Special delivery: Breadwinners, the latest original animated comedy from Nickelodeon Studios, rises to the top-rated show for kids 2-11 in its fourth week on the air. The pun-filled, breakneck-speed show about a couple of ducks whose life’s work is to deliver bread, is one of a slew of new animated shows about to flood the […]
Following delivery of the first episodes of The Jungle Bunch to the Rescue!, PGS Entertainment signed sales for the series in several territories across Europe, Canada and the Middle East. Broadcasters that have acquired the series include France3 Ludo (France), Super RTL (Germany), Rai Cinema (Italy), RTS (Switzerland), Cartoon Network (Germany, Poland and Latin America), […]
Disney Channel is amping up its British accent. Parent Walt Disney Co.’s EMEA division is in production on spooky four-parter Evermoor, the company’s biggest-ever production out of the U.K. and the first live-action movie produced in the U.K. to air on the network. Slated to bow this fall in more than 160 countries, Evermoor is […]
Batter up! TLC, in partnership with Meyer Corp., is rolling out the first line of Cake Boss Junior baking products aimed at kids 6-12. The assortment contains about 25 “Buddy approved” colorful, durable baking tools scaled for smaller hands, designed in collaboration with Buddy Valastro, star of TLC’s Cake Boss. The collection includes decorating tools, […]
Cartoon is powering up more Powerpuff Girls, and this time they’re headed to gaming platform Steam. On the heels of their successful recent TV movie Dance Pantsed, the trio is starring in their first Steam game, The Powerpuff Girls: Defenders of Townsville! Developed by Radian Games, the Metroidvania-style game combines classic and new PPG, with […]
Pay close attention to the action on the red carpet at Disney’s RDMAs on April 26. Maddy Whitby, on-air talent from Radio Disney, will be strutting her stuff in a dress made entirely of, wait for it, Duck Tape. The couture is part of Duck Tape’s integrated sponsorship of the event. “We are right in […]
A trio of new animated series from DreamWorks Animation and Netflix will join the companies’ first born Turbo FAST later this year. The digi-collaborators’ new shows also have deep roots in DreamWorks intellectual property. King Julien, will unleash new hijinks from Madagascar’s favorite lemur; Puss in Boots is set to explore more lives of the […]
Nickelodeon Upfront: What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time Nick was still smarting from a ratings pummeling. This year, thanks to 13 months of year over year growth, the net is prancing into the new season with a slate that includes 100-plus hours of new preschool programming, a fresh approach to […]
Little Airplane Productions is wading back into production waters with a new co-production in conjunction with SeaWorld Kids. Billy Green Builds! follows the adventures of a 7-year-old boy, his animal sidekick Moxy and his solar-paneled Chuggy Buggy as they travel the globe to build environmentally friendly, imaginative solutions that help animals in trouble. A new […]
Once upon a time there was a never-say-die rocker who decided to write a children’s book. Yep, Keith Richards is penning a kids tome for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. “Gus & Me: The Story of My Granddad and My First Guitar,” will debut Sept. 9 as both a hardcover book/CD and an ebook. […]
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