWS WITH LINDA ELLERBEE PRESENTS "THE BORDER KIDS" PREMIERING TUESDAY, DEC. 2, AT 8:00 P.M. (ET/PT) ON NICKELODEON

NEW YORK - Dec. 1, 2014 - In 2014, more than twice the number of kids crossed the southern border of the U.S. from Central America and Mexico than in 2013. Nick News with Linda Ellerbee hears from some of these kids in the brand-new half-hour special, "The Border Kids," premiering Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

"Everyone in the U.S., or their ancestors, came here from someplace else," says Ellerbee. "We are indeed a nation of immigrants. All of us. Always have been. And we always fight about who gets to come in next. And kids always get caught in that fight."

"My country was very dangerous. There are many gangs. I couldn't leave my house," says Emily from El Salvador.

"They try to get everyone to join in order for the gang to be larger and have the control there. I didn't feel safe at home," says Eliezar, 13, from El Salvador.

The special also features American kids weighing in on the topic.

"They should be protected the same way that any of us should be protected from violence and from crime," says Katie, 14 of New Jersey.

"In some way, it's okay for them to come here because they want a better life and we should help them in some way or another," says Rebecca, 14, of Laredo, Texas. "But, in some way, I guess I feel like it's not our responsibility. It's their own country's."

Nickelodeon, now in its 35th 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 more than 100 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 19 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIA.B).

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