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NICKELODEON – Weekdays from 23 January, 2.30pm

Celebrate summer relaxing with friends and family over a movie or two. Nickelodeon is dedicating a special week to the best movies from 2011. Featuring teen stars Victoria Justice, Miranda Cosgrove and Drake Bell plus the casts of iCarly and Victorious.

NICKELODEON – Saturdays from 7 January, 7am to 10am

Is it a bird?… is it a plane?… NO, it’s Superhero Saturdays only on Nickelodeon! Sheen, Po, SpongeBob, Fanboy, Dudley Puppy and Mike Fukanaga team up in back to back episodes of crime-fighting, butt-kicking, and villain-battling superhero adventures this summer. Saturday mornings will feature the best episodes of Planet Sheen, Kung Fu Panda, SpongeBob SquarePants, T.U.F.F. Puppy and brand new episodes of Fanboy & Chum Chum and Supah Ninjas.

NICKELODEON – Daily from Sunday 1 January, 4 to 6pm

Nickelodeon is celebrating its favourite sponge all summer long with SpongeBob SuperFan: an interactive online national search for Australia’s most superfan-tastic SpongeBob fans! Fans can dive into Nickelodeon’s Website, The Nick Shack at www.nickelodeon.com.au and immerse themselves in Bikini Bottom banter, games and answer weekly quiz questions. Four SUPERFANS will be chosen each week from the weekly quiz and will receive a bundle of exclusive SuperFan prizes and on the final weekend, Spongey prizes packs will be drawn on the hour every hour! PLUS, everyone who enters goes into the draw to win a family trip to Sea World to see the brand new SpongeBob parade: SpongeBob ParadePants-tacular!

NICKELODEON – Sunday 11 December, 6pm

Big Time Rush’s Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan are spreading Christmas cheer with a new TV movie, Big Time Christmas, premiering Sunday December 11 at 6pm exclusively on Nickelodeon. The hour-long special features three musical performances by Big Time Rush: an exclusive duet with Miranda Cosgrove of the contemporary classic “All I Want for Christmas is You;” an animated music video with Snoop Dogg featuring an original song “Let’s Stay In Our PJs (All Christmas Long); and an all-new holiday song “Beautiful Christmas.”

In “Big Time Christmas,” the guys are excited to head back to Minnesota for the holidays, but hours before their flight, Griffin tells them they have to stay in Los Angeles to record a three-song holiday EP – and two of the songs have to be with celebrities. Racing against time, they help Gustavo write the first song, “Beautiful Christmas.” After watching a commercial for Miranda Cosgrove’s holiday TV special, the boys and Gustavo decide to sneak into Miranda’s taping and convince her to duet with them on the Mariah Carey holiday classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You.”

After leaving the studio, Gustavo gets hit by Snoop Dogg’s limo while crossing the street. Snoop feels so badly about the accident that he offers to record the third song with the boys – a new Yardsquirrels (a novelty band that Gustavo had a hit with in the ’90s) song, “Let’s Stay In Our PJs (All Christmas Long).” This episode also features a guest appearance by Fabio as himself.

Big Time Rush is a live action comedy about music and brotherhood, which chronicles the finding, making and breaking of a music group called Big Time Rush. It stars real-life singers and BTR group members Carlos, Logan, James and Kendall, who are signed to Sony Music and have hit singles available on iTunes. In the show, each of the guys brings something different to the group as they figure out their place in the crazy business of music and entertainment.

NICKELODEON – Saturday 10 December, 11am

Winx Club is an animated modern fantasy adventure series that follows six best friends – Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna and Aisha – who attend the finest fairy school in all of Magix, the Alfea College. When trouble arises, the six best friends transform into beautiful Winx fairies and use their unique magical powers to fight villains and save the world from evil. The voices of some of Nick’s biggest stars, including: Keke Palmer (True Jackson, VP) as Aisha; Elizabeth Gillies (Victorious) as Daphne; Ariana Grande (Victorious) as Diaspro; and Matt Shively (True Jackson, VP) as Skye; as well as Molly Quinn (Castle) as Bloom feature in four specials which have been culled from the first two seasons of the Italian hit series. Cymphonique Miller (How to Rock) performs the show’s theme song, “Winx You’re Magic Now.”

NICKELODEON – Weekdays from 5 December, 5pm

This summer, Nickelodeon will launch three hundred pounds of black and white awesomeness to television screens with the New Zealand premiere of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness. The spin-off series is based on DreamWorks Animation’s hit feature film, Kung Fu Panda which grossed over $630 million at the worldwide box office. This exciting animation will chronicle the further adventures of Po, the energetic, enthusiastic, always hungry martial arts panda. Anointed “Dragon Warrior” by his mentor Shifu, Po and the Furious Five: Tigress, Mantis, Crane, Monkey and Viper protect the Valley of Peace from threats of all kind.

Join Po, our favourite Kung Fu master as he discovers new moves and new adventures in the action packed animation exclusive to Nickelodeon. To celebrate, Nickelodeon’s favourite super heroes will join Po, and dazzle you with their magnificent martial-art moves and gravity-defying action with back to back episodes as part of Kick Butt Week. Featuring all brand new episodes of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, The Penguins of Madagascar, and The Troop plus episodes of T.U.F.F Puppy and Supah Ninjas every weekday. The best episodes from Kick Butt Week will encore Saturday 10 December, midday to 6.30pm.

NICKELODEON – Saturdays from 3 December, 6.30pm

Rising teen star Victoria Justice is back with all the gang from Hollywood Arts High School in season two of the hit live action show Victorious. This latest season promises to delivery more music, laughs, pranks and maybe even a few romances! Catch up on all your favourite episodes from season one in a special Victorious marathon featuring the Seven Secrets of Victoria Justice on Sarurday 3 December from 1pm.

NICKELODEON – Weekdays from 14 November, 4.30pm

Every weekday afternoon at 4.30pm, from 14 November to 2 December, Nickelodeon will showcase brand new episodes of your favourite animation including new comedy 3D action with Matt Hatter Chronicles, outer space adventures with Planet Sheen, canine mischief with T.U.F.F. Puppy, hilarious pranks with Fanboy & Chum Chum and magical mayhem with The FairlyOdd Parents. Plus to finish off three weeks of awesome new animation Nickelodeon will preview a sneak peak of new comedy animation Kung Fu Panda Legends of Awesomeness, adapted from DreamWorks Animation’s hit feature film, Kung Fu Panda.

NICKELODEON – Saturdays from 12 November, 11amm

Winx Club is an animated modern fantasy adventure series that follows six best friends – Bloom, Stella, Flora, Musa, Tecna and Aisha – who attend the finest fairy school in all of Magix, the Alfea College. When trouble arises, the six best friends transform into beautiful Winx fairies and use their unique magical powers to fight villains and save the world from evil. The voices of some of Nick’s biggest stars, including: Keke Palmer (True Jackson, VP) as Aisha; Elizabeth Gillies (Victorious) as Daphne; Ariana Grande (Victorious) as Diaspro; and Matt Shively (True Jackson, VP) as Skye; as well as Molly Quinn (Castle) as Bloom feature in four specials which have been culled from the first two seasons of the Italian hit series. Cymphonique Miller (How to Rock) performs the show’s theme song, “Winx You’re Magic Now.”

NICKELODEON – Weeknights from Monday 7 November, 4.30pm

Matt Hatter Chronicles is a ground-breaking animation in cutting edge 3D. It’s a pulse pounding comedy adventure designed to thrill both boys and girls, and appeal to the hero in us all. Matt Hatter is just an ordinary 13 year old boy until he moves into a flat above his Grandpas movie theatre in Notting Hill, London. Unfortunately his Grandpa’s gone missing and Matt’s worried, even though his parents assume Grandpa has gone off on one of his carefree and rash expeditions. Matt is about to find out a huge family secret. The theatre is more than just a cool old building; it is a gateway to another reality, a mirror dimension known simply as “The Multiverse” and the Hatters are its defenders! Matt and his two friends, Roxie and Gomez, battle and capture infamous villains from movie, myth and legends including vampires, werewolves, mummies and even a 100-foot-tall genie, back into the ‘Villain Vault’ in order to save the world and hopefully find his Grandpa!