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Keke Palmer, Drew Barrymore, Tinashe and more stars are set to appear during Nickelodeon’s upcoming holiday special, “The Great Nickmas Tree Sliming… Hosted by That Girl Lay Lay,” which will air on the youth-oriented network on Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. Et/Pt, TheWrap can exclusively reveal.

Hosted by Alaya High of Nick’s “That Girl Lay Lay” series (now in its second season), the special is set to feature “slime, surprises, singing, dancing, special celebrity appearances and musical performances, culminating in the grand finale — an epic Christmas Tree Sliming.”

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Per the show’s logline: “In ‘The Great Nickmas Tree Sliming… Hosted by That Girl Lay Lay,’ Lay Lay accidentally zaps Santa’s sleigh out of the sky. The show must go on! If Santa can’t deliver presents, Christmas will be cancelled unless Lay Lay, her celebrity...

Exclusive: Mike Caron, director of Nickelodeon’s Danger Force and Paramount+’s Fairly Odd Parents: Fairly Odder, is branching out on his own.

Caron has launched his own production company Mike Caron Productions and has set a small-screen adaptation of mystery series Monster Kid Detective Squad as one of his first projects.

He is looking to develop projects in the family space.

Monster Kid Detective Squad is set in Frightsville and follows characters such as Elsie Frankenstein, a super-strong young monster, Sherry Dracula is a young, headstrong vampire and Rico Gillman, a young sea monster.

The book series is written by Jason Henderson and In Churl Yo and published by Castle Bridge Media. Caron has brought on Bunheads duo Grant Levy and Dominik Rothbard to adapt the series with him.

Caron has worked on over 500 episodes of television including directing Danger Force, in which he also occasionally appears as the villain Deuce Van Nuys.

There are laughs and scares to be had in the upcoming Comedy Central original movie Cursed Friends. The film centers around an all-star comedic cast including Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows), Nicole Byer (Nailed It!), Jessica Lowe (The Righteous Gemstones), and Andrew Lewis Caldwell (Danger Force). These core four play childhood friends who discover their predict-your-future game of M.A.S.H. (Mansion Apartment Shack House) from back in the day becomes all too real as grown-ups. After unearthing their completed M.A.S.H. book during a drunken slumber party, they slowly find those answers from 2002 come back to haunt them. Maybe with the exception of Byer’s Mikayla, who dreamed of marrying Joey Fatone. Rounding out the cast of characters are James Austin Johnson, Nikki Glaser, Kathy Griffin, Nicole Richie, Ken Marino, and Rob Riggle, ...

Apple TV+ has revealed the trailer for the third season of the Emmy Award-winning kids and family series, ‘Ghostwriter.’

The reimagining of the hit early nineties series from Sesame Workshop. Premiering globally on Friday, October 21, the all-new season will feature an entirely new cast and epic literary adventure.

When a ghost haunts a bookstore and releases fictional characters into the real world, a group of friends work to solve an exciting mystery surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business. While tackling the big mystery, the young heroes embark on six curious adventures with characters inspired by L. Frank Baum’s story “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”; author Pablo Cartaya’s “¡Leo! El Magnífico”; Beverly Cleary’s novel “The Mouse and the Motorcycle”; Mick Jagger and Keith Richard’s song “She’s A Rainbow”; E.B. White’s book “Charlotte’s Web”; and Jewell Parker Rhodes’ tale “Bayou Magic.”

Starring Princess Mapp, Nour Assaf...

Characters from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz pop into our world to help solve a mystery on season three of Apple TV+’s Emmy Award-winning series Ghostwriter. The season three trailer provides a look at the assortment of fictional characters, including the Tin Man, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, as well as Wilbur from Charlotte’s Web, that are brought to life by a ghost to join human friends on an adventure.

The season three cast features Princess Mapp (Sydney to the Max), Nour Assaf (The Casagrandes), and Daire McLeod (Danger Force). Guest stars include Randall Park (WandaVision) as Lion in The Ghost of Oz journey, Jay Baruchel (This Is the End) as Ralph The Mouse in The Ghost, The Mouse and The Motorcycle quest, and Emmy Award-winner Jean Smart (Hacks) as Charlotte, and Iain Armitage (Young Sheldon) as Wilbur in The Ghost’s Web adventure.

J.J. Johnson and Andrew Orenstein developed...

Apple TV+ brought back the 1990s series “Ghostwriter” back in 2019, and we’ve learned that “Ghostwriter” Season 3 will premiere on October 21, 2022, just in time for Halloween.

Emmy Award-winning “Ghostwriter” returns for a third season with an entirely new cast and a new adventure. You can watch the official “Ghostwriter” Season 3 trailer below.

In the new season, when a ghost haunts a bookstore and releases fictional characters into the real world, a group of friends works to solve an exciting mystery surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business. While tackling the big mystery, the young heroes embark on six curious adventures with characters inspired by L. Frank Baum’s story “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”; author Pablo Cartaya’s “¡Leo! El Magnífico”; Beverly Cleary’s novel “The Mouse and the Motorcycle”; Mick Jagger and Keith Richard’s song “She’s A Rainbow“; E.B. White’s book “Charlotte’s Web”; and Jewell Parker Rhodes’ tale “Bayou Magic.

Apple TV+ brought back the 1990s series “Ghostwriter” back in 2019, and the reboot show’s second season premiered in 2020. This Halloween, “Ghostwriter” Season 3 is on the way.

Revealing their Fall 2022 slate, Apple TV+ has announced this afternoon that “Ghostwriter” Season 3 will premiere on October 21, 2022, just in time for Halloween!

Emmy Award-winning “Ghostwriter” returns for a third season with an entirely new cast and a new adventure!

“When a ghost haunts a bookstore and releases fictional characters into the real world, a group of friends works to solve a mystery surrounding the ghost’s unfinished business.”

A reimagining of the 1992 series from Sesame Workshop, “Ghostwriter” maintains a city-based, multicultural cast, inviting children ages 6-11 to see themselves on screen as they learn to appreciate a range of new and classic literature. Starring Princess Mapp, Nour Assaf (“The Casagrandes”), and Daire McLeod (“Danger Force”), the series was developed for television by J.J. Johnson...

We can’t wait to hear Joe Pesci say the title of his new show: The Oscar winner (GoodFellas, My Cousin Vinny) has signed on to costar in Pete Davidson’s Peacock comedy Bupkis, the streamer announced on Thursday.

Pesci will play the grandfather of Davidson’s character, joining Edie Falco, who was previously cast as Pete’s mother. The half-hour comedy is a fictionalized take on Davidson’s real life that “will combine grounded storytelling with absurd elements from the unfiltered and completely original worldview for which Pete is well known,” per the official description.

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Exclusive: Danger Force has been renewed for a third season set to kick off with a two-part event following the events of Season 2. Production is currently underway in Burbank, California.

The show’s sophomore season ranked as the No. 1 live-action program on cable among kids 6-11, while also ranking No. 1 in its Thursday premiere time slot. Danger Force regularly airs on Nickelodeon on Thursdays at 7 p.m. (Et/Pt), with episodes available to stream on Paramount+.

When the live-action comedy returns, Chapa (Havan Flores), Miles (Terrence Little Gardenhigh), Mika (Dana Heath), and Bose (Luca Luhan) are forced back into their regular lives and out of Danger Force after their mothers discover their superhero secret.

When their hometown is confronted with an unprecedented threat, Captain Man (Cooper Barnes) and his former proteges see a chance to get back to doing what they love the most: protecting the citizens of Swellview.

Danger Force...

Some of my favorite episodes of TV in recent years have come from the previous two installments of Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark? revival, Carnival of Doom and Curse of the Shadows, so I can't wait to see what spooky surprises are in store for Midnight Society members both old and new in the latest season, Ghost Island. Ahead of its July 30th premiere on Nickelodeon, we have a look at the new trailer featuring an eerie hotel with one room in particular that guests should avoid staying in:

From the Press Release: Produced by Ace Entertainment, the limited series will debut with a two-hour episode on Saturday, July 30, at 7 p.m. (Et/Pt) on Nickelodeon, with the remaining episodes airing Saturday, Aug. 6, and Aug. 13, at 7 p.m. (Et/Pt). Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Ghost Island follows an all-new Midnight Society as they go...

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When I set out to collect the week’s best in paranormal pop culture news, I knew ahead of time I wanted to give a shout to Netflix’s Dead End: Paranormal Park. I have been waiting to check it out for some time, and it delivered as an emotionally intelligent, fun show for all ages. And I figured there would be other movie and TV news within the realm of the weird. What I did not expect was the real deal stuff that dropped this week. Not only did China release a report about alien civilizations but the whole dang city of Amarillo, Texas went on record with a video still of… something caught on camera.

Before we dive in, don’t forget to continue the strange talk with our weekly paranormal pop culture Talking Strange podcast and video series hosted by yours truly, and available on Apple Podcasts,...

Nickelodeon’s Shauna Phelan and Zack Olin have been promoted to EVPs and Co-Heads, Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Live-Action Series and Films. The news was announced today by Brian Robbins, Paramount President & Chief Executive Officer of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon, and Chief Content Officer, Movies and Kids & Family, Paramount+.

Formerly Co-Heads of Live-Action for Nickelodeon and Awesomeness, both brands within Paramount Global, Phelan and Olin are now expanding their purview to oversee all scripted live-action Nickelodeon and Awesomeness series and movies for Nickelodeon and Paramount+, including YA content. They will continue to report to Robbins.

Said Robbins, “Shauna and Zack are behind some of Nickelodeon’s biggest hits from iCarly to That Girl Lay Lay and have been entertaining kids and families across all our demos for years. As the demand for content continues to grow for both our audience and for Paramount+, and given the Studios’ success as producers of top YA franchises,...

Shauna Phelan and Zack Olin have been promoted to executive vice presidents and co-heads of Nickelodeon and Awesomeness live action series and film.

They take their new positions after serving as senior vice presidents and co-heads of live action, and will now oversee all scripted live action Nickelodeon and Awesomeness series and movie content for Nickelodeon and Paramount+. They report to Brian Robbins, president and CEO of Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon and chief content officer of movies and kids and family for Paramount+.

“Shauna and Zack are behind some of Nickelodeon’s biggest hits from ‘iCarly’ to ‘That Girl Lay Lay’ and have been entertaining kids and families across all our demos for years,” Robbins said. “As the demand for content continues to grow for both our audience and for Paramount+, and given the studios’ success as producers of top YA franchises, Shauna and Zack are poised to elevate Awesomeness...

Five Republican senators have urged the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board to update its ratings for certain children’s shows to include warnings about what they describe as “disturbing” LGBTQ content, namely “irreversible and harmful experimental treatments for mental disorders like gender dysphoria.”

Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Kevin Cramer (R-n.D.), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) all signed the letter dated May 4, which pushes for the Pgma’s rating system to incorporate warnings for LGBTQ content before lamenting how one Disney executive was recently quoted...

Following the success of “Henry Danger” and its first spinoff, “The Adventures of Kid Danger,” the producers of these shows returned with a second official spinoff in 2020 titled “Danger Force.” This live-action, crime-fighting show is currently in its second season, and fans are loving it.

This article gives a breakdown of each character in “Danger Force” and other key details you might like to know about the show.

About “Danger Force”

The final episodes of “Henry Danger” introduced Mika, Miles, Chapa, and Bose — four kids who combined to make up the “Danger Force.” This new clique of superhero sidekicks works together to harness their sometimes uncontrollable superpowers to fight crime. Besides fighting crime, they also have the responsibility to ensure their real identities are kept a secret from their families and the villains they are up against.

To be successful at these tasks, they learn under Captain Man and Schwoz...

Talk about a subslime event! On Saturday, April 9, the winners of Nickelodeon's 2022 Kids' Choice Awards were announced at a star-studded ceremony at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. And of course, quite a few got slimed! Miranda Cosgrove and NFL player Rob "Gronk" Gronkowski hosted the live telecast, which honored the best in movies, TV, sports and music. Check out the winners of the 2022 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards: Favorite Kids TV Show Winner: High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Are You Afraid of the Dark? Danger Force Raven's Home That Girl Lay Lay The Baby-Sitters...

Fans of celebrity humiliation got their money’s worth at the Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2022, which emanated live this evening from Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

A record-breaking 1,000 slimings were poured at the event, hosted by Miranda Cosgrove and NFL tight end Rob Gronkowski. That, plus music from Kid Cudi and Jack Harlow, a journey into the metaverse with the Nick orange blimp, and the usual celebrity appearances were among the highlights.

The event also had an appearance from the First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden, who spoke to the resilience of today’s youngest generation, especially children of military members and veterans, and encouraging America’s youth to keep growing, learning, and giving back to their communities;

Also on display were teaser clips of animated action-adventure feature film DC League of Super-Pets, presented by voice cast members Kevin Hart and Dwayne Johnson; and martial arts...

Exclusive: Nida Khurshid (Station 19) and newcomer Jojo Fleites are set as series regulars, the first to be cast, in CW’s The Winchesters drama pilot. The project hails from Supernatural trio Robbie Thompson, Jensen Ackles and Danneel Ackles, Warner Bros. Television and CBS Studios. Glen Winter will direct and executive produce the pilot.

Written and executive produced by Thompson, The Winchesters is a prequel to the long-running series Supernatural, centered on Dean and Sam Winchester’s parents – John and Mary. Told from the perspective of narrator Dean Winchester, voiced by Jensen Ackles, The Winchesters is the epic, untold love story of how John met Mary and how they put it all on the line to not only save their love, but the entire world.

Khurshid will play Latika Desai. Fiercely intelligent and braver than she believes, Latika Desai is a young hunter-in-training whose research...

Nickelodeon is out with the nominations for its Kids’ Choice Awards 2022 and has iCarly star Miranda Cosgrove and four-time Super Bowl champ Rob Gronkowski as co-hosts. Check out the noms list and host announcement video below.

The slime-show covering film, TV, music, sports and more is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 9, from Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport. Nick, TeenNick, Nicktoons and Nick Jr. will air it live in the East and delayed in the West.

“Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards has always been such a unique show with tons of energy, superstars and of course, lots of slime,” said Cosgrove, whose iCarly reboot is up for Favorite Family TV Show. “Nickelodeon has always been my family and to co-host this iconic show alongside Gronk will be a blast.”

Added the NFL star and former co-host of Nick’s Crashletes: “I’ve always been a kid at heart,...

Paramount+’s live-action Fairly OddParents revival has everything: Wands and wings, floaty crowny things and National Treasure Laura Bell Bundy.

Premiering on Thursday, March 31 and picking up “years after the original ended,” The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder introduces Timmy Turner’s cousin Viv (played by Audrey Grace Marshall aka The Flight Attendant‘s Young Cassie) and her new step-brother Roy Raskin (Single Parents‘ Tyler Wladis). Together, the sibs must “navigate life in Dimmsdale with the help of their fairy godparents, Wanda and Cosmo,” according to the official logline. The above trailer also features an appearance by fellow cartoon carryover Jorgen Von Strangle,...

Timmy Turner was an average kid that no one understood. Now, in the first trailer for “The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder,” we get to meet some other members of his family.

The new series, set to hit Paramount+ at the end of March, focuses on Timmy’s cousin, Vivian “Viv” Turner (Audrey Grace Marshall), and her new stepbrother, Roy Raskin (Tyler Wladis), as they navigate life in Dimmsdale with the help of the wacky fairies we know and love: Cosmo and Wanda.

Timmy himself will make an appearance in order to gift Cosmo and Wanda to the kids. And yes, he’s still wearing his classic pink hat. But, in place of his pink shirt, he’s wearing a Princeton sweatshirt — which might surprise fans of the original series, considering his relationship with school.

You can watch the full trailer for “The Fairly Oddparents: Fairly Odder” in the video here and above.

“Coming 2 America” led all films at the 9th annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards, which were presented on Saturday evening at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The Eddie Murphy comedy in which makeup is used to transform Murphy and Arsenio Hall into an array of different characters, won three awards in the five feature-film categories, taking prizes for contemporary make-up, special make-up effects and contemporary hair styling.

The other two film awards went to “Cruella,” which won for period and/or character make-up, and “Being the Ricardos,” which won for period and/or character hair styling.

“Coming 2 America” and “Cruella” are both nominated for the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar, along with “Dune,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” and “House of Gucci.” Since Muahs relaunched its awards in 2013, no film has won the Oscar for makeup without first winning an award from the guild.

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Coming 2 America and Saturday Night Live both took home three wins Saturday at the ninth annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards, making the former the front-runner in the craft category at the Oscars.

The Amazon Studios sequel starring Eddie Murphy won for Best Contemporary Make-Up, Best Special Make-Up Effects and Best Contemporary Hair Styling, besting the feature film field during tonight’s ceremony at the Beverly Hilton.

Other film winners included Amazon’s Being the Ricardos for Best Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling, and Disney’s Cruella for Best Period and/or Character Make-Up.

Coming 2 America and Cruella are both nominated in the combined Makeup and Hairstyling category at the 94th Oscars, which will take place March 27.

Since the modern Muahs Awards began in 2014, one of its marquee winners has gone on the claim the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar every year. Last year,...

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild held its ninth annual awards ceremony Saturday night at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.

“Coming 2 America” dominated the night, taking home the awards for best contemporary make-up and hairstyling, in a surprise win, beating out Oscar frontrunners like “Dune,” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” and “House of Gucci” for best special make-up effects.

On the TV front, “American Horror Stories,” “Dancing With the Stars” “Emily in Paris,” “Pose,” “Genius: Aretha,” “Legendary,” “Saturday Night Live” and “Star Trek: Discovery” all took home awards.

“The Kelly Clarkson Show” won in the daytime television category for both make-up and hair. Children/teen program honors went to “Danger Force” for both make-up and hair categories.

Actress Melissa Peterman served as host for the night, emceeing to a 600 strong crowd with Covid protocols in place. The Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild partnered with Vow, a top US government-contracted...

Exclusive: Michael D. Cohen, known for his work on Nickelodeon’s Danger Force and Henry Danger, has signed with Paradigm for representation.

The actor-writer-director is best known for his work as Schwoz Schwartz on the two Nickelodeon series. Danger Force recently received a GLAAD Media Award Outstanding Kids & Family Programming nomination for “Manlee Men,” a June 2021 episode Cohen co-wrote and directed. Henry Danger won the Kid’s Choice Award for Best Show in 2017 and 2020, and was nominated in 2018, 2019, and 2021.

His additional television credits include Angie Tribeca, The Mindy Project, 2 Broke Girls, The Real O’Neals, Backstrom; Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job and Modern Family. On the big screen he has appeared in An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn, Suburbicon, Whiplash and It Was You Charlie.

Beyond the screen, Cohen founded the “Trans Youth Acting Challenge,” an initiative to support young trans and non-binary actors in helping discover and...

GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, today announced the nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards.

RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 13 finalist Gottmik announced nominees in select GLAAD Media Awards categories live via GLAAD’s TikTok channel.

The GLAAD Media Awards honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues. Since its inception in 1990, the GLAAD Media Awards have grown to be the most visible annual LGBTQ awards show in the world, sending powerful messages of acceptance to audiences globally. The 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards are presented by Gilead Sciences, Inc. and Ketel One Family Made Vodka.

The 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees were published, released, or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2021. The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies, which fund GLAAD’s work to accelerate LGBTQ acceptance, will be held in Los Angeles at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday,...

Jace Norman spent several years battling Nickelodeon-style villians like The Toddler and Frankini as a young super-hero in the series “Henry Danger.” Now he’s taking on a role in a bigger fight: TV’s streaming wars.

Norman has signed a broader pact with Nickelodeon and AwesomenessTV that will have both ViacomCBS units work with him and his Starlight production company to develop, executive produce and star in new and original content for various properties, including Nickelodeon Studios, Awesomeness Studios, and Paramount Plus. As part of the deal, Norman is set to reprise his role as “Henry Hart,” the young alter ego of the hero “Kid Danger,” in a new original live-action movie for Paramount Plus based on the “Henry Danger” series. Start of production and cast are expected to be announced shortly.

“This is really my first step to getting to fulfill my dream of getting behind the camera and actually creating shows,...

Gather up the whole family because Nickelodeon is getting into the holly jolly spirit with this year’s jam-packed “Nickmas” holiday lineup, featuring festive new episodes and special premieres throughout November and December. The Loud House is getting the live-action treatment with the new original holiday movie A Loud House Christmas, following Lincoln (Wolfgang Schaeffer) and his best friend Clyde (Jahzir Bruno) as they “embark on a mission to preserve the family’s holiday traditions.” SpongeBob Squarepants, Rugrats, and Paw Patrol will also debut new holiday specials, along with reruns of old Nickelodeon classics, such as A Fairly Odd Christmas, Santa Hunters, and Merry Christmas Drake & Josh. Several current Nickelodeon series will celebrate the season with new holiday-themed episodes, including Danger Force, Side Hustle, Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan, and more. Josh and Blue will celebrate Chanukah on A Blue’s Clues Festival of Lights, while several more “Nickmas” episodes...

WWE Superstar Mike “The Miz” Mizanin is guest-starring on Nickelodeon’s “Side Hustle,” and just like his main job and those acting roles in the (post-John Cena) “Marine” movies, it’s a fairly physical gig.

On “Side Hustle,” Mizanin plays Jujutsu star Clint Kickwood, who grunts out “Kick-wood!” as he kicks down Jaget’s (Jacques Chevelle) dojo door.

Kickwood was “hired by a very sorry young man,” he tells Jaget. That sorry young man was Munchy, Jaget’s little bro. Probably extra-sorry now because of the door.

As Clint Kickwood explains, “Clint Kickwood doesn’t just kick stuff, I fix stuff!”

He definitely does seem to kick an awful lot of stuff — especially when he played twins in the movie “Double Kick.” But his mission here is more one of mending a brotherly relationship.

Watch the video above, which is exclusive to TheWrap.

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Welcome to this week’s “Just for Variety.”

Michael K. Williams is another life lost too soon. While we wait for the official cause of death, it’s been reported that drug paraphernalia was found near the 54-year-old Williams’ body and authorities are investigating his demise as an overdose. The history of Hollywood is marked by so many similar endings. While no two deaths from addiction are alike, one thing that most in our industry have in common is the struggle of artistic souls falling deep into substance abuse before trying to reclaim their lives with recovery. Williams was open and honest about his demons. “A lot of people often think that when a person puts down the drug or the alcohol that all the problems go away. That couldn’t be further from the truth,” the actor said this year during an appearance on Tamron Hall’s talk show.

The Producers Guild of America will present “Producing During Unprecedented Times: Reflections from Today’s Leading Producers” at the 60th Monte-Carlo Television Festival that starts this weekend.

The curated conversations, in which producers explore the challenges they faced getting their shows made during the Covid-19 pandemic, detail how they learned to work within the myriad global safety regulations, and how their ability to pivot during these uncertain times may end up changing business models moving forward.

Participants include:

Bradley Bell, president of Bell-Phillip Television Productions, who’s the nine-time Emmy-winning producer and head writer of The Bold and the Beautiful Producer Yolanda Cochran had three scripted shows that were in mid-season or were about to start that were interrupted by the shutdown: The Astronauts, which was shot in Vancouver and was among the very first to return to production there; Danger Force, which shot in Los Angeles,...

Eighteen months after revealing publicly that he transitioned about two decades before, Nickelodeon star Michael D. Cohen launched the Trans Youth Acting Challenge in December to help trans and nonbinary youth break into the business. He received 200 applications for 15 spots in a virtual master class he teaches.

And now, for the first time, Cohen reveals that one participant, 13-year-old trans actor Sasha A. Cohen (no relation) has been cast on his series “Danger Force” along with his twin sister Natalie R Cohen. The teens will appear on the June 19 episode, which Cohen also directed.

“I want Sasha to see his own power as an actor and as a human,” Cohen tells Variety. “I want him to feel proud of his work and feel real confident in himself in every aspect and to know that he will help change kids’ lives by being the first kid of trans experience on Nickelodeon in live action.

Nickelodeon is setting up its line-up, and it has announced return dates for the Danger Force and Tyler Perry's Young Dylan TV shows. Trailers for the return of both shows have been released. Danger Force is resuming its first season and has already been renewed for a second year. Young Dylan will be kicking off its second season.

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Nickelodeon wants more of its live-action programming. The cable channel has renewed Danger Force, the Henry Danger spin-off, for a second season of 26 episodes. Tyler Perry's Young Dylan series (above) has also been renewed for a second season with a 20 episode order. Meanwhile, Nickelodeon has ordered six additional installments for the Side Hustle series which brings that show's first season tally to 26 episodes. The first seasons of all three shows are currently airing on Saturday nights.

Here's the press release regarding the renewals:

Nickelodeon Renews Top-rated Live-action Comedy Danger Force And Tyler Perry'S Young Dylan

Net Also Orders Six Additional Episodes of Side Hustle for Season One

In an expansion of its live-action portfolio, Nickelodeon has renewed Danger Force, TV's number-one live-action kids' show with Kids 6-11, and hit series...

They may be young, but the young animated characters who make up the Rugrats are not to be dismissed.

Nickelodeon stopped making original episodes of the iconic series in 2004, but will re-launch the program in 2021, reuniting many of the actors who gave the toddlers at the center of the series voice and adding a wide array of new actors to many of their parents. “It’s an enormous responsibility. It’s such a beloved franchise,” says Brian Robbins, president of ViacomCBS’ Nickelodeon, in an interview. “We have a lot of the original creative team back including the voice cast of all the babies. That’s exciting and that’s a giant stamp of approval.”

The kids-media giant is betting on a wide range of new animation projects — it has hired more than 500 people in the past year at its animation studio and put more than 50 projects into development — to attract...

Nickelodeon is expanding its live-action roster with the renewal of hit series Danger Force and Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan for second seasons. The net has also ordered six additional episodes of live-action buddy comedy Side Hustle, bringing the first season to 26 total episodes. The announcement was made in conjunction with Nickelodeon’s virtual upfront presentation.

Created by Dan Schneider and Dana Olsen, Danger Force is TV’s number-one live-action kids show with Kids 6-11. In the 26-episode second season, the students of Swellview Academy for the Gifted (Sw.A.G. for short), a school conceived by Captain Man (Cooper Barnes) and brought to life by Schwoz (Michael D. Cohen), continue to master their superpowers as they battle even bigger villains than ever before to protect the citizens of Swellview. Chapa (Havan Flores), Miles (Terrence Little Gardenhigh), Mika (Dana Heath) and Bose (Luca Luhan) must also keep their real identities...

ABC's reboot of The Wonder Years has found its lead.

Elisha Ej Williams has been announced will play the character at the wheel of the story.

The news was announced by Fred Savage, the lead of the original 1988-93 TV series.

The series will focus on a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama.

"Though a little insecure, a tad awkward, and a bit self-conscious, he is determined to make his mark on the world around him,” the character description reads.

In The Dark actress, Saycon Sengbloh was cast as Dean's mother, Lillian, earlier this month.

Lillian is described as a “confident, kind, perceptive” mother, wife, and full-time accountant.

Intelligent and hard-working, Lillian “knows exactly the right thing to say to convince you of anything,” but she will always go out of her way to put her family first.

Savage will also exec-produce along with Empire's Lee Daniels and Saladin K. Patterson.

The Wonder Years has found its new Kevin Arnold. Elisha “Ej” Williams has been tapped to star as Dean, the new Kevin in ABC’s The Wonder Years single-camera comedy reboot pilot, from Dave exec producer Saladin Patterson, Fred Savage and Empire co-creator Lee Daniels.

Savage, who played Kevin in the original dramedy series, has officially passed the torch to a new generation. You can watch of clip of Savage and Patterson delivering the good news to Williams below.

Written by Patterson and directed by Savage, the reboot of the classic 1980s family comedy-drama is set in the same era as the original. It looks at how the Williamses, a Black middle-class family in Montgomery, Al, in the turbulent late 1960s made sure it was the Wonder Years for them too.

Williams’ Dean is an inquisitive and hopeful 12-year-old kid coming of age in a turbulent time. It’s 1968 in Montgomery,...

Elisha “Ej” Williams has been cast in the main role of “The Wonder Years” pilot at ABC, Variety has learned.

The project will show how a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama in the turbulent late 1960s, made sure it was The Wonder Years for them too.

Williams will star in the role of Dean, described as an inquisitive and hopeful 12-year-old kid coming of age in a turbulent time. It’s 1968 in Montgomery, Alabama and Dean is trying to figure out his place within his Black family and the world at large. Though a little insecure, a tad awkward and a bit self-conscious, he is determined to make his mark on the world around him.

Fred Savage, who played the lead in the original “Wonder Years,” broke the news to Williams via Zoom, which can be seen above.

Williams most recently lent his voice to the Disney Jr. animated series “Puppy Dog Pals.

ABC’s reboot of The Wonder Years will get by with a little help from Elisha “Ej” Williams.

The young actor will take the baton from original star Fred Savage, playing Dean (aka the new Kevin Arnold) in the Alphabet Net’s pilot, TVLine has learned.

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Eligibility periods be damned. Stranger Things, which hasn’t released a new episode in nearly two years, took home a pair of trophies at the 2021 Kids’ Choice Awards, including Favorite Family TV Show.

Gaten Matarazzo, Finn Wolfhard and Noah Schnapp virtually accepted the orange blimp on behalf of the entire cast, while Millie Bobby Brown was on hand to accept two more awards: Favorite Female TV Star and Favorite Movie Actress (for Enola Holmes).

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Ariana Grande and Justin Bieber took home multiple awards, as did actress Millie Bobby Brown, at Saturday night’s Kids’ Choice Awards hosted by Kenan Thompson.

The 34th annual show aired at 7:30 p.m. Et on Nickelodeon, where “Alexa & Katie” was crowned the favorite kids’ show, but “Stranger Things” won for favorite family show. Brown, who stars in the Netflix drama, was named favorite television actress and favorite film actress. Winners are determined by fan votes.

Grande and Bieber won for favorite female and male recording artists, respectively, while their joint hit “Stuck With U” won for favorite collaboration. Bieber also performed at the show.

Like just about everything else over the past year, the Kids’ Choice Awards were held virtually, but there were still plenty of fun moments, I including the cast of “iCarly” reuniting to present the award for favorite movie. And, of course, there were...

Many kids love to watch TV, but have little desire to learn the intricacies of the business behind it. Nickelodeon aims to change that dynamic.

The ViacomCBS kids-media giant will host a showcase on March 18 at 4 p.m., all part of the advertising-sales session known as TV’s “upfront” market. The presentation aims to lure many of the advertising and media-buying executives Nickelodeon needs to fuel its operations. But it’s also something children can also enjoy.

“Everyone has been living in a virtual world for a year, so we wanted to do something different,” explains Brian Robbins, Nickelodeon’s president, to Variety in an interview. “We thought, ‘Why not do an upfront through the eyes of the audience, as opposed to the eyes of the partners?’ Since families are home together, and a lot of our partners have children, let’s make something that can be a co-viewing event.

Saturday Night Live‘s Kenan Thompson has been tapped to host the 2021 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, which air live Saturday, March 13 at 7:30 Pm Et/Pt.

With Thompson at the helm, kids and families will celebrate their favorite stars across the worlds of film, television, music, sports and more.

For the first time ever, Nickelodeon’s Orange Blimp will leave the Kca venue and take fans on a wild ride around the world and beyond. Filled with slime and messy stunts, viewers will travel to outer space, Bikini Bottom and into celebrities’ homes using Xr technology. This year’s show will also feature live and interactive fan walls that bring celebrities and families at home to the main stage; second screen live voting all night long and a Kca award presented by one lucky family chosen during the show.

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ViacomCBS’s Kids & Family division is consolidating all of its live-action production under one team, the company announced Tuesday.

The team, led by Nick executives Shauna Phelan and Zack Olin, will oversee development, current series and studio content for both the Nickelodeon and Awesomeness brands. Syrinthia Studer will continue in her role overseeing the combined live-action film studio. All three report to ViacomCBS Kids & Family president Brian Robbins.

The move to streamline the division’s live-action operations comes as Shelley Zimmerman, executive vice president of live-action for Awesomeness, has opted stepped down from her position and exit the company after nearly six years.

Current live-action series at Nick include the “All That” revival, the “Henry Danger” spinoff “Danger Force” and Tyler Perry’s “Young Dylan,” among others. Recent live-action series from Awesomeness include “PEN15” and “Light as a Feather” at Hulu and the two-season drama “Trinkets” at Netflix.

“As our...

Exclusive: Jace Norman, best known for his starring role in the hit Nickelodeon live-action series Henry Danger, has signed with CAA.

Norman, who has starred in the title role of Henry Hart for the past five seasons, is also currently producing the Henry Danger spinoff series Danger Force. He was awarded Favorite Male TV Star at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards four years in a row for his role, winning alongside Zendaya in 2017.

Norman began his acting career at the age of 12, landing a guest spot on Disney’s Jessie after his first audition. He has gone on to star in Nickelodeon’s original television movies Splitting Adam, Rufus, Rufus 2 and Blurt.

Norman, who has more than 5.5 million followers across all social media platforms, has also previously worked with brands, including Omega watches.

Norman continues to be repped by manager Nils Larsen and attorney Chad Christopher at Goodman, Genow,...

Nickelodeon and Bet got choice spots as ViacomCBS held its first remote upfronts event today with the usual array of inside mocking from Stephen Colbert, Trevor Noah and James Corden.

The kids network and African American-focused network got standalone presentations at the event, which was streamed to advertisers and featured a slew of the company’s talent including an Imagine-esque singalong, although there was little attention on layoff-hit nets such as Comedy Central.

The company touted Nickelodeon shows such as Are You Afraid of the Dark?, which is coming back for a second season, Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan, The Crystal Maze and Danger Force, while also highlighting upcoming titles such as SpongeBob Squarepants spin-off Kamp Koral, Baby Shark’s Big Show, a Star Trek animated series, Imagine Kids + Family drama The Astronauts and the return of The Rugrats.

On the Bet side, President Scott Mills thanked the likes of Tyler Perry,...

Mike Caron is doing a lot more with his favorite program than just binge-watching it.

Caron has long worked on the Nickelodeon series “Henry Danger,” and directed the first episode of a new sequel series, “Danger Force. “ The show, which debuted earlier this year, centers on a team of four young super-novices and the more experienced veteran, Captain Man, who must train them.

The heroes have their work cut out for them tomorrow night – and Caron is quietly helping them behind the scenes.

On Saturday night, Nickelodeon will present a special episode of “Danger Force” that is not among the ViacomCBS network’s initial order for the series. With production of many shows shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic, “Force” producers and cast thought they could entertain fans by making an extra “Danger” episode with the cast scattered at their various homes – playing their characters hunkered down in a room, a closet,...

“One Day at a Time” has found another way to produce a new, original episode in this time of quarantine: animation. Pop TV has picked up its first-ever animation special, an original “One Day at a Time” episode that will premiere later this spring.

The decision to produce an animated episode came after production of the multi-camera comedy was put on hold in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The show’s stars will voice their own characters, and they will be joined by celebrity guests announced at a later date.

While some single-camera comedies have produced animated episodes, executive producer Norman Lear said in a statement, “In my 97 years, I’ve never known of a multicam comedy to animate a single episode as a special. Even this I get to experience!”

Jonas Diamond, executive producer and co-owner of Smiley Guy Studios in Toronto, will oversee the animation. The episode...

HBO is looking to raise a little Hell, by developing a series based on the Hellraiser horror film franchise.

David Gordon Green of the Halloween trilogy that kicked off in 2018 is set to direct the Hellraiser pilot among other episodes, our sister site Deadline reports, while Mark Verheiden (Swamp Thing, Battlestar Galactica) and Michael Doughtery (Krampus) will pen the series.

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