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EXCLUSIVE: PAW Patrol and Bob the Builder creator Keith Chapman has partnered with London indie Snipple Originals to co-create and develop ground-breaking animated kids TV shows. Under his Keith Chapman Productions banner, Chapman and Snipple will create character-driven animated IP for the upper pre-school…

PAW Patrol‘s Rubble is getting his own show. It was revealed at Nickelodeon’s upfront Thursday that the subject of the first series spinoff is Rubble, the English Bulldog who’s a a bit gruff on the outside, but a softie on the inside. More From Nickelodeon’s Upfront The news was announced along with PAW Patrol‘s Season…

Nickelodeon viewers will see more of SpongeBob SquarePants, PAW Patrol and Blue’s Clues & You!, which have all been renewed for new seasons. The renewal news came during Nickelodeons’ Upfront presentation on Thursday. More From Nickelodeon’s Upfront SpongeBob SquarePants will feature new adventures with its 14th…

Paramount+, taking a page from the established streaming playbook (one used effectively by its sibling, Pluto TV), has introduced 18 live channels. The 24-7, ad-supported offerings are organized according to specific categories and, in some cases, major show or franchise brands like Star Trek, Paw Patrol and SpongeBob…

ViacomCBS CFO Naveen Chopra — asked Tuesday about Paramount's management shakeup — said outgoing studio CEO Jim Gianopolus "leaves some very big shoes to fill. There is no doubt he has helped revitalize the studio both creatively and financially. But I think Brian [Robbins] is really the perfect person to take the…

Sunday AM Final writethru, after Saturday AM post…Despite all the bad news about the delta variant, there are parts of the box office which held up quite well, while the rest of it played like a normal August. Showing some amazing holding power, Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy eased -34%, for a 3-day of $18.8M,…

ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish acknowledged the Covid operating environment for Paramount Pictures is “a bit fluid” but said the studio is keen to preserve a theatrical window. Speaking to Wall Street analysts during the company’s second-quarter earnings call, Bakish said the plan is to evaluate movies “case by case.” But…

Ryder and his PAW Patrol could be adding to the search and rescue team. Fresh from spinning off its hit animated underwater series SpongeBob SquarePants, Nickelodeon boss Brian Robbins has hinted that the canine family could be next in line for an expansion. Robbins, who is President of ViacomCBS Kids & Family, told…

Nickelodeon has ordered new seasons of its hit preschool series PAW Patrol, Blue’s Clues & You and Santiago of the Seas. PAW Patrol, the no. 1 preschool series on all TV last year, was renewed for a ninth season, Blue’s Clues & You! for a fourth season and Santiago of the Seas for a second season. Additionally, the…

CBS All Access today announced new product features aimed at families and has added more programming from ViacomCBS sister nets Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. The streaming service, which will be rebranded as Paramount+ early next year, has added features including the ability to create as many as six profiles per account…

ViacomCBS is doubling down on podcasts with new series based on hit shows including SpongeBob Squarepants, Paw Patrol and Catfish. This comes a day after the company revealed that it was developing a new version of Yo! MTV Raps and more audio spin-offs of The Daily Show following a deal with iHeartMedia. The new shows…

Veteran journalists know that the public mood is quirky, so it's always risky to report “a consensus.” A few days ago, for example, there seemed a “consensus” that Americans had lost confidence in their neighborhood cops. Further, their expectations about cops had been distorted by movies and television. But then…