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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…

Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany was finishing up her briefing with reporters on Friday when she criticized so-called “cancel” culture, citing decisions to drop shows like Cops and Live PD in the wake of protests over the death of George Floyd. She also included on the list PAW Patrol, the popular cartoon franchise…

Paramount has just made a few 2021 and 2022 release date changes with news that Mission: Impossible 7 will now open on Nov. 19, 2021 instead of July 23 next year. The Tom Cruise production was arguably the first Hollywood production to be halted out of safety due to the COVID-19 outbreak, with production completely…

Nickelodeon handed renewals to a brace of series today, including second seasons of Are You Afraid of the Dark? and The Casagrandes. The network also ordered 10 more episodes of the first season of the revived All That. Coming back for more in 2020-21 are veteran kids series PAW Patrol, Bubble Guppies, Blaze and the…

The Roku Channel, a two-year-old aggregator of 35 free, live channels and 40 subscription services, has become the latest streaming entity to offer a dedicated selection of kids and family content. The move comes on the heels of Roku’s report of strong financial and operating results in the second quarter. The…

Nickelodeon has renewed its preschool-aimed series PAW Patrol, Bubble Guppies, Abby Hatcher and Butterbean's Café for new seasons. The news Monday means a seventh season of PAW Patrol, one of basic cable’s top-rated programs in the key kids 2-5, 2-11 and 6-11 demographics. Chase, Marshall, Rubble, Skye, Rocky, Zuma…

Guru Studio, the Toronto-based animation company behind Nick Jr.’s PAW Patrol, Sprout’s Justin Time and Netflix’s True and the Rainbow Kingdom, has promoted Rachel Marcus to VP Creative Development. The move expands her role to include leading the company's overall development of original IP, as well as oversee…

For the first time in its 34-year history, Cirque du Soleil has made a significant investment in the family market for live entertainment, acquiring Minneapolis-based VStar Entertainment Group. Through licenses with companies including Nickelodeon and Spin Master, VStar produces shows such as a stage version of…

Nickelodeon just made lots of little-‘uns — and likely their harried parents — smile. The kid-focused cable net today ordered new seasons of three of its top programs for preschoolers: Blaze and the Monster Machines, PAW Patrol and Shimmer and Shine. The renewals add to its half-dozen new preschooler-targeted series…