Wednesday, December 02, 2015

Personal Space - "Sanjay And Craig"

Sanjay, Craig and Megan are rocking out with The Tuffskulls until Hector comes along and gets into everyones personal space in this super rad-awesome video clip from episode "Space Invaders"!:



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The Splat Launches Orange Soda Sweepstakes

Who loves Orange Soda? Kel does, but you already knew that, didn't you, smartypants?

It's "Kenan & Kel" week on The Splat, and to celebrate, The Splat has launched a super contest in which one lucky winner will win a very special The Splat Prize Pack featuring The Splat T-shirt, a "Ren & Stimpy", a "Figure It Out" board game, a "Hey Arnold" Season 1 DVD, and a "Good Burger"-themed Nickelodeon Magazine autographed by Kel Mitchell!


To enter, watch "Kenan & Kel" every night between 10pm-midnight from Monday 30th November through to Saturday 5th December 2015 on The Splat, and when you spot Orange Soda on your TV screen, take a photo of your TV and send it The Splat on Twitter (@TheSplat) or Instagram (@TheSplatGram) using #OrangeSodaSweepstakes! One lucky winner will be revealed on-air! Good luck!

Watch The Splat's official Orange Soda Sweepstakes trailer here!

No purchase necessary. Many will enter, one lucky fan will win. Entrants must be 18+ and live in the U.S. to enter. Sweepstakes runs from Dec 30th 2015 10PM ET - DEC 5th 2015 6AM ET. For full Sweepstakes rules, visit bit.ly/splatrules!

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Nickelodeon USA To Premiere "Make It Pop" Season Two On Monday 4th January 2016

Original Nickelodeon USA Press Release via The Futon Critic:

NICKELODEON'S MUSICAL COMEDY SERIES "MAKE IT POP" RETURNS FOR SEASON TWO, MONDAY, JAN. 4, AT 7 P.M. (ET/PT)

Santa Monica, Calif. - Dec. 2, 2015 - Nickelodeon's music-infused daily scripted series, Make It Pop, returns for a 20-episode second season starting Monday, Jan. 4, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT). With all new songs and performances, heightened drama and lots of laughs, season two will continue to follow the coming-of-age journey of social-media maven Sun Hi (Megan Lee), bookish Corki (Erika Tham), fashion-forward Jodi (Louriza Tronco) and DJ Caleb (Dale Whibley) at Mackendrick Prep, who, out of their love of music, formed the band XO-IQ.


MAKE IT POP SEASON 2 GALLERY: Pictured: CORKI (ERIKA THAM), SUN HI (MEGAN LEE), JODI (LOURIZA TRONCO), CALEB (DALE WHIBLEY) in MAKE IT POP SEASON 2 on Nickelodeon. Photo: Steve Wilke/Nickelodeon. © 2015 Viacom International, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Faced with bigger challenges and higher stakes in season two, XO-IQ has yet to reunite after a number of setbacks. Corki is in danger of being removed from Mackendrick Prep by her father, Jodi is deciding if she should pursue her love of fashion, and now that Sun Hi is clashing with hotshot guitarist Linc, it looks like XO-IQ might be over, until a new band competition and rival boy band emerge and change everything.

Fans can watch full episodes of Make It Pop and access additional content such as music videos, how to dance videos, musical games and activities at Nick.com/MakeItPop.

Make It Pop is co-created by Thomas W. Lynch and entertainment magnate Nick Cannon and produced by DHX Media. Lynch and Cannon will serve as executive producers together with DHX Media's Steven DeNure and Anne Loi. The musical direction of the series is being led by Bill Silva Entertainment, with music supervision by Peter Coquillard and Pilar McCurry for Silva Music Publishing. XO-IQ is managed by Bill Silva Management.

About DHX Media Ltd.:

DHX Media Ltd. (www.dhxmedia.com) is a key player internationally in the production, distribution, broadcast and licensing of entertainment content for children and families. Owner of the world's largest independent library of kids' and family content, at more than 11,000 half-hours, DHX Media is recognized globally for such brands as Teletubbies, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Caillou, In the Night Garden, Inspector Gadget, Make It Pop, Slugterra and the multiple award-winning Degrassi franchise. DHX Media is comprised of four main business units: DHX Studios creates high-quality original entertainment at its Vancouver and Halifax animation studios, its Toronto live-action studio, and in working with top international producers; DHX Distribution is a major provider of content to the global market; DHX Television, home to the Family suite of channels, is dedicated to delivering best-in-class programming to Canadian families; and DHX Brands specializes in creating, building and managing high-profile global entertainment brands within the children's and young-adult markets. DHX Media also owns the full-service international licensing agency, Copyright Promotions Licensing Group Ltd. (CPLG), which represents numerous entertainment, sport and design brands. DHX Media has offices in 15 cities worldwide, including Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Los Angeles, London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Munich, Amsterdam and Beijing. The Company is listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol DHXM, and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols DHX.A and DHX.B.

About Nickelodeon:

Nickelodeon, now in its 36th 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 20 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).

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Watch the "Make It Pop" holiday special, "The Gift", premiering Friday 4th December 2015 at 5:00pm on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland/HD and on Saturday 5th December 2015 at 9:00pm ET/PT on Nick USA!
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Get Set To Revisit The 90's With CLARISSAFEST!

CLARISSAFEST is a celebration of Clarissa Darling and her exciting return in Mitchell Kriegman's latest novel, "Things I Can't Explain"! Now, in her twenties and trying to make it in New York City, Clarissa finds herself uncharacteristically clueless. Join other fans and time travel back to the neon 90's and reunite with the quirky fashionista who "explained it all" so well with CLARISSAFEST, taking place at the Fe Bland Forum at Santa Barbara City College West Campus on Friday 11th December 2015!


CLARISSAFEST will take place in two parts:

PART 1: 6pm-7:30pm - FREE!

It all kicks off at Santa Barbara City College's Fe Bland Forum, accessed through the West Campus Entrance.

- Visitor parking is available in Lot 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, and 5-4
- "Clarissa Explains It All" Episode Screening
- Talk and audience Q&A with Mitchell Kriegman, moderated by Robert Lloyd of the Los Angeles Times
- Book Signing (books will be available for purchase at the event through Chaucer's Bookstore)

What's the only thing better than a party? An AFTER-PARTY! CLARISSAFEST continues at Impact Hub Santa Barbara!

PART 2: 8pm-10pm - $10 DONATION or BOOK PURCHASE

Dust off your Doc Marten's, stretch out those scrunchies, and put on anything and everything with a loud Keith Harring print. The 90's are BACK!

- 1117 State St. (Parking in the back)
- Music by The Caverns and DJ Darla Bea
- Food and drinks
- Costume Contest
- Raffle
- MORE episode screenings
- EXCLUSIVE "Clarissa" denim jackets will be available here!

You do NOT want to miss this rager! R.S.V.P here: clarissafest.splashthat.com!

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CLARISSAFEST is proudly sponsored by:

- SBCCFilmStudies
- KCSB-FM 91.9 in Santa Barbara
- Impact Hub Santa Barbara
- Oniracom

Fan Letters Explained: The Original "Clarissa Explains it All" Fans 20 Years Later

These superfans wrote letters to "Clarissa Explains It All" when the show originally aired on Nickelodeon in the early 90s. Twenty-five years later, they're all grown up, but they still love "Clarissa" and remember her impact on their lives. See them reminisce with series creator and author of the brand-new book, "Things I Can't Explain: A Clarissa Novel", Mitchell Kriegman, in this way-cool video below!:

Fan Letters Explained: The Original CLARISSA EXPLAINS IT ALL Fans 20 Years Later from mitchell kriegman on Vimeo.

"Things I Can't Explain" is a complete re-imagining of the 1990s television hit "Clarissa Explains it All" as 20-something Clarissa tries to navigate the unemployment line, mompreneurs and the collision of two people in love.

She was a smart, snappy, light-hearted girl who knew it all at fourteen and let television audiences everywhere know it. Now a woman in her late twenties, her searching blue eyes are more serious, but mostly amused by the people around her. The gap-toothed smile that made her seem younger than she really was is gone, but she still lightens up the room. Her unpredictable wardrobe rocks just like when she was a kid, but her fashion sense has evolved and it makes men and women turn their heads.

After leaving high school early, Clarissa interned at the "Daily Post" while attending night school. At the ripe old age of twenty-two she had it made her own journalism beat (fashion, gender politics and crime), an affordable apartment in FiDi and a livable wage. She was so totally ahead of the game. Ah, those were the days! All three of them. Remember the Stock Market Crash of 08? Remember when people actually bought newspapers? All of Clarissa's charming obsessions, charts, graphs, and superstitions have survived into adulthood, but they've evolved into an ever-greater need to claw the world back under control.


Her mid-twenties crisis has left her with a whole set of things she can't explain: an ex-boyfriend turned stalker, her parents' divorce, a micro relationship with the cute coffee guy, java addiction, "To-Flue Glue," and then there's Sam. Where's Sam anyway? "Things I Can't Explain" is about knowing it all in your teens and then feeling like you know nothing in your twenties. It is an entertaining and must-read sequel to all fans of Mitchell Kriegman's Nickelodeon TV show, "Clarissa Explains It All."

"Things I Can't Explain: A Clarissa Novel" is available to purchase now on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk!

Don't forget to visit Mitchell's official website, mitchellkriegman.com, and like the official "Things I Can't Explain" Facebook profile page, facebook.com/thingsicantexplain!
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Sneak Peeks Of Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special!

To celebrate the premiere of Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special, Nick.com has unveiled a fantastic selection of super sneak-peek previews from Nickelodeon's all-new festive special! Don't miss the Ho Ho Holiday Special, premiering Saturday 5th December at 8:00pm ET/PT on 8:00pm ET/PT, and on Friday 11th December 2015 at 5:00pm on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland/HD and 6:30pm on Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand!:

You're Invited to the Party!


Your favorite Nickelodeon stars are invited to the biggest party of the year and you get to come along!

Guess the Gift!


It's time to play Guess the Gift! If you guess the gift, you get the gift! Let's get unwrapping!

In a new spectacular hour-long variety special featuring musical numbers and comedy sketches, every Nickelodeon star under the sun, including Brec Bassinger, Buddy Handleson, Jackie Radinsky, Lilimar Hernandez, Haley Tju, Rio Mangini and Coy Stewart from "Bella and the Bulldogs", Cree Cicchino, Madisyn Shipman, Benjamin "Lil P-Nut" Flores, Jr. and Thomas Kuc from "Game Shakers", Addison Riecke, Diego Velazquez, Kira Kosarin, Jack Griffo and Maya Le Clark from "The Thundermans", Lizzy Greene, Aidan Gallagher, Casey West Simpson and Mace Coronel from "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn", Isabela Moner, Jaheem Toombs and Owen Joyner from "100 Things to Do Before High School", Jace Norman, Sean Ryan Fox and Riele Downs and Ella Anderson from "Henry Danger", Breanna Yde and Jade Pettyjohn from "School of Rock" and Sydney Park from "Instant Mom" & "The HALO Effect", shows up for the most amazing holiday party ever. However, it soon becomes clear that the whole evening is an evil trap devised by a mysterious stranger!


The stars now have to struggle through various holiday-themed obstacles and challenges if they want to escape and find their way ho-ho-home. So come for the carolling, stay for the snowflakes and watch all your favorite Nick stars come out in Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special! Look out for special guest cameos from a box of ornaments, a Nutcracker, a Puppy, a whole lot of Eggnog, a giant ice cream scoop, a snow Dog, a room full of nuts, a Grandma doing the Worm, a guy named Moe, a French snowman, a selfie stick, and President Barack Obama!
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Sneak Peek Of Brand-New "Sanjay And Craig" Holiday Special "Huggle Day", Premiering 12/4 On Nickelodeon USA

Dudes, what's up? To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand-new "Sanjay and Craig" holiday special "Huggle Day" on Friday 4th December 2015 at 8:00pm ET/PT, Nick USA have unveiled a super rad-awesome sneak peek preview from the all-new "Sanjay and Craig" episode, which you can watch in the fantastic online streaming video clip here on Nick.com! Check it!


In the brand-new "Sanjay and Craig" festive special "Huggle Day" (#308), after ruining Lundgren's Huggle Day celebration, Sanjay and Craig set out to right their wrong with the help of movie hero Dolph Lundgren (guest star Dolph Lundgren as himself). With his help, Sanjay and Craig journey to find Huggle Bunny and discover the true meaning of Huggle Day. In the super rad-awesome sneak peek preview, "Double Dipping", the Dude-Snake duo decide to double dip on Huggle Day, but their actions have dire consequences.


Check out Nickelodeon USA's holiday highlights here on NickALive!.
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Sneak-Peek Of Brand-New "Pig Goat Banana Cricket" Holiday Special "Happy Chalawunga!", Premiering 12/4 On Nickelodeon USA

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand-new "Pig Goat Banana Cricket" holiday special "Happy Chalawunga!" on Friday 4th December 2015 at 8:30pm ET/PT, Nick USA has unveiled a super sneak peek preview from the all-new PGBC episode, which you can watch in the fantastic online streaming video clip here on Nick.com!


In the brand-new "Pig Goat Banana Cricket" holiday special "Happy Chalawunga!" (#103), Pig searches the sewers for Filthy the Foot. Banana is forced to shop for Chalawunga gifts. Goat is determined to sing her song in the Chalawunga Parade and Cricket creates Mecha Foot for Pig. In the super sneak-peek, "Shopping for Me", Banana gets a visit from an unlikely spirit when he decides to shop for himself instead of his friends.

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Christmas Countdown Day 2 - Deck The Halls

To celebrate the Christmas countdown, Nickelodeon UK will be delivering festive treats everyday until Christmas! Today's treat features everybody's favourite K-Pop trio with their rendition of 'Deck The Halls'!:



Watch the "Make It Pop" holiday special, "The Gift", premiering Friday 4th December 2015 at 5:00pm on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland/HD and on Saturday 5th December 2015 at 9:00pm ET/PT on Nick USA!
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Chris Viscardi Talks About Nickelodeon's Plans To Revive Beloved Classic Shows

Earlier this Fall, Nickelodeon announced plans to bring back some of the networks most beloved properties, a move that will be coming to fruition sometime in the near future with a brand-new "Hey Arnold!" movie penned by the shows creator, Craig Bartlett.

But what does that actually mean? Are we getting an updated "Clarissa Explains It All" starring a 40-year-old Melissa Joan Hart, or is Nickelodeon going to completely reanimate the "Rugrats", similar the recent "Peanuts" Movie? For specific answers, The A.V. Club recently interviewed "The Adventures & Pete And Pete" co-creator Chris Viscardi, who Nickelodeon recently named its Senior Vice President (SVP) of Content Development for Franchise Properties. It's a big title, and it means Viscardi will be examining old and much beloved Nick properties to figure out how (and if) the network can bring them back for a new generation. The A.V. Club talked to him about that process, the "Hey Arnold!" revamp, and what else fans can expect on the immediate horizon. Check out their fantastic interview below!:
Here's what's happening with those '90s Nickelodeon reboots, from the guy in charge


Earlier this fall, Nickelodeon announced plans to bring back some of its most beloved properties, a move that's coming to fruition sometime in the semi-near future with a Craig Bartlett-penned Hey Arnold! movie. But what does that actually mean? Are we getting an updated Clarissa Explains It All starring a 40-year-old Melissa Joan Hart, or is Nickelodeon going to completely reanimate the Rugrats, à la the recent Peanuts Movie? For specific answers, The A.V. Club decided to consult The Adventures & Pete And Pete co-creator Chris Viscardi, who Nickelodeon recently named its senior vice president of content development for franchise properties. It's a big title, and it means Viscardi will be examining old and much beloved Nick properties to figure out how (and if) the network can bring them back for a new generation. The A.V. Club talked to him about that process, the Hey Arnold! revamp, and what else fans can expect on the immediate horizon.

The A.V. Club: How is Nickelodeon viewing this new endeavor? Is the network bringing back shows for thirtysomethings, or for current Nick viewers?

Chris Viscardi: Everything that we do, we want to appeal to kids, 2 to 11 years old, so that's first and foremost what we're after when we open our library vault, so to speak. We think about what properties may be worth reimagining in some way. The first thing we think about is, "What is a kid today going to think about this?" That's the biggest thing that we look at. We wouldn't be looking at any show if it weren't beloved back in the day and beloved now as well, and as you know there's a real millennial love for a lot of these classic series. We have fans that were once kids that are still fans of shows even as adults, so certainly we want to appeal to them, but first and foremost we want to make sure that we're making something that is really exciting and new and accessible to our kid-fan audience before we worry too much about what the adults are going to think. If we get adults, fantastic. If we get teenagers, fantastic, but it's kids that we're looking for.



AVC: This is purely a devil's advocate question, but if you want to make shows for kids who have never heard of Hey Arnold!, why not just make new shows instead of re-making Hey Arnold!?

CV: I understand the question. The reality for us is we have 13 brand-new original shows either on the air or in production that will soon be on the air, and so Nickelodeon has been making and is making more original animated content right now than we have in a really, really long time. We've got 35 to 40 shows in development, so original shows are ultimately what we're all about.

We also have this amazing library that we've amassed over the last 25 years, and as we just talked about, there's a lot of love for those classic properties. Hey Arnold! is the obvious example. There's something so wonderful about that show from back in the day about what it was, about the way it talked to a kid audience—there's still something in there that we think kids today would really love, so that's partly how we're looking at these classic series.

But we're making a ton of new animation all the time, and that's always what we're going to be doing. To us, something like Hey Arnold! is something that we're eager to explore, as well as other properties that we're considering.

We're just making [Hey Arnold!] specials and a TV movie, or maybe a miniseries of those classic shows. We're not bringing them to series. That's not the intent when we bring these things back. We're bringing them back as these one-off events. Now, down the line, if they're incredibly successful, we'll think about turning some of them into series. That obviously would be a consideration we would make, but it's not our goal when we open up the vaults and decide to reimagine one of these as a special.



AVC: Do some shows adapt better than others? Hey Arnold! could make an easy transition into 2015, but other shows like You Can't Do That On Television might not translate as well.

CV: I guess we'll figure that out as we go through it.

The reality is that right now, because next year is the 25-year anniversary of Nicktoons—in 1991, Doug, Rugrats, and Ren & Stimpy launched—next year is a really big anniversary for us, so we're really only focused on animation right now. There have been some live-action properties that've been discussed and they have been talked about somewhat here and there, but it's animation that we're really focusing on, in part for that celebration that we're doing next year and in the years beyond.

We're not that deep into the process yet, so I don't really know what makes one ultimately turn out to be successful as a reboot and what might not. One of the biggest considerations is, if we look at one of those past properties and we think it has a lot going for it in terms of present-day kid-fan appeal, the second most important thing to us is the original creator. Do they want to come back and do something with it? If the original creator does not want to, we're not going to go anywhere near it, because we only want to use the original creators that brought these things to life originally the first time around. We're only going to do these shows if those original creators come back and lead us down the path toward this next kind of iteration of their property.

So, we're really fortunate with Craig Bartlett because not only is he a great guy—we've all known him here for a long time and he's a really wonderful collaborator—but when we spoke to him initially, he had a story that he wanted to tell about Hey Arnold! and as people have been talking about recently, that's obviously something to do with Arnold's parents. It was a very specific story, a continuation of the Arnold story that Craig wanted to tell. So that just made it very easy for us to say yes to Hey Arnold! and yes to what Craig's vision was.

I don't know whether others have that same perspective on their shows yet. We're not that far down the path with people yet, but we can only hope.



AVC: That creator issue sounds like something you might be particularly sensitive to, given your background.

CV: Absolutely. Also, I was here back in the early days when a lot of these shows were being made, so I know a lot of these creators and from the Pete & Pete reunions that we've done over the years, I understand what it's like to take a step back into the past and get close to that thing that you made so long ago, and it's really wonderful. It's incredibly satisfying, and you feel really good that something that you made long ago is still in some ways even more beloved than it was back in the day.

Because I've had that experience professionally myself, I'm very sensitive to doing that with past properties, and bringing them back to life in a slightly new and special form. I really want it to be handled properly, and with sensitivity and a lot of care, and that's why the role of that original creator is really, really, really important. They'll steer the ship. They'll know exactly how far they want to go, and what kind of territory they want to explore emotionally and plot-wise. I just hope to be there for them to guide them along the way as another sensitive, thoughtful hand.

So far with Craig it's been a great collaboration between us and him, and we've given him a lot of room to explore where he might want to go with Arnold! in this two-part special or miniseries that we may do with him, this one-off, but we're leaving it up to him and we're there for him along the way.



AVC: Is Nickelodeon going to run old Hey Arnold! episodes before the movie? How do you introduce a new audience to an old show?

CV: That's a good question. I don't think so. We haven't gotten there yet in terms of what the programming help will be in terms of getting audiences caught up, but in our creative conversations with Craig Bartlett, we have focused on introducing a new audience to Arnold right from the beginning. And really that just means introducing the audience to Arnold and this really great world that he lives in with his grandparents and Abner The Pig and Gerald and Helga and Phoebe and all the others as well as all the things that we need plot-wise and emotionally and character-wise for that story to take off from there. We feel really confident that we can do that just in the confines of the story that we're going to tell, and that you're not going to need five years of Hey Arnold! prep before the movie begins.

AVC: In the original Variety article about this re-launch, it mentioned that a show like Hey Arnold! would have to be tweaked for today's audiences. What do audiences now need or want that audiences in, say, 1998 didn't?

CV: Well, the things that we know kids love now are the same things that we loved back in the day. They love great stories, they love comedy, they love humanity, and they love that Nickelodeon personality and point of view that we uniquely have on stuff, so that's going to be there, and ultimately that's going to be the biggest draw to it. When we talk about re-imagining these things for a new generation, to us that really only means if there any design things here or there—ideally probably just small things that the creator may want to do just to update the look and feel a little bit—it's been, for some of these series, quite a long time—that's really all the re-imagining that will be done.

One thing I'll add to what we were just talking about is like—you know Nick really well. You know the current shows as well as you know the past shows. The DNA of the shows that were made long ago is alive and well in the shows that we're making now. Like Sanjay & Craig, they're very much from the Ren & Stimpy, Rocko kind of world—just irreverent, anarchic, there's a punk spirit to it and it's just kind of weird and wonderful. And then Hey Arnold! and Rugrats and Doug, those are there in shows like Harvey Beaks.



I bring that up because those are really great examples of how stuff we made in the past really influences the stuff that we're making now. That's another great reason why we don't think it'll be that difficult for today's audience to relate to and long for a character like Arnold or his friends, because the DNA of Arnold is in all the stuff they're watching now.

AVC: Here's a question you won't be able to answer: What's next? What's coming after Hey Arnold!?

CV: Well, you're right. I won't be able to answer that.

We don't really know. We're talking to some various creators about doing certain things with us and we're moving forward with some of them and it's a process, as we talked about earlier. It's a very sensitive thing. It's something that we want to do right and that the creators want to do right, and figuring out the right way to do that is really important to both sides, so we're just taking our time with it and taking what comes, and hopefully they'll all be as easy as the collaboration thus far with Craig Bartlett has been.

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Sneak Peek Of Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special

To celebrate the premiere of Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special, The A.V. Club has unveiled a exclusive sneak-peek preview from the opening number from Nickelodeon's all-new festive special, which you can watch here on avclub.com! Don't miss the Ho Ho Holiday Special, premiering Saturday 5th December at 8:00pm ET/PT on 8:00pm ET/PT, and on Friday 11th December 2015 at 5:00pm on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland/HD and 6:30pm on Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand!


In a new spectacular hour-long variety special featuring musical numbers and comedy sketches, every Nickelodeon star under the sun, including Brec Bassinger, Buddy Handleson, Jackie Radinsky, Lilimar Hernandez, Haley Tju, Rio Mangini and Coy Stewart from "Bella and the Bulldogs", Cree Cicchino, Madisyn Shipman, Benjamin "Lil P-Nut" Flores, Jr. and Thomas Kuc from "Game Shakers", Addison Riecke, Diego Velazquez, Kira Kosarin, Jack Griffo and Maya Le Clark from "The Thundermans", Lizzy Greene, Aidan Gallagher, Casey West Simpson and Mace Coronel from "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn", Isabela Moner, Jaheem Toombs and Owen Joyner from "100 Things to Do Before High School", Jace Norman, Sean Ryan Fox and Riele Downs and Ella Anderson from "Henry Danger", Breanna Yde and Jade Pettyjohn from "School of Rock" and Sydney Park from "Instant Mom" & "The HALO Effect", shows up for the most amazing holiday party ever. However, it soon becomes clear that the whole evening is an evil trap devised by a mysterious stranger. The stars now have to struggle through various holiday-themed obstacles and challenges if they want to escape and find their way ho-ho-home. So come for the carolling, stay for the snowflakes and watch all your favorite Nick stars come out in Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special! Look out for special guest cameos from a box of ornaments, a Nutcracker, a Puppy, a whole lot of Eggnog, a giant ice cream scoop, a snow Dog, a room full of nuts, a Grandma doing the Worm, a guy named Moe, a French snowman, a selfie stick, and President Barack Obama!
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Reggae Potato Song - "Game Shakers"

Santa's not in the mood for Christmas -- so who are you going to call?? REGGAE POTATO!!! Ladies and Gentlemen, it's the Reggae Potato Song!:



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Watch the brand-new "Game Shakers" Christmas special, "A Reggae Potato Christmas", premiering Monday 7th December 2015 at 6:00pm on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland/HD!
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How I Spend The Holidays: Dale Whibley - "Make It Pop"

Dale Whibley (Caleb) tells us his favorite holiday tradition and shares more holiday memories. Catch the "Make It Pop" holiday special, "The Gift", premiering Friday 4th December 2015 at 5:00pm on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland/HD and on Saturday 5th December 2015 at 9:00pm ET/PT on Nick USA!:


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"Make It Pop" - 'Deck the Halls' Remix Official Music Video

A holiday classic with a "Make It Pop" twist. Check out the "Deck the Halls" official music video and catch the "Make It Pop" holiday special, "The Gift", premiering Friday 4th December 2015 at 5:00pm on Nickelodeon UK & Ireland/HD and on Saturday 5th December 2015 at 9:00pm ET/PT on Nick USA!:


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Too Many Stars - Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special

Take a look at every single star and prop that will appear in Nickelodeon's Ho Ho Holiday Special! Don’t miss the Ho Ho Holiday Special, premiering Saturday 5th December at 8:00pm ET/PT on 8:00pm ET/PT, and on Friday 11th December 2015 at 5:00pm on Nickelodeon UK and Ireland/HD and 6:30pm on Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand!



In a new spectacular hour-long variety special featuring musical numbers and comedy sketches, every Nickelodeon star under the sun, including Brec Bassinger, Buddy Handleson, Jackie Radinsky, Lilimar Hernandez, Haley Tju, Rio Mangini and Coy Stewart from "Bella and the Bulldogs", Cree Cicchino, Madisyn Shipman, Benjamin "Lil P-Nut" Flores, Jr. and Thomas Kuc from "Game Shakers", Addison Riecke, Diego Velazquez, Kira Kosarin, Jack Griffo and Maya Le Clark from "The Thundermans", Lizzy Greene, Aidan Gallagher, Casey West Simpson and Mace Coronel from "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn", Isabela Moner, Jaheem Toombs and Owen Joyner from "100 Things to Do Before High School", Jace Norman, Sean Ryan Fox and Riele Downs and Ella Anderson from "Henry Danger", Breanna Yde and Jade Pettyjohn from "School of Rock" and Sydney Park from "Instant Mom" & "The HALO Effect", shows up for the most amazing holiday party ever. However, it soon becomes clear that the whole evening is an evil trap devised by a mysterious stranger. The stars now have to struggle through various holiday-themed obstacles and challenges if they want to escape and find their way ho-ho-home. So come for the carolling, stay for the snowflakes and watch all your favorite Nick stars come out in Nickelodeon's "Ho Ho Holiday Special"! Look out for special guest cameos from a box of ornaments, a Nutcracker, a Puppy, a whole lot of Eggnog, a giant ice cream scoop, a snow Dog, a room full of nuts, a Grandma doing the Worm, a guy named Moe, a French snowman, a selfie stick, and President Barack Obama!
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Sneak Peeks Of New "Power Rangers Dino Charge" Holiday Special "Race To Rescue Christmas", Premiering 12/5 On Nickelodeon USA

To celebrate Nickelodeon USA premiering the brand new "Power Rangers Dino Charge" holiday special "Race to Rescue Christmas" on Saturday 5th December 2015 at 12:00pm ET/PT, the official "Power Rangers" YouTube channel has unveiled two fantastic sneak peek previews from the all-new PRDC episode, which you can watch in the super online streaming video clips below!:





In the brand-new "Power Rangers Dino Charge" episode "Deep Down Under" (#522), when Poisandra (Jackie Clarke) steals Santa's computer, it's up to the Rangers to get it back before Christmas is cancelled.

Additional sources: TheFutonCritic.com, RangerWiki - the Super Sentai and Power Rangers wiki.
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Jingle Bells In Jail! - "Henry Danger"

The crew brightens up their jail cell with some holiday caroling in this clip from "Henry Danger" episode #209, "Christmas Danger"! Watch the episode in full here on nick.com!:



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