This morning (Saturday, January 16) is “Super Strange Saturday” on Nickelodeon with new episodes of The Penguins of Madagascar, Fanboy & Chum Chum, Back at the Barnyard and The Mighty B! starting at 10 a.m. ET/PT. Below are episode titles and descriptions for the event:

10:00 a.m. The Penguins of Madagascar – #124A “Jiggles”
• When Kowalski accidentally creates a living blob of jelly, he takes a liking to the little guy. Unfortunately, “Jiggles” has a big appetite and starts stealing fruit from the zoo animals, leading them to insist that the penguins get rid of Kowalski’s new pet.

10:30 a.m. Fanboy & Chum Chum – #104B/103B “Fanboy Stinks / The Hard Sell”
• When Fanboy decides to stop bathing, he gets so dirty and smelly that his suit actually comes to life. Fanboy and his smelly suit known as “Stinks,” find that they can use the power of stinkiness to their advantage at school. Everything is great for the grubby pair until Stinks turns out to have some darker criminal tendencies. When he starts pushing Fanboy to pull off a real crime, it’s up to Fanboy and Chum Chum to find a way to stop Stinks’ foul plot.
• Oz loves his comics. He loves them so much that he refuses to sell a single item in his store, making the penniless Fanboy and Chum Chum his favorite customers. But Oz’s mother has had enough. She tells him he must finally sell one of his beloved collectibles by day’s end or she will get rid of them all herself and turn the store into a yogurt shop. In order to save their favorite hang out and help their friend, Fanboy and Chum Chum must convince Oz to sell one of his comics or risk losing them all.

11:00 a.m. Back at the Barnyard – #220A/217A “RoboPeck / Arcade of Doom”
• The gang fixes up an injured Peck and makes him bionic, but soon he goes berserk.
• The animals compete against Snooty Boy and his crew to win a coveted ZBox.

11:30 a.m. The Mighty B! – #205B/204B “Hive of Darkness / B Plus One”
• Bessie decides to house a swarm of bees in exchange for one harvest of honey. It’s the perfect deal—until Bessie earns the Ever Elusive Beekeeping Badge and wants to move on. Turns out these Bees aren’t gong to let Queen Bessie go without a fight.
• When Bessie wins tickets to a sold-out concert, Happy is confident that Bessie will bring him to the show with her.

Nickelodeon’s Thanksgiving Menu Offers Non-Stop Animation with ‘Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend,’ Beginning Nov. 26

Four-Day Animation Cornucopia to Include Sneak-Peek of New Series The Penguins of Madagascar, New Animated Naked Brothers Band Special, Premieres of SpongeBob SquarePants, The Mighty B!, Back at the Barnyard and The Fairly OddParents

NEW YORK, Nov. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Nickelodeon brings to the table a cornucopia of animation during “Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend,” the network’s Thanksgiving celebration airing Wednesday, Nov. 26, through Sunday, Nov. 30. The “Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend” will offer kids and their families four days of animation-packed premieres, movies, marathons and favorite episodes, plus five chances to catch a sneak peek of the network’s newest Nicktoon series, The Penguins of Madagascar, launching in 2009. The series is based on DreamWorks Animation’s hit feature film “Madagascar” and upcoming sequel “Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa.”

In addition to the weekend-long on-air event, Nickelodeon’s website – www.nick.com/stuffed – feature sneak peeks of all the episodes airing during “Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend”, Thanksgiving-themed quizzes, downloadable screensavers, posters, wallpapers and buddy icons, message boards to discuss Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend and other holiday happenings, and a schedule of tune-in times and links to related show sites, games and video. Additionally, beginning Monday, Nov. 17, special playlists of clips and replays of the “Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend” will be offered on TurboNick, Nick’s online broadband player, and on Nick’s wireless platforms.

The following are highlights of the “Superstuffed Nicktoons Weekend” (premieres in bold and all times ET/PT):

Wednesday, Nov. 26, at 8:30 p.m.

The Naked Brothers Band gets animated with their first full-length cartoon special, “The Supetastic 6″. The half-hour animated special follows a jazz-playing criminal genius who, jealous of the Naked Brothers Band’s success, threatens to steal the world’s hair supply. The band knows the only ones who can stop Global Balding are their superhero alter egos, The Supetastic 6.

Thursday, Nov. 27, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Thanksgiving Day programming will feature back-to-back Nicktoon movies:

8 a.m. The Wild ThornBerrys Movie
10 a.m. The Fairly OddParents’ “Channel Chasers”
11:30 a.m. SpongeBob SquarePants’ “Pest of the West”
12 p.m. Rugrats: Go Wild
1:30 p.m. SpongeBob SquarePants’ “WhoBob WhatPants?”
2 p.m. The Fairly OddParents’ “Fairly Idol”
3 p.m. “Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour 1″
4 p.m. “Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide”
5 p.m. “Jimmy / Timmy 3: The Jerkinators!”
6 p.m. The Fairly OddParents’ “Fairly OddBaby”
7 p.m. SpongeBob: The Movie
Friday, Nov. 28, from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Friday’s programming will feature a day-long marathon of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes, including SpongeBob: The Movie at 6 p.m. and the following back-to-back premieres:

8 p.m. “The Slumber Party” / “Grooming Gary”
– Pearl’s getting ready for her slumber party, but Mr. Krabs’ meddling
in the party preparations is getting out of control. Pearl forces him
out of the house and orders him to stay at SpongeBob’s until the
party’s over, so Mr. Krabs sends his #1 employee SpongeBob to be his
undercover spy.
– SpongeBob enters Gary in a pet show, but realizes Gary needs a
makeover when he sees the competition. Unfortunately Gary isn’t keen
on being primped and made into a pretty show snail, and it turns out
the other pets in the show aren’t either.

8:30 p.m. “Porous Pockets” / Sneak-Peek of The Penguins of Madagascar
– When SpongeBob suddenly becomes the richest citizen of Bikini Bottom,
he finds himself surrounded by lots of new “friends” who are more than
happy to help him spend his money. As SpongeBob spends more time with
his new pals, he spends less time with his best buddy Patrick and
jeopardizes their friendship.
– Sneak-peek of The Penguins of Madagascar, based on Dreamworks’ feature
film Madagascar, and will premiere on Nickelodeon in 2009.

9:00 p.m. “Krusty Krushers” / “The Card”
– Mr. Krabs hatches up yet another get-rich-quick scheme: professional
wrestling. But he won’t be the one wrestling; he’s going to be the
manager – and money-handler – for the newest tag-team wrestlers in
Bikini Bottom: SpongeBob and Patrick.
– The new Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy trading cards are on sale, and
SpongeBob is determined to get the super special rare talking card.
He’s stunned when Patrick immediately finds the card without even
trying. And to make matters worse, he doesn’t treat it with the care
and respect SpongeBob believes it deserves.

9:30 p.m. “Dear Vikings” / “Ditchin”
– There’s a new Viking-themed promotion at the Krusty Krab, so SpongeBob
is determined to find out everything there is to know about Vikings.
Since there’s no better way to find out about Vikings than to
communicate with them directly, SpongeBob writes a letter to the
Vikings, and is surprised when they visit the Krusty Krab to answer
his questions in person.
– Mermaidman and Barnacleboy are having a book signing, but SpongeBob
can’t go because he has boating school. After some convincing,
Patrick finally gets SpongeBob to take a bathroom break from class – a
really long one – so they can go to the signing. But the day turns
sour when SpongeBob becomes racked with guilt about ditching class.

Saturday, Nov. 29, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

The day’s line-up features hour-long blocks of Back at the Barnyard and The Mighty B!, including the following premieres:

8 p.m. Back at the Barnyard’s “The Uddered Avenger,” one-hour movie

When Cowman is assigned the task of guarding the Jurassic Corn Kernel at the county fair, Otis takes the kernel himself to keep it safe from the villainous Professor Twiny Vines. Thinking he stole it, the town brands Cowman “Public Enemy #1.” Even Otis’ friends think he’s gone to the dark side. Cowman and his sidekick Ratboy vow to do whatever they can to clear their names, save their friends and stop Professor Twiny Vines, who’s teamed up with Mrs. Beady to destroy the town.

9:00 p.m. “Toot Toot” / “To Bee or Not to Bee”
– When Bessie accidentally passes gas during a troop meeting, she is
forced to resign from the Honeybees. But without the Honeybees,
Bessie doesn’t know what to do with her life. She sinks deeper and
deeper into depression until she finds something shocking in the
Honeybee Handbook: the Toot Toot badge.
– Bessie won a contest to meet Miriam Breedlove, the founder of the
Honeybees. As part of the prize, Bessie will have the opportunity to
ask Miriam exactly three questions, and Bessie is dying to ask the one
question that could possibly shape her destiny – what is the true
story behind the Mighty Bee? But Bessie is so nervous that she’s
starting to fall to pieces and she may not be able to pull herself
together in time for the most important meeting of her life.

9:30 p.m. “Thanksgiving Beeenactment” / Sneak-Peek of The Penguins of Madagascar

– Disgusted by the commercialization of Thanksgiving, Bessie gets all
the Honeybees to go on a trip to a historical colonial village so they
can experience the original Thanksgiving. But when Portia refuses to
follow the colonial village’s no technology rule, the villagers lock
her up for being a witch.
– Sneak-peek of The Penguins of Madagascar, based on Dreamworks’ feature
film Madagascar, and will premiere on Nickelodeon in 2009.

Sunday, Nov. 30, from 6 am. to 9 p.m.

Nick’s stuffing Sunday with The Fairly OddParents all day long, capping off with back-to-back premieres:

8:00 p.m. “CHINdred Spirits” / “Vicky Gets Fired”
– Timmy’s disappointed to see how boring the Crimson Chin comics have
become lately. When he spends a day with the Chin, he sees why – the
Chin is lonely. Timmy wishes up a super girlfriend for him, except
now the comic is both boring and romantic, yuck! Desperate, Timmy
unknowingly makes a wish that changes everything, so he must undo his
wish – and fast.
– Despite all the ways Vicky has tortured Timmy, it’s only when she
accidentally erases a videotape that Mom and Dad actually fire her.
Determined to get a job, Vicky decides she wants to be mayor and takes
over the city. As she’s ready to make Vickyville a whole new country,
Timmy, who’s happy for the first time, realizes he’s got to get Vicky
out of office and back as his babysitter in order to maintain peace.

8:30 p.m. “9 Lives” / “Dread and Breakfast”
– When Catman tells Timmy he’s used up eight of his nine cat lives
saving Dimmsdale from crime, Timmy helps Catman find a “safer” job
where he can still help people. But it turns out Catman is terrible
at every job Timmy gets for him. Thankfully, Mom and Dad are overrun
by a hoard of rodents. Sensing he’s needed, Catman (or “Ratman”)
snaps out of his funk and puts his ninth life on the line to save the
day once more.
– Dad’s quit his job to make sock monkeys, and there’s no income for the
Turners…until Mom turns the house into a bed and breakfast. That’d
be fine, if the first guests weren’t Mr. Crocker, Dark Laser and
Tootie who either want to destroy Timmy or kiss him. As Timmy runs
around frantically trying to stay one step ahead of his house guests,
he must find a way to get everyone out without using the very fairy
magic Crocker is hoping to catch him using.

Nickelodeon, now in its 29th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 96 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 14 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B).

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Nickelodeon Picks-Up Returning Animated Hits Including Seventh Seasons of SpongeBob SquarePants and The Fairly OddParents, Plus More Episodes of New Nicktoon Back at the Barnyard and the Preschool Favorite The Backyardigans

NEW YORK, March 13, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Nickelodeon, the number-one producer of television animation in the U.S., announced today that it has green-lit 86 all-new episodes of Nicktoon favorites, including the network’s top three ranked animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents and Back at the Barnyard and the preschool favorite The Backyardigans. The announcements were made today by Brown Johnson, President, Animation, Nickelodeon & MTVN Kids and Family Group.
“Our key animated properties continue to be innovative and fresh and feature characters that our viewers have grown to love and really connect with,” said Johnson. “We are thrilled to be making another season of SpongeBob SquarePants–a series we hope to make for a long time–as well The Fairly OddParents, and adding additional episodes of our newest hit series Back at the Barnyard and preschool gem The Backyardigans.”

Picked up for an additional 26 episodes and currently in its sixth season, SpongeBob SquarePants has emerged as a pop-culture phenomenon and one of the most popular series in kids’ television history. It has been the number-one animated program with Kids 2-11 for more than six consecutive years, and its Saturday morning airing ranks as the top-rated program on television among Kids 2-11. Adult viewers also continue to tune in and have increased by 85% since the premiere of the show in July 1999. The most widely distributed property in MTV Networks’ history, SpongeBob SquarePants is syndicated in 171 markets in 25 languages and is among the top rated kids’ shows, across broadcast and cable, in every major television market around the world. SpongeBob SquarePants is executive produced by creator Stephen Hillenburg.

The Fairly OddParents, picked up for an additional 20 episodes, has consistently grown among both kids and adults since its March 2001 launch. It is currently the number-three-ranked animated property on broadcast and cable television among Kids 2-11, only following Nickelodeon’s own SpongeBob SquarePants and Back at the Barnyard. The series, currently in its sixth season, is also a solid hit among teens and adults, who make up 57% of its 44.8 million viewers each week. Most recently, a February The Fairly OddParents’ special, “Fairly OddBaby”, hit a ratings high with an average of 8.8 million total viewers as the year-to-date’s number-one entertainment program on all broadcast and basic cable television in all kids’ demos, ranking second only to Super Bowl programming among overall TV shows this year with kids and tweens.

Picked up for an additional 20 episodes, Nickelodeon’s newest animated hit Back at the Barnyard currently ranks as the number-two animated series on television among Kids 2-11. Created by the Oscar(R)-nominated writer/director Steve Oedekerk (Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective), and based on the hit feature film, the series follows the adventures of a group of party animals who live colorful lives undetected by the humans living around them. Back at the Barnyard chronicles the animal shenanigans that take place in the barnyard when the farmer’s back is turned and centers around a carefree party cow named Otis (voiced by Chris Hardwick, Singled Out), who has recently become the patriarch of the farm.

The Backyardigans, Nick Jr.’s hit animated preschool series, was picked up for an additional 20 episodes and the series’ fourth season. In The Backyardigans, five high-spirited neighbors–Pablo, Tyrone, Uniqua, Tasha and Austin–meet in their adjoining backyards and use their imaginations to transport themselves into different locations for epic adventures. In season four, The Backyardigans will repair futuristic robots, become dragon-riding delivery men, fairytale princess escape artists, Santa’s action Elf crew and a flower power superhero on exciting new musical journeys. Preschoolers also will be introduced to a new slate of music genres, including Roller Disco, Strauss Waltzes, Wall of Sound, Stax-Volt, Rembetika and Ragtime. Each half- hour episode of the series features a unique music/dance genre with four original songs, along with real choreographed movements recreated in animation.

SpongeBob SquarePants and The Fairly OddParents are produced at the Nickelodeon Animation Studios in Burbank, Calif. Back at the Barnyard is produced at the Omation Animation Studios in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. The Backyardigans is a co-production with Nick Jr. and Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana.

Nickelodeon, in its 28th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon’s U.S. television network is seen in more than 96 million households and has been the number- one-rated basic cable network for more than 13 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B).

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