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Disney Junior Launches Friday, March 23rd!

March 18, 2012
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Disney Junior, a 24-hour cable/satellite channel for kids ages 2-7, will launch this Friday, March 23rd!  The new channel will feature daily telecasts of Disney Junior’s hit series Jake and the Never Land Pirates and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  There will also be some returning favorites including Imagination Movers, Jo Jo’s Circus, Rolie Polie Olie, and [...]

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Queens native Fatima Ptacek is new voice of Dora the Explorer

January 31, 2012
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11-year-old Fatima Ptacek from Queens, NY has been tapped to voice the title character in the popular Nickelodeon children’s cartoon, Dora the Explorer. Dora the Explorer is the most-watched preschool program on television, according to the network.  Its seventh season just kicked off this week.  You can check out new episodes, with Fatima as the new [...]

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“Dino Dan” set for Season Two and lots of cool, new products

January 30, 2012
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Nickelodeon has ordered a second season of the hit Nick Jr. show Dino Dan, which will contain 52 new episodes.  A bunch of consumer products will also be released this March, including seven dinosaur products which will be available at US specialty retail chains. Sinking Ship Interactive is set to debut its first Dino Dan app, Dino Defence, [...]

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Debby Ryan to star in Disney Channel Original Movie “Radio Rebel”

January 25, 2012
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Disney Channel fan favorite Debby Ryan (Jessie) will star in a new Disney Channel Original Movie called Radio Rebel.  Ryan stars as a teen who secretly breaks free from her painfully shy self and into the persona of a bold podcast host who rocks her Seattle high school with music and the message to “be yourself.” [...]

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Nickelodeon’s “How to Rock” Season Premiere February 4th!

January 16, 2012
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The battle of the bands is on as Nickelodeon premieres its brand-new live-action comedy series, How to Rock, on Saturday, February 4th! Back-to-back episodes will air at 8:30 and 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT). The series, featuring original music performed by multi-talented musical artist Cymphonique Miller, centers on Miller’s character Kacey Simon, a talented teenager who takes her [...]

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24-Hour Disney Junior Channel to Launch this March!

January 10, 2012
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Disney Junior, a new 24-hour basic cable and satellite channel targeting kids ages 2-7 and their parents, will officially launch on Friday, March 23rd! The 24-hour Disney Junior schedule will include daily telecasts of Jake and the Never Land Pirates (the #1 series among Boys 2-5 for 2011) and the hit series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. It will also [...]

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Michelle Obama to guest star on “iCarly”

January 5, 2012
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The First Lady, Michelle Obama, will make a special guest appearance on an episode of Nickelodeon’s popular tween series iCarlylater this month.  The episode will air on Monday, January 16th at 8:00 PM ET. Michelle Obama will help the main character, Carly, communicate with her dad, an Air Force colonel stationed far away. The guest spot is part [...]

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Introducing Princess Sofia: Disney’s first little girl princess

December 12, 2011
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Exciting news!  Disney has just announced the debut of Sofia the First, a television movie and animated series centered around Disney’s first little girl princess.  (Until now, Disney princesses have always been adults: Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, etc.) Sofia the First will play on both Disney Channel and Disney Junior, a channel aimed at children ages 2 [...]

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Radio Disney’s “Next Big Thing” Winner: Shealeigh

December 9, 2011
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Radio Disney named their Next Big Thing winner on Wednesday, Dec. 7th during the live finale concert at The Americana at Brand in Glendale, CA. Teen pop star Cody Simpson was on hand for the show, as winner Shealeigh defeated runner-up, Zack Montana. While on the Disney competition program, Shealeigh featured two of her original songs, titled “What Can I Say” and “Spotlight.” “My [...]

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New Holiday-Themed Episode of “Jake and the Never Land Pirates”

December 1, 2011
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A brand new holiday-themed episode of Disney Junior’s #1 series Jake and the Never Land Pirates will air tomorrow, Friday, December 2nd, at 8:30 AM ET/PT on Disney Channel! In the new episode, titled “It’s A Winter Never Land/Hook On Ice,” Jake, Izzy, and Cubby awake to find that Peter Pan has left gifts and [...]

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