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  • Nickelodeon Considering Rebooting Classics Like ‘Rugrats,’ ‘Hey Arnold!’

    RugratsNever underestimate the power of nostalgia. These days, anything and everything can and will be rebooted.

    Variety reports that Nickelodeon is considering reviving some of its classic shows from the ’80s and ’90s, including “Rugrats,” “Hey Arnold!,” and “You Can’t Do That on Television.”

    “We are looking at our library to bring back ideas, shows that were loved, in a fresh new way,” said Russell Hicks, president of content and development at Nickelodeon.

    The old shows won’t necessarily be transformed into new series; they might come back in the form of a movie or special. But the network is hoping to appeal to viewers who grew up watching those shows and now have kids of their own.

    Not only that, those Nickelodeon shows helped launch current stars, including Ariana Grande and Victoria Justice, who were in “Victorious.” Perhaps the network is hoping to bring them back with guest appearances.

    If the reboot train is really leaving the Nickelodeon station, can we request a seat for “Double Dare?”

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  • ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Musical Is In the Works

    spongebob squarepants, spongebob, nickelodeonSpongeBob Squarepants is about to trade in Bikini Bottom for Broadway: The Nickelodeon series is set to become a musical.

    There are few details, plot-wise, about the show, but in a splashy press release, Nickelodeon (which is producing the show) and director Tina Landau teased some big names that will be involved in the project. Music will be provided by Jonathan Coulton, Dirty Projectors, The Flaming Lips, John Legend, Lady Antebellum, Cyndi Lauper, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants, T.I., and Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry. In addition to that eclectic list, David Bowie is also writing a song, and Coulton will write additional lyrics.

    “I was drawn to this project not only for its wild theatrical possibility, but also because I felt ‘SpongeBob,’ at its core, is a layered and hilarious ensemble comedy,” Landau said in a statement. She continued:

    SpongeBob himself is of course its center and beating heart–the eternal innocent in a sea of cynics. He’s also the classic underdog hero, and so our production sets him on a hero’s journey with real stakes, all the while retaining the show’s trippy humor and irreverence. We’re taking our leads from the TV show but this is an original story, with an original design approach, and original songs written just for the occasion by an amazing array of songwriters. We will present the world of Bikini Bottom and its characters in a whole new way that can only be achieved in the live medium of the theatre. We’re bringing the show’s fabled characters to life through actors—not prosthetics or costumes that hide them—and we’re deploying some unconventional stage craft that will prove that anything can happen in Bikini Bottom.

    Sounds pretty awesome to us. The show will debut for a limited run in Chicago in the summer of 2016, before making its way to Broadway in time for the 2016-2017 season.

    [via: TV by the Numbers]

    Photo credit: Nickelodeon

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  • 9 Fictional Summer Camps We’d Love to Attend (And 2 We’d Avoid)

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    Color wars, pranks, archery, group sing-alongs, awkward first kisses — these are special things summer camp is made of. Oh, if only we could go back. Thankfully, TV and film has given us a plethora of fictional camps throughout the years, so we can always revisit the hormones-a-ragin,’ activity-filled magic when nostalgia is heavy. And let’s face it — most of these camps are way better than anything we could have gone to in REAL LIFE. Did Wednesday Addams go to your camp? We didn’t think so. Did you form a bond with a twin you never knew existed? Nope. Was Bill Murray your favorite counselor? We think not. Check out 9 fictional summer camps we would love to attend, plus, 2 we would never set foot in.

  • Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards Hosts: A Timeline

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    The 2015 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards air Saturday, March 28 and Nick Jonas will act as host for this year’s slime-filled tween-centric festivities. The Blimp-giving ceremony has been around since 1987, and looking back at past hosts and winners proves to be pretty much the perfect refresher of what was supposed to be “cool” for the young folk over the past 3 decades. Let’s step into our Nickelodeon time capsule and flip through the history of Kids’ Choice Awards hosts, plus, remember some pop-culture sensations of yesteryear along the way…