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Former Disney Channel star Skai Jackson was arrested for domestic battery. The incident happened while she was with her boyfriend at Universal CityWalk in Hollywood. Someone called the police when they saw her begin to attack her boyfriend physically, and they arrested her shortly after that.

Here is what happened with Skai and her arrest.

Skai Jackson Arrested For Battery

Skai Jackson, an actress who made her name on the Disney Channel shows Jessie and Bunk’d as a teenager, was arrested on August 9. She was with her boyfriend at Universal CityWalk in Hollywood when security noticed the two starting to fight. Security called the police when Skai pushed her boyfriend more than once.

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The guards detained both Skai and her boyfriend until the police arrived. When the police watched the footage and saw Skai reportedly shoving her boyfriend two times, they arrested her (via TMZ). They...

Paramount has announced the lineup of movies, TV shows, and sports coming to the Paramount+ streaming service in April. The Paramount Plus April 2024 schedule includes Star Trek: Discovery Season 5, Dora, Knuckles, The Challenge: All Stars Season 4, golf tournament The Masters, and more.

Next month, the U.S.S. Discovery completes its mission to explore the outer reaches of space (and time) in Star Trek: Discover Season 5. Launched in 2017, the series is one of the longest-running streaming dramas at 65 episodes and helped launch the resurgence of the Star Trek franchise, introducing fans to Picard, Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, Prodigy, and Section 31.

Two new series will debut on the service in April, starting with Dora, a reimagining of the iconic Nickelodeon children’s cartoon. Knuckles, meanwhile, is the first expansion of the cinematic world of Sonic the Hedgehog. The series continues the adventures of the eponymous hot-head echidna, voiced by Idris Elba,...

Janice Burgess, creator of Nickelodeon’s “The Backyardigans,” died on Saturday in hospice care in Manhattan, according to The New York Times. She was 72.

“We are saddened to learn of the passing of one of the great architects of Nick Jr. and creator of the globally beloved series, ‘The Backyardigans,'” Nickelodeon said in a statement. “Janice was one of the greats–inherently creative and kind, and dedicated to the preschool audience everywhere.”

Animation writer Fracaswell Hyman, who met Burgess while both were working on “Gullah Gullah Island,” wrote on Instagram, “Janice swept in with her acid-tongued wit, flowing Hermes scarves and omnipresent cigarettes. Instead of an overseer, she became a friend. She recognized my magic before I did and made sure I was in the room and under consideration for many of the shows that came my way including ‘Little Bill’ and ‘Taina.'”

The statement continued, “Janice, Maria Perez-Brown...

Noggin, Nickelodeon’s interactive learning platform for preschool-age kids, is shutting down after almost 10 years, Variety has confirmed.

Noggin is a casualty of Paramount Global’s companywide layoffs this week, which resulted in about 800 staffers being let go. The entire team that ran Noggin was laid off, as first reported by trade publication Kidscreen.

Noggin will wind down sometime in 2024, with the exact date still to be determined. Noggin will no longer be taking new subscribers and there will be a transition period for current subscribers, sources confirmed.

Paramount+ already includes video content that has been on Noggin under Nick Jr., which is the company’s flagship preschool brand, and the company is focusing on reinforcing Paramount+ as a service with programming catering the whole household.

Designed for kids aged 2 to 7, the Noggin subscription service was launched in 2015. Most recently, it cost $7.99/month or $71/year. From 1999-2009, Noggin operated as...

Paramount is mired in financial difficulties and could be prepping finances for an acquisition.

It has been a difficult few months for Paramount Global as the media company has been beset by bankruptcy concerns, reports of the potential sale of the company, and the planned layoff of hundreds of employees. Those terminations have begun to hit Paramount employees and on Thursday, Kid Screen exclusively reported that the company has laid off the entire team working on kids educational streaming service Noggin and that the platform will be sunset in the coming months.

Key Points: No timeline has been confirmed about when Noggin will ultimately be shuttered. The majority of Noggin’s shows are already available on Paramount+, but no plan has been announced for its interactive titles. Noggin Parent company Paramount Global has been the subject of acquisition rumors lately. 30-Day Free Trial $7.99+ / month Noggin via amazon.com

Noggin is a...

John Waters may not have directed a film in nearly two decades, but he has been far from slowing down. With a handful of books, several TV appearances and his annual one-man show, Waters is about as busy as he’s ever been. Thankfully, one of those books, “Liarmouth”, will be his next feature. And after that? Anything but retirement.

In a new profile straight out of John Waters’ hometown of Baltimore, the writer/director said, “I jump up every day to go to work…People say why aren’t you going to retire? Because I wish I believed in another life after, but I don’t. So I want to see every person, every movie, read every book, go everywhere in the world…That’s why I think travel is so important. That’s why I continue to do this show.” The show he’s referring to is A John Waters Christmas,...

In the pouring rain, upwards of 100 people marched outside of Warner Bros. Discovery’s Park Avenue South building Tuesday afternoon in New York as part of a themed Writers Guild picket that doubled as a promise to unionize east coast animation writers.

“This has been a long, horrible battle trying to get animation writing covered. We are not giving up. I’m really just here to say that when the strike is over, when we have won the contract we deserve, we are circling back to animation,” Susan Kim, WGA East animation caucus co-chair and a writer/story editor behind hits like Arthur, Bubble Guppies, Courage the Cowardly Dog and Clifford the Big Red Dog, told a drenched crowd of picketers. “We are going to be back. We’re going to be better than ever. And we are going to get this goddamn industry organized.”

During her brief speech — which...

Prime Video Channels is awesome. For those who have never used Prime Video Channels, it’s a marketplace where Prime Video members can add new subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services and premium cable channels to their entertainment lineup, and see all the subscription charges on one monthly bill.

Prime Video Channels also frequently offer special deals on premium streaming services. That’s the case currently, as for a very limited time Prime Video members can sign up for a subscription to the kids’ streaming service Noggin for just $1.99 per month for two months. That’s a savings of 75% over the standard $7.99 monthly price, but the deal expires on Thursday, June 15, so it’s a very limited-time offer.

Noggin offers popular kids’ titles like “Paw Patrol,” “Peppa Pig,” and hundreds of others, along with interactive learning, games, puzzles, books, and activities. It’s the perfect way for parents with kids on summer...

Alan Cumming in Rare Objects Screenshot: IFC Films Let’s all take a second to sit down and appreciate the sheer range that Alan Cumming possesses. In just the past year, the Scottish actor has gone from playing a musical mayor in Schmigadoon!, to voicing an evil, animated robot on children’s program Bubble Guppies,...

Paramount Plus is taking a page from ViacomCBS’s Pluto TV streaming service with the launch of 18 linear channels that let subscribers surf through always-on themed collections of shows — just like old-fashioned television.

On Thursday, Paramount Plus launched Live Channels, a new feature that curates popular shows and movies on the service in linear channels, pulled from ViacomCBS properties including CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, BET and the Smithsonian Channel as well as from other sources.

The themed “live” channels, streaming 24 hours per day, feature the service’s most-streamed genres, such as Kids & Family Fun, Crime & Justice and Reality TV: Competitions, as well as fan-favorite franchises such as “Star Trek,” “SpongeBob SquarePants” and “Paw Patrol.”

Paramount Plus is adopting the linear TV-style model pioneered by Pluto TV, which Viacom acquired in early 2019. Tom Ryan, founder of Pluto TV, was elevated to president and CEO of ViacomCBS Streaming a year ago.

There’s a terrifying amount of scare-centric programming this October, whether it’s being broadcast or streamed.

Paramount+ has announced its “Peak Screaming” package, which will encompass scary movies, kids shows and originals. Amazon, of course, is releasing four original Blumhouse films this month: Bingo Hell, Black as Night, The Manor and Madres. Peacock may have the largest cache of Halloween goodies, none more tasty than the latest installment of that most seasonally-appropriate of franchises, Halloween Kills. It debuts on October 15 on Peacock and in theaters.

October 1

30 Days of Night (Peacock)

Bingo Hell (Prime Video)

Black As Night (Prime Video)

Blippi’s Spooky Spells Halloween (Hulu)

The Blob (Peacock)

Bride of Chucky (Peacock)

Cat People (Peacock)

Child’s Play (Paramount+)

Child’s Play 2 (Peacock)

Child’s Play 3 (Peacock)

Crawl (Paramount+)

Cult of Chucky (Peacock)

Curse of Chucky (Peacock)

Curse of the Fly (Peacock)

Day of the Dead (Peacock)

Devil (Peacock)

The Devil Inside (Paramount+)

Dracula,...

ViacomCBS is joining hands with Tokyo-based internet giant Rakuten to launch the Nick+ kids streaming service in Japan. The partnership was unveiled Tuesday at Apos, the Asia’s leading media and entertainment summit.

Under the deal, Nick+ will go live on April 28 over Rakuten’s video-on-demand platform Rakuten TV, which is available across mobile, Stb/dongle, web and Smart TV devices. Nick+’s content library includes popular kids and family shows like SpongeBob SquarePants, Paw Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Bubble Guppies, Dora the Explorer, The Thundermans and others.

The partnership also includes the creation of a dedicated Nickelodeon zone on Rakuten’s flagship ecommerce platform ...

ViacomCBS is joining hands with Tokyo-based internet giant Rakuten to launch the Nick+ kids streaming service in Japan. The partnership was unveiled Tuesday at Apos, the Asia’s leading media and entertainment summit.

Under the deal, Nick+ will go live on April 28 over Rakuten’s video-on-demand platform Rakuten TV, which is available across mobile, Stb/dongle, web and Smart TV devices. Nick+’s content library includes popular kids and family shows like SpongeBob SquarePants, Paw Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Bubble Guppies, Dora the Explorer, The Thundermans and others.

The partnership also includes the creation of a dedicated Nickelodeon ...

CBS All Access today announced new product features aimed at families and has added more programming from ViacomCBS sister nets Nickelodeon and Nick Jr.

The streaming service, which will be rebranded as Paramount+ early next year, has added features including the ability to create as many as six profiles per account and manage each profile using “Kids Mode,” which allows parents to create profiles that limit content to older children or younger children based on content ratings. The service’s existing parental Pin controls’ option for mature content, which locks access to certain content based on its content rating, also will remain available to use across profiles.

The newly added Nick content includes nearly 800 episodes of children’s programming including past season of such popular series as Paw Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Blue’s Clues, Bubble Guppies, Dora the Explorer, Shimmer and Shine and more.

“We’ve already seen...

Network 10 is set to launch a new free-to-air channel, 10 Shake, which by day will air children’s content and from 6pm-6am focus on edgier content for adults under 40.

Joining other multichannels 10 Peach and 10 Bold, 10 Shake will include a variety of programming made available through parent company ViacomCBS, including from Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central.

The children’s slate promises Bubble Guppies, Henry Danger, Ready Set Dance, SpongeBob SquarePants, Paw Patrol, Henry Danger, iCarly, Breadwinners, Bubble Guppies, Dora the Explorer, The Loud House, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Sam & Cat, Sanjay and Craig, Shimmer and Shine, Team Umizoomi, The Thundermans and Top Wing.

Network 10 will also house its Australian C classified dramas on the channel, as well as other local kids shows Totally Wild, Scope, Gamify, Calvin and Kaison’s Play Power and Crocamole.

For adults programming will include The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, The Late Late Show With James Corden,...

The “Baby Shark” song is finally becoming a kid’s TV show.

Nickelodeon gave a series order to the animated pre-school series “Baby Shark Big Show!” on Thursday, making it the first TV show to come from the famous viral video of the kid’s song. The series is set to premiere with a holiday special this December, followed by more episodes in Spring 2021.

The “Baby Shark Dance” video, from Japanese children’s brand Pinkfong, has been viewed over 5.7 billion times on YouTube since 2016. The song also spent 20 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 and spurred the viral #BabySharkChallenge.

Also Read: 'Baby Shark' Swims Onto the Billboard Hit 100 List

“Baby Shark Big Show!” will consist of 26 half-hour episodes, following Baby Shark and his best friend William on their adventures through Carnivore Cove, where they will meet new friends and sing original songs. The series is co-produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and SmartStudy,...

ViacomCBS’s ad-funded streamer Pluto TV has expanded its offering in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland with the launch of 24 new channels.

The launches bring the Avod service’s portfolio to 75 channels in the three markets.

The new offerings include pop-up channels focusing on ViacomCBS IP such as “SpongeBob Squarepants,” “iCarly,” “Blue’s Clues,” “Victorious,” “Bubble Guppies” and “Sam & Cat.” Pluto TV’s MTV channels “Dating” and “The Hills,” as well as “Totally Turtles,” are also now available in English language for German viewers.

Pluto TV will also introduce new original, thematically curated channels Pluto TV Crime, Pluto TV Lives and Pluto TV Yoga in the markets.

The popular Avod platform launched its first European advertising campaign to promote the channels, with spots on TV stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland and on all ViacomCBS channels. The TV commercials are accompanied by online and social media campaigns. The campaign was developed with Berlin-based advertising agency Dojo.

Nickelodeon has plenty of new TV show episodes on the way. The cable channel has announced numerous TV show renewals for the 2020-21 television season. The shows that will be airing include Are You Afraid of the Dark?, All That, Blaze and the Monster Machines, Blue's Clues & You!, Bubble Guppies, The Casagrandes, Paw Patrol, and Top Elf.

Here's the press release with some additional details:

Nickelodeon has renewed some of its biggest franchises and hit series for the 2020-21 season:

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Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd are entering a very unusual doctor-patient relationship: The Anchorman co-stars will headline and executive-produce the limited series The Shrink Next Door, our sister site Deadline reports.

Based on the 2019 Wondery and Bloomberg Media podcast, the dark comedy explores the bizarre dynamic between charming psychiatrist to the stars Dr. Isaac “Ike” Herschkopf (Rudd) and his longtime patient Martin “Marty” Markowitz (Ferrell). Ike slowly takes over Marty’s life, even moving into Marty’s home and taking over his family business, as the seemingly normal doctor-patient relationship becomes one fueled by manipulation, power grabs and dysfunction. No...

Nickelodeon handed renewals to a brace of series today, including second seasons of Are You Afraid of the Dark? and The Casagrandes.

The network also ordered 10 more episodes of the first season of the revived All That.

Coming back for more in 2020-21 are veteran kids series Paw Patrol, Bubble Guppies, Blaze and the Monster Machines and the revived Blue’s Clues & You, along with holiday-themed competition series Top Elf. Read details of all of them below.

Now in its 40th year, Nickelodeon is unveiling its renewal slate on the eve of parent ViacomCBS earnings call for the fourth quarter.

Here are the series being renewed and synopses:

All That

With a first season totaling 36 episodes, the reboot of the iconic ‘90s pop-culture sketch series showcases the comedic talents of eight kid comedians and features musical performances and guest appearances from today’s biggest stars.

Are You Afraid of the Dark?...

Nickelodeon plans to launch new series from Imagine Entertainment and Tyler Perry as well as introduce a “SpongeBob Squarepants” prequel series that includes contributions from the voice cast of the original series, all part of its latest bid under top executive Brian Robbins to lure kids and parents to it screens in an era when younger viewers have a dizzying array of other choices.

Robbins, who came aboard as head of Nickelodeon in late 2018, has been eager to inject Nickelodeon with some of the spirit it had when he produced some of its top series, like “Kenan and Kel” and “All That” (He revived the latter series for the network last year). Among his goals has been to launch more programs that can be “co-viewed,”or watched by kids and their parents together; showcase a more diverse range of stories, so that a range of kids from different backgrounds can...

Nickelodeon has unveiled its 2020-2021 programming slate, its second under ViacomCBS Kids & Family president Brian Robbins, ahead of ViacomCBS’ earnings call later this week. Newly greenlighted series include The Astronauts, the network’s first co-production with Imagine Kids+Family, due for summer 2020 bow; a live-action The Loud House: A Very Loud Christmas! original movie based on Nick’s animated hit for Q4; and Big Nate, a new animated series based on Lincoln Peirce’s bestselling HarperCollins children’s books.

In addition, Nick is working on a spinoff of staple Henry Danger. Titled Danger Force, it stars the flagship series’ Cooper Barnes (Ray/Captain Man) and Michael D. Cohen (Schwoz) and introduces four new superheroes-in-training as they team to fight crime in their town of Swellview. The offshoot will premiere Saturday, March 28 at 8 Pm.

The newly ordered series join the previously announced CG-Animated SpongeBob SquarePants prequel series Kamp Koral and Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan,...

Nickelodeon has renewed its “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” reboot for a second season, the network announced Tuesday, despite the show’s miniseries label.

The news came as part of Nickelodeon’s 2020 programming slate announcement, which also included the new action-adventure series “The Astronauts,” a new “Henry Danger” spinoff and a live-action “Loud House” holiday movie set to air in December.

Among the other shows renewed for the 2020-21 season are “All That” (additional 10-episode order for Season 1), the “Loud House” spinoff “The Casagrandes,” “Blue’s Clues & You,” “Paw Patrol,” “Blaze and the Monster Machines,” “Bubble Guppies” and the holiday competition series “Top Elf.”

The new projects join previously announced series “Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan” and the “SpongeBob SquarePants” prequel “Kamp Koral.”

Also Read: Nickelodeon's 'Legends of the Hidden Temple' Revived at Quibi

See the full slate and descriptions of each project below.

The Astronauts (working...

Laurel Griggs, who starred on Broadway in “Once the Musical,” died this past week at age 13, according to a public Facebook post from her family.

Griggs played Ivanka in “Once” for 17 months, making her the longest running actress in the role. She got her start in the 2013 Broadway revival of “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” alongside Scarlett Johansson, making her the youngest actress ever to have a role in a Broadway production. She also appeared on two episodes of “Saturday Night Live” in 2017 and on episodes of “Louie” and “Bubble Guppies.”

Griggs’ family says that the actress died of a massive asthma attack. She was honored on Instagram by Eliza Holland Madore, who also played Ivanka in “Once.”

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“I am deeply saddened by the sudden loss of one of my Ivanka sisters,...

It's a big day for Nickelodeon! The network just announced they've renewed several TV shows, including Paw Patrol, Bubble Guppies, Abby Hatcher, and Butterbean's Café.

Paw Patrol, an animated children's series, has been renewed for a seventh season, Abby Hatcher and Butterbean's Café have been greenlit for a second season, and Bubble Guppies has been revived for a fifth season. The latter last aired in 2016.

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This was inevitable. Nickelodeon is developing an animated series for preschoolers based on “Baby Shark,” the ultra-viral kids video that has nearly 2.87 billion YouTube views. Pinkfong, the company behind the audience-participation clip, is partnering with Nick on the project.

There aren’t many details about the project, which has no episode count or premiere date yet. Viacom Nickelodeon Consumer Products will manage consumer products licensing for the property worldwide, excluding Asia.

“Baby Shark has captured the imagination of millions of fans around the world, so it’s no surprise it’s one of the top 10 most-viewed videos on YouTube ever,” said Ramsey Naito, Evp Nickelodeon Animation. “At the heart of any popular piece of content is a terrific character, and we have a great opportunity to further explore the world of Baby Shark and follow this family through some great animated adventures on Nickelodeon.”

Baby Shark fits in with Nick...

Nickelodeon has renewed its preschool-aimed series Paw Patrol, Bubble Guppies, Abby Hatcher and Butterbean’s Café for new seasons.

The news Monday means a seventh season of Paw Patrol, one of basic cable’s top-rated programs in the key kids 2-5, 2-11 and 6-11 demographics. Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Skye, Rocky, Zuma, Everest and Tracker return to deal with a new villain the Copycat, and also travel to Dino Land where they meet new pup and dinosaur expert Rex.

Bubble Guppies is returning for Season 5 and will introduce a new guppy Zooli, a spunky and smart student, animal expert and fin-tastic friend to the guppies’ school class.

In the upcoming Season 2 of Abby Hatcher, Abby and her best Fuzzly friend Bozzly lend a hand to some new Fuzzly pals as they explore their incredible hotel home, encounter a shuttle bus full of surprises and zoom off to new locations with Abby...

Nickelodeon has greenlit new seasons of four preschool shows: Paw Patrol, Bubble Guppie, Abby Hatcher and Butterbean's Café.

The network says the renewals are part of its new content slate and growing portfolio of programming aimed at preschoolers.

Paw Patrol has been picked up for a seventh season, Bubble Guppies for a fifth season, and Abby Hatcher and Butterbean’s Café for second seasons. Nickelodeon says it airs nine of the top 10 preschool shows on all of TV, with Paw Patrol at the top of that list.

In the seventh season of Paw Patrol, the heroic pack of pups — Chase,...

Viacom’s Nickelodeon plans to stir new technology into its Noggin subscription service with the acquisition of Sparkler — a move that promises to give parents tools to guide the learning of their preschool-age kids.

Nick on Friday announced the deal to acquire New York-based Sparkler, an early-childhood learning technology platform. The cabler also appointed Sparkler co-founder and CEO Kristen Kane (pictured above) as the new head of for the Noggin direct-to-consumer service.

A Nick rep declined to reveal how much the company paid for Sparkler or how many employees it has. Sparkler, founded in 2015, had received funding from angel investors and selected grants, including from the NewSchools Venture Fund, a nonprofit educational organization.

Nickelodeon said that over the next year, Sparkler’s technology — designed to measure child development and coach parents on improving their kids’ learning — will be integrated into Noggin’s platform. That will provide tools for parents to...

Imagine a music-filled kids’ cartoon about saving the ocean, with characters voiced and sung by Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus, Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz, and Grammy winner Pharrell Williams. Nearly ten years ago, it almost happened.

Hoppus recently guested on Kroq’s “Kevin and Bean Show,” where he and “Kevin & Bean” co-host Jensen Karp revealed that together they once pitched an animated series, titled “Bronze Blue,” to networks like Disney Channel and Nickelodeon. Much to their disappointment, the show never happened.

“Bronze Blue” would have starred Hoppus, Wentz, Ashlee Simpson, and others as various characters in an underwater punk/pop band singing catchy, eco-friendly tunes. The band toured the beaches of the world to share their message; however, they would have to stay one step ahead of their ultimate villain: The Sushi Chef.

“The whole show is about the environment and saving the ocean, and they go around and...

We’re now at the point in our collective search for the perfect movie entertainment that often we spend more time sliding through the thousands of choices hoping for a spark of interest to arrive. This is not a new experience for those of us who would spend hours wandering up and down our local video shop aisles, flick-flacking the plastic covered VHS titles on the shelves, and yet with the many, many choices available to us at the press of a button the timesink remains.

So here, riding into the crowded arena of streaming services, are Flixboss, a new website whose sole objective is to help you find the film you want quickly and easily. Essentially a serach engine for Netflix, Flixboss allows you to narrow down your search by genre and/or year of release. Say you want a horror from the 80s? A couple of clicks will...

Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry is already a champion on the basketball court, and now the athlete is ready to dribble over to the entertainment business.

In a cover story interview, Curry told Variety he’s keeping his acting options open, biding his time until a slam dunk of a project comes along. The Mvp also discussed his favorite shows and movies, as well as the possibility of a music career.

What’s your favorite TV show?

My favorite TV shows are pretty much whatever a six- and three-year old watch nowadays. “Bubble Guppies” and “LoliRock’s” and anything with Barbie stuff in it now. Literally I’ve been thinking about what TV shows I like, and that’s the only thing that will come to my head because you go to our DVR and that’s all that’s on there. I grew up on, like, “Even Stevens.

Viacom International Media Networks has expanded its relationship with content provider and television network Solar Entertainment Corporation, to debut MTV Classic in the Philippines.

Available for the first time in the country, the retro music channel launches on May 2 via Dth provider Agilasat. The launch of MTV Classic follows the initial collaboration between Vimn and Solar to launch MTVph in the Philippines last year.

Jointly owned by Solar and Abs, Agilasat is a free-to-view TV service that delivers sports, news, lifestyle, kid movies, general entertainment, and local programming to homes across the Philippines. Distribution of Agilasat is through a built-in package with partner pay-tv providers (Dto). It will host a bouquet of up to 50 high-quality local and international channels.

The announcement was made on the eve of the Apos conference in Indonesia, which kicks off fully on Wednesday. Vimn also used the Apos platform to announce plans to launch fully-authenticated versions of app Nick Jr.

Bucking conventional practices when it comes to streaming services and their (typically secret) ratings, Amazon has released data on their most-watched series of 2017.

Globally, “The Grand Tour” Season 1 was the top series of the year, with “Sneaky Pete” Season 1 coming in second, “The Man in High Castle” landing in third for Season 1 and fourth for Season 2, while “The Tick” snuck in at the No. 5 slot. Those rankings were the same for U.S. viewership, except No. 1 and No. 2 switched, as “Sneaky Pete” took the top slot in the States.

Notably, two of these seasons — “Sneaky Pete” and “The Tick” — were new to Amazon in 2017. “The Grand Tour” debuted in November 2016, and its second season has only been available since Dec. 8.

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But there’s more good news for “The Grand Tour,...

Tino Insana, the improv actor, writer and the voice of Uncle Ted in the Fox series Bobby’s World, died June 1 of cancer. He was 69. His role in Bobby’s World launched a 25-year career as voice actor, with Insana lending his pipes to such animated kids programs as Spaceballs, Darkwing Duck, Bubble Guppies, Pepper Ann, Teacher's Pet, Buzz Lightyear and Goof Troop. As an actor, he appeared on TV shows including Night Court, Mad About You and Curb Your Enthusiasm and wrote…...

Box OfficeThe real Lost Village for these iconic characters is Fanville.

My two-and-a-half-year-old daughter was watching TV yesterday when a Smurfs: The Lost Village commercial came on. “Trolls!” she shouted, mistaking the new movie about little blue creatures for the recent movie about little pink and orange and blue creatures. One bunch wears white hats, the other has crazy hair, but it’s easy to see how they could be confused, especially by a toddler. And she didn’t even see any footage of Gargamel, whose Smurf-consuming desires are akin to the Bergens and their taste for Trolls.

Did Trolls trump Smurfs, causing the latter to open much lower than initial expectations? The Lost Village had originally been projected for a $20m opening, if not slightly more. Then The Boss Baby became a hit last weekend, and predictions fell to $15m-$18m, the higher end of that range being what the live-action/CG hybrid The Smurfs 2 debuted...

Here's a list of TV shows that aired (or were expected to air) during the 2015-16 season (roughly September 2015 through August 2016) and that also won't be back for the 2016-17 season.Most recent additions: The Knick (Cinemax), Marco Polo (Netflix), Bubble Guppies (Nickelodeon), Not Safe with Nikki Glaser (Comedy Central), Dead of Summer (Freeform), Brief Encounters (ITV), Any Given Wednesday (HBO), Guilt (Freeform), American Gothic (CBS), BrainDead (CBS), Murder in the First (TNT), Aquarius (NBC), Roadies (Showtime), The Willis Family (TLC), Mistresses (ABC), Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (FX), Tyrant (FX), Feed the Beast (AMC), Devious Maids (Lifetime), Dr. Drew (Hln), The Vanishing Women (ID), The Jim Gaffigan Show (TV Land), The McLaughlin Group (PBS), I Am Cait (E!), The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore (Comedy Central), Raised by Wolves (Channel 4), Coupled (Fox), Powers (PlayStation Network), Houdini & Doyle (Fox), Project Greenlight (HBO), Maron (IFC), Hunters (Syfy), Uncle Buck (ABC), Inspector Lewis (PBS), Lockup (MSNBC), Top Gear (History), Thirteen (BBC America), Bella...

It looks like Bubble Guppies may be gone for good. Cast member Brianna Gentilella announced on Facebook that season four of the Nickelodeon children's series is its last.Created by Jonny Belt and Robert Scull, the animated program followed the adventures of merperson preschoolers. The voice cast included Gentilella, Zachary Gordon, Angelina Wahler, Kari Wahlgren, and Keke Palmer.Read More…...

Matt Cook (Clipped, The Comeback) and Grace Kaufman (Bubble Guppies, Clarence) have joined the cast of CBS comedy pilot the Untitled LeBlanc Filgos Project, written by Jeff and Jackie Filgo. The project stars Matt LeBlanc as a contractor who learns that raising his kids is more challenging than expected when his wife goes back to work. Cook will play Lowell, a sweet, offbeat intellectual dad at Adam’s (LeBlanc) school who is drawn to his “alpha male” vibe. Kaufman will…...

The International Animated Film Society, Asifa-Hollywood, has announced the nominations for the 43rd Annual Annie Awards and "Inside Out" and "The Good Dinosaur," both Pixar movies, led the pack! "Inside Out" received fourteen nominations while "The Good Dinosaur" got nine.

My pick of the year for best animated feature is "Inside Out" but I love Charlie Kaufman's "Anomalisa" as well which picked five noms.

We'll find out the winners of the Annie Awards on February 6th!

Here is the full list of nominees in all categories of the 43rd Annie Awards:

Best Animated Feature

Anomalisa

Paramount Pictures

Inside Out

Pixar Animation Studios

Shaun the Sheep The Movie

Aardman Animations

The Good Dinosaur

Pixar Animation Studios

The Peanuts Movie

Blue Sky Studios, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Best Animated Special Production

Elf: Buddy.s Musical Christmas

Warner Bros. Animation

He Named Me Malala

Parkes-MacDonald / Little Door

I Am A Witness

Moonbot...

Parenting a toddler is quite a demanding task. But imagine how much harder it would be if you couldn't leave home with your child by yourself. Or chase after him. Or even pick him up. That's what motherhood looks like for Tiffanie Didonato. Born with diastrophic dysplasia, a rare form of dwarfism, she underwent limb-lengthening surgery as a child, bringing her from 3'8" to 4'10" and allowing her to live an independent life. But her condition still presents many physical challenges. Didonato (who co-wrote a memoir, Dwarf, with the author of this story) and her husband Eric Gabrielse, a 29-year-old,...

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Aaugh! You’re a good man, Charlie Brown, but Twentieth Century Fox pulled the football out from under you and announced the voice casting for The Peanuts Movie.

Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the cherished “Peanuts” gang will make their long awaited big-screen debut in stunning state of the art 3D animation.

Snoopy, the world’s most lovable beagle – and flying ace – embarks upon his greatest mission as he takes to the skies to pursue his arch-nemesis The Red Baron, while his best pal, Charlie Brown, begins his own epic quest.

The Peanuts Movie flies into theaters everywhere on November 6, 2015. That year marks the 65th anniversary of the debut of the “Peanuts” comic strip and the 50th...

There are still twelve months to go before the world gets to see the newest adventures of Charlie Brown in the Peanuts movie, but as is the case with marketing in today’s cinematic climate, audiences are growing to expect teaser materials at least a year in advance. So, after dropping the first trailer earlier this month, 20th Century Fox has now revealed who will be voicing the iconic characters based on Charles M. Schulz’s original comic series.

The cast of characters in the CGI-animated romp all originate from the classic children’s strip comic of the same name. For the first new feature in 35 years involving Charlie, Lucy, Linus, Franklin, Peppermint Patty, Snoopy and Woodstock, the studio has chosen a range of up-and-coming child actors to lend their voices to the much-loved troupe.

It might be considered a gamble to place newcomers into such a well-known franchise, but...

In celebration of Charles Schulz’s (the creator of Peanuts) birthday, 20th Century Fox has announced the voice cast of the upcoming animated film. Take a look below for the name of the actor and what character is he or she playing:

Noah Schnapp voices the role of Good ol’ Charlie Brown, the lovable loser who never gives up. The young actor recently filmed a role opposite Tom Hanks in director Steven Spielberg’s untitled Cold War thriller. Most recently, Noah wrapped work on the indie film We Only Know So Much, based on the book of the same title.

Hadley Belle Miller provides the voice for Lucy, known around the neighborhood (and by her little brother, Linus) for being crabby and bossy and humiliating Charlie Brown. Hadley’s voiceover credits include Sofia the First andJake and the Neverland Pirates, and she has appeared on stage and in commercials.

Aj Tecce voices Pig-Pen,...

"Weird Al" Yankovic, the master of musical mockery, has penned satirical songs about all sorts of strange topics, from taco grandes and Beverly Hillbillies to living in an Amish paradise and word crimes. Now, for the first time ever, the Mandatory Fun singer is tackling a very serious issue: Underpants.

"Weird Al" will guest voice on an upcoming episode of Nickelodeon's preschool vocabulary-building series Wallykazam!, and Rolling Stone has your first look and listen at Yankovic's "Wizard Jeff" teaching kids the word "underpants." "Weird Al" will guest on the episode titled "Mustache Day,...

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The 41st Annual Daytime Entertainment Creative Arts Emmy Awards were handed out Friday night, and thanks in part to its mighty Muppet militia, PBS emerged with more wins than any other network.

Related Daytime Emmy Awards to Stream Online, Forgo Televised Ceremony

Sesame Street‘s hub earned 10 total awards, as CBS followed with eight and The Hub Network nabbed six. Read on for all of this year’s winners:

Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Series

Sesame Street (PBS)

Outstanding Children’s Series

R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: The Series (Hub Network)

Outstanding Pre-School Children’s Animated Program

Peg+Cat (PBS...

A children's animated show named Bubble Guppies is not the first, or hundredth, thing one would equate with a man who once snorted a line of ants with Mötley Crüe and bit the head off a dove. But Ozzy Osbourne is set to guest-star on Nickelodeon's popular preschool series as Sid Fishy, a "rock and roll fish who loves being rotten."

Meet the Milk Bandit, the Disney Character Voiced by Flea

Unlike the more wholesome residents of underwater city Bubbletucky, Sid Fishy sports a red mohawk, eyebrow and fin rings,...

Barry Humphries has taken a break from making us all laugh with Dame Edna Everage to appear in a new episode of Nick Jr animation series Bubble Guppies.

Humphries voices the character of Bobby the Shrimp, who introduces the Guppies to Australian culture.

Watch the Barry Humphries clip:

The episode is titled 'The Wizard of Oz-Tralia'.

Bubble Guppies follows a group of children with colourful fish tails, who teach viewers about the world through music, dance and adventures.

"Australia has been very much in the news recently with the Royal Tour and the Bubble Guppies episode teaches young children about the country in a fun, relatable way," said Nick UK's managing director Tina McCann.

"Bubble Guppies aims to develop children's view of the world by entertaining them, and Barry Humphries is the perfect Australian to join in the fun."

The Barry Humphries episode airs on Saturday (May 3) at 8am on Nick Jr.

It’s the Daytime Emmys! That magical sprawling field of golden-award dreams that honors TV When Sun Is Up. It’s a diverse land where CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful, Hub Network’s The Aquabats! Super Show!, Nickelodeon’s Bubble Guppies, the syndicated Wheel of Fortune and NBC’s Today Show all manage to get a little love.

This year’s nominees include four nods for Cartoon Network’s final on-air season of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, including Outstanding Achievement in Animation. The most-honored shows are once again the surviving soaps — CBS’ The Young and the Restless (26 nominees...