Henry Danger's Best Holiday Moments! 🎄 A Swellview Christmas | Nick
Kid Danger (Jace Norman) is trying to save Swellview’s Christmas trees, but all Captain Man (Cooper Barnes) cares about is his own perfect tree – and dank memes. Check out how Henry, Ray, Schwoz (Michael D. Cohen), Piper (Ella Anderson), Jasper (Sean Ryan Fox) & Charlotte (Riele Downs) try and save Christmas! Catch more Henry Danger on Nickelodeon!
What did you think of the brand new Henry Danger holiday special "Holiday Punch"? Vote in the poll here!: http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2019/12/what-did-you-think-of-all-new-henry.html
More Nick: Henry Danger: The Final Season | Trailer | Nickelodeon!
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Sunday, December 01, 2019
Beyoncé’s Holiday Gift Guide Totally Sleighs! | All That
Beyoncé’s Holiday Gift Guide Totally Sleighs! | All That
Beyoncé (Gabrielle Nevaeh Green) is back slinging goods at Bed, Bath & Beyoncé – now with holiday spirit! She’s selling Christmas lights, meat hammers, and more just in time for the holidays! Tune into the brand-new All That holiday special, premiering Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT), only on Nickelodeon!
So You Think You Can Dance While Also Performing Surgery?! 👩⚕️💃 NEW Game Show! | All That
Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, Reece Caddell, Chinguun Sergelen, Ryan Alessi, Kate Godfrey, Lex Lumpkin & Nathan Janak take to the stage to dance while performing surgery! They might think they can dance while performing surgery, but the results speak for themselves. Catch more All That on Nick!
Lori Beth Denberg’s Classic Loud Librarian Flings Shrimp! 🍤 All That
Lori Beth Denberg is back as the Loud Librarian! This time she’s bringing a barbershop quartet and a hibachi station to her silent space. Gabrielle Nevaeh Green gets kicked out of the library but Ryan Alessi and Reece Caddell somehow survive. Catch more All That on Nick!
Guess What Nathan’s Cancelling Next? 😜 All That
What does 😜 mean? If you know, will you please tell Nathan Janak?! Nathan is officially over this tongue-out-winky-face emoji and thinks it should be officially cancelled! Catch more All That on Nick!
Tyga Tastes Decaf at Coffee Coffee Coffee! ☕ All That
Tyga comes to Coffee Coffee Coffee and goes toe to toe with the most hyper barista around (Gabrielle Nevaeh Green) after his assistant (Nathan Janak) gets kicked and confetti-ed! Plus, Kate Godfrey pops in for some coffee too! Catch more All That on Nick!
Storytime w/ Ariana Grande: Ari-punzel 👱♀️ All That
Ariana Grande (Nathan Janak) is locked up and lonely and growing her pony in this retelling of 'Rapunzel' called Ari-punzel! This tangled tale has a positive message about inner beauty and beauty products! Catch more All That on Nick!
Science Fair Time Travel Fail is Actually A Total Win 🔬 All That
Lex Lumpkin accidentally makes a time machine for the science fair and things only get crazier from there! He knows the past, he knows the future, and he knows what it’s like to watch every Adam Sandler movie in a row! Luckily, Josh Server, Kate Godfrey & Chinguun Sergelen are there to help keep him in this timeline. Catch more All That on Nick!
Tyga Performs ‘Made Me’ 🔥 All That
Tyga is on the All That Stage with his track ‘Made Me’ – and don’t miss him in the newest Coffee Coffee Coffee sketch with Nathan Janak and Gabrielle Nevaeh Green! Catch more All That on Nick!
Subscribe to the official All That YouTube channel!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6UzskfVDPkJ5aSe755ZGgQ
More Nick: Nickelodeon Renews 'All That' for 13 Additional Episodes; Aria Brooks to Join Cast!
Originally published: Wednesday, November 27, 2019.
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Beyoncé (Gabrielle Nevaeh Green) is back slinging goods at Bed, Bath & Beyoncé – now with holiday spirit! She’s selling Christmas lights, meat hammers, and more just in time for the holidays! Tune into the brand-new All That holiday special, premiering Saturday, November 30, 2019 at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT), only on Nickelodeon!
So You Think You Can Dance While Also Performing Surgery?! 👩⚕️💃 NEW Game Show! | All That
Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, Reece Caddell, Chinguun Sergelen, Ryan Alessi, Kate Godfrey, Lex Lumpkin & Nathan Janak take to the stage to dance while performing surgery! They might think they can dance while performing surgery, but the results speak for themselves. Catch more All That on Nick!
Lori Beth Denberg’s Classic Loud Librarian Flings Shrimp! 🍤 All That
Lori Beth Denberg is back as the Loud Librarian! This time she’s bringing a barbershop quartet and a hibachi station to her silent space. Gabrielle Nevaeh Green gets kicked out of the library but Ryan Alessi and Reece Caddell somehow survive. Catch more All That on Nick!
Guess What Nathan’s Cancelling Next? 😜 All That
What does 😜 mean? If you know, will you please tell Nathan Janak?! Nathan is officially over this tongue-out-winky-face emoji and thinks it should be officially cancelled! Catch more All That on Nick!
Tyga Tastes Decaf at Coffee Coffee Coffee! ☕ All That
Tyga comes to Coffee Coffee Coffee and goes toe to toe with the most hyper barista around (Gabrielle Nevaeh Green) after his assistant (Nathan Janak) gets kicked and confetti-ed! Plus, Kate Godfrey pops in for some coffee too! Catch more All That on Nick!
Storytime w/ Ariana Grande: Ari-punzel 👱♀️ All That
Ariana Grande (Nathan Janak) is locked up and lonely and growing her pony in this retelling of 'Rapunzel' called Ari-punzel! This tangled tale has a positive message about inner beauty and beauty products! Catch more All That on Nick!
Science Fair Time Travel Fail is Actually A Total Win 🔬 All That
Lex Lumpkin accidentally makes a time machine for the science fair and things only get crazier from there! He knows the past, he knows the future, and he knows what it’s like to watch every Adam Sandler movie in a row! Luckily, Josh Server, Kate Godfrey & Chinguun Sergelen are there to help keep him in this timeline. Catch more All That on Nick!
Tyga Performs ‘Made Me’ 🔥 All That
Tyga is on the All That Stage with his track ‘Made Me’ – and don’t miss him in the newest Coffee Coffee Coffee sketch with Nathan Janak and Gabrielle Nevaeh Green! Catch more All That on Nick!
Subscribe to the official All That YouTube channel!: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6UzskfVDPkJ5aSe755ZGgQ
More Nick: Nickelodeon Renews 'All That' for 13 Additional Episodes; Aria Brooks to Join Cast!
Originally published: Wednesday, November 27, 2019.
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PAW Patrol Pups Save the Melon Festival 🍉 Pinkie Pal Puppet Adventures Ep #3 | Nick Jr.
PAW Patrol Pups Save the Melon Festival 🍉 Pinkie Pal Puppet Adventures Ep #3 | Nick Jr.
Watch the latest episode of Nick Jr.'s Pinkie Pal Puppet Adventures starring the PAW Patrol! Watch as the Pups do their best to save Adventure Bay from cheating Mayor Humdinger and his evil plans to win the Melon Festival. Catch more Paw Patrol on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.!
More Nick: Nickelodeon to Premiere 'The Adventures of Paddington' on Monday, January 20, 2020; To Air Sneak Peek on Friday, December 20, 2019!
Kids can watch their favorite Nick Jr. shows weekdays on Nickelodeon and all week long on the Nick Jr. channel: http://nickjr.com/tvschedule/
Preschoolers can watch full episodes online, play games, and discover silly surprises in the free Nick Jr. App and at NickJr.com. Stream Nick Jr. for free in the Nick Jr. App on Roku and Apple TV or download full episodes for offline viewing on iTunes or Google Play.
You can also download premium apps featuring your child's favorite Nick Jr. shows on iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon, including Nick Jr. Draw and Play and Nick Jr. Let’s Learn!
Watch more Nick Jr. everyday for FREE on Nick Jr. Pluto TV!
More Nick: Nick Jr. Live! "Move To The Music" U.S. Theatrical Tour Dates!
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Watch the latest episode of Nick Jr.'s Pinkie Pal Puppet Adventures starring the PAW Patrol! Watch as the Pups do their best to save Adventure Bay from cheating Mayor Humdinger and his evil plans to win the Melon Festival. Catch more Paw Patrol on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.!
More Nick: Nickelodeon to Premiere 'The Adventures of Paddington' on Monday, January 20, 2020; To Air Sneak Peek on Friday, December 20, 2019!
Kids can watch their favorite Nick Jr. shows weekdays on Nickelodeon and all week long on the Nick Jr. channel: http://nickjr.com/tvschedule/
Preschoolers can watch full episodes online, play games, and discover silly surprises in the free Nick Jr. App and at NickJr.com. Stream Nick Jr. for free in the Nick Jr. App on Roku and Apple TV or download full episodes for offline viewing on iTunes or Google Play.
You can also download premium apps featuring your child's favorite Nick Jr. shows on iTunes, Google Play, and Amazon, including Nick Jr. Draw and Play and Nick Jr. Let’s Learn!
Watch more Nick Jr. everyday for FREE on Nick Jr. Pluto TV!
More Nick: Nick Jr. Live! "Move To The Music" U.S. Theatrical Tour Dates!
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What Did You Think of the New 'Rise of the TMNT' Episode 'Todd Scouts; Goyles, Goyles, Goyles'? | Nickelodeon Fan Poll
What did you think of the brand new Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles season 2 episode "Todd Scouts"; "Goyles, Goyles, Goyles" (#202)? Vote in the polls and sound off in the comments below!
What Did You Think of the 'The Substitute' Holiday Special, Guest Starring NE-YO? | Nickelodeon Fan Poll
What did you think of the brand-new The Substitute holiday special, guest starring Grammy Award-winning artist and performer NE-YO? Vote in the poll and sound off in the comments below!
What Did You Think of the 'All That' Holiday Special? | Nickelodeon Fan Poll
What did you think of the All That Holiday Special? Vote in the poll and sound off in the comments below!
Nickelodeon International Renames 'The Covurts' as 'Spyders'; To Premiere in 2020
Nickelodeon International has renamed its upcoming live-action series The Covurts to the new title of Spyders!
Spyders is the first original co-production between Nickelodeon International and Israeli Nutz Productions—the subsidiary production arm of Ananey Communications Group—together with Israeli cable network HOT.
Spyders focuses on Anna and Noah Fisher, highly highly skilled undercover agents who work for a ECCO – Environmental Counter Crime Organization, and are tasked with fighting criminals who endanger nature or the environment. Little do they know that their three kids – Daniel (16), Nikki (15) and Tommy (12) – have discovered their secret occupation and have formed a task force of their own, named Spyders
Nickelodeon has ordered 40 x 22-minute episodes, which will be distributed to Nickelodeon's international audiences spanning 170+ countries and territories via the brand’s more than 100 channels and branded blocks in 2020.
Spyders is created by Michal Cooper Keren, Tom Riles, David Guest and Patrick Quinn. The head writer is Israeli screenwriter Michal Cooper Keren, the creator of Nickelodeon Israel's Spell Keepers. The series is an original co-production between Nickelodeon International, Nutz Productions and Ananey Communications Group.
Michal Cooper Keren, the who created Nickelodeon Israel's Spell Keepers, is also the series' head writer. The series is an original co-production between Nickelodeon International, Nutz Productions and Ananey Communications Group.
Michal has been treating fans to behind-the-scenes photos and videos from the production of Spyders on her Instagram:
The series commenced filming in Israel earlier this summer and will wrapping production this week.
“After a long history of collaboration with Ananey, we are so excited to kick off our first co-production together with our partners in Israel,” said Nina Hahn, the Senior Vice President (SVP) of International Production and Development for Nickelodeon, when the show was first announced at global TV and digital content market MIPTV in April 2018. “We can’t wait for young fans around the world to meet The Spyders!”
Orly Atlas-Katz, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) OF Ananey Communications said, “We are thrilled to collaborate with Nickelodeon International. I am certain that with their vast experience in content for kids, HOT's programming expertise and our high-end productions abilities, this show will be something to look forward to."
Ananey is an Israeli content producer and pay-TV provider that serves as the Israeli licensor of several of Viacom’s biggest brands, including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV, and produces both local and international original content.
Under the partnership, Nickelodeon has become Israel's No. 1 children's channel and, alongside Nick Jr., reaches 49 percent of the youth audience, due in large part to Ananey’s original local productions for kids and teens.
The greenlight of The Spyders comes on the heels of Viacom purchasing a minority stake in Ananey Communications Group in 2017.
Nutz entered a co-pro deal with Bunim/Murray Productions’ new BMP Kids division on the youth prank show Gotcha, which bowed on Nick Israel last December. Other popular Nutz series currently airing on Nick Israel include Spell Keepers, Bed & Biscuit and The Hood, which just entered its third season.
About Nickelodeon International:
Nickelodeon, now in its 40th 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, digital, recreation, books and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).
About Nutz Productions:
Founded in 2010, Nutz Productions is a high-end concept and production arm for Ananey Communications Group. Nutz produces all the original series for the Viacom brands (including shows on the Israeli Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Teen Nick and MTV Israel), as well as for other Israeli networks. The company also develops content in close cooperation with foreign production entities, honing its expertise in international productions. Recently, Nutz Productions was commissioned by Netflix to produce its remake production of Greenhouse Academy – an original live-action daily-drama series which was first broadcast for 4 seasons on Nickelodeon Israel and locally produced by Nutz as well.
From The Jerusalem Post:
Nickelodeon partners with Israeli team to create ‘Spyders’
Spyders is a "dramedy," intended to appeal to children from 9-12.
From left to right: Osnat Saraga, CEO, Nutz Productions; Shirley Oren, VP content Viacom channels Israel at Ananey Communications; Orly Atlas Katz, CEO, Ananey Communications; Nina Hahn, SVP, International Production and Development. (photo credit: Courtesy)
People may think that a making a television show is glamorous, but the set of Spyders – the first original co-production between Viacom’s Nickelodeon International and Israeli Nutz Productions, the subsidiary production arm of Ananey Communications Group, together with Israeli cable network HOT – is anything but.
It’s a hot dusty day in early October and filming is taking place in and around an empty barn in a moshav, but that doesn’t bother Nina Hahn, Nickelodeon senior vice president in charge of international production and development, who has flown in from England to meet with the show’s creators.
“Nickelodeon is everywhere kids are, and we have been so excited about partnering with this amazing team in Israel to create ‘glocal' content – content that is both local and global, and to find something that will work in Israel and will resonate with audiences outside of Israel,” she said.
Spyders focuses on Anna and Noah Fisher, highly skilled undercover agents who work for ECCO, Environmental Counter Crime Organization, and are tasked with fighting criminals who endanger nature or the environment. Little do they know that their three kids – Daniel, Nikki and Tommy – have discovered their secret occupation and have formed a task force of their own, named Spyders.
Nickelodeon has ordered 40 episodes, each 22 minutes long, which will be distributed to Nickelodeon's international audiences in more than 170 countries and territories via the brand’s more than 100 channels and branded blocks in 2020.
Spyders was created and written by Michal Cooper Keren, the creator of Nickelodeon Israel's Spell Keepers. It was based on an idea by Tom Riles, David Guest and Patrick Quinn. It stars Nati Kluger, Kobi Maymon, Kim Or Azulay, Jonathan Gotlieb and Amit Hechter.
“The series is grounded in reality and authenticity,” said Hahn. “We describe families as tribes. This is about sharing family pride. The kids are heroes who save the family. Children can do things that grown-ups can’t. This is about kids who want to be agents like their parents, and then end up being even better than they are.”
One key element of Nickelodeon programs, said Hahn, is that, “We don’t talk down to kids. Our DNA is equal parts: Art Fart Smart. We can be funny and broad, but we also know how to do drama and suspense.”
Spyders, she said, would be a “dramedy,” intended to appeal to children from 9-12. “Our sweet spot is about 10,” said Hahn. But like all Nickelodeon series, “It’s something that a family can watch together.”
The series will air with five episodes a week, the kind of “appointment television” – TV that is watched when it airs rather than streamed – that ends on cliffhangers and keeps audiences in suspense until the next episode. Although once it has aired, Hahn said, “It can be consumed in any number of ways.”
In terms of partnering with an Israeli team and production companies, Hahn said, “Everything that felt good for them, was good for us. The series will work for Israel, for the United States, for countries all over the world.
“Spyders really fits in with trends from around the world, of this decade’s kids trying to save the earth,” Hahn said. “And it’s very appropriate that the series reflects two very different teams from different parts of the globe coming together to birth one baby.”
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More Nick: Nickelodeon Embarks on New Direction with its Biggest, Most Wide-Ranging Content Slate Ever!
Originally published: Monday, September 23, 2019.
Follow NickALive! on Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, via RSS, on Instagram, and/or Facebook for the latest Nickelodeon International and The Covurts News and Highlights!
Spyders is the first original co-production between Nickelodeon International and Israeli Nutz Productions—the subsidiary production arm of Ananey Communications Group—together with Israeli cable network HOT.
Spyders focuses on Anna and Noah Fisher, highly highly skilled undercover agents who work for a ECCO – Environmental Counter Crime Organization, and are tasked with fighting criminals who endanger nature or the environment. Little do they know that their three kids – Daniel (16), Nikki (15) and Tommy (12) – have discovered their secret occupation and have formed a task force of their own, named Spyders
Nickelodeon has ordered 40 x 22-minute episodes, which will be distributed to Nickelodeon's international audiences spanning 170+ countries and territories via the brand’s more than 100 channels and branded blocks in 2020.
Spyders is created by Michal Cooper Keren, Tom Riles, David Guest and Patrick Quinn. The head writer is Israeli screenwriter Michal Cooper Keren, the creator of Nickelodeon Israel's Spell Keepers. The series is an original co-production between Nickelodeon International, Nutz Productions and Ananey Communications Group.
Michal Cooper Keren, the who created Nickelodeon Israel's Spell Keepers, is also the series' head writer. The series is an original co-production between Nickelodeon International, Nutz Productions and Ananey Communications Group.
Michal has been treating fans to behind-the-scenes photos and videos from the production of Spyders on her Instagram:
The series commenced filming in Israel earlier this summer and will wrapping production this week.
“After a long history of collaboration with Ananey, we are so excited to kick off our first co-production together with our partners in Israel,” said Nina Hahn, the Senior Vice President (SVP) of International Production and Development for Nickelodeon, when the show was first announced at global TV and digital content market MIPTV in April 2018. “We can’t wait for young fans around the world to meet The Spyders!”
Orly Atlas-Katz, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) OF Ananey Communications said, “We are thrilled to collaborate with Nickelodeon International. I am certain that with their vast experience in content for kids, HOT's programming expertise and our high-end productions abilities, this show will be something to look forward to."
Ananey is an Israeli content producer and pay-TV provider that serves as the Israeli licensor of several of Viacom’s biggest brands, including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV, and produces both local and international original content.
Under the partnership, Nickelodeon has become Israel's No. 1 children's channel and, alongside Nick Jr., reaches 49 percent of the youth audience, due in large part to Ananey’s original local productions for kids and teens.
The greenlight of The Spyders comes on the heels of Viacom purchasing a minority stake in Ananey Communications Group in 2017.
Nutz entered a co-pro deal with Bunim/Murray Productions’ new BMP Kids division on the youth prank show Gotcha, which bowed on Nick Israel last December. Other popular Nutz series currently airing on Nick Israel include Spell Keepers, Bed & Biscuit and The Hood, which just entered its third season.
About Nickelodeon International:
Nickelodeon, now in its 40th 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, digital, recreation, books and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB).
About Nutz Productions:
Founded in 2010, Nutz Productions is a high-end concept and production arm for Ananey Communications Group. Nutz produces all the original series for the Viacom brands (including shows on the Israeli Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Teen Nick and MTV Israel), as well as for other Israeli networks. The company also develops content in close cooperation with foreign production entities, honing its expertise in international productions. Recently, Nutz Productions was commissioned by Netflix to produce its remake production of Greenhouse Academy – an original live-action daily-drama series which was first broadcast for 4 seasons on Nickelodeon Israel and locally produced by Nutz as well.
From The Jerusalem Post:
Nickelodeon partners with Israeli team to create ‘Spyders’
Spyders is a "dramedy," intended to appeal to children from 9-12.
From left to right: Osnat Saraga, CEO, Nutz Productions; Shirley Oren, VP content Viacom channels Israel at Ananey Communications; Orly Atlas Katz, CEO, Ananey Communications; Nina Hahn, SVP, International Production and Development. (photo credit: Courtesy)
People may think that a making a television show is glamorous, but the set of Spyders – the first original co-production between Viacom’s Nickelodeon International and Israeli Nutz Productions, the subsidiary production arm of Ananey Communications Group, together with Israeli cable network HOT – is anything but.
It’s a hot dusty day in early October and filming is taking place in and around an empty barn in a moshav, but that doesn’t bother Nina Hahn, Nickelodeon senior vice president in charge of international production and development, who has flown in from England to meet with the show’s creators.
“Nickelodeon is everywhere kids are, and we have been so excited about partnering with this amazing team in Israel to create ‘glocal' content – content that is both local and global, and to find something that will work in Israel and will resonate with audiences outside of Israel,” she said.
Spyders focuses on Anna and Noah Fisher, highly skilled undercover agents who work for ECCO, Environmental Counter Crime Organization, and are tasked with fighting criminals who endanger nature or the environment. Little do they know that their three kids – Daniel, Nikki and Tommy – have discovered their secret occupation and have formed a task force of their own, named Spyders.
Nickelodeon has ordered 40 episodes, each 22 minutes long, which will be distributed to Nickelodeon's international audiences in more than 170 countries and territories via the brand’s more than 100 channels and branded blocks in 2020.
Spyders was created and written by Michal Cooper Keren, the creator of Nickelodeon Israel's Spell Keepers. It was based on an idea by Tom Riles, David Guest and Patrick Quinn. It stars Nati Kluger, Kobi Maymon, Kim Or Azulay, Jonathan Gotlieb and Amit Hechter.
“The series is grounded in reality and authenticity,” said Hahn. “We describe families as tribes. This is about sharing family pride. The kids are heroes who save the family. Children can do things that grown-ups can’t. This is about kids who want to be agents like their parents, and then end up being even better than they are.”
One key element of Nickelodeon programs, said Hahn, is that, “We don’t talk down to kids. Our DNA is equal parts: Art Fart Smart. We can be funny and broad, but we also know how to do drama and suspense.”
Spyders, she said, would be a “dramedy,” intended to appeal to children from 9-12. “Our sweet spot is about 10,” said Hahn. But like all Nickelodeon series, “It’s something that a family can watch together.”
The series will air with five episodes a week, the kind of “appointment television” – TV that is watched when it airs rather than streamed – that ends on cliffhangers and keeps audiences in suspense until the next episode. Although once it has aired, Hahn said, “It can be consumed in any number of ways.”
In terms of partnering with an Israeli team and production companies, Hahn said, “Everything that felt good for them, was good for us. The series will work for Israel, for the United States, for countries all over the world.
“Spyders really fits in with trends from around the world, of this decade’s kids trying to save the earth,” Hahn said. “And it’s very appropriate that the series reflects two very different teams from different parts of the globe coming together to birth one baby.”
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More Nick: Nickelodeon Embarks on New Direction with its Biggest, Most Wide-Ranging Content Slate Ever!
Originally published: Monday, September 23, 2019.
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What to Expect From Nickelodeon's 'The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage!' Special
What to Expect From Nickelodeon's The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage!
Star Ethan Slater and director Tina Landau reveal details about the televised adaptation of the musical airing December 7.
(l-r) Danny Skinner (Patrick Star), Ethan Slater (SpongeBob SquarePants), Christina Sajous (Sandy Cheeks) in “The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!”. Photo credit © Alex Bailey/Nickelodeon
Following its run on Broadway, members of the original Broadway company of The SpongeBob Musical reunited to film the show for television in front of a live theatre audience. The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage! will air on Nickelodeon USA and YTV Canada on Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT). In the video below, original Tony-nominated star Ethan Slater and director Tina Landau tell audiences what to expect from this version of the Bikini Bottom-based tale.
“I feel like there’s all these different versions of SpongeBob floating around in the universe, and this one I’m particularly excited about and proud of because it’s the original gang,” director Tina Landau shared with Playbill.
Tina Landau | Photo: Marc J. Franklin
As previously announced, much of the original company reprised their performances, including Tony Award nominee Ethan Slater, who made his Broadway debut as the titular high-energy sponge. Joining him are fellow original Broadway company members Tony nominee Gavin Lee as Squidward Q. Tentacles, Danny Skinner as Patrick Star, Brian Ray Norris as Eugene Krabs, and Wesley Taylor as Sheldon Plankton, and Christina Sajous (who joined the Broadway cast six months into the run) as Sandy Cheeks.
Rounding out the ensemble are Kyle Matthew Hamilton, Katie Lee Hill, Curtis Holbrook, L’ogan J’ones, Jai’len Josey, Kelvin Moon Loh, Lauralyn McClelland, Vasthy Mompoint, Bryonha Parham, Oneika Phillips, Jon Rua, JC Schuster, Abby C. Smith, Robert Taylor Jr., and Allan Washington.
“There’s actually some bonuses in the version of this show that have never been seen before that he does, physically, in particular,” says Landau of Slater.
“That was the exciting thing about coming back!” Slater says below.
Veteran SpongeBob SquarePants voice actor Tom Kenny—who voiced the animated SpongeBob, French narrator, and Patchy the Pirate—will perform the original Sara Bareilles song “Poor Pirates” onstage as Patchy the Pirate.
“I’ve had a blast portraying live-action suburban buccaneer and President of the SpongeBob SquarePants Fan Club, Patchy the Pirate, since the character’s first appearance in Season 2 of SpongeBob SquarePants—way back in 2000,” said Kenny in a statement. “I loved The SpongeBob Musical, and I was thrilled to be included in it both in pre-recorded (French Narrator) and songwriter (‘Best Day Ever’) forms! But to now have the opportunity to actually step onstage and perform alongside members of the original Broadway production is truly a unique honor. It’s ‘meta times 10,’ and I think Nickelodeon’s audience will really get a kick out of it!”
Ethan Slater | Photo: Marc J. Franklin
The show, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical - re-branded as The SpongeBob Musical for its national tour - features a book by Kyle Jarrow and an eclectic score from a variety of pop artists: Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, and T.I., as well as the late David Bowie, Tom Kenny (TV's original SpongeBob), and Andy Paley.
Tina Landau directed the inventive and unconventional staging, which offered human representations of the beloved characters rather than literal depictions from the familiar cartoon. The TV presentation reunites her with her Broadway creative team: music supervisor and orchestrator Tom Kitt, choreographer Christopher Gattelli, set and costume designer David Zinn, lighting designer Kevin Adams, projection designer Peter Nigrini, foley artist Mike Dobson, and sound designer Walter Trarbach.
The SpongeBob Musical: Live On Stage! is produced for TV by Austin Shaw and directed by Glenn Weiss. Nickelodeon vice presidents Paul J Medford and Susan Vargo serve as executive producers.
The Original Cast Recording is available now from Masterworks Broadway wherever music is sold and streamed.
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BWW TV: Ethan Slater and Tina Landau Get Ready for Nickelodeon's Bikini Bottom Broadcast!
What Did You Think of the All New 'Henry Danger' Holiday Special 'Holiday Punch'? | Nickelodeon Fan Poll
What did you think of the brand new Henry Danger holiday special "Holiday Punch"? Vote in the poll and sound off in the comments below!
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