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Comedian Bill Maher's "Kid 'N Prey" segment on Friday went viral on social media after he criticized the child entertainment industry. On Friday's episode of Real Time with Bill Maher, Maher reacted to the recently released documentary Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV, which exposed the sexual abuse and hostile work environment that child actors faced at the hands of adults at Nickelodeon. The comedian posted the segment from his show on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday night with the caption, "It turns out for pedophiles in Hollywood, 'It's A Small World After All.'" It has amassed...

The embattled Nickelodeon writer and producer adds that he “supported” her desire to be emancipated from her parentsFormer Nickelodeon writer and producer Dan Schneider defended his controversial relationship with “The Amanda Show” star Amanda Bynes in an interview on Tuesday, saying he fully supported her decision to pursue emancipation from her parents and assisted in her attempt to run away from home. “She wanted that for herself,” Schneider said, whose rehabilitative interview with former “iCarly” actor Bobby “BooG!e” Bowman aired Tuesday after the release of Investigation Discovery’s damning four-part docuseries, “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV." “We...

Four-parter 'Quiet on the Set' features allegations of abuse, sexism, racism and inappropriate behavior involving underage stars and crewmembers on Nickelodeon series overseen by Dan Schneider. Drake and Josh star Drake Bell is the biggest former child actor to allege having faced toxic workplaces at Nickelodeon while performing on Dan Schneider’s hit TV shows sets as part of Investigation Discovery’s docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. For the first time, Bell shares his story of alleged abuse at the hands of Brian Peck, his former dialogue coach, who was convicted of sexually assaulting a Nickelodeon child...

Production workers at Nickelodeon’s Animation Studio are fighting for their first contract alongside already-organized artists (writers, designers, colorists, storyboarders and background painters) who have been working under an expired contract for two and a half years. The workers collectively produce animated shows: The Loud House, Rugrats, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Spongebob SquarePants. The artists have been members of IATSE Local 839, The Animation Guild (TAG) since 2002, and 3D computer graphics staff joined in 2013. After a vigorous campaign, the production workers joined in January 2023. These workers keep things coordinated, flowing and on schedule. Production workers have lost...

This is the only way Bill Fagerbakke knows how to describe himself when he explains what he does for a living, and enjoys every second of playing one of the most beloved characters in television. Fagerbakke has spent two decades making generations of fans laugh as the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants' best friend and partner in chaos, Patrick Star. Even Fagerbakke can take on a new challenge, especially if it's with the character he's provided the voice for over the past 22 years. Come Christmas Day, Fagerbakke and "Patrick" will be in a new element. Patrick will be providing live...

Comedian and Netflix star David A. Arnold dead at 54 Comedian David A. Arnold, best known for headlining two Netflix comedy specials, died at the age of 54 on Wednesday. The stand-up funnyman, who was the showrunner of Nickelodeon’s “That Girl Lay Lay” and served as a producer on the “Fuller House” reboot, died “from natural causes” at his home, his family announced

Nickelodeon star JoJo Siwa — who came out as part of the LGBTQ community in January — will make history as the first “Dancing With the Stars” contestant to be matched with a same-sex partner, ABC announced in a social media post promoting the show’s 30th season. “I am so excited to be a part of ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ Season 30, and to be dancing with a girl,” Siwa, 18, said in the promo clip. “I think it’s so cool.” Jojo’s partner will be announced during the show’s season premiere. The American series will be following in the footsteps...

by Samantha FosterChildren's channel Nickelodeon’s made a hard, shocking push to promote the "LGBTQ+" agenda to kids stuck at home during the pandemic over the past year.In the last two weeks alone, both Nickelodeon and its preschool-targeted network, Nick Jr., have released videos championing “trans,” “queer,” and “pansexual” inclusion. One video that sparked mass outrage depicted a cartoon version of drag queen Nina West (Andrew Levitt) singing about various LGBTQIA groups “loving each other so proudly” on “Blues Clues and You,” a show for two- to five-year olds. That same video showed a female-to-male transgender beaver who appeared to have...

Nickelodeon has cast its first-ever openly transgender teenage actor in a live-action show, Sasha A. Cohen, who will be featured in the children network’s series Danger Force. The 13-year-old actor — along with his twin sister Natalie Cohen — will appear on the June 19 episode of Danger Force, according to a report by Variety. Fellow Nickelodeon star Michael D. Cohen (no relation) — who is also transgender — told the outlet that he wants “Sasha to see his own power as an actor and as a human.” “I want him to feel proud of his work and feel real...

If your approach to parenting in our post-sexual revolution hellscape isn’t what Antoine Dodson famously called for, you need to wake up, because they raping everybody out here. A clip of a “Blue’s Clues” song celebrating Masturbation and Genital Amputation Month went viral over the weekend heading into June. “Blue’s Clues” also released an episode in May celebrating LGBT identification. “Blue’s Clues” is a long-running preschool TV show that has played on Nickelodeon Jr. since 1996. “Blue’s Clues became the highest-rated show for preschoolers on American commercial television and was critical to Nickelodeon’s growth,” Wikipedia says. The lyrics of its...

“It’s the Blue’s Clues' And You Pride Parade, and we need you to sing along as the ‘Families Go Marching’ proudly!” the Nickelodeon show’s broadcaster instructs viewers as the segment opens. “Hi Blue, look at all these families. It’s time for a pride parade,” a cartoon version of RuPaul's Drag Race star Nina West says in the video, which was shared on social media. The singer, who is holding a microphone with a raised fist icon, then points to a parade of animals, one of which has a family with “two mommies … [who] love each other so proudly.” Other...

**SNIP** Nick News, a program that ran from 1992 to 2015 before being revamped in 2020, listed a number of cities with environmental issues. Host Jamie Yuccas said, “What do these cities have in common? They’re all examples of environmental racism, a form of systemic racism where minority and low-income communities are surrounded by health hazards because they live near sewage, mines, landfills, power stations, major roads.” “In Philadelphia, it’s hazardous waste,” continued Yuccas, who also works for CBS News. “In San Carlos, Arizona, it’s a mining project that would dishonor an Apache sacred site. But it has never been...

Two episodes from the children’s cartoon “Spongebob Squarepants” have been pulled by Nickelodeon. Nickelodeon has pulled an episode of SpongeBob Squarepants “due to sensitivities surrounding the global, real-world pandemic,” Nickelodeon’s Executive Vice President of Communications David Bittler said. The episode, titled “Kwarantined Crab,” features a virus storyline, where a health inspector requires patrons to quarantine at the Krusty Krab after discovering a “clam flu” virus. Nickelodeon confirmed that a second episode, “Mid-Life Crustacean,” has also been removed from the network and other streaming platforms. In the episode, SpongeBob, his friend Patrick and SpongeBob’s boss Mr. Krabs, break into a woman’s...

Blue’s Clues, a show for kids between 3 and 5 years old, has endorsed LGBT “pride,” complete with flags for various sexual identities, including pansexuality, bisexuality, and transgender identity. While sexuality barely has any meaning for children this young, Nickelodeon has already pushed to normalize LGBT activism for preschoolers.Nickelodeon rebooted the classic Nick Jr. series Blue’s Clues in 2019, and last month, the show’s “ABC Song” featured a rainbow-colored “P” for “Pride,” and eight separate LGBT flags. The flags represent pansexual, lesbian, bisexual, asexual, gender fluid, transgender, non-binary, and intersex identities.It seems the reboot show, Blue’s Clues & You, did...

Parents say Nickelodeon and child star JoJo Siwa have some explaining to do after one mom blew the whistle on a game marketed for young children that contains adult content. The co-branded board game “JoJo’s Juice” is recommended for children 6 and up but the content is anything but appropriate for kids that age. Seventeen-year-old Siwa rose to fame on the hit Lifetime reality show “Dance Moms” before turning into a YouTube sensation. The dancer, singer, and actress signed with Nickelodeon when she was just 13.

On Monday, Nickelodeon suspended its programming to air a message that simply read "I CAN'T BREATHE" for eight minutes and 46 seconds, accompanied by the sound of a person breathing. The message called attention to Minneapolis man George Floyd's death. Floyd died while in police custody after an officer -- since-fired Derek Chauvin, who was later charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in Floyd's death -- kneeled on Floyd's neck for eight minutes, moments that were captured on cellphone video. In the footage, Floyd repeatedly said "I can't breathe" while being knelt on, and the words have been echoed...

Many of the ViacomCBS-owned TV channels observed eight minutes and 46 seconds of silence on Monday to recognize the importance of the protest movement sparked by the death of George Floyd. The channels included Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and MTV, which aired a video showing the words "I can't breathe" on the screen with a haunting audio of someone breathing.

The NFL’s owners have voted to expand the playoffs to include 14 teams and will add postseason games on Nickelodeon and NBCUniversal’s new streamer Peacock. The changes — which had been agreed to in the league’s latest collective-bargaining pact with players — will take effect for the coming 2020 season, NFL Network insider Ian Rapaport said per sources. The moves were approved today during a conference call among owners that replaced the league’s annual meeting that was canceled amid the coronavirus crisis. AFC and NFC Wild Card games now will feature each conference’s 2-seed hosting the 7-seed, the 3 hosting...

Fans had their hopes dashed for a good reboot of Rocko’s Modern Life early on. It happened in an unexpected way, almost like being sideswiped by a flying cherub in a fleeting dream; it was an unreal revelation. It took place shortly after Netflix announced that a new movie based on the popular 1990s show was in the works, and fans recognized it once they landed on the Netflix page and saw the startling reveal with their own eyes. There’s an archive of the Netflix title, and right there in the genre tags it reveals that Rocko’s Modern Life: Static...

Michael D. Cohen is embracing his truth. This week, the Nickelodeon actor, who has starred as “Schwoz” on Henry Danger since 2014, revealed that he transitioned female to male nearly 20 years ago. Cohen, 43, tells PEOPLE that he felt he was assigned the wrong gender at birth and decided to transition to male and align with his “core being and essence” on April 26, 2000 — just before his acting career took off. Michael D. Cohen is embracing his truth. This week, the Nickelodeon actor, who has starred as “Schwoz” on Henry Danger since 2014, revealed that he transitioned...