NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced a free webcast event pairing for the first time bestselling author-artist Jeff Kinney, creator of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, and Dav Pilkey, creator of the Captain Underpants series. The 'Story Smashup' event LINK will be available on January 15, 2014 at 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT, and is designed to teach kids how to write a storyexploring character, setting, plot, action, and more. The webcast will be globally accessible for free starting January 15, 2014, and afterward for replay, at www.scholastic.com/kpwebcast.
In a presentation to advertisers, Nickelodeon released its latest research insights into today's kids--those born since 2005--who are growing up markedly different from the Millennial generation before them.
Hordes of soulless shoppers approach the mall in anticipation of the Black Friday sales in an all-new episode of 'South Park' titled 'A Song of Ass and Fire,' premiering tonight, November 20 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central. Get a sneak peek below!
For the week of November 11, 2013, Disney Channel ranked as TV's #1 network in Total Day for the 127th consecutive week in Kids 6-11 (542,000/2.3 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (521,000/2.2 rating)
'Tis the season for an icy adventure as Nickelodeon debuts the brand-new Dora the Explorer primetime special, 'Dora's Ice Skating Spectacular,' on Monday, Nov. 25, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT).
Pride Films and Plays has announced the winner of the 2013 Great Gay Screenplay contest is Boys In Summer by Dennis Shinners. The award was presented Sunday, November 17 at the conclusion of PFP's Gay Film Weekend in the Hoover-Leppen Theatre of Center on Halsted. The weekend included 'enhanced staged readings' of the top five scripts, including The Starfish Scream by Brent Hartinger, The Passion Child by Amir Sade, Buddy Booth by Edward J. Yaeger Jr., and Saguaro by Brandon Yarns. The weekend also included screenings of the short films The Wait by Mary Guzman, Scotty Works OUT by Dan Pal, Coffee Talk: Episodes 3 and 4 by Skyrider Films, and Hypocrites + Strippers by Kim Yaged, all having their Chicago premieres.
Hordes of soulless shoppers approach the mall in anticipation of the Black Friday sales in an all-new episode of "South Park" titled "A Song of Ass and Fire," premiering Wednesday, November 20 at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT on Comedy Central. Get a sneak peek below!
Oxygen Media delves into the fatal love story and horrific crime that captured the nation's attention with a 'Snapped' Jodi Arias two-part special event on Sunday, December 15 at 9 PM ET/PT and Monday, December 16 at 10 PM ET/PT.
Enrique Iglesias, Fall Out Boy, Austin Mahone, Dax Shepard, Darren Criss, Kevin Jonas, Nikki Reed, Chloe Bennet and Jennette McCurdy were among the celebs who joined host Nick Cannon in honoring four extraordinary teens at the fifth annual TeenNick HALO Awards
Multi-platinum GRAMMY nominated group Fall Out Boy will kick off the fifth annual TeenNick HALO Awards with a live outdoor performance atop the Hollywood Palladium marquee in Los Angeles, Calif., while teen pop star Austin Mahone will take the stage tonight, Nov. 17.
Josh Hutcherson, Queen Latifah, Chris Paul and Shay Mitchell join creator, host and executive producer Nick Cannon in honoring four exceptional teens in the fifth annual TeenNick HALO Awards.
On the heels of last week's start of production in Austin, El Rey Network today announced the newest cast members of the highly-anticipated, 'From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series,' premiering in Q1 2014 on the new English-language cable network.
Pride Films and Plays announces directors and final schedule for the 4th Annual Gay Film Weekend at Center on Halsted's Hoover-Leppen Theatre this weekend, November 15 to 17.
After rave reviews, sold out performances and standing ovations in New York, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth, Spiegelworld will bring its all-new show EMPIRE to Newcastle, pitching its opulent spiegeltent in front of the Civic Theatre for a limited season from tonight, November 14 2013.
Walnut Street Theatre continues its landmark 205TH season with an all-new production of Broadway's family musical, ELF. Based on the Hollywood hit, and directed and choreographed by Marc Robin, this production will bring the Sparklejollytwinklejingley to Philadelphia audiences this holiday season. ELF began previews on November 5th, opens tonight, November 13th and runs through January 5th on the WST Mainstage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Nickelodeon this week was the top basic cable net with Kids 2-11 (2.9/934K) and total viewers (1.8M), marking six straight weeks at number one. This weekly win continues to build upon Nickelodeon's more than 9 straight months of year-over-year ratings gains.
For the week of November 4, 2013, powered by Sunday's originals, most notably the series' finale of “Shake It Up,” Disney Channel extended its streak as TV's #1 Total Day network to 126 consecutive weeks among Kids 6-11 (508,000/2.1 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (479,000/2.0 rating), marking close to two-and-a-half years at #1 in the core kid demographics (dates back to week of 6/13/11).
The Hollywood Reporter reports exclusively that Kevin Jonas and Nickelodeon star Jennette McCurdy will join emcee Nick Cannon for this year's TeenNick HALO Awards.
