- Worldwide Day of Play 2008
September 16, 2008 | Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group Goes Dark for Fifth Annual Worldwide Day of Play 10 Countries to Participate in More than 1,000 Worldwide Day of Play Events Nickelodeon Programming Resumes With My Family’s Got GUTS! Finale and More NEW YORK, Sept. 16 — Nickelodeon Kids and Family Group will go off the air and offline […]
- Boomerang Presents First Ever “Super Friends” Marathon
September 15, 2008 | Proving no end in sight to its classic cartoon resources, Boomerang will present its first-ever all-day tribute to the world’s most famous and beloved superheroes who teamed together in the ‘70s and early ‘80s to form broadcast television’s Saturday morning Super Friends.
- Disney Channel Schedules “Camp Rock Freestyle Jam”
September 3, 2008 | The programming event "Camp Rock Freestyle Jam," an encore presentation of the hit Disney Channel Original Movie for kids and families, "Camp Rock," with special new interstitials featuring two of the movie's stars, Alyson Stoner and Roshon Fegan, encouraging viewers to create their own dance moves.
- Cartoon Network Announces “Firebreather”, “The Vanishers” & “Mice Templar” Movies
August 5, 2008 | Cartoon Network has kicked off development on three much-loved comic book titles: Firebreather, The Vanishers and Mice Templar. Image Comic’s Firebreather, created by Phil Hester, and Mice Templar, by Mike Avon Oeming and Bryan Glass, will be developed as animated original movies. IDW Publishing’s The Vanishers, created by Chuck Dixon, will be produced as a live-action original movie.
- Cartoon Network Announces New Live-Action “Scooby-Doo” Prequel Movie
August 1, 2008 | Cartoon Network and Warner Premiere have announced the start of production on “Scooby-Doo: In The Beginning,” an all-new, live-action prequel that will be debut on the network Fall, 2009 to coincide with the DVD release.
- Cartoon Network Schedules “Total Drama Island” Premiere
June 3, 2008 | Thursday nights on Cartoon Network will become a lot more dramatic with the new animated reality series Total Drama Island from CAKE distribution.
- Cartoon Network Announces “The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack” Premiere
May 7, 2008 | Cartoon Network invites kids to take a trip to the extraordinary sea village of Stormalong Harbor with a kooky, adventure-seeking kid named Flapjack as it premieres the original new animated series The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack on Thursday, June 5, at 8:30 p.m. (ET, PT).
- Kids’ WB Relaunched As Multiplatform Brand
April 28, 2008 | The Warner Bros. Television Group continues its multi-destination digital entertainment strategy with the launch of KidsWB.com, a premium, ad-supported destination built around youth-oriented, immersive entertainment which unites the Studio’s libraries of animated characters and programming, including Warner Bros. Animation, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera and DC Comics.
- Cartoon Network Upfront 2008
April 3, 2008 | At the Cartoon Network Upfront presentation held today in New York, the network announced its programming line-up for 2008. On the heels of February’s announcement that Star Wars: The Clone Wars will come to Cartoon Network as a series in the fall, George Lucas, the creator and steward of the Star Wars brand, attended the Upfront event to provide additional details on this highly anticipated offering. Building on the unprecedented success of last fall’s live-action movie Ben 10: Race Against Time—the highest-rated telecast in Cartoon Network history—and the standout new series Chowder, the network announced a two-pronged, 360 degree programming strategy that speaks to its success in developing and acquiring first-rate brands. This approach incorporates a Sunday night movie franchise, two new nights of original programming, the launch of The Cartoonstitute—an unprecedented, swift development program for animated pilots—and a continued commitment to healthy living through its GET ANIMATED initiative.
- Nickelodeon Upfront 2008
March 13, 2008 | via Nickelodeon press release: Nickelodeon Downloads Its New Directions, New Content to Advertising Community in 2008 Upfront Presentation Nick Announces Gym Teacher: The Movie — Original Primetime TV Movie; One 4 All — Music-Based Live-Action Comedy Series; Returning Hit Series Pick-Ups; and a Brand-New, Multi-platform Pro-Social Environmental Campaign — The Big Green HelpUpfront Event Highlighted […]
