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- Nicktoons Updates: Schedule Overhaul… Again!
April 12, 2013 | Nick must be really schedule change happy this week. First Nickelodeon, then TeenNick and now Nicktoons… again! After just five weeks on the now “old” schedule, Nicktoons is once again scraping away most of their shows, bringing a couple back and running some into the ground.
- TeenNick Updates: “iCarly” Returns; “House of Anubis” Season 2 Repeats; Other Changes
April 11, 2013 | Starting Monday, TeenNick is making a few changes to their normal line-up as well as repeat the second season of House of Anubis.
- This Weekend on The Hub: New “Littlest Pet Shop,” “Transformers Prime” & “Secret Millionaires Club”
April 11, 2013 | Tune-in for new episodes of "Littlest Pet Shop," "Transformers Prime Beast Hunters" and "Secret Millionaires Club" this weekend on The Hub.
- Nick Updates: New “OddParents” Sunday; “Marvin,” “Supah” & “Wendell” Premieres Moved; Weekday Changes
April 10, 2013 | Nickelodeon has made changes to their schedule for the rest of this week. A new episode of The Fairly OddParents has been added to Sunday, the Saturday night premieres have been shuffled again and two weekday changes have been made.
- Cartoon Network Ratings Highlights for April 1 – 7, 2013
April 9, 2013 | Across the first week of April 2013, Cartoon Network ranked as basic cable's #1 network for Total Day and Early Prime (7-9 p.m.) delivery of boys 6-11 & 9-14.
- Disney Channel & Disney Junior Ratings Highlights for April 1 – 7, 2013
April 9, 2013 | For the week of April 1, 2013, with new episodes of animated and live action series in a "Freaky Freakend"-themed programming event on Friday and Sunday nights, Disney Channel delivered a sweep in Total Day, ranking as cable TV's #1 network in Total Viewers and TV's #1 network across major youth demos Kids 2-11, Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14.
- Nicktoons Renews “Wild Grinders” for Second Season
April 8, 2013 | Home Plate Entertainment (HPE) announced a number of important developments for its hit animated series and core brand, Rob Dyrdek 's Wild Grinders, which launched last year on Nicktoons in the U.S. The series has been greenlit for a 26-episode half-hour season two for Nicktoons and will soon launch season one of the series in Europe and Latin America.
- Disney XD Greenlights Live-Action Comedy “Mighty Med”
April 4, 2013 | Disney XD has ordered "Mighty Med," a live-action comedy series inspired by the extraordinary world of super heroes and comic books -- starring Bradley Steven Perry (Disney Channel's "Good Luck Charlie") as Kaz and Jake Short (Disney Channel's "A.N.T. Farm") as Oliver.
- Nick@Nite Moves “See Dad Run” Premieres Back to 8PM; “Wendell & Vinnie” Hits Series Low
April 4, 2013 | Starting this week, Nick@Nite will move the premiere episodes of See Dad Run back to its original timeslot of 8 p.m. (ET/PT) on Sundays.
- NickMom Orders First Scripted Comedy “Instant Mom”
April 3, 2013 | NickMom has ordered 13 episodes of Instant Mom (working title), the primetime TV block's first original scripted comedy series, starring Tia Mowry-Hardrict, it was announced today by Bronwen O'Keefe, Senior Vice President, NickMom. The half-hour, multi-camera series is set to premiere later this year on NickMom and repeat on Nick at Nite.
