Christmas Comes Early For Durban 11-Year Old Ayush Ramchurran Nickelodeon’s 2016 “Ultimate Toy Run” Winner Returns From Dream New York Trip

After a once-in-a-lifetime trip to New York, USA, Ayush Ramchurran, winner of Nickelodeon’s Ultimate Toy Run with Toys R Us, has returned home to South African triumphant after winning the ultimate prize in the international leg of the thrilling competition.
Ayush, 11, and his family travelled abroad for the first time ever when they jetted out of  South Africa to take part in the grand finale in New Jersey.
Racing against the clock, Ayush managed to grab a giant heap of toys and gadgets - mostly electronic devices not currently available in SA stores. His new toy collection consists of: drones with cameras, exclusive Fast and Furious model cars, virtual reality headsets, limited edition XBox and PS4 consoles, and accessories to go with them, and Nerf Guns - to mention but a few.
“The Toys R Us store was MASSIVE with a wider variety of toys than I had ever dreamed of! I think I took enough toys to last me my entire childhood. It was epic as I would never have dreamt of getting such awesome toys,” says an excited Ayush
The highlight of Ayush’s trip was a visit to the Top of the Rock (the viewing platform at the top of the Rockerfeller Center), where he was mesmerised by breathtaking views of New York. He also loved travelling on the famed New York subway, taking a ferry trip across the Hudson River to the Statue of Liberty, and sightseeing on the hop-on, hop-off bus.
“I would have to say that every day was a totally extraordinary day in New York as there were so many amazing sites….it was just like the movies, so picturesque!!!”
The trip included many firsts for the intrepid young explorer as he tried hot dogs and Bagel’s Monster Pretzels, which he reports were all yummy!  His advice to any kid who might win a prize like this? “Enjoy every moment and make memories forever…and have fun, fun, fun!”
Ayush’s once in a lifetime Toy Run debuts on NickToons on Friday 18 November @ 14:45 CAT and repeats on Saturday 19 November @11:50 CAT and Sunday 20 November @16:00 CAT.
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The Day Henry Met Nickelodeon's Acquired Popular Preschool Series Which Successfully Launched On Nick Jr. In The U.K. And Australia Finally Arrives On Nick Jr Africa

06:00  Wanda and the Alien
06:10  Zack & Quack
06:20  Dora and Friends
06:45  Blaze and the Monster Machines
07:10  Paw Patrol
07:35  Shimmer and Shine
07:55  Dora the Explorer
08:20  Paw Patrol
08:45  Little Charmers
08:55  Bubble Guppies
09:20  Fresh Beat Band of Spies
09:40  Zack & Quack
09:50  Team Umizoomiz
10:15  Team Umizoomiz
10:35  Louie
10:50  Olive the Ostrich
11:00  Max & Ruby
11:25  Wanda and the Alien
11:35  Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
11:45  The Day Henry Met
12:00  Blaze and the Monster Machines
12:20  Blaze and the Monster Machines
12:45  Zack & Quack
13:05  Team Umizoomiz
13:25  Louie
13:40  Olive the Ostrich
13:50  Paw Patrol
14:10  Little Charmers
14:25  Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
14:35  Dora the Explorer
15:00  Max & Ruby
15:05  Bubble Guppies
15:30  Shimmer and Shine
15:55  Dora and Friends
16:15  Zack & Quack
16:30  The Day Henry Met
16:36  Blaze and the Monster Machines
17:00  Paw Patrol
17:10  Paw Patrol
17:35  Dora the Explorer
18:00  Wanda and the Alien
18:10  Zack & Quack
18:20  Dora and Friends
18:45  Blaze and the Monster Machines
19:10  Paw Patrol
19:35  Shimmer and Shine
19:55  Dora the Explorer
20:20  Paw Patrol
20:45  Little Charmers
20:55  Bubble Guppies
21:20  Fresh Beat Band of Spies
21:40  Zack & Quack
21:50  Team Umizoomiz
22:15  Team Umizoomiz
22:35  Louie
22:50  Olive the Ostrich
23:00  Max & Ruby
23:25  Wanda and the Alien
23:35  Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
23:45  The Day Henry Met
00:00  Blaze and the Monster Machines
00:20  Blaze and the Monster Machines
00:45  Zack & Quack
01:05  Team Umizoomiz
01:25  Louie
01:40  Olive the Ostrich
01:50  Paw Patrol
02:10  Little Charmers
02:25  Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
02:35  Dora the Explorer
03:00  Max & Ruby
03:05  Bubble Guppies
03:30  Shimmer and Shine
03:55  Dora and Friends
04:15  Zack & Quack
04:30  The Day Henry Met
04:36  Blaze and the Monster Machines
05:00  Paw Patrol
05:10  Paw Patrol
05:35  Dora the Explorer

Note
1.The Day Henry Met (Eps. 101-114) premieres Monday 23 January 2017 at 16:30
2.Zack & Quack (NE 208-213) premieres Monday 09 January 2017 at 16:25

MOVIES
Blaze and the Monster Machines: Race to the Top of the World
PREMIERE DATE: Saturday 07 January 2017 at 19:10 and Sunday 08 January 2017 at 07:10

Shimmer and Shine: The First Wish
PREMIERE DATE: Saturday 14 January 2017 at 19:10 and Sunday 15 January 2017 at 07:10

Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves King Unicornio
PREMIERE DATE: Saturday 21 January 2017 at 19:10 and Sunday 22 January 2017 at 07:10

Team Umizoomi: The King of Numbers
PREMIERE DATE: Saturday 28 January 2017 at 19:10 and Sunday 29 January 2017 at 07:10

What's New In December 2016 On Nick Jr Africa

CHRISTMAS PREMIERE MARATHON
Saturday 17 December @ 21:00 CAT and Sunday 18 December @ 09:00 CAT
Friday 23 December @ 21:00 CAT and Saturday 24 December @ 09:00 CAT
*Dora the Explorer Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure
*Bubble Guppies Happy Holidays, Mr Grumpfish!
*Go Diego Go! Diego saves Christmas
*Paw Patrol Pups Save Christmas
*Team Umizoomi Santa’s Little Fixers
*The Snowman and The Snowdog
*Olive The Ostrich Olive and the Poorly Reindeer
*Max & Ruby Ruby’s Perfect Christmas Tree / Max’s Christmas Presents / Max & Ruby’s Christmas Carol
*Bubble Guppies A Very Guppy Christmas!
*Zack & Quack The Pop-Up Christmas Calendar / Zack’s Christmas Letter
*Blaze and the Monster Machines Monster Machine Christmas
*Fresh Beat Band of Spies Christmas 2.0
*Little Charmers Santa Sparkle

SHIMMER & SHINE SEASON 2 *NEW EPISODES*
Monday 19 December @ 16:40 CAT
Wouldn’t it be great if you had your own genie to make your wishes come true? Well, little Leah has not one, but two sprites to grant her heart’s desires. There’s just one catch: Shimmer and Shine are still in training and their magic doesn’t always go as planned. But as they discover, you learn far more from cleaning up your mistakes than you do from celebrating your successes.

BUBBLE GUPPIES SEASON 4 *NEW EPISODES*
Fridays @ 16:05 CAT
Molly, Gil, Oona, Deema, Nonny and Goby are six friends who all go to the same preschool. But they’re not your average classmates – they’re little merpeople! And thanks to their teacher, Mr Grouper, they love learning all they can about their underwater world. (Parents, keep your ears peeled. Last season featured a cameo from heavy metal rocker Ozzy Osbourne as Sid Fishy, so who knows who’ll make an appearance this time around!)

DORA AND FRIENDS SEASON 2 *NEW EPISODES*
Saturdays @ 16:30 CAT
It’s time for everyone’s favourite explorer to go to school. With her characteristic love of fun and sense of community, Dora soon makes lots of new friends. Together with Emma, Kate, Naiya and Pablo, she navigates the city of Playa Verde using a funky map on her smartphone.

ZACK & QUACK SEASON 2 *NEW EPISODES*
Daily @ 17:25
Little Zachary and his blue duck, Quack, are characters in a magical pop-up world of non-stop adventure. Together with curly haired Kira, who can fix anything with paper and glue, squirrels Hop and Skip, Fluffy the hedgehog and a bullfrog named Belly Up, the best buddies put their own spin on Halloween, roller coasters and hide ‘n seek.

PAW PATROL SEASON 3 *NEW EPISODES*
Daily @ 20:10 CAT
There’s no problem too big or small for this plucky team won’t tackle. Ryder, a tech-savvy kid, leads his rescue dogs, including firedog Marshall, cop pup Chase and braveheart Skye, on daring escapades that range from searching for gold to helping a stranded tightrope walker.

WEEKENDS MOVIES
TEAM UMIZOOMI UMI SPACE HEROES
Saturday 3 December @ 20:10 CAT
Sunday 4 December @ 08:10 CAT
It’s off to outer space for Team Umizoomi in this one-hour special. The Troublemakers have broken the moon into four pieces, and it’s up to Milli, Geo and Bot to jump in their spaceship and save the day!

GO DIEGO GO! THE GREAT POLAR BEAR RESCUE
Saturday 10 December @ 20:10 CAT Sunday 11 December @ 08:10 CAT
Rosie Perez guest stars in this special episode of Go Diego Go!, featuring Dora the Explorer’s little cousin. He and Baby Jaguar pay a visit to the Arctic Wildlife Rescue Centre, where they meet many fascinating animals from colder climes, including polar bears.

BUBBLE GUPPIES THE PUPPY AND THE RING
Saturday 17 December @ 20:10 CAT
Sunday 18 December @ 08:10 CAT
Molly, Gil and the rest of the gang take a break from Mr Grouper’s class to attend to a big emergency. The Night Wizard has stolen the Sun King’s ring, leaving their watery world of Bubbledom without light. Can the brave Bubble Guppies retrieve the precious jewel, or are they doomed to the dark forever?

DORA THE EXPLORER DORA’S CHRISTMAS CAROL ADVENTURE
Saturday 31 December @ 20:10 CAT
Sunday 1 January @ 08:10 CAT
“Swiper, no swiping!” Even though he’s heard those words all too often, the cunning little fox just can’t help himself when it comes to the star from Dora’s Nochebuena party on Christmas Eve. His lapse lands him on Santa’s naughty list, where he will stay, unless Dora can show him the true meaning of the holiday.

What's New In December 2016 On Nickelodeon Africa

RIDE NEW SERIES!
Monday 5 December @ 20:40 CAT
Kit’s life changes completely when her dad starts work at a posh equestrian school in England. Not only do her American accent and prickly attitude stick out, she’s terrified of horses. Then she meets TK, the academy’s most stubborn and moody mount, and suddenly life isn’t quite so lonely.

THE OTHER KINGDOM NEW SERIES!
Monday 5 December @ 21:05 CAT
Astral is a fairy princess who yearns to be human. On her 14th birthday, she is granted her wish, but only for 90 days. Astral loves high school (and Tristan, the cute gymnast), but as her time runs out, she feels increasingly torn: will she return to her homeland, or remain human forever?

SPONGBOB SQUAREPANTS *NEW EPISODES*
Monday 12 December @ 14:45 CAT
What better way to welcome 2017 than enjoying brand new episodes of your favourite underwater pal? As you can imagine, life in Bikini Bottom is as crazy as ever. Pearl’s first job is a disaster, but that’s nothing compared to SpongBob’s latest crisis – he can’t feel his thumbs!

What's New In December 2016 On Nicktoons Africa

MY LITTLE PONY SEASON 2 *NEW EPISODES*
Monday 5 December @ 13:55
Saddle up mates! In new episodes starting on Monday 5 December, the peace of Equestria is threatened when Discord, the spirit of chaos, escapes from his imprisonment in stone. Twilight and her friends must defeat him, but the six pals will have to repair the rift between them if they are to work as a team again. Uh-oh, looks as though Discord has struck already!

WINX CLUB SEASON 6 *NEW EPISODES*
Monday 5 December @ 18:55  CAT
When trouble arises, “ordinary teenagers” Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Layla and Tecna transform into the Winx Club, fairy buddies who use their magical powers to save the world from evil. Season six is just as action-packed as the first five, with the troublesome trio, the Trix, teaming up with Selina, Bloom’s former BFF, to cause havoc.

LITTLEST PET SHOP SEASON 2 *NEW EPISODES*
Monday 12 December 18:30 VAT
*NEW EPISODES Thanks to her special gift of being able to talk to animals, Blythe’s life is never boring. The littlest employee at the pet shop and her furry friends are hitting the road in these all-new episodes. There’s a camping trip that doesn’t go quite the way it should; an adventure to Paris, which more than lives up to its reputation as the City of Love; and an emotional journey to Shanghai.

PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR SEASON 2 *NEW EPISODES*
Monday 14 December @ 16:25 CAT
Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private may look cute and cuddly, but the psychotic penguins Central Park Zoo are always up to something. And their diabolical plans would succeed, if only King Julien, the loopy lemur monarch, didn’t interfere. In the new episodes starting on Monday 12 December, the penguins try to revive an extinct bird species using just a feather, and a new arrival at the zoo seems able to predict the future. Let the mayhem begin...

The Librarians Is Back For A Third Season On Universal Channel Africa While We Countdown You Can Catch Movie Premieres, This December Last Man Standing And Law And Order: SVU Concludes On Universal Channel Africa

TERRITORY PREMIERE
THE LIBRARIANS SEASON 3
Thursdays at 20:00
The Librarians are back for a third season on Universal Channel. It looks like there are tough times ahead for Eve, Flynn and the gang,as just some of the baddies they face this season include both anIce Giant and the ancient Egyptian God of Chaos, and that’s on topof the threat they face from new antagonist General Cynthia Rockwell of shadowy government agency D.O.S.A, who are determined to take possession of all the Librarians’ precious artefacts. Finally, our heroes will have some tough choices to make this month, as they are forced to weight the positive power of magic against the harm it can cause to the world.

TERRITORY PREMIERE
ROSEWOOD SEASON 2
Mondays at 20:50
Morris Chestnut returns as Dr Beaumont ‘Rosie’ Rosewood, Miami’s top private pathologist, as season two of the crime drama continues on Universal Channel. The daring doctor utilises his high-tech lab and his powers of deduction to help out those who are not satisfied with standard criminal investigations, with a little help from his allies in the Miami police department, including Detective Annalise Villa (Jaina Lee Ortiz) and the enigmatic Captain Ryan Slade (Eddie Cibrian).

TERRITORY PREMIERE
LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT SEASON 16
Wednesdays at 20:00
Season finale on December 14th
Mariska Hargitay, Danny Pino and Ice-T return as the 16th season of the crime drama comes to an emotional conclusion. The team look into an old case when the daughter of a man convicted of incest and rape wishes to recant her testimony to set him free, before tensions between an estranged couple threaten to hinder Amaro’s investigation into the kidnapping and ransom of an eight-year-old boy. In the final episode, Amaro faces a tough career choice when he finds his path to the top blocked and Benson reveals the terrible truth about baby Noah, risking his adoption.

CHANNEL PREMIERE
LAST MAN STANDING SEASON 4
Double bills on Tuesdays at 20:00
Season finale on December 20th
Tim Allen stars as Mike Baxter as the fourth season of the hit US comedy comes to a hilarious climax. When Kyle’s new homeless friend disappears, Mike uses his vlog to help find him. Mandy plansto throw a secret party while Mike and Vanessa are away, but theyreturn home from their trip early. Mike and Vanessa are then baffled when Mandy turns down an internship in New York. Eve falls out with Cammy, while Vanessa decides to set Eve up with one of her students. In the final episode, Victor admits to Mike and Ed that he hasn’t been honest about his real reasons for wanting to finally see Ryan.

MOVIES CHRISTMAS
Monday to Friday at 15:30 until December 23rd
The countdown to Christmas continues as Universal Channel brings you a daily selection of festive films, including Holiday Road Trip (December 1st), in which two employees at a high-profile pet store find themselves on the road together at Christmas time with the company mascot, a dog named Scoots. In Christmas Parade (December 5th), a TV host is humiliated on air by her fiancé andre treats to a small town where she helps the town’s kids with their float for the Christmas parade. Operation Christmas (December16th) sees a soldier being deployed before Christmas, so his girlfriend and her children decide to help the struggling military families on his base.

MOVIES CHANNEL PREMIERES
Saturday 10th and Saturday 17th at 20:00
Two hilarious romantic comedies premiere on Universal Channel this month. First up is Along Came Polly (December 10th), starring Ben Stiller as risk-averse Reuben, who has made a career out of playing it safe. But all that changes after he goes on a date with his old classmate Polly. Jennifer Aniston and Debra Messing also star.Monster-in-Law (December 17th) sees unlucky-in-love Charlotte finally find her perfect man in new fiancee Kevin, but his disapproving mother embarks on a devious campaign to break them up. Jennifer Lopez, Michael Vartan and Jane Fonda star.