- “My Little Pony” Returns for Fourth Season November 23
October 24, 2013 | The popular animated series, "My Little Pony Friendship is Magic" from Hasbro Studios, will return for a fourth season on Saturday, November 23, with two all-new, back-to-back episodes starting at 10 a.m. ET/ 7 a.m. PT, on the Hub Network.
- Nick Renews “Haunted Hathaways,” “See Dad Run”
October 21, 2013 | Nickelodeon has ordered a second season of The Haunted Hathaways for 22 episodes and a third season of 13 episodes for Nick@Nite’s See Dad Run.
- Hub Network’s “Halloween Bash” to Present Winners With “The Jackie” Award
October 18, 2013 | It's gold, new to the awards club and has a mega-watt smile. It's a Scorpio and is the envy of all the other awards in town. It's "The Jackie," the official award of the "Hub Network's First Annual Halloween Bash" national costume competition, airing Saturday, October 26, 8-10 p.m. ET/5-7 p.m. PT on the Hub Network, a destination for kids and their families.
- Disney XD Orders Animated Comedy Adventure Series “Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero”
October 16, 2013 | Disney XD ordered "Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero," an animated comedy adventure series that follows Penn Zero, a boy from the suburbs who inherits the coolest job ever – part-time hero and leader of a team of good guys who zap to other worlds to save the day. Production is underway for a scheduled fall 2014 premiere. The announcement was made today by Eric Coleman, Senior Vice President, Original Series, Disney Television Animation.
- “Mighty Med” Surges By Double Digits In Second Week; “Crash & Bernstein” & “Kickin’ It” Hit Hights
October 15, 2013 | “Mighty Med” Soars by Double Digits Over its Series Launch in Target Demos; Is TV’s #1 Telecast in Half Hour for the 2nd Consecutive Week in Target Boys
- Disney XD Ratings Highlights for October 7 – 13, 2013
October 15, 2013 | During the week of October 7, 2013, powered by the premiere of original comedy series “Mighty Med,” the network’s #2 series launch of all time in target demographics, Disney XD soared to near 1-year highs in Prime in Boys 6-14 (186,000) and Boys 9-14 (134,000) – since week of 11/5/12 – standing as its #2 week on record in the categories.
- Disney Channel Ratings Highlights for October 7 – 13, 2013
October 15, 2013 | For the week of October 7, 2013, powered by Friday’s and Sunday’s ‘Night of Premieres,’ Disney Channel stood as TV’s #1 network in Total Day for the 122nd straight week among Kids 6-11 (537,000/2.3 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (493,000/2.0 rating), approaching two-and-a-half years at #1 in the target measures (dates back to week of 6/13/11).
- ABC Family Announces 2013 Schedule for “25 Days of Christmas”
October 14, 2013 | ABC Family’s annual “25 Days of Christmas,” cable’s biggest programming event of the year, will return with 25 continuous days of holiday-themed entertainment for the whole family. From December 1–25, viewers can ring in the holidays with original movies, holiday specials and returning favorites.
- Meet the Inquisitor, the New Face of Evil in Disney XD’s “Star Wars Rebels!”
October 12, 2013 | The next great villain from a galaxy far, far away is here. Fans attending Lucasfilm’s Star Wars Rebels panel today at New York Comic Con got the world’s first look at the Inquisitor, a black-clad, intimidating figure who will play a prominent role in the upcoming animated series.
- Primetime Special “Sofia the First: The Floating Palace” Premieres November 24 on Disney Channel
October 11, 2013 | Sofia and her family take to the high seas for a royal vacation in the first-ever "Sofia the First" primetime special, "Sofia the First: The Floating Palace," premiering SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 24 (7:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel and THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28 (7:00 p.m., ET/PT) on the 24-hour Disney Junior channel.
- “Peter Rabbit” Renewed for Second Season by Nickelodeon
October 11, 2013 | Nickelodeon and independent media company Silvergate Media today announced the greenlight of a second season (26 episodes, two half-hour specials) of the hit animated preschool series Peter Rabbit.
- Third “Fairly Odd” Movie In Production
October 11, 2013 | Butch Hartman, creator of The Fairly OddParents, tweeted on October 2nd about filming a third live-action Fairly Odd movie. Last night, star Drake Bell (who plays lead character Timmy Turner as a young adult) tweeted that he was working on the movie, which is being called A Fairly Odd Summer!.
- “Digimon Fusion” and “T.U.F.F. Puppy” Premieres Move to Nicktoons
October 10, 2013 | New episodes of "Digimon Fusion" and "T.U.F.F. Puppy" move to Nicktoons this month.
- Nickelodeon Announces Halloween-Themed Episode Premieres For This Month
October 9, 2013 | This Halloween season, Nickelodeon will treat viewers to a month of spooky, side-splitting new episodes from hit series Sam & Cat, The Haunted Hathaways, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, SpongeBob SquarePants, See Dad Run, Peter Rabbit, Deadtime Stories and a Halloween themed AwesomenessTV episode hosted by pop sensation Cody Simpson.
- “Shake It Up” Series Finale Set for November 10
October 9, 2013 | "Remember Me" - In the series finale, "Shake It Up Chicago" hosts a charity fashion show with Rocky, Tinka and CeCe as its star models, however the girls' runway dreams are cut short when a fashion mishap leaves CeCe with amnesia. While Georgia and Flynn try to follow the doctor's orders and give CeCe time to heal, a devastated Rocky tries everything she can to get her best friend to remember her and the special memories they shared. This final episode of "Shake It Up" airs SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
- “Mighty Med” Premieres to Over 1 Million Total Viewers on Disney XD
October 8, 2013 | The series launch of the Disney XD original series “Mighty Med” was the network’s #2 series premiere ever in Total Viewers (1.02 million), Kids 6-14 (695,000/1.9 rating), Boys 6-14 (440,000/2.4 rating), Kids 6-11 (523,000/2.2 rating), Tweens 9-14 (498,000/2.1 rating) and Boys 9-14 (355,000/2.9 rating), and its #2 live-action series debut on record in Kids 2-11 (589,000/1.5 rating).
- Disney Channel Ratings Highlights September 30 – October 6, 2013
October 8, 2013 | For the week of September 30, 2013, kicking off its month-long ‘Monstober’ programming event, highlighted by Halloween-themed episodes of hit original series including “Dog With a Blog,” “A.N.T. Farm,” “Good Luck Charlie” and “Shake It Up,” Disney Channel ranked as TV’s #1 network in Total Day for the 121st consecutive week among Kids 6-11 (534,000/2.2 rating) and Tweens 9-14 (481,000/2.0 rating), closing in on two-and-a-half years dominance in the target demographics (dates back to week of 6/13/11).
- Nolan Gould & Zachary Gordon Added As Presenters, Fifth Harmony to Perform on Hub Network’s “Halloween Bash”
October 8, 2013 | The Hub Network, a destination for kids and their families, announced today that actors Nolan Gould ("Modern Family") and Zachary Gordon ("Diary of a Wimpy Kid") have been added as presenters and America's first teen-girl pop-group Fifth Harmony will perform one of their hits on the "Hub Network's First Annual Halloween Bash," Saturday, October 26, 8-10 p.m. ET/5-7 p.m. PT.
- “Steven Universe” Premieres Monday, November 4 on Cartoon Network
October 8, 2013 | Steven Universe, the latest original animated comedy series from Cartoon Network Studios, will premiere Monday, November 4 at 8:00 p.m. (ET, PT) on Cartoon Network. Steven Universe will join fan-favorites Adventure Time, Regular Show andMAD, for a powerhouse prime-time comedic lineup.
- “Legend of Korra” Drops to 1.1 Million Viewers – What’s Going on Nickelodeon?
October 8, 2013 | We’ve reported about how Book 2 of fan-favorite series The Legend of Korra (a continuation of the Avatar: The Last Airbender series for the very few who don’t know) has took a hard hit since its return last month. Well, things have gotten a lot worse. Really bad in fact.
