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Posted Oct 21st 2009 4:06PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Industry, Animation, Children, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
Nickelodeon is hoping to win back some of those younger eyeballs by buying up one of the most beloved children's franchises of all time.
The "first kids' network" bought the global rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with plans to turn the property into a CGI TV series and feature film by 2012.
The network has high hopes for the cartoon series. They have invested a lot of time and money into winning over young teens and this could be just the thing to win back their old core audience: young kids and heavy stoners.
Posted Sep 13th 2009 12:02PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Children, Game Show, Pickups and Renewals, Reality-Free
The first network for kids has had some cult classics on their hands. Recently, however, they really haven't released anything remotely memorable, even in the minds of our easily amused, sugared-up youngins.
That's because they have really strayed from the genre that made them so great: game shows. Strayed really isn't a strong enough word. Replace strayed with "shunned with the fervor of an Amish elder who spots a member of his ordnung waiting in line for the new Palm Pre."
Thankfully, the network has learned from their mistakes and re-animated the ghosts of their most classic game shows
with Brainsurge.Continue reading Nickelodeon returning to its game show greatness with Brainsurge
Posted Jul 24th 2009 8:01PM by Danny Gallagher
Filed under: Obituaries, Children, Reality-Free
Just when it seemed the wrath of the TV celebrity grim reaper finally decided to take his coffee break, the break room runs out of coffee.
Actor and comedian Les Lye
passed away on Tuesday from unidentified causes. He was 84.
Of course, here in the States, we know Les as that old guy who played all of the adults on
You Can't Do That On Television on Nickelodeon. That was just the tip of the poutine for TV's Ross Ewich.
Continue reading Canadian TV legend Les Lye dead at 84
Posted Dec 31st 2005 3:34PM by Annie Wu
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Cable, Talent
One of
the stars of
Drake and Josh, Drake Bell, was
seriously injured in a car crash on
Thursday evening. He and a passenger were waiting in a left-turn lane when a car hit them head-on. Bell's injuries are
serious but not life-threatening... They include a fractured neck, a broken jaw, facial lacerations, and knocked-out
teeth. He will reportedly undergo plastic and dental surgery soon. Bell was still in the process of shooting the fourth
season of
Drake and Josh.
It's absolutely terrifying to hear about
someone getting so badly hurt in an accident when they weren't being reckless. In case you don't know who he is
(because you aren't subjected daily to pre-teen programming like I am),
Drake and
Josh is a really popular show on Nickelodeon (not to mention one of the slightly-watchable ones)... Hopefully,
he recovers and can return to work. I know a lot of fans are devastated.
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