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NICKELODEON DECKS THE HALLS WITH NEW HOLIDAY-THEMED PREMIERES OF BUBBLE GUPPIES,

T.U.F.F. PUPPY, FANBOY AND CHUM CHUM AND YO GABBA GABBA!, BEGINNING FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9

Plus Brand-New Blooper Episodes of Victorious “Blooptorious” and iCarly “iBloop 2: Electric Bloopaloo” and the Hour-Long New Year’s Eve Premiere of iCarly “iStill Psycho”

Yo Gabba Gabba! “A Very Awesome Christmas” Guest-Starring Tori Spelling,

Tony Hawk, Mark Mothersbaugh, Cults and My Chemical Romance

Premieres Sunday, Dec. 18 on Nick Jr.

  

NEW YORK – Dec. 7, 2011 – Nickelodeon Networks gifts viewers with holiday-themed premieres and brand-new episodes of its hit series throughout the month!  Nickelodeon kicks off the festivities with the premiere of Bubble Guppies “Happy Holidays, Mr. Grumpfish!” on Friday, Dec. 9, at 10:00 a.m. (ET/PT) followed by a new episode of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness “Po Fans Out” at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

Fans can wake up Saturday, Dec. 10 to action-packed holiday premieres of Nick’s hit animated series T.U.F.F. Puppy with “A Doomed Xmas” at 10:30 a.m. (ET/PT) followed by a brand-new episode of Fanboy & Chum Chum,  “A Very Brrr-y Icemas” at 11:00 a.m. (ET/PT).  Live-action kicks off the afternoon at 12:00 p.m. (ET/PT) with a new episode of Power Rangers Samurai “Christmas Together, Friends Forever.”  

Kids unwrap more fun Friday, Dec. 16 with a brand-new episode of Max & Ruby “Perfect Tree/Max’s Christmas Present/ Max & Ruby’s Christmas Carol” at 10:00 a.m. (ET/PT) followed by an all-new Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness “Challenge Day” at 8:30 p.m. (ET/PT.)

Tis the season to laugh uncontrollably as the stars of Victorious and iCarly show their flubs to the world on two new special blooper episodes the entire family will enjoy! Victorious“Blooptorious” premieres Monday, Dec. 26, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT) and iCarly “iBloop 2: Electric Bloopaloo” Wednesday, December 28, at 7:00 p.m. (ET/PT).  Celebrate New Year’s Eve as Nickelodeon presents a new hour-long iCarly “iStill Psycho” premiering Dec. 31, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT.)

Beginning Monday, Dec. 26 fans can long onto www.nick.com  to play iStill Psycho, a brand-new iCarly game based off the New Year’s Eve hour-long premiere. Gamers must help the kids of iCarly escape Nora and her psycho family by collecting all the keys to free Spencer from the basement before he’s trapped forever. 

Nick at Nite will celebrate the holidays every Saturday night beginning Dec. 17 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT).  Pour a glass of eggnog and watch holiday-themed episodes of classic hit shows such as That 70’s Show, George Lopez, Family Matters, The Nanny and Friends. 

Nick Jr. stays cozy Sunday, Dec. 18 with an all-day “Warm and Fuzzy” marathon featuring brand-new episodes of preschool favorites.  Peppa Pig “Santa’s Grotto/Santa’s Visit” premieres at 6:00 p.m. (ET) followed by an all-new episode of The Wonder Pets! “Help the Groundhog/Help the Lion Club” guest-starring actor Mandy Patinkin as the voice of Groundhog.  The evening continues with a special one-hour encore presentation of Dora the Explorer “Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure” at 7:00 p.m. (ET).  Then Tinsel Town makes its way to Gabbaland as Tori Spelling, Tony Hawk, Mark Mothersbaugh, My Chemical Romance, The Cults, Leslie Hall and Matt Walsh guest star in a brand-new Yo Gabba Gabba!half-hour holiday special, “A Very Awesome Christmas,” premiering at 8:00 and 11:00 p.m. (ET). 

Nicktoons stuffs plenty of action under the tree with nightly all-new episodes of Dragon Ball Z Kai at 8:00 p.m. (ET) premiering Monday through Friday beginning Dec. 19.  Santa will drop off a never-before-seen pilot episode of Invader Zim Saturday, Dec. 24, at 9:00 p.m. (ET).

TeenNick spreads holiday cheer with “Tis the Season for Degrassi” which will feature nightly marathons of Degrassi Season 10 from 9:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m. (ET) from Monday, Dec. 12 to Sunday, Dec. 25.  Join Stick Stickly beginning Monday, Dec. 26 for “Party Like it’s the ‘90s Week” when the original Snick line-up (1995-1996) makes a comeback to the network.  Catch classic episodes of The Secret Life of Alex Mack, All That, Ren & Stimpy, Are You Afraid of the Dark and Kenan & Kel.  Countdown to the New Year with “Stick Clark” who will host a special New Year’s Eve Party Saturday, Dec. 31. Viewers will be able to vote the week of Dec. 23 via Twitter, Facebook, and www.teennick.com on what Stick will be dipped into at the stroke of midnight. 

Below is the rundown and episodic clips for Nickelodeon Network’s holiday-themed programming.  For downloadable art please visit www.nickpress.com

NICKELODEON (all times ET/PT)

Friday, Dec. 9

10:00 a.m. — Bubble Guppies “Happy Holidays Mr. Grumpfish” –Everyone is getting ready for the holidays … everyone except Mr. Grumpfish. The Bubble Guppies do their festive best to show a grumpy neighbor the joy of the holiday season.

“Tonight Is A Holiday!” Song:

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8:30 p.m. —Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness “Po Fans Out”-- In order to impress his fan club, Po releases the Mongolian Fist Demon. Po must figure out how to defeat the

Demon and save the village and his fans.

Saturday, Dec. 10

10:30 p.m. —T.U.F.F. Puppy “A Doomed Xmas”--After years of being on Santa’s naughty list, Petropolis’ villains team up to hi-jack Christmas.  Dudley and Kitty have to stop them and save Santa and his elves before midnight or no one will get their Christmas presents. 

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Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/33307715

11:00 a.m. —Fanboy & Chum Chum:  “A Very Brrr-y Icemas”--It’s Icemas, that special time of the year when Man-Arctica delivers gifts to all good boys and girls. But when Fanboy learns that his status is more "naughty" than nice, he and Chum Chum must go on a wild mission all the way to Man-Arctica's workshop.

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12:00 p.m. —Power Rangers Samurai “Christmas Together, Friends Forever”--The Rangers reflect on their first year as a team and get an unexpected lesson about the true spirit of the holidays.

Sunday, Dec. 11

7:00 p.m.— Dora the Explorer “Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure” ENCORE -- In “Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure,” Swiper tries to swipe the Christmas star from Dora’s Nochebuena party and winds up on Santa’s naughty list.  Dora appeals to Santa, who says that if Swiper can learn the true spirit of Christmas, he will put him back on the nice list.  Believing Swiper can change, Dora accompanies him on a journey to the past, the present and the future to help him find four missing ornaments and discover the true meaning of Christmas.

Friday, Dec. 16

10:00 a.m. —Max and Ruby “Ruby's Perfect Christmas Tree/Max's Christmas Present/Max and Ruby's Christmas Carol” –Ruby wants to find the perfect Christmas tree at Santa’s Treeland. Max knows who to ask…Santa!  While Ruby makes Christmas tree decorations, Max stays focused on Christmas presents.  Max’s job is to ring a little bell during Ruby’s Christmas Carol, but he’d rather ring a bigger bell.

8:30 p.m.—Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness “Challenge Day”--It’s Dragon Warrior Challenge Day, and if anyone can defeat Po in battle before sundown, they will become the Dragon Warrior.

Sunday, Dec. 18

8:00 p.m. —MOVIE: Aquamarine--Two 13-year-old best friends embark on the adventure of their lives when they discover a mermaid named Aquamarine in a swimming pool.

Monday, Dec. 26

7:00 p.m.—Victorious “Blooptorious”-- Go behind the scenes with Christopher Cane (Rex) for an in-depth look at the cast of Victorious and their hilarious outtakes.

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Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/33307930

Tuesday, Dec. 27

7:00 p.m. —Supah Ninjas “Skeleton Crew”-- Mike is convinced the Skeleton Crew, an underground secret society with ties to Benjamin Rush High School, is behind a recent string of burglaries in Empire City.  Meanwhile, Owen tries to woo Isabelle, a new student who unbeknownst to him is really an undercover detective also pursing the Skeleton Crew.

Wednesday, Dec. 28

7:00 p.m. — iCarly “iBloop 2: Electric Bloopaloo”--Christopher Cane, the actor who plays Rex on Victorious, talks to the iCarly gang about their acting and bloopers. 

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Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/33308025

Thursday, Dec. 29

7:00 p.m. —The Fairly OddParents “Meet the OddParents”--Mom and Dad have finally gotten hip to the fact that Timmy has fairy godparents!  The question now is: how long can they all keep Jorgen in the dark so that he won’t take Wanda, Cosmo and Poof away forever?

Friday, Dec. 30

7:00 p.m.—Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness “My Favorite Yao”-- When a kung fu master is kidnapped by Temutai, Shifu turns to Po for help.

Saturday, Dec. 31

8:00 p.m. — iCarly “iStill Psycho” --After receiving word that Nora Dershlit is going to be released from jail, the iCarly kids see what they can do to keep their old captor behind bars. Things take a turn for the worse after Nora and her crazy parents capture the gang.  Freddie soon discovers a way to message his mother, but will Mrs. Benson be able to come to their rescue before it’s too late?

NICK Jr. (all times ET) Sunday, Dec. 18

6:00 p.m. —Peppa Pig “Santa’s Grotto/Santa’s Visit”--It is Christmas and the children all visit Santa’s Grotto to tell him what they would like for Christmas. Peppa is worried when Santa brings everyone but her a present, but he soon returns to deliver her missing present in person.

6:30 p.m. — The Wonder Pets! “Help the Groundhog!/Save the Lion Cub!”-- The Wonder Pets travel to a snowy forest to help a shivering Groundhog (voiced by Mandy Patinkin) get warm. When they find out the Groundhog's house was destroyed in a storm, the team works together with the animals in the forest to build him a new home!

7:00 p.m.— Dora the Explorer “Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure” ENCORE -- In “Dora’s Christmas Carol Adventure,” Swiper tries to swipe the Christmas star from Dora’s Nochebuena party and winds up on Santa’s naughty list.  Dora appeals to Santa, who says that if Swiper can learn the true spirit of Christmas, he will put him back on the nice list.  Believing Swiper can change, Dora accompanies him on a journey to the past, the present and the future to help him find four missing ornaments and discover the true meaning of Christmas.

8:00 & 11:00 p.m.—Yo Gabba Gabba! “A Very Awesome Christmas”--Gabbaland celebrates the holidays singing and spending time with old and new friends, including a special visit from Santa! (Guest Stars: Tori Spelling, Tony Hawk, Mark Mothersbaugh, My Chemical Romance, Cults and Leslie Hall)

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Monday, Dec. 26—iStill Psycho-- Nora's back! And this time she AND her psycho family have captured the iCarlys! Help them escape by collecting all the keys on the board while avoiding Nora, her mom, and her dad! Once you get Spencer out of the basement, the iCarlys will be free!