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Friday, March 29, 2024

Paramount+ Removes 10 Nickelodeon Titles Including ‘Blue’s Clues & You!’ & ‘Rugrats’ Series

Paramount+ has purged 10 Nickelodeon original series, following the removal of other Nick titles from the platform over the past several months.

The list includes Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019-2022), Blue’s Clues & You! (2019), It’s Pony (2020-2022), Middlemost Post (2021-2022), Ollie’s Pack (2020), Ryan’s Mystery Playdate (2019-2023), Santiago of the Seas (2020), That Girl Lay Lay (2021-2024) as well as the made-for-Paramount+ Big Nate (2022)and Rugrats (2021).

This is said to be part of content removal addressed in the most recent Q4 earnings call on February 28. Targeting Nick titles is a little surprising as, according to parent Paramount Global, the network’s Kids & Family content consistently ranks among the most watched and re-watched programming on Paramount+.

“In connection with our continued review of our international content strategy, during the first quarter of 2024 we made a strategic decision to focus on content with mass global appeal,” the company said in its 10-K filing. “As part of this, we are rationalizing original content on Paramount+, especially internationally, and improving the efficiency of our linear network programming. As a result, we have reviewed our expansive global content portfolio and are removing select content from our platforms.”

Paramount expects “to recognize additional programming charges that we currently expect to be in the range of approximately $700 million to $900 million during the first quarter of 2024.”

Friday, March 22, 2024

Development Alert: The Loud House Resurfaces On Nicktoons After Being Purged Across Africa (Excluding South Africa) In 2023

In 2014, The Loud House alongside several animated shows viewed on Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney Channel had been banned from Africa. This was after Paramount Global had opted to censor out any gay content viewed on their channels. 

Since then, The Loud House alongside the affected shows in question were only viewable on the above-mentioned channels in South Africa while the rest of Africa had slotted other programs in place.

By October 2021, Nickelodeon had made past seasons to The Loud House accessible on Nicktoons across Africa. This was accompanied by additional content such as The Casagrandes, Middlemost Post and The Barbarian And The Troll.

After a year on air, The Loud House was silently removed from the channel's lineup. Although it was still listed on the programme guide, the channel allocated It's Pony and Middlemost Post before being subsequently replaced with The Casagrandes. 

Through the programme guide, The Loud House is now listed on Nicktoons at 19:00 from 1st April. Not only will the show return to Nicktoons but it will relaunch in Africa after almost 10 years the only catch these episodes are only on weeknights. 

Paramount Global hasn't responded to the sudden inclusion of but based on the timeslot. They're likely trying to alienate the show from their younger audiences as The Loud House has become more of a TV series for younger adults aged 18.

Friday, March 8, 2024

Could Paramount Plus Have Halted Production Of Original Kids Programming As Further Content Move To Nickelodeon Channels?

During the year, it was reported that Danger Force would end with a season 3 on Nickelodeon leaving only two live-action shows on the network. On top of that, several content from Paramount+ such as Rugrats and Big Nate have new episodes on Nicktoons.

Nicktoons serves as a secondary network filtered on reruns meaning less consumption. In a turn of events, Paramount Global had opted to divert these shows away from Nickelodeon where the latter would get more exposure and burn it off to Nicktoons.

This comes prior to the time when Monsters At Work being a Disney+ exclusive following its rollout in 2021 moved to Disney Channel for a second season. Unlike Disney Channel, this could be worrisome as most shows to have entered Nicktoons are usually axed.

On top of a possible sale, Paramount Global has undergone a restructure laying off 800 employees as part of streamlining attempts. The idea of original kids programming from Paramount+ being purged in this possible shake-up wouldn't seem far fetched. 

Paramount+ hasn't been profitable in the United States due to high level of competition from Netflix and Disney+. It had led them to change their distribution strategy internationally with most markets in Europe and Africa opting on a third party for the content. 

Netflix has been building up Nickelodeon's content slate with the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender based on the animated series of the same name. They even acquired exclusive rights to The Fairly OddParents: Make A Wish and The Casagrandes Movie.

With the lack of new kids content coming as Paramount+ exclusive it wouldn't seem far fetched if Paramount Global had opted to move this to Netflix while other content is accessible on linear platforms.

Thursday, March 7, 2024

April 2024 On Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. And Nicktoons Across South Africa | New Series Alert: Dora | Returning Shows Including Deer Squad And Rubble And Crew | More

Nickelodeon

Young Dylan 
New Episodes
Premier: 01/4 – 11/04
Slot: Weekdays
Time: 18:15
New eps: 410 - 418
Dylan continues to explore his art and his adolescence as he leans on his cousins and. learns from his aunt and uncle. Yasmine, Myles and Viola guide the kids and each other toward what it means to continually grow together as a family.

Monster High 
Premier: 15/04 – 26/04
Slot: Weekdays
Time: 17:00
New Eps: 119 - 126
The series follows Frankie Stein, Draculaura, and Clawdeen Wolf, the respective children of Frankenstein, Dracula and a Werewolf, as well as other children of famous mythical monsters they navigate the hilarity of high school in the hallowed halls of Monster High.

SpongeBob SquarePants 
New Episodes
Premier : 29/04/24 – 09/05/2024
Slot : Monday - Thursday
Time: 15:00
New eps: 294, 295, 298, 299
The misadventures of a talking sea sponge who works at a fast-food restaurant, attends a boating school, and lives in an underwater pineapple.

Nicktoons 

Monster High 
Premiere: 15/04/2024- 26/04/2024
Episodes: 119-126
Slot: Monday- Friday
Time: 17:30
NEW EPISODES
Life gets wild when human girl Clawden discovers Monster High, school where anything is possible

Rock, Paper, Scissor
Premiere: 29/04/2024-10/05/2024
Episode: 101-110
Slot: Monday- Friday
Time: 17:00
Rock, Paper and Scissors are three best friends who share an apartment together and compete over everything. Week to week, they have tiny problems that always get out of hand.

Nick Jr.

TINY EXPLORERS STUNT
Premier: 01/04/2024 – 12/04/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 09:30am/pm, 06:00pm
Including sneak peek of Dora #102
Premier : 05/04/2024 – 12/04/2024
Slot: Friday
Time: 10:15am/pm, 06:45pm
Two weeks with the most curious world explorers.

Featuring Nick Jr’s most beloved series: Paw Patrol, Rubble and Crew, Baby Shark’s Big Show, Blaze and the Monster Machines. Including a very special sneak peek into our newest shows: Dora

DEER SQUAD
NEW EPISODES
Episodes: #311-320
Premier: 01/04/2024 – 12/04/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 07:50am/pm, 04:00am/pm
The Deer Squad are back with more amazing adventures and heroic rescues! In Season 3 the brave squad learn more about spectacular space, discover an incredible Sparkle Island, and travel to the depths of the awesome Sparkle Sea!

DORA 
SERIES LAUNCH
Episodes: #101-110
Premier: 15/04/2024 – 26/04/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 09:30am/pm, 03:10am/pm, 06:00pm

RUBBLE & CREW
NEW EPISODES
Episodes: #121-123, 125-126
Premier: 15/04/2024 – 26/04/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 07:25am/pm, 09:05am/pm,
02:45am/pm, 05:30am/pm
Rubble moves with his family of construction pups to the nearby town of Builder Cove where they live, play, and build whatever the community needs.

Sunday, March 3, 2024

Development Alert (Rumour): Rugrats (2021 Reboot) Likely Cancelled On Nickelodeon And Paramount+ As Further Episodes Are Burned Off To Nicktoons

Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain. Based on the series of the same name, it featured the voices of Nancy Cartwright, E.G. Daily, Kath Soucie, Cheryl Chase, Tony Hale and Cree Summers.

The series premiered on May 27, 2021, on Paramount+; it is the second Nickelodeon-based series created for the streaming service. As with previous incarnations of the franchise, the series is produced by Klasky Csupo.

Just like the original series, Rugrats focuses on the experiences of a courageous, adventurous one-year-old baby named Tommy Pickles and his group of playmates and other infants. It does come with some minor variations specifically for the character, Betty DeVille.

During the year, Disney made numerous headlines after axing several shows including Bunk'd and The Ghost And Molly McGee. With the future of Hailey's On It, The Villains Of Valley View and Raven's Home still in doubt as their current seasons wrap production. 

Nickelodeon serving as a rival brand to the company had allocated new episodes of That Girl Lay Lay on Nicktoons with reports going around that Rugrats would follow soon. Often, when shows are axed by the network they would fold under secondary networks.

Not long ago, Danger Force wrapped production on Nickelodeon after 3 seasons leaving The Really Loud House and Young Dylan as the only live-action. With a wider line-up of animated shows like Big Nate, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Patrick Star Show. 

News Shorts: Paw Patrol To Be Dubbed In isiZulu For Nicktoons, SABC Lehae Is Made Available On Squid TV And eExtra Adds Tomorrow With You And Kurt En Shura Rebroadcast

Paw Patrol is going local

Following the successful launch of SpongeBob SquarePants in isiZulu in 2022. Nickelodeon is looking to dub more content in local languages for sister network Nicktoons with the preschool series Paw Patrol airing at a much later timeslot from 18 March at 15:00.

The series focuses on a young boy named Ryder who leads a crew of search and rescue dogs that call themselves the PAW Patrol. They work together on missions to protect the shoreside community of Adventure Bay and surrounding areas.

Since its debut, the series has developed into a media franchise with two feature films Paw Patrol: The Movie and The Mighty One alongside spinoff Rubble & Crew.

Nicktoons serves as one of several broadcasters dubbing animated series with SABC (Ben 10, Zulu and Afrikaans), e.tv (Care Bears: Unlock The Magic, Xhosa) and Play Room (Cocomelon and Akili And Me, isiZulu).
Could it be that NickMusic will move to Nickelodeon with repeats on Nicktoons I mean the channel has lost touch of reality as it appears to have undergone a mini-merge with global feeds. They already offer Transformers: Earthspark, Monster High and Big Nate.

Nickelodeon did rollout a new on air look last year and had been spreading it across various platforms. Of course, the feeds in Africa and various international regions have yet to update their designs.

If anything, it's likely NickMusic Africa is playing a part in this maybe Nickelodeon wants to give the studio a new design. But questions amount to when Nick Jr. and Nicktoons would rebrand as Paramount promised end of the year for Nick Jr. but none of that came to pass.

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Live-Action Danny Phantom Film Is Reportedly In Development

An iconic animated series may soon be making its way back to our screens in a new form. According to insider Daniel Richtman, a live-action Danny Phantom film is in development at Paramount.

Danny Phantom is an animated series that first premiered on Nickelodeon in 2004, netting fifty-three episodes across three seasons. Created by Butch Hartman (The Fairly OddParents), the series followed the adventures of a teenager named Danny Fenton, who gains various superpowers like flight and invisibility after an accident in his ghost-hunting obsessed parents' laboratory. Despite his initial hesitation, Danny eventually learns to embrace his powers and commits to becoming a superhero to defend his family, friends Tucker Foley and Sam Manson, and hometown from the threat of malevolent ghosts from the Ghost Zone.

The show bears many similarities to Sony's Ghostbusters, including some of the equipment used in the series, as well as Marvel's Spider-Man series, with both protagonists forced to juggle the responsibilities of being a superhero along with the everyday mundanities of being a teenager. This timeless formula proved to be a success as Danny Phantom has retained a solid following since its finale aired well over a decade ago.

Although the series ended in 2007, Danny Phantom has remained in the hearts of fans, and has seen a few comebacks in recent years, including most recently as characters in the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl franchise as well as a graphic novel, "A Glitch In Time".

Ricthman did not reveal any further information about the film, such as a creative team or potential timeline. It seems the project is still in very early development; it may be some time before any additional news regarding the movie is announced. It remains to be seen if the film will receive a theatrical release or premiere on Paramount+.

Interestingly, Grey DeLisle (The Loud House), who provided the voice of 'Sam' in Danny Phantom, hinted back in 2016 that Nickelodeon were planning to make a live-action Danny Phantom movie.

The news also comes as Nickelodeon is revisiting many of its iconic properties, including the recently released Zoey 102 and Good Burger 2 movies, as well as revivals of Fairly OddParents and iCarly. Nickelodeon has also rebooted Rugrats and Blue's Clues, and will be launching its rebooted Dora the Explorer series later this year, along with a The Thundermans revival movie. A Henry Danger movie is also in the works, as well as new Avatar: The Last Airbender projects.

It's important to note that, at the time of posting, nothing official has been confirmed so far, so it's worth taking it all with a pinch of salt.

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Recap To Last Year: How The Possible Merger Of Paramount Global And Warner Bros. Discovery Merge Nicktoons With Boing And Boomerang?

Boomerang was international children's channel operated by Warner Bros. Discovery that featured past content from Warner Bros. Animation and Cartoon Network. Internationally, it served as a complimentary brand to Cartoon Network with a family based offering.

Some content to have been viewed on Boomerang before it's rebrand to Cartoonito included Grizzy And The Lemmings, Mr. Magoo, New Looney Tunes and Be Cool, Scooby-Doo. It's predecessor Cartoonito serves as a fresh outtake to the nostalgic brand.

Cartoonito seeks to maintain the Boomerang DNA with the latter but in retrospect. It's more like sister channel Cartoon Network which had grown distance from its older programming.

Last year, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global were said to be in early talks of a potential merger. This could see brands like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network operate under the same umbrella but questions amounted to the future of their other kids brands.

Warner Bros. Discovery had been slowly scrapping Cartoon Network Studios and folding it under Warner Bros. Animation so it's less likely that Nickelodeon Animation Studios will be treated any different. Ideally, Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network's linear counterpart could remain intact.

If anything, a restructuring could be underway for this offering if the merger moves forward. Nickelodeon could revert into the TeenNick of children's TV as they've built stable hits like Drake And Josh, iCarly and Henry Danger with further animation under Cartoon Network.

With animation moving away from Nickelodeon, this would bring about the end of the Nicktoons trademark. Warner Bros. Discovery offering Boomerang and Boing could use these brands to supplement Nicktoons in other countries.

In parts of Europe and Africa, Boing is likely to lead the way as it served as a more modern outtake to Boomerang. It wasn't centred solely on past programming and Warner had often licenced content that wasn't viewed on either Cartoon Network and Cartoonito.

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Regular Nick Shorts: Nickelodeon Rebrands Their Remaining Linear Offering To The Splat, Pretty Freekin Scary Launches On Disney Channel Across Europe, Middle East And Africa And Mickey Mouse-Inspired Horror Game 'Infestation 88' Announced

Nicktoons and TeenNick enter the Splat Zone

After teasing their new logos over the past few months, Nickelodeon today (Jan. 1, 2024) kick-started the New Year by rebranding its Nicktoons and TeenNick channels! The rebrand features the new Nicktoons and TeenNick logos unveiled last year, based on Nickelodeon's recently introduced Splat logo the network introduced early last year, and includes new on-air graphics, such as lower-thirds, updated BUG/DOG, bumpers, idents, promo endboards, and Curriculum Boards.

Both channels use bumpers from Nickelodeon's 2023 rebrand, with TeenNick also using a mix of new bumpers featuring older kids as well as repurposed bumpers from their 2019 rebrand.

Credits: NickAndMore and NickALive!
Disney Channel to rollout a new series

14 year-old Frankie Ripp has a great life until she suddenly gets killed in a freak accident where she fell into a manhole. In the Underworld, she has a heated debate with the Grim Reaper who lets her return home as long as her Underworld guardians Pretty and Scary accompany her. Frankie tries to keep the Grim Reaper a secret from everyone, while at the same time she must work for the Grim Reaper by completing a series of given tasks should she wish to keep her life.

Pretty Freekin Scary launches on Disney Channel across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) from 23 January.
New Mickey Mouse game is in development

Nightmare Forge games has announced Infestation 88, a new 1-4 player survival horror co-op game that aims to infuse nostalgia with terror (in the vein of Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey) by twisting the now-in-the-public-domain Steamboat Willie into something much scarier. It's in development for PC.

The developers describe it as such: "In the year 1988, what was thought to be an outbreak of rodents in various locations morphed into something far more sinister." Sometimes you'll need to fight, sometimes you'll need to run, and sometimes you'll need to hide in a locker. You can set traps and utilize CCTV cameras to try and stay one step ahead of the infestation, and item layouts are randomized in order to help keep matches fresh. 

February 2024 On Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. And Nicktoons Across South Africa | New Series Alert: Rock, Paper, Scissors | Returning Shows Including Danger Force And The Adventures Of Paddington | More

Nickelodeon

ALL STARS STUNT
Premier: 1/01/2023-9/02/2023
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 17:00

DANGER FORCE 
Episodes: #306, #308-#311
Premier: 19/02/2024-23/02/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 18:30

Marathon Stunt
Premier: 25/02/2024
Slot: Sunday
Time: 16:00
Inc. new eps: 312-331

Other shows on the stunt include Tyler Perry's Young Dylan, The Really Loud House, The Thundermans and Henry Danger.

AFTERTOONSSTUNT
29/01/2024-8/03/2024
Monday-Friday
15:20

BIG NATE
Episodes: #201, #202, #205, #209, #210
Premiere: 10/02/2024-24/02/2024
Slot: Saturday-Sunday
Time: 15:00

ROCK PAPER SCISSORS 
Episodes: #101-#110
Premiere: 19/02/2023-01/03/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 16:00

Other shows on the stunt include Monster High, The Loud House, SpongeBob SquarePants and The Casagrandes.

Nicktoons

SUNNY SIDE UP STUNT
Premiere: 22/01/2024-09/02/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 17:00

BIG NATE
Episodes: #201-#210
Date: 10/02/2024-24/02/2024
Slot: Saturday-Sunday
Time: 10:00

SQUEEZE THAT SPONGE STUNT
Premiere: 19/02/2024-15/03/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 17:00
Including the newest episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants: 278, 280-283.

Other shows include ALVINNN!!! And The Chipmunks, The Casagrandes, The Patrick Star Show and The Twisted Timeline Of Sammy And Raj.

Nick Jr.

THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON
Episodes: #313-#316A, 317-318
Premiere: 8/01/2024-19/01/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 08:10am/pm, 02:25am/pm

BOSSY BEAR
Episodes: #126-#128, #130
Premiere: 12/02/2024-23/02/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 09:30am/pm, 04:45am/pm

Friday, December 22, 2023

Most Popular Posts Of 2023: Everyday Novelas Takes The Most Wins With eExtra's Kuiertyd And Surprising Development Cennet: The Power Of Destiny And HONEY Make It To The Top 10

Presenting the reader's 10 most viewed stories of 2023


Notes
• Kuiertyd occupies the most spots in the top 10 (5) and Everyday Novelas offers 6 (including Cennet).
• eToonz's Powerbirds was the most popular kids show or better yet Regular Nick attraction.
• Nicktoons has the oldest post on the list which dates back to 2017.
• Roekeloos Dade has been the most mentions (3)

Thursday, December 21, 2023

More Cord Cutting Might Await Brands Like Nicktoons And MTV Base If Merger Between Paramount Global And Warner Bros. Discovery Moves Forward

During the week, it was reported that Paramount
Global and Warner Bros. Discovery were exploring a potential merger. For now, Warner Bros. Discovery can't look at merging with another entity until April 2024 and talks are said to be in the early stages so it's not known whether they'll go through with the plan.

For a while now, we had explored a variety of outcomes pertaining to the offering on Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network. Not long ago, expanded into the general entertainment section with Smithsonian Channel alongside MTV and Comedy Central with this article pertaining to secondary brands.

Paramount Global operates brands like Comedy Central Extra, BET Gospel, BET Hip-Hop, MTV Base, MTV Hits, Nick@Nite, TeenNick and Nicktoons while Warner Bros. Discovery offers Discovery Family, Real Time, Discovery Max, Boing and Toonami.

With Paramount's possible downsizing to Warner Bros. Discovery, the latter might not have much content left for all these channels and might look into closing them down if not merging in some countries.

Take for instance Nick Jr., Paramount Global was able to operate the channel separately from Nickelodeon with its own slate of content and with this consolidation the latter similar to Nicktoons will most likely cease to exist if not merge under Nickelodeon.

Considering that a ton of archived projects would be available at hand, it's possible the Nicktoons concept could remain intact and looking at the size of Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount maybe Boing/Boomerang could become a worthy successor to Nicktoons.

Nicktoons doesn't serve much purpose especially if they're not looking to produce animation under Nickelodeon. Warner's portfolio has more consumption than Paramount and shows like Paw Patrol and SpongeBob would get more exposure on Cartoon Network.

Despite not as big of an consumption, these channels do have plenty of exposure in other countries so much so that Paramount Global could explore a potential sale to these channels.

Saturday, December 16, 2023

January 2024 On Nickelodeon, Nicktoons And Nick Jr. Across South Africa | Nickelodeon All Stars Stunt | AfterToons Stunt Including New Series Rock Paper Scissors | Returning Shows Including The Loud House And Paddington | More

Nickelodeon

ALL STARS STUNT
1/01/2023-9/01/2023
Monday-Friday
17:30

Including new episodes: 
Young Dylan #320, #403-#409
15/01/2024-25/01/2024
Monday-Friday
18:15

Other shows on the stunt include The Really Loud House, Danger Force and Henry Danger.

THE SMURFS
New episodes: 214-216
8/01/2024-25/01/2024
Monday-Friday
15:00

THE LOUD HOUSE
New episodes: 709-713
22/01/2024-2/02/2024
Monday-Friday
16:30

AFTERTOONSSTUNT
29/01/2024-8/03/2024
Monday-Friday
15:30

Including a new show
Rock Paper Scissors #101-#110
19/02/2023-01/03/2024
Monday-Friday
16:00

Other shows on the stunt include Monster High, The Loud House, SpongeBob SquarePants and The Casagrandes.

Nicktoons

BIG NATE
New Show
Episode: #101-#110
Date: 8/01/2024-25/01/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 15:00

THE PATRICK STAR SHOW
New Episodes
Episode: #121-#126
Date: 8/01/2024-19/01/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 17:00

SUNNY SIDE UP STUNT
Premiere: 22/01/2024-09/02/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 17:00

Other shows include ALVINNN!!! And The Chipmunks, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Casagrandes, The Patrick Star Show and The Twisted Timeline Of Sammy And Raj.

Nick Jr.

MOVIES WEEK

Episode: Paw Patrol: Jet To The Rescue
Date: 1/01/2024
Slot: Monday
Time: 11:00am/pm, 06:00pm

Episode: Blaze And The Monster Machines: Blaze Of Glory
Date: 2/01/2024
Slot: Tuesday
Time: 11:00am/pm, 06:00pm

Episode: Baby Shark's Big Show Compilations #1 & #2
Date: 3/01/2024
Slot: Wednesday
Time: 11:00am/pm, 06:00pm

Episode: Santiago Of The Seas #998; 999
Date: 4/01/2024
Slot: Thursday
Time: 11:00am/pm, 06:00pm

Episode: Paw Patrol: Mighty Pups
Date: 5/01/2024
Slot: Friday
Time: 11:00am/pm, 06:00pm

THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON
New Episodes
Episode: #313-#316A, 317-318
Date: 8/01/2024-19/01/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 08:10am/pm, 02:25am/pm

RUBBLE AND CREW
New Episodes
Episode: #117-#120
Date: 22/01/2024-26/01/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 07:25am/pm, 03:10am/pm, 05:30am/pm

PAW PATROL
New Pup Stunt
Episode: #206, 315, 322, 320, 404, 407, 410, 417, 419, 426, 503, 509, 518, 612, 629, 702B, 706, 712, 718A, 901, 916
Date: 29/01/2024-9/02/2024
Slot: Monday-Friday
Time: 04:45am/pm

Friday, December 15, 2023

Recap To The Decade: Nicktoons No Longer Functions Without Nickelodeon

Nicktoons is an international brand operated by Paramount Global that distributes various animated series and films from Nickelodeon Studios. It also comes with dedicated channels which is accessible in over 13 million homes across the globe with the populist based in Africa.

Unlike most feeds, Nicktoons Africa operates independently initially serving older animated content such as Angry Beavers and Hey Arnold! to more modern content like SpongeBob SquarePants, The Patrick Star Show and The Twisted Timeline Of Sammy & Raj.

Nickelodeon had attempted to further attempted to distance the channel from its repeats tolerance with Pokémon: Sun And Moon, Littlest Pets Shop and Munki And Trunk. Even went as far as bundling the Nick Jr. brand to its existing line-up creating rivalry amongst brands.

Overtime, Nickelodeon sort of learnt how to balance the content I mean they have a local music show, NickMusic. At times, they've even added content some of which resurface on Nickelodeon. The only thing redundant about the offering at this point would be Nick Jr.

Nick Jr. comes with its own TV channel and a programming block on Nickelodeon. Similar to Nicktoons, it also hovers around reruns but the block on Nicktoons hasn't been updated in a long while or at least not in the daytime as the night has seen further content.

Honestly speaking, I think Nick Rewind was something that the channel needed or something more independent like what Nickelodeon had been doing with Nicktoons in a long while I mean something more like Nickelodeon Extra or Nick Refresh.

Recap To Last Month: Nick Jr. Failed To Enter The Splat Zone As MultiChoice And Paramount Global Promised, Might Launch In 2024 Alongside Nicktoons

Earlier in the year, Paramount Global opted to revive one of Nickelodeon's most iconic logos, The Splat. Together with the previous logo would add a more modern flare with most Nickelodeon feeds in Europe integrating by August with consumers in Southern Africa and likely ROA by October.

Together with the Splat, MultiChoice Africa had switched Nickelodeon to high definition two years after the channel switched to high definition in South Africa. It was mentioned that Nick Jr. would migrate by last month with Nicktoons following sometime in 2024.

Just like Paramount+, none of that came in 2023 as intended with questions surrounding the possible delay of the rebrand. Could it be possible that Paramount Global wants to rebrand both Nick Jr. and Nicktoons together or rather they have no idea when it's taking place.

Unlike Nicktoons, Paramount Global supplies a globalised feed for Nick Jr. (and MTV). If you look at it, Paramount Global (in Africa) don't have much control over majority of the developments seen on this channel as opposed to brands like MTV Base and BET.

If anything, it wouldn't surprise me if Nicktoons were to rebrand by the new year alongside Nick Jr. Despite operating as a local, Nicktoons' offering has been more aligned to their international counterparts unlike previous years were it was structured to operate independently.

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Development Alert: Nickelodeon Spain Adds Glitch Techs And Pinky Malinky, Might Launch On Feeds Internationally

Nickelodeon is an international children's brand operated by Paramount Global that offers various TV based films, series and linear channels. Similar to DreamWorks Animation, they had been producing various streaming based content like Invader Zim: Enter The Flopus and Glitch Techs.

During the month, it was revealed by news outlets that Glitch Techs and Pinky Malinky shows that were initially set to debut on linear Nickelodeon channels before getting shelved and revived exclusively for Netflix is currently on the feeds internationally particularly in Spain.

Synopsis for Pinky Malinky:

Pinky Malinky is a fly-on-the-wall reality show that follows the everyday life of Pinky, an infectiously positive hot dog living in a human world. With his best friends Babs and JJ by his side, Pinky reaches for the stars in the small town of Sackenhack. Through his good spirits and sausage sensibilities, Pinky proves that a "wiener" is only one small letter away from being a "WINNER!"

Synopsis for Glitch Techs:

Who knows what really happens when a video game starts to glitch? In Glitch Techs , two teens work at a game store as a front for their actual job: Hunting video game monsters who've broken out into the real world for a super secret task force, The Monster Hunters! Nickelodeon's animated adventure-comedy series follows two newly recruited kids as they battle video game monsters that come to life in the real world.

It is believed by various sources that these two shows might be added on more Nickelodeon channels across the world. The channel doesn't have much noteworthy/original(ity) content following the cancellations of Transformers: Earthspark and Star Trek: Prodigy.

These two shows could help fill up the void and who knows maybe more content that was added exclusively on Netflix but were produced by Nickelodeon could resurface on the linear channels across the world as a number of content is set to exit the streamer soon.