| MUMBAI:
Nickelodeon has announced a slate of new programming that will be added to the
network's 2010-11 schedule including six new series and new seasons of 16 returning
shows such iCarly, SpongeBob SquarePants and Team Umizoomi.
Additionally,
five new series will bow across Nick's digital networks, which include TeenNick,
Nick Jr. and Nicktoons, during the 2010-11 season.
Nickelodeon's
2010 annual upfront presentation featured special guest appearances and contributions
from: M. Night Shyamalan, director of Paramount Pictures' and Nickelodeon Movies'
upcoming film The Last Airbender; Miranda Cosgrove, star of iCarly,
Victoria Justice, from the upcoming Nickelodeon live-action series Victorious;
and Jamie Kennedy, star of the animated show Fanboy and Chum Chum.
The event was capped by musical performances from Nick's Big Time Rush, and pop
singing sensation Justin Bieber, who sang his songs, One Time and Baby. Six
new shows will be added to Nickelodeon's programming line-up this season, including:
House
of Anubis will debut later this year. From Nickelodeon, in partnership with
Belgium-based Studio 100, House of Anubis is a long-form mystery series and the
first-ever Nickelodeon live-action show produced in Europe. Originally made for
Nickelodeon in Holland, this new global version follows eight students trying
to solve a hidden mystery at an English boarding school while dealing with the
highs and lows of their teenage years. House of Anubis is produced in the UK by
Lime Pictures.
Victorious,
starring Victoria Justice (Zoey 101), co-produced by Sony Music and created and
executive produced by television hit-maker Dan Schneider, follows Tori Vega (Justice)
as she unexpectedly finds herself navigating life at an elite performing arts
high school. Featuring
an ensemble cast of teens who act, sing, dance and perform to original music,
Victorious will premiere on Nickelodeon on 27 March, right after the 23rd annual
Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards.
Kung
Fu Panda: The Series marks Nickelodeon's second collaboration with DreamWorks
Animation. It chronicles the further adventures of Po, the energetic, enthusiastic,
always hungry martial arts panda as he protects the Valley of Peace from threats
of all kind. Based
on DreamWorks Animation's hit feature film Kung Fu Panda, the Nick animated series
is executive produced by Cheryl Holliday (King of the Hill, Still Standing, Father
of the Pride) and produced at Nickelodeon's Burbank, Calif. Animation Studios. Planet
Sheen, executive produced by Steve Oedekerk, Keith Alcorn (The Adventures
of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) and Jim Hope (George Lopez), is the intergalactic
tale of Sheen Guevera Estevez--the hyperactive, attention span-challenged kid
from Nickelodeon's hit Jimmy Neutron--who crash lands on Zeenu and deals with
bizarre customs and strange-looking creatures as he tries to return home. Meanwhile
T.U.F.F. Puppy follows the gung-ho, dim-witted dog named Dudley Puppy who
is thrust into the role of 'hero' when recruited by the super secret crime fighting
organisation, T.U.F.F. (Turbo Undercover Fighting Force) to protect his hometown
against the evil animal organization, D.O.O.M. (Diabolical Order of Mayhem). T.U.F.F.
Puppy is produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, Calif.
Bubble
Guppies is a new interactive, animated variety show for preschoolers set in
a vibrant 3D, CGI-animated underwater classroom. Bubble Guppies -- created by
Robert Scull and Jonny Belt (The Backyardigans) -- has an emergent curriculum:
ideas that emerge from preschoolers' own discoveries. Each episode will delve
into a preschool topic from a variety of angles as the cast and viewers explore
the swaying kelp forests, coral reefs and undersea gardens of their aquarium-inspired
surroundings. | 
