Nickelodeon Plans a Kids Upfront That Really Is For Children

As was the case last year, Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards 2021 was a remote ceremony, boasting major talent, stellar musical performances and a whole lot of the network’s signature slime.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Vice President Kamala Harris will be trading the White House for an orange blimp this Saturday at Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards.

Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver remarks during Nickelodeon’s Kids Choice Awards 2021 on Saturday.

A new tradition! Our inaugural Hilton spectacular! J.R. and his sisters put on the best show for us!!!!

Slime spree! One of the best parts of Nickelodeon’s annual Kids’ Choice Awards is seeing A-list stars covered in the network’s signature neon-green goo.

Kids' Choice Awards!ET can confirm that actor Joshua Bassett, who is also known as the suspected muse of his co-star, Olivia Rodrigo's, «Drivers License» song, is getting in on the fun at the highly anticipated event, along with TikTok stars Charli D’Amelio, David Dobrik and Addison Rae.

Nickelodeon has given an official series greenlight to SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff The Patrick Star Show. Nick has ordered 13 episodes of the animated series centered on SpongeBob’s best friend Patrick Star, voiced by Bill Fagerbakke. The series hails from the creative team behind the mothership series.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorBrian Robbins walked into a meeting where executives were deciding whether kids-media giant Nickelodeon should pick up “SpongeBob SquarePants” for a twelfth cycle, and asked what he thought was a simple question: With so many characters populating the underwater city of Bikini Bottom, how come the network had never created any spin-offs?“It really is like a mini-Marvel Universe,” says Robbins, who was named head of Nickelodeon in 2018.Fans will get to see another

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorIn a world focused on streaming, A+E Networks isn’t turning off the traditional TV.The company, jointly owned by Walt Disney Co. and Hearst, is placing emphasis on original TV series aimed first at linear TV, with a vow to increase original hour of programming by 50%.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTV companies have found a way to get an early crack at Madison Avenue billions.

direct to your inbox The future of the West Indian Community Centre in Longsight has been put in doubt after members received a letter informing them that a planning proposal had been submitted for the land.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefViacomCBS units Nickelodeon and Australia’s Network 10 have joined forces to produce children’s action-comedy series “Taylor’s Island.” They are joined in the production by Fremantle Entertainment, Nordic Entertainment Group and Screen Australia.Production of the 20 x 22-minute live action series is set to begin in Queensland, Australia from July.

John Mayer is one of our most famous bachelors, but he doesn’t want to stay that way forever.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorOne of the nation’s most prominent TV companies intends to — finally — stop selling local commercials based on long-used TV ratings.NBCUniversal announced in 2019 that planned to shift all transactions for local ad campaigns to impressions-based deals, but granted additional time to certain clients and agencies who needed to evaluate what the move might mean to their operations.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBC has stocked its Peacock streaming-video hub with a handful of late-night-style series.

With time ticking down toward the planned rollout of an ad-supported tier of HBO Max during the second quarter, key details like pricing, viewer experience and which programming will carry ads still remain under wraps. Even so, it is increasingly clear that kids and family programming is likely to be a key element in the streaming service’s pitch to advertisers.

Larry King‘s wife Shawn, with whom he was in the process of getting a divorce before his death, is planning to contest his will.

Larry King's wife Shawn plans to contest his will. A source tells ET that the late TV personality amended his will in 2019 leaving his $2 million estate to his five children, two of whom are now deceased.