Nickelodeon News

For the week of July 8, 2013, 24-hour kid-driven, family-committed television network Disney Channel continued to dominate Summer 2013

The final tide of nominees has been announced for TEEN CHOICE 2013, airing LIVE Sunday, Aug. 11 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.

Maria Bamford is in full swing as her new album 'Ask Me About My New God!' is set to be released on COMEDY CENTRAL Records today, July 16.

Nickelodeon and Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release the first-ever The Legend of Korra soundtrack - The Legend of Korra: Original Music From Book One available digitally and in stores everywhere today, July 16.

The mysterious breed of creatures known as Rabbids(R) will make their television debut in Nickelodeon's CG-animated series Rabbids Invasion premiering Saturday, August 3, at 11:30a.m. (ET/PT). The 26 half-hour episodes will follow the curious, irreverent and unpredictable creatures as they discover, explore, and often wreak havoc in the human world. All episodes will be available on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video Xbox Video, PlayStation Store, Samsung Media HUB and Vudu starting day after air. The series will also debut on Nickelodeon channels internationally beginning in Fall, 2013.

For the second consecutive quarter, Sprout, the 24-hour preschool network, recorded the highest composition of Women 18-49 among total viewers, beating Nick Jr., Disney Jr., The Hub, Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, Cartoon Network, Disney XD, and Nicktoons. With 23 percent of its total audience coming from the key Women 18-49 demographic, Sprout topped all kids' cable networks.

Nickelodeon's weekend launch of The Haunted Hathaways lodged triple-digit gains over last year with kids and posted a spirited 3.3 million total viewers.

'The Daily Show's' John Oliver is pulling double duty this summer when he once again brings together some of his favorite stand-up comedians for the fourth season of 'John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show,' premiering on COMEDY CENTRAL on Friday, July 26 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT.

Kids from around the country share their stories of helping others in the brand-new Nick News with Linda Ellerbee special, 'Everyday Heroes,' premiering tonight, July 15, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

the cell: A Twenty First Century Salon, Founding Artistic Director Nancy Manocherian, and Artistic Director Kira Simring, have announced the 'terrific and zany' (NYT) Kelly Kinsella's WHEN THOUGHTS ATTACK, directed by Padraic Lillis. WHEN THOUGHTS ATTACK will play a limited engagement at the cell (338 W. 23rd St NYC). Performances begin tonight, Sunday, July 14 and continue through Sunday, September 1. Opening Night is Sunday, July 28 (7 p.m.). Tickets are available at www.thecelltheatre.org.

The National Association for Multi-ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC), today announced winners of the 19th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards. Presented in partnership with NAMIC – Southern California, the awards recognize original, multi-platform television programming that depicts the lives, spirit and contributions of people of color and best reflects the diversity of the global viewing audience. The winners were presented at a live event hosted at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, California on July 11, 2013.

Nickelodeon conjures up some Supernatural fun in the brand-new live-action comedy series, The Haunted Hathaways, debuting tonight, July 13, at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

TV Land has partnered with MatchingDonors.com, a leading non-profit organ donation website, it was announced today.

Below, check out the music video for Victoria Justice's new single 'Gold' !

Actress/comedian Sunda Croonquist will be featured on ABC-TV network's Emmy award-winning daytime talk show 'The View' today, July 12th at 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, ET. The Paterson, NJ native will be profiled during the popular 'Joy's Comedy Corner' segment - presented by 'View' co-host Joy Behar - which has featured many nationally known comedy performers.

COMEDY CENTRAL today announces the launch of CC:Stand-Up Direct, a new distribution platform that delivers unlimited streams and downloads of uncut, uncensored stand-up specials, further expanding the multiplatform footprint of the #1 brand in comedy.

NFL Rush Zone, co-produced by Nickelodeon and the NFL, will air a 20-episode third season, NFL Rush Zone: Guardians Unleashed, the two entities jointly announced today.

Nickelodeon has ordered 20 additional episodes of its top-rated comedy SAM & CAT, it was announced today by Russell Hicks, President, Content Development and Production, Nickelodeon.

Let the Ex Games Begin! 'The Bachelor's Chris Harrison guests on the first-ever exes edition of ABC's WIPEOUT tonight. Get a sneak peek below!

For the week of July 1, 2013, 24-hour kid-driven, family-inclusive television network Disney Channel celebrated 4th of July week ranking as TV's #1 network in Total Day across Kids 2-11 (1.02 million/2.6 rating), Kids 6-11 (741,000/3.1 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (637,000/2.7 rating) - the network's 6th consecutive week sweeping the major youth demos and 108th straight week at #1 in 6-11/9-14 - and was cable TV's #1 network in Total Viewers (1.82 million).