Programming
Current programming on Nickelodeon includes SpongeBob SquarePants,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Penguins of Madagascar, The Legend of Korra, The Fairly Oddparents, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Supah Ninjas, Robot and Monster, Victorious, Big Time Rush, Winx Club, How to Rock, Power Rangers Samurai, House of Anubis and Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness with reruns of The Mighty B!, Rugrats, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Drake & Josh,iCarly, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Back at the Barnyard and All Grown Up!. Winx Club is an animated series that was created in Italy, but Nickelodeon is recreating its old seasons and creating a 5th and 6th season. SpongeBob, iCarly, Victorious and Big Time Rush are the most frequently aired programs on Nickelodeon, with SpongeBob in particular typically airing about 9–11 times each day on average. iCarly currently ranks as of 2010 as the channel's highest-rated original series and the highest-rated cable program among children ages 2 and up, according to Nielsen Media Research. On August 10, 2012, it was announced that Nickelodeon has cancelled Victorious after 4 seasons. The remaining 15 episodes will air in the fall with the final episodes of ICarly. Nickelodeon also continues to air bi-monthly special editions of the long-running magazine series Nick News, hosted by Linda Ellerbee since its debut in 1992 (until the early 2000s, Nick News had aired on Nick on an almost weekly basis on Sunday nights).
On February 2, 2009, Nickelodeon discontinued the TEENick and Nick Jr. programming blocks but the programming within the blocks remained; the former TEENick Saturday evening and Sunday late afternoon blocks no longer carry a name. Though Nick now has a block known as "Nick Saturdays".
On October 21, 2009, it was announced that Nickelodeon secured the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise from Mirage Studios. The network plans to develop a new CGI-animated TMNT television series and will partner with fellow Viacom company Paramount Pictures to bring a new TMNT movie to theaters. Both were originally expected for 2012, but the release date of the film has been pushed to December 25, 2013 and pushed again to May 16,2014 to celebrate the anniversary of the original comic-book series.
On March 15, 2010, Nickelodeon announced the renewals of 16 of its existing series for the 2010–11 season that include the second season renewals of freshman series The Troop and Big Time Rush (the latter series was picked up for another season after only 10 episodes aired) and veteran series such as iCarly (whose fourth season renewal was already announced in late 2009 and it was announced later that it would be renewed for a 5th season as well), True Jackson, VP and SpongeBob SquarePants. The channel also announced the additions of an English-language version of the Belgian/Dutch live-action Nickelodeon series Het Huis Anubis called House of Anubis, a Kung Fu Panda animated series, and the preschool series Bubble Guppies for the Nick Play Date block.
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