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Monday, November 30, 2020
Nickelodeon USA's November 2020 Premiere Highlights
Below are Nickelodeon USA's currently announced November 2020 premiere highlights for Nick, Nicktoons, Nick Jr., Nick at Nite and TeenNick:
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The Orange Years Tells The Story of Nickelodeon in the 90s | Film Threat Podcast Live
THE ORANGE YEARS TELLS THE STORY OF NICKELODEON IN THE 90S | Film Threat Podcast Live
Filmmakers Scott Barber and Adam Sweeney chronicle the Nickelodeon network's rise through interviews with the actors and creators of some of the network's most popular shows. It’s time to discuss The Orange Years!
The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story is out now. For more information, visit: http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2020/08/gravitas-ventures-to-release-orange.html
Originally published: Monday, November 23, 2020.
Macy’s National Believe Week Seeks to Raise an Additional $1 Million Through Annual Believe Campaign Benefitting Make-A-Wish®
Macy’s National Believe Week Seeks to Raise an Additional $1 Million Through Annual Believe Campaign Benefitting Make-A-Wish®
From Sunday, Nov. 29 through Saturday, Dec. 5, Macy’s will double its donation to Make-A-Wish for every letter sent to Santa online or dropped off at Macy’s stores
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| During National Believe Week, from Sunday, Nov. 29 through Saturday, Dec. 5, Macy’s has pledged $2 for each letter to Santa collected (up to an extra $1 million above the existing $1 million campaign goal) to help children fighting critical illnesses’ life-changing wishes come true. |
NEW YORK, NY--Nov. 30, 2020--This year, Macy’s (NYSE:M) beloved Believe letter-writing campaign extends National Believe Day to National Believe Week, providing customers the opportunity to double their donations to Make-A-Wish for a full week, helping deliver hope and joy to wish kids and their families when they need it most.
From the start of Believe campaign through its final day on Dec. 24, for every letter sent to Santa online at macys.com/believe or dropped off in Macy’s stores, Macy’s will donate $1 to Make-A-Wish, up to $1 million. During National Believe Week, from Sunday, Nov. 29 through Saturday, Dec. 5, Macy’s has pledged $2 for each letter collected (up to an extra $1 million above the existing $1 million campaign goal) to help children fighting critical illnesses’ life-changing wishes come true.
“The impact of a wish forever transforms the lives of Make-A-Wish children battling critical illnesses and provides hope and strength needed to fight harder and look forward to tomorrow,” said Sam Di Scipio, Macy’s senior director of corporate communications, giving and volunteerism. “With the extension of National Believe Day to National Believe Week, we’re thrilled to give our customers and communities even more opportunities to safely participate in Macy’s Believe campaign and help Macy’s reach our extra $1 million goal to help more life-changing wish experiences come true.”
In celebration of National Believe Week, Macy’s stores, Make-A-Wish chapters and community partners across the country will host digital letter-writing parties and encourage letter drop-offs through Macy’s Curbside Pickup for enhanced safety. Now more than ever, as COVID-19 continues to impact communities and families, these letters to Santa can bring hope and joy to wish kids who are isolated and some of the most vulnerable members of our population.
For parents, educators and community leaders interested in participating in National Believe Week, Macy’s Believe Teacher & Parent Engagement Toolkit provides resources and lesson plans to easily execute within the new environment of virtual learning. These educational materials, created in partnership with The Learning Experience, include letter writing guides, holiday activities and more, offering fun and unique ways for children to learn the importance of giving back to those in need.
This year, Macy’s will help grant wishes across the country, including these three upcoming:
- Monday, Nov. 30 in Seattle, WA: 14-year-old Harry, diagnosed with lymphoma, wishes “to deliver care packages to cancer patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital.” Macy’s Bellevue and Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington have teamed up to help Harry’s wish come true. During National Believe Week, Harry will deliver pillows from Macy’s and care packages to 25 patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
- Tuesday, Dec. 8 in Brooklyn, NY: 5-year-old Kennise, diagnosed with leukemia, “wishes to stay in a castle.” Make-A-Wish Metro New York and Macy’s Downtown Brooklyn will transform a portion of the store into a castle fit for a princess.
- Tuesday, Dec. 8 in Richmond, VA: 5-year-old Ainarah, diagnosed with neuromuscular disorder, wishes “to meet JoJo Siwa.” Macy’s Short Pump Town Square, Nickelodeon and Make-A-Wish Greater Virginia will host a virtual meet-and-greet with singer and actress JoJo Siwa. Ainarah, her family and JoJo will be surprised with festive, matching family pajamas from Macy’s. On Giving Tuesday, Dec. 1, 20 percent of the purchase price (up to a total of $10,000) from Macy’s Family Pajama capsule will benefit Make-A-Wish.
Since 2003, Macy’s has donated more than $132 million to Make-A-Wish, including more than $21 million through the retailer’s annual Believe campaign, helping grant more than 15,500 wishes and impact more than 3.1 million people, including wish kids and their families, volunteers, community groups, medical professionals and more.
Health and safety continue to be a priority this holiday season. Macy’s 2020 Believe campaign offers virtual letter writing experiences ensuring customers and communities feel comfortable with enhanced safety measures in place. In addition to writing letters to Santa, find writing guides, local wish stories and more at macys.com/believe. Join the conversation on social by tagging #MacysBelieve.
About Macy’s
Macy’s is America’s Department Store. For more than 160 years, Macy’s has served generations at every stage of their lives. Macy's customers come to us for fashion, value and high-quality products. We are proud of our heritage and the unique role we play in American culture and tradition. We celebrate occasions big and small, and have created decades of memorable experiences through Macy's 4th of July Fireworks® and Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade®, as well as spectacular fashion shows, culinary events, flower shows, and celebrity appearances. With the collective support of our customers and colleagues, Macy's helps make a difference in every market we serve, supporting local and national charities through funding and volunteer service. With fashion, value and celebration as our guide, Macy’s makes life shine brighter for our customers, colleagues, and communities.
About Make-A-Wish®
Make-A-Wish creates life-changing wishes for children with critical illnesses. We seek to bring every eligible child's wish to life because every child deserves a childhood. Research shows children who have wishes granted can build the physical and emotional strength they need to fight their illness. This year marks the 40th anniversary of the wish that inspired the founding of the organization in 1980. Since then, Make-A-Wish has become the world’s leading children’s wish-granting organization, serving children in every community in the United States and in nearly 50 countries worldwide. Together, generous donors, supporters, staff and more than 34,000 volunteers across the U.S. unite to deliver hope to wish kids and their families when they need it most. In total, Make-A-Wish has granted more than 330,000 wishes to children in the U.S. and its territories; more than 15,800 wishes in 2019 alone. For more information about Make-A-Wish America and the 40th anniversary, visit wish.org.
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ACM Launches 'Museums Mobilize' to Highlight COVID-19 Responses; Nickelodeon Named as Inaugural Partner
ACM Launches “Museums Mobilize” to Highlight COVID-19 Responses
—Campaign Tagline #MuseumsMobilize captures efforts—
ARLINGTON, VA (November 30, 2020)—The Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) has launched Museums Mobilize, a new initiative to highlight how children’s museums around the world are supporting children and families during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The campaign documents and amplifies museum efforts over the past eight months, and also provides resources to help ACM member museums communicate their work at the local level.
“Since March, children’s museums around the world have launched new efforts and transformed existing ones to support children, families, and communities facing unprecedented challenges,” said ACM Executive Director Laura Huerta Migus. “In these trying times, children’s museums have leveraged their expertise in child-and play-centered approaches to academic and social-emotional learning to meet direct and pressing needs—as shown in our new initiative, Museums Mobilize.”
Examples of children’s museum efforts include the Children’s Museum of Fond Du Lac partnership with the North Fond Du Lac School District to house the Treffert Way for the Exceptional Mind school; Louisiana Children’s Museum’s partnership with Tulane Institute of Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health to offer the In Dialogue Video Chat Series, a webinar series that demystifies mental health issues for caregivers and their children; and the Museum of Discovery and Science’s MODS PODS program for distance learners in grades K-3.
To help shape the campaign, ACM is collecting stories of impact from our more than 300 children’s museum members around the world. These stories will be shared across ACM’s channels in the coming months. ACM is also building a network of global partners to increase children’s museums’ capacity to serve their communities. The first partner in the Museums Mobilize network is Nickelodeon.
About Association of Children’s Museums (ACM)
The Association of Children's Museums (ACM) champions children's museums worldwide. With more than 460 members in 50 states and 19 countries, ACM leverages the collective knowledge of children's museums through convening, sharing, and dissemination. Learn more at www.childrensmuseums.org.
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Nickelodeon Teen France to Treat Viewers to Selection of Movies in December 2020
Nickelodeon Teen France will be treating viewers to a selection box of movies, airing Saturdays at 18:50 starting Saturday 12th December 2020!
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From Megazap:
En décembre, rendez-vous tous les samedis avec un nouveau film sur NICKELODEON TEEN !
En décembre, rendez-vous tous les samedis avec un nouveau film sur NICKELODEON TEEN !
À partir du 12 décembre, tous les samedis à 18h50, les téléspectateurs s'installent confortablement devant NICKELODEON TEEN qui leur donne rendez-vous pour une programmation 100% films. Entre aventure, rêve et magie, le programme idéal pour patienter avant Noël !
BALLERINE À TOUT PRIX (2017)
Samedi 12 décembre
Les téléspectateurs partent à la rencontre de Hope, une jeune adolescente qui a deux passions, la danse classique et le softball. Lorsqu'elle décide d'auditionner pour le ballet de Casse-Noisette, son quotidien va se retrouver bouleversé. Entre chaussons de danse et batte de softball, Hope trouvera-t-elle son propre chemin ? Une aventure merveilleuse à la poursuite d'un destin à découvrir sur la chaîne NICKELODEON TEEN.
MOLLY MOON ET LE LIVRE MAGIQUE DE L'HYPNOSE (2015)
Samedi 19 décembre
Les téléspectateurs plongent dans l'univers magique de la jeune Molly Moon, une orpheline rebelle qui rêve de sortir de son quotidien lugubre. Alors qu'elle se rend à la bibliothèque elle tombe sur un mystérieux livre sur l'hypnose qui s'apprête à changer sa vie. Molly va rapidement se découvrir des pouvoirs et utiliser l'hypnose pour réaliser ses rêves les plus fous... mais gare aux envieux. Une aventure extraordinaire adaptée de la série littéraire de Georgia Byng qui ne manquera pas de faire rêver petits et grands sur NICKELODEON TEEN !
LA LÉGENDE DE LONGWOOD (2014)
Samedi 26 décembre
Les téléspectateurs partent sur les traces d'un ancien mystère qui plane sur la petite ville irlandaise de Longwood en compagnie de la jeune Mickey Miller. Alors qu'elle vient de s'installer avec sa famille, Mickey découvre un lien qui la relie à la légende du chevalier noir qui hante régulièrement le village. Curieuse et téméraire, elle entreprend de découvrir le secret qui se cache derrière cette légende... Une aventure épique où se mêlent destin et malédiction à retrouver sur NICKELODEON TEEN !
En décembre, on sort plaid et chocolat chaud et on regarde NICKELODEON TEEN !
PROGRAMMATION 100% FILMS
À partir du 12 décembre
Tous les samedis à 18h50
Nickelodeon Teen est disponible dans les Offres TV de Parabole Réunion-Mayotte, Orange, SFR, GO TV et sur tous les supports TV en France Métropolitaine.
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Nickelodeon UK Ratings For Week Of Monday 16th - Sunday 22nd November 2020
Nickelodeon UK Network Ratings for week of Monday 16th - Sunday 22nd November 2020.
The Nickelodeon UK Network's ratings were a bit of a mixed bag again this week, according to BARB data. Ratings were down for Nickelodeon and Nicktoons compared to the previous week (Nov. 9-15). Danger Force also continues to do well.
Nick Jr. and Nick Jr. Too's ratings were up this week, with Deer Squad making a pleasant return to Nick Jr.'s Top 15 most-watched programmes for this week. Meanwhile, with Nick Jr. Too currently hosting Nick Jr. Peppa, Peppa Pig dominated the channel's ratings this week.
Nickelodeon Total:
1. DANGER FORCE (FRI 18:00) - 59,300
2. HORRID HENRY (SUN 12:00) - 50,000
3. THE THUNDERMANS (SAT 15:00) - 46,200
4. THE THUNDERMANS (SAT 08:28) - 46,000
5. THE THUNDERMANS (SAT 12:59) - 43,400
6. THE THUNDERMANS (SUN 08:27) - 42,300
7. THE THUNDERMANS (SAT 11:59) - 39,100
8. THE THUNDERMANS (SAT 14:31) - 38,800
9. THE THUNDERMANS (SAT 12:31) - 35,900
10. THE THUNDERMANS (THU 17:30) - 31,100
11. HENRY DANGER (SAT 17:31) - 30,500
12. HORRID HENRY (SUN 12:44) - 30,400
13. THE THUNDERMANS (THU 16:59) - 29,900
14. VICTORIOUS (THU 15:00) - 28,800
15. HENRY DANGER (THU 08:00) - 27,600
NickToons Total:
1. THE LOUD HOUSE (MON 16:00) - 41,800
2. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (FRI 07:30) - 39,500
3. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (SAT 13:00) - 38,300
4. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (FRI 07:15) - 37,800
5. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (FRI 07:45) - 36,000
6. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (MON 15:40) - 33,900
7. HORRID HENRY (THU 18:15) - 33,500
8. DORG VAN DANGO (THU 18:30) - 33,500
9. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (WED 07:45) - 33,400
10. THE LOUD HOUSE (MON 17:00) - 32,200
11. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (TUE 07:30) - 31,700
12. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (TUE 07:15) - 30,400
13. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (TUE 07:45) - 30,200
14. THE LOUD HOUSE (MON 17:15) - 29,800
15. SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS (TUE 07:00) - 29,600
Nick Jr. Total:
1. PEPPA PIG (TUE 06:00) - 141,400
2. PAW PATROL (THU 13:29) - 104,800
3. PAW PATROL (THU 27:44) - 94,800
4. PEPPA PIG (THU 06:20) - 78,800
5. DEER SQUAD (MON 15:29) - 77,100
6. DEER SQUAD (MON 15:44) - 77,100
7. PAW PATROL (MON 17:44) - 74,800
8. BLAZE AND THE MONSTER MACHINES (SUN 11:00) - 69,800
9. PEPPA PIG (SUN 19:15) - 69,300
10. PEPPA PIG (SAT 19:15) - 67,600
11. PEPPA PIG (SAT 20:45) - 65,600
12. PAW PATROL (FRI 14:30) - 65,500
13. PAW PATROL (FRI 13:30) - 65,500
14. PAW PATROL (FRI 14:45) - 64,900
15. PEPPA PIG (SAT 12:30) - 64,900
Nick Jr. Too:
1. PEPPA PIG (FRI 16:45) - 123,900
2. PEPPA PIG (TUE 12:00) - 122,300
3. PEPPA PIG (FRI 17:15) - 113,200
4. PEPPA PIG (FRI 17:00) - 104,100
5. PEPPA PIG (WED 10:45) - 102,200
6. PEPPA PIG (FRI 14:20) - 99,000
7. PEPPA PIG (FRI 17:50) - 98,300
8. PEPPA PIG (TUE 19:00) - 96,800
9. PEPPA PIG (MON 07:30) - 96,700
10. PEPPA PIG (TUE 11:20) - 96,700
11. PEPPA PIG (MON 26:14) - 96,600
12. PEPPA PIG (FRI 17:20) - 96,400
13. PEPPA PIG (FRI 16:05) - 95,900
14. PEPPA PIG (SUN 29:45) - 95,500
15. PEPPA PIG (FRI 16:35) - 94,700
Notes: Nick Jr. Too is listed as Nick Jr 2 on BARB; the channel is currently named Nick Jr. Peppa.
Nickelodeon Network:
1. PEPPA PIG (TUE 06:00) - Nick Jr Total - 141,400
2. PEPPA PIG (FRI 16:45) - Nick Jr 2 - 123,900
3. PEPPA PIG (TUE 12:00) - Nick Jr 2 - 122,300
4. PEPPA PIG (FRI 17:15) - Nick Jr 2 - 113,200
5. PAW PATROL (THU 13:29) - Nick Jr Total - 104,800
6. PEPPA PIG (FRI 17:00) - Nick Jr 2 - 104,100
7. PEPPA PIG (WED 10:45) - Nick Jr 2 - 102,200
8. PEPPA PIG (FRI 14:20) - Nick Jr 2 - 99,000
9. PEPPA PIG (FRI 17:50) - Nick Jr 2 - 98,300
10. PEPPA PIG (TUE 19:00) - Nick Jr 2 - 96,800
11. PEPPA PIG (MON 07:30) - Nick Jr 2 - 96,700
12. PEPPA PIG (TUE 11:20) - Nick Jr 2 - 96,700
13. PEPPA PIG (MON 26:14) - Nick Jr 2 - 96,600
14. PEPPA PIG (FRI 17:20) - Nick Jr 2 - 96,400
15. PEPPA PIG (FRI 16:05) - Nick Jr 2 - 95,900
Programmes of less than 5 minutes duration are excluded from these reports.
Linear TV viewing only; Data for viewing programming on PC/laptops, Tablets and Smartphones is currently unavailable.
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Originally published: Monday, November 30, 2020.
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Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for Monday, November 30, 2020 | Nickelodeon
Classic Rugrats Comic Strip for Monday, November 30, 2020 | Nickelodeon
Rugrats, provided to Creators Syndicate by Nickelodeon, based off the popular animated television series has been created for children and family's to laugh and enjoy together.
Follow these comics and their take on real episodes of the show and their own spin on hilarious adventures.
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Follow these comics and their take on real episodes of the show and their own spin on hilarious adventures.
Read more Rugrats comic strips!: https://www.creators.com/features/rugrats
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The Very First Christmas (Loud House Remix) 🎄🏠 SpongeBob Sing-a-Long | Nickelodeon
The Very First Christmas (Loud House Remix) 🎄🏠 SpongeBob Sing-a-Long | Nickelodeon
Rock out and sing-a-long to this special Loud House remix of "The Very First Christmas" from the SpongeBob holiday episode "Christmas Who?"
Rock out and sing-a-long to this special Loud House remix of "The Very First Christmas" from the SpongeBob holiday episode "Christmas Who?"
SECRET TUNNEL Song with Chong + Sokka Sing-a-Long with Chong! | Avatar: The Last Airbender
SECRET TUNNEL Song with Chong + Sokka Sing-a-Long! | Avatar: The Last Airbender
SECRET TUNNEL! SECRET TUNNELLLLL! It's hard not to join Chong and the Nomads in singing along to their smash hit "Secret Tunnel", especially when we give you lyrics to easily follow along with! So grab a friend and feel like you're right there with Sokka, Katara, and Aang by belting along with us... SECRET TUNNEL!
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SECRET TUNNEL! SECRET TUNNELLLLL! It's hard not to join Chong and the Nomads in singing along to their smash hit "Secret Tunnel", especially when we give you lyrics to easily follow along with! So grab a friend and feel like you're right there with Sokka, Katara, and Aang by belting along with us... SECRET TUNNEL!
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Monster Machine Christmas Extravaganza! | Blaze and the Monster Machines
Monster Machine Christmas Extravaganza! | Blaze and the Monster Machines
In this special Monster Machine Christmas Extravaganza, the Axle City carolers perform, Pickle ice skates and more! Then, Blaze and Crusher team up to save the Christmas presents! Lastly, they help Santa deliver all of the presents before Christmas!
Kids can watch their favorite Nick Jr. shows weekdays on Nickelodeon and all week long on the Nick Jr. channel: http://nickjr.com/tvschedule/
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In this special Monster Machine Christmas Extravaganza, the Axle City carolers perform, Pickle ice skates and more! Then, Blaze and Crusher team up to save the Christmas presents! Lastly, they help Santa deliver all of the presents before Christmas!
Nickelodeon's full Nickmas highlights can be found here!: http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2020/10/nickelodeon-unwraps-holiday-programming.html
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Toph’s Rock Armor Really Wasn’t Supposed To Have Eye Holes in 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'
Toph's season 2 rock armor didn't originally have eye holes, seeing as Toph is blind, but an animation error found its way into the aired episode.
Avatar: The Last Airbender's creators admitted that they made a mistake while animating Toph Beifong's rock armor in season 2. In season 2, episode 9, "Bitter Work," Toph trains Aang in Earthbending by encasing herself in rocks and charging at him. If Aang could master an Earthbender's mentality of meeting an obstacle head on, he would be able to push her back. Fans were quick to notice that Toph's rock armor had eye holes, even though she is blind and wouldn't need them.
Toph's blindness never held her back from becoming the greatest Earthbender in the Avatar universe. She learned to Earthbend from the original masters of the art, badgermoles, and defeated several formidable opponents throughout the series. Her seismic sense allowed her to 'see' everything around her and anticipate others' movements, and she even created an entirely new form of bending: Metalbending. Her tough demeanor and ability to wait and listen while Earthbending made her the perfect teacher for Aang.
Toph uses her rock armor in one of her first training exercises with Aang. In the scene, her armor features a hole over her eyes, despite her blindness making such a gap pointless (and potentially dangerous). In the book Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Art of the Animated Series, creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko explained that the eye hole was simply an error that occurred during the animation process: the hole was intended to be over her mouth, not her eyes.
One of the first designs for Toph's armor took Toph's blindness into consideration and omitted the eye hole, instead including a hole over her mouth so she would still be able to breathe. According to DiMartino and Konietzko, the mistake came when "the animation was drawn so that the hole appeared over her eyes." The crew missed the error when they were revising the episode, so it ended up in the final version of the animation. Some fans speculated that it was Toph joking about her blindness, as she often did around other members of the Gaang. However, this small passage from Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Art of the Animated Series confirms that it truly was a mistake.
Fortunately, this mistake did not occur the next time Toph uses armor in Avatar: The Last Airbender. When she, Suki, and Sokka take down the Fire Nation's airships in the series finale, Toph covers herself in metal armor to protect herself from the Firebenders steering the ship. This particular suit of armor doesn't have any eye holes in it, showing that the animators learned from their initial mistake and adapted their design accordingly.
The pilot of Avatar: The Last Airbender can be watched here, and the recently released second printing of Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Art of the Animated Series is now available from Dark Horse. The follow up, The Legend of Korra: The Art of the Animated Series-Book One: Air, will receive a second reprint in February 2021, also from Dark Horse.
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The Real Life Event That Inspired 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'
The early concept for Avatar: The Last Airbender was partly inspired by a real-life shipwreck that happened in the early 1900s in Antarctica.
Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko were inspired by a real-life historic event while they were in the early stages of developing the beloved animated series. Konietzko and DiMartino, who met at school and shared a dream of creating an animated television show, decided to collaborate and come up with a pitch for Nickelodeon. They knew they needed an idea that appealed to and was appropriate for children – either a show about children or non-human creatures that children could relate to.
Konietzko and DiMartino started sketching. As DiMartino recalls in Avatar Spirits, a short documentary on the making of Avatar, “we spread out all of our ideas on the table … and one of the drawings was something Bryan had done.” Among the first sketches by Bryan Konietzko was one of a young, bald boy with two companions: a cyclops robot monkey with an arrow on its head and a polar bear dog who walked upright on its hind legs. The polar bear dog became Appa (though the idea was later repurposed for Naga in Avatar: The Legend of Korra) and the robot monkey became Momo. The creators decided to take the arrow from the monkey’s head and put it on the boy – and thus the boy became Aang, the Avatar.
But these characters needed a world and a story, so DiMartino thought of Antarctica. Specifically, he thought of Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic expedition on the Endurance. Ernest Shackleton led several British expeditions to Antarctica in the early 1900s, but the part of Shackleton’s story that DiMartino seemed most taken with was the element of survival. In 1915, the Endurance sank in Antarctica, stranding its 28-man crew. Shackleton and his crew journeyed by foot and boat for months until they were rescued – all of them. No one from the Endurance died on that expedition. “I had been watching documentaries about Shackleton’s crazy Antarctic expedition,” DiMartino says in Avatar Spirits, “and the ship getting caught in the ice and all these guys surviving against all odds.”
DiMartino and Konietzko were intrigued by the idea that humans could manage to survive the harshest climates on Earth. Konietzko was brainstorming when he was at yoga “drenched in sweat,” as he recalls in Avatar Spirits, “and I thought of combining his Shackleton idea with this kid.” The connection between Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic voyage and Avatar is most prominently reflected in the inciting event of the series. In Avatar’s pilot, “The Boy in the Iceberg,” Katara and Sokka discover Aang, who had – against all odds – survived being trapped in an iceberg for a hundred years, not unlike Shackleton’s men who survived the cold and unforgiving Antarctic.
Avatar’s characters, story, world, and concept resonate as much with audiences today as they did when Avatar: The Legend of Aang first aired, but imagining the idea of Avatar: The Last Airbender coming from an actual historical event seems strange – especially an event that likely wouldn’t interest children. And Konietzko’s original concept for Aang, Appa, and Momo is very different from the finalized versions. But once the two ideas melded together and gave Konietzko and DiMartino a solid starting point, the rest of the award-winning show came together in a masterfully created and produced work of children’s animation.
The pilot of Avatar: The Last Airbender can be watched here.
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Nick Jr. Global to Premiere New Episodes of 'Shimmer and Shine' from Monday 30th November 2020
Nick Jr. Global will start to premiere brand-new episodes of Shimmer and Shine from Monday 30th November 2020! New episodes will air weekdays at 8:30 in Spain (España), 10:25 CEST in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), 20:05 Uhr in Germany (Deutschland; from 29th November), and at 7:05 pm in New Zealand (from 29th November). Please see local listings for airtimes in Africa, Poland (Polska), Flanders (Vlaanderen), Wallonia (Wallonie), Denmark (Danmark), Sweden (Sverige), Norway (Norge), Arabia (جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب), Turkey (Türkiye), the Netherlands (Nederland), and the Middle East.
- 2020-11-30 10:25 4x23 Zadazzler Dizzaster / Hotdog Havocle East
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- 2020-12-01 10:25 4x24a Ladybugs On the Loose
- 2020-12-02 10:25 4x24b Zeta the Powerless
- 2020-12-03 10:25 4x26a Zahra-Zkunked
- 2020-12-04 10:25 4x26b The Sorcer-enie - series finale
From neeo:
Nick Jr. se llena de magia con el estreno de los nuevos episodios de Shimmer & Shine
El lunes 30 a las 8:30h llegan al canal las hermanas genios y su amiga humana Leah con nuevas y emocionantes aventuras donde tendrán que trabajar en equipo para resolver cualquier problema mágico que se les presente.
Siempre que hay alguien en apuros ahí están las hermanas genios Shimmer y Shine y su amiga humana Leah para ayudarlos. Y, en estos nuevos episodios, deberán arreglar el desastre que está a punto de hacer Zeta en su intento de apoderarse de las Cataratas de Zahramay. Pero esto no es todo, porque las chicas también tendrán que ayudar a atrapar a las mariquitas mágicas que han escapado del palacio de Samira, antes de que Zeta acabe causando un problema.
Sin embargo, a pesar de todas las travesuras de Zeta, Shimmer, Shine y Leah no dudan en ayudarla cuando pierde su fe como hechicera. Y, aunque en muchas ocasiones esta hechicera quiera frustrar los planes de las hermanas genios, en otro momento, Zeta se une a ellas, a Leah y a la princesa Samira para evitar que Uzma se apodere de la magia de las Cataratas de Zahramay, pero ¿lo conseguirán antes de tiempo?
Lunes 30 a las 8.30h
Lunes a viernes a las 8.30h
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Nickelodeon International to Premiere New Episodes of 'Top Wing' From Monday 30th November 2020
Nickelodeon International will start to premiere brand-new episodes of Top Wing from Monday 30th November 2020! New episodes of Top Wing will air weekdays at 05:35 CEST in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Please see local listings for Africa and Turkey (Türkiye). The new episodes don't appear to be airing on the Iberian sub-feed of Nickelodeon International just yet.
- 2020-12-01 2x09 Nagy Big Swirl Beach Watch / Survivor Bear's Adventure Tour
- 2020-12-02 2x11 Top Wing Levels Up
- 2020-12-03 2x14 Arrgh Me Snugglies / Earl the Gadget Squirrel
- 2020-12-04 2x15 Inspector Eagle Eye Returns / Lemon Shack Hijack
- 2020-12-05 2x16 Ker-Splash Canyon Tour / Big Swirl 500
- 2020-12-06 2x17 Big Swirl Blackout / Brenda's Gift
- 2020-12-07 2x13 Gone Gondola Gone / Hassllehawg Swim Lesson
- 2020-12-08 2x10 The Haunting of Pirate Cove / Penny and Bea Rescue Team
- 2020-12-09 2x12 A Top Wing Christmas (holiday special)
- 2020-12-10 2x18 The Big Swirl Balloon Race / Kelp is on the Way
- 2020-12-11 2x19 Top Wing Rescues Ker-Splash Canyon
- 2020-12-12 2x20 Brody's Flying Lesson / Brody's Purple Pear Rescue
- 2020-12-13 2x21 Pirate Playzone / King of the Dodos
- 2020-12-14 2x22 Waterfall Jump / Top Wing Tour Guides
- 2020-12-15 2x23 Survivor Bear and the Secret of Ker-Splash Canyon / Great Ker-Splash Race
- 2020-12-16 2x24 Earl's Nutty Invention / Big Swirl Break-Up
- 2020-12-17 2x25 Dodo Egg Scramble / Trini's Trin-Tastic Big Swirl Tour
- 2020-12-18 2x26 Baddy and the Bad Wings / Cheep and Chirp's Splashy Surf Show - series finale
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