NO NARRATORS????? - Thomas & Friends Season XXV: All Engines GO! New Information & Animation REVEALED - To Make Tracks Onto Broadcasters This Halloween

Since the announcement that Mattel and Hit Entertainment would be ending the CGI era of its long-running Thomas & Friends TV series which has been used since 2009 and will be tranforming into 2D Adobe Flash animation, a whole crew of Thomas fans didn't seem too happy and we can understand why.

This past month, new details have spread around the upcoming Season 25 which will consist of 26 episodes with 52 storylines and a hour-long movie. The showrunner and director spoke up about what fans can expect from the new season.

For the first time in the franchise's 76-year history, the TV series adaptation will not include any narration (although Joseph May and John Hassler as the title charcter have narrated the past three seasons) and will also get rid of their drivers and firefighters.

However, fear not, because a majority of the old faces are here to stay, including the Steam Team Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Emily, Nia and Rebecca, the non-rail vehicles Cranky, Bertie, Harold and Terrence, the mischevious Troublesome Trucks and Devious Diesel (although the trailer accidentally mistakes Diesel as one of Thomas' friends) and the lovable man in charge of the railway Sir Toham Hatt (or the "Fat Controller" if you live outside US/Canada)

A majority of the fans are still not happy about this refresh. The series original creator Britt Allcroft opened up her thoughts about the new season which is scheduled to air in the Halloween month of October on her social media accounts.

"Hello everyone and Happy New Years 2021. I have recently been reading your concerns and complaints about the Season 25 REIMAGINING of Thomas & Friends,
produced in association with Nelvana Limited in Toronto, Canada.
 Sadly, Mattel now has ownership of the property and there is NOTHING I can do about it and you're just gonna have to deal with it. I totally understand your feelings. Even if Mattel takes the franchise downhill, keep watching and loving the Thomas TV series that I brought to life for you and we are faithful and true to the REAL Really Useful Thomas as we know him and love him and all of his friends."

Many people are still disapointed about this, but unfortunately change is something we cant do about. This is just what happens with long-running preschool properties like this. However, the new seasons will still be faithful to the franchise as it is. It will still get the job done as being a hit for today's kids and the franchise will keep thriving and not cause any confusion and delay and continue to make tracks to great destinations and entertain audiences for many generations to come.

For any of you who are disapointed about Thomas' future, why don't you watch the first episode of the new season and then judge your own opinion.

The new seasons (Seasons 25 and 26, two seasons of 26 half-hour episodes with 2 11-minute stories each and 2 hour-long movies) is slated to start broadcasting around Halloween beginning in October 2021.

The Wiggles Archive To FINALLY Remember The Sam Moran Era - LOST Racing To The Rainbow Concert Performance OUT NOW!

 FINALLY after three years, The Wiggles' Classic/OG Wiggles playlist on YouTube, Apple Music, Google Play and Spotify platforms have FINALLY acknowledged the Sam Moran era from November 2006-January 2012.

For those of you hardcore fans who probably remember this, the band's original founding lead vocalist in the yellow shirt Greg Page, aged 34 at the time had to quit and retire the band for half a decade to the Australian health disease known as orthostatic intollerence, a health disease in which your heart does not pump enough blood around your body when standing up straight.

Because of this, Greg had to leave the band for a while and the torch was passed to Sam Moran, who had been working with the group's content since the video release of "Toot Toot!" released in 1998/99 which is known famous for the tradition of the band's trademark concert opening number "Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car" which has been used as the opening number since the video/album's release.

Now in celebration of the band's 30th anniversary which will be rolling out between 2020 and 2022, the band has decided to upload lost media from their vault for the first time to the public. The resurfacing of Sailing Around the World live from San Diego, CA had been made a hit with both new and longtime fans.

Among the other lost content the band plans to reupload to the public for the first time EXCLUSIVELY on their YouTube channel include their 1998 WiggleMania Big Show and the 1995 concert tour promoting their then 3rd video and 5th audio release Big Red Car which was released in 1995 and sparked the birth of the Big Red Car (which was cardboard and drove by Jeff Fatt at the time) and Wags the Dog.

Recently, the next unreleased content has just resurfaced on the internet. The next never-before-seen footage is the full performance of the ISA leg of their 2006-07 Racing to the Rainbow tour LIVE from Everett, WA circa MArch 16th, 2007.

The lost concert is NOW streaming on the band's OFFICIAL YouTube channel (youtube.com/thewiggles) You can check it out with the link below. However, for some reason, the footage is not introduced by Anthony Field wearing his Sir Leslie Longley costume like he did last time in the aformentioned video listed above.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oEKS0Hiir8

RIP CBS All Access - Paramount Plus SVOD Releases March 4th

 In two months, after seven years, CBS All Access goes into SVOD heaven and in comes the Paramount mountains. Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS' all new SVOD channel and app is slated to launch on Thursday March 4th, 2021.

CBS All Access has uploading all the Nick content as early as January 2020 14 months in advance, just to make sure everything is prepared for the new rebrand.

To celebrate the launch, a new set of commercials promoting the channel entitled and based around the Paramount company's iconic mountain logo have been produced just to get kids and families excited to subscribe to the new service.

The ads feature a host of stars including characters of Dora the Explorer and PAW Patrol, DJ Khaled, Bill Cohner and James Cordon among others.

The new Paramount+ channel and its preceding CBS All Access aside from providing all the best ViacomCBS and Nickelodeon content past and present, it's also the homebase for the highly anticipated new SpongeBob SquarePants movie and spinoff series, The SpongeBob Movie 3: A Sponge on the Run and Kamp Koral; SpongeBob'ss UnderYears which are both slated to bow on the channels as early as next month.

For more information visit www.CBSAllAccess.com and www.ParamountPlus.com to learn more about both services and be among the first to get all the latest news about Paramount Plus in advance before the March 4 launch takes effect.

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Won't You Be My Neighbor Again? - Mister Rogers Donkey Hodie Logo, Theme Song, Website & Release Date REVEALED!: Donkey Hodie Bows Onto PBS and PBS Kids Monday May 3rd, 2021

 Even though Mister Fred Rogers has now tragically lost his wife Joanne who died earlier this month, the legacy of one of PBS' biggest stars reigns on.

And on the heels on a successful nine-year-old tiger in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood from the producer behind Blue's Clues, Super WHY!, Creative Galaxy, Wishenpoof and Colorforms Angela C. Santomero, PBS has another Fred Rogers spinoff up their hands.

After being in production and talks for over a year, the CGI Mr Rogers donkey is finally unveiled for Dot, Dash and Del's expectations. PBS and PBS Kids will OFFICIALLY premiere the new Donkey Hodie series on Monday, May 3rd.

The series is the fifth from The Fred Rogers Company Productions. Crafted by the Rudman bros and Todd Hannart team at Spiffy Pictures, the company behind Disney's Bunnytown, Nickelodeon's Curious Buddies, Frankie & Frank and Jack's Big Music Show and fellow PBS veteran Nature Cat.The new series will follow Donkey Hodie, The Purple Panda, Duck Duck Goose and Bob the Dog alongside the ORIGINAL Hodie who has became a grandma now as these five embark on new adventures that teach children educational values and social skills.

Like the previous Fred Rogers Neighborhood spinoff of Labor Day 2012, the series will include both new songs and remakes of Rogers' archive for modern day.

Additionally, to celebrate the launch, PBSKids.org, the channel's official website has just launched the OFFICIAL webpage and logo for the series. On the new website for the program (at www.pbskids.org/donkeyhodie), you will learn more about what the new series has to offer, introduce you to the characters and learn more about the inspiration for the pprogram came to be, how the Mister Rogers legacy was born and what Fred had to say about one of PBS' best childrens creations.

Donkey Hodie (26 half-hour episodes) is produced by The Fred Rogers Company Productions and Spiffy Pictures and is funded in part/made possibly in part by a cooperative agreement from the US Department of Education, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting: A private corporation founded by the American people and grants from fellow PBS sponsor veterans The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations (Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, Sid the Science Kid, Peg + Cat) and PNC Grow Up Great Foundation (Sesame Street) and as always made possible by contributions to your local PBS and PBS Kids stations from Viewers Like You. Thank You.

Love Is In The Air This February On Nickelodeon

 Herre's a small sample of all the new awesome stuff you'll find on Nicklelodeon beginning this February!

ABBY HATCHER, FUZZLY CATCHER
SUN February 7th S02E24 "Blossom Band and the Rock Rolling Stage/The Squeaky Peeper Prize"
SUN February 21st S02E25 "Bozzly and the Missing Pillbug/Grumbles Family Reunion"
All times 10:00AMET/9:00c

THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON (NEW SEASON!)
FRI February 19th S02E01 "Paddington's Plant Problem/Paddington the Artist"
FRI February 26th S02E02 "Paddington and the Squirrel Surprise"
All times 8:30PMET/7:30c

ALVINNN!!! AND THE CHIPMUNKS 2015 REBOOT (NEW SEASON!)
MON February 22nd S04E25 (Season 4 Finale)
TUE February 23rd S05E01 "Deserted/The Great Snackoff" (Season 5 Premiere)
WED February 24th S05E02 "Unboxing Day/David Seville's Pavillion"
THUR February 25th S05E03 "U-Fly/YETI or Not?"
All times 5:30PMET/4:30c

ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK? REBOOT SEASON 2: Curse of the Shadows
FRI February 12th S02E01 "The Tale of the Haunted Worlds"
FRI February 19th S02E02 "The Tale of the Night Frights"
FRI February 26th S02E03 "The Tale of the Phantom Lights"
All times 8PM ET/7c

BABY SHARK'S BIG SHOW (WATCH IT OR ELSE!!! >:()
All episodes premiere FRIDAY February 26th
12:30PM S01E02 "A Crumb of a Clue"
12:36PM S01E03 "The Bunny Slug"
12:42PM S01E04 "OPERATION: Cool Quest"
12:48PM S01E05 "No Time for Time Out!"
12:54PM S01E06 "KNOCK IT OFF!!!" (no really, that's the episode's name)
(yeah the BS's BS premiere schedule has weird timeslots)

BLAZE AND THE MONSTER MACHINES
FRI February 19th S06E03 "The Amazing Stunt Cat"
All times 11:30AMET/10:30c

BLUE'S CLUES & YOU!
FRI February 12th S02E10 "What I Like About Blue"
All times 11:00AMET/10c

BUBBLE GUPPIES
FRI February 12th S05E16 "ALISON in Wonderland!"
FRI February 26th S05E17 "It's A Lizards!"
All times 11:00/30AMET/10:0030AMc

THE CASAGRANDES
FRI February 5th S02E05 "Fools Gold/The Flight Plan"
MON February 15th S02E06 "No Egrets/The Meal Ticket"
TUES February 16th S02E07 "An Udder Mess/Teacher's Frets"
WED February 17th S02E08 "Breakfast Robot/The Dynamic Doover"
THUR February 18th S02E09 "Home Improvement/An Undivided Attention"
All times 7:30PMET/10:30c
(second airs at 1:30PM snce its Presidents Day 2/15)

DEER SQUAD (NEW SERIES)
MON February 1st S01E06 "The Deep Blue Sea Booboo/Stuck Together"
TUE February 2nd S01E07 "Meteor Mayhem/The Dance of DESTRUCTION"
WED February 3rd S01E08 "The Fan Club/Spaghetti Steel"
THUR February 4th S01E09 "The Old Switcheroo/Protect the Eggs"
FRI February 5th S01E10 "Steel in Outer Space/That's Magic!"
MON-TUES February 8th-9th S01E11 "Double Trouble/A Box Not So Clever"
WED_THUR February 10th-11th S01E12 "Sky Art/The Great Race"
FRI-MON February 12th-15th S01E13 "Doctor Steellittle/Astonished and Amazed"
TUE_WED February 16th-17th S01E14 "Attack of the Drones Race/SLIME Time"
THUR_FRI February 18th-19th S01E15 "Captain Steel/Wash Out"
MON_TUE February 22nd-23rd S01E16 "Gravity Calamity/A Ball of Chaos"
WED-THUR February 24th-25th S01E17 "Lola's Air Display/Down The Sewers"
FRI-MON February 27th-March 1st S01E18 "Small Is Smashing/Pine Cones Powerup"
All times 9:00AMET/8:00c
(Starting on Feb 8th, the episodes will be split into 15-minute premieres, with the first story airing on Mon/Wed and the second one airing on Tues/Thurs, in the same premiere style that Abby Hatcher, Becca's Bunch, Butterbean's Cafe, Paddington and Ryan's Mystery Playdate have recieved in years past)

HENRY DANGER FORCE
SAT February 6th S01E16 "Little Dynamite"
SAT February 20th S01E18 "Monsty"
SAT February 27th S01E17 "Twin It To Win It"
All times 8:00PMET/7c

THE LOUD HOUSE
FRI February 5th S05E11 "School of SHOCK/Electshumed"
MON February 15th S05E12 "Mega Music Countdown"
All times 7:00PMET/6c

NICKELODEON LIVE AT SUPER BOWL LV/55 2021
FRI February 5th at 8PMET/7c

NOGGIN KNOWS (HOSTED BY EMMANUEL CARTER)
MON February 1st S01E05 "Graduation Day" (Season 1 Finale)
All times 11:00AMET/10:00c

THE NOGGINS AT WORK (NEW SERIES ON NOGGIN SVOD)
MON February 1st S01E01 "Plumbers, Nurse and Musicians"
MON February 8th S01E02 "Bakers, Painters and an Airplane Pilot"
All times 11:00AMET/10:00c

PAW PATROL
FRI February 5th S07E21 "Pups Save A Trashdinger/Royal Armor"
FRI February 19th S07E22 "Motor Pups Part 2: Pups Save the Donuts/Kitties"
FRI February 26th S07E25 "Pups Save The Whole Pod/Ultimate Rescue: Junk Monster"
All times 12:00PMET/11:00AMc
(Season 8 currently in post-production, unleashed Spring 2021)

PEPPA PIG (NEW SEASON NEXT MONTH!)
MON February 8th S08 "Valentine's Day/The Breakfast Club/The Perfect Day/Doctor Hampster's Big Present/The Time Capsule"
MON March 4th S09E01 "Peppa Goes to Hollywood"
All times 8:30AMET/7:30c

POWER RANGERS 28: DINOSAUR FURY (NEW SEASON!)
SAT February 20th S28E01 "Destination: Dinohenge"
SAT February 27th S28E02 "Unleashed"
All times 8:00AMET/7c
Save the date: It's Morphing Time again 2/20! GO GO POWER RANGERS!!!

RHYMES THROUGH TIMES (NEW SERIES ON NOGGIN SVOD)
MON February 15th S01E01 "Hero"
All times 11;00AMET/10:00c
(this series was recently confirmed on Noggin's Facebook page)

RYAN'S MYSTERY PLAYDATE (WATCH IT OR ELSE!!! >:()
FRI February 26th S03E18 "Ryan's Underwater/Ballin Playdate" (Season 3 Finale)
All times 11:30AMET/10:30c

SANTIAGO OF THE SEAS
FRI February 5th S01E09 "The Treasure of El Bravo"
FRI February 12th S01E10 "Lorelai's Bracelet/Cecella and the Ghost Ship"
All times 12:30PMET/11:30AMc

SIDE HUSTLE
SAT February 6th S01E09 "Chemistry Hustle"
SAT February 20th S01E10 "The Phantom of the Mooney"
SAT February 27th S01E11 "Karaoke Kickoff"
All times 8:30PMET/7:30c

THE SUBSTITUTE
THUR February 4th S02E09 "Lela Pons"
THUR February 11th S02E10 "Why Don't We?"
THUR February 18th S02E11 "Ty Dollar Sign"
THUR February 25th S02E12 "Juanna Zudta"
All times 7:30PMET/6:30c

TOONED IN (NEW SERIES)
MON February 8th S01E01 "Time to Get Tooned In!"
TUES February 9th S01E02 "The Slime Splash Zone"
WED February 10th S01E03 "Slime Time!"
THUR February 11th S01E04 "Splattoon: Nickelodeon Edition"
MON February 15th S01E05 "Stay Tooned In!"
TUES February 16th S01E06 "Green Looks Great On You!"
WED February 17th S01E07 "SLIME is the NEW GREEN"
THUR February 18th S01E08 "Quizzes, Quizzes AND MORE QUIZZES!!!"
MON February 22nd S01E09 "Testing Your Wits"
TUES February 23rd S01E10 "Riddle Me This"
All times 5PM ET/4c
(titles for episodes 11-16 yet to be announced)

NICKELODEON'S UNFILTERED!
THUR February 4th S02E05 "Bunny Money!"
THUR February 11th S02E06 "Be My Valentine"
THUR February 18th S02E07 "This DJ Is BANANAS!"
THUR February 25th S02E08 "Aye Aye, TRASH CAN!!!"
All times 7:00PMET/6:00c

COMING ATTRACTIONS
All THat Season 11 (remaining two episodes) March 2021
The Barbarian and the Troll March 2021
The Beatbuds May-August 2021
Hunter Street Season 4 January-August 2021
Middlemost Post May-August 2021
Ollie's Pack Season 1 Finale March 2021
Tyler Perry's Young Dylan Gilmer Season 2 May-August 2021

Update: (2/9/2021) Full schedule nearly complete. Still missing more Tooned In episode titles.

Excuse Me...WHAT TIME IS IT??? - Bubble Guppies Turns 10

 This week marks 10 YEARS AGO that Jonny Belt and Robert Scull's creation of Nickelodeon's 2011 phenomenon Bubble Guppies was first launched onto the USA screens. For ten swimsational years and over 95 episodes, Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona, Nonny and Zooli, Bubble Puppy, Mr. Grouper and Little Fish have been entertaining and educating the small screens, with sketch comedy vibes, a 2019 comeback with a debatle ripoff of The Backyardigans (since the recess stories are 22 minutes long now in S5 and Belt and Scull worked on BG and TB together), a wide range of guest stars and the hillariously cringy pop songs, these friendly fish have educated and entertained the entire world

Even though the Guppies are have the big one-zerom, they aren't done yet. Nickelodeon has another 26 episodes in the works right now with a 20-episode Season 6 slated to air in the fall of 2021. The Guppies also recently united other Nick properties for the recently successful Broadway production Nick Jr. Live!: Move to the Music and have recently worked with a wide variety of famous faces, some of which have been used to the slime-filled channels before including Amy Sedaris, George Takai and Cyndi Lauper, while others are newcomers to the Guppies' world of Bubble Kentucky including Carol Kane, The Last OG alum Tracy Morgan, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame winner Alice Cooper, The Weakest Link reboot host Jane Lynch and acclaimed British comedian Henry Winkler.

Since its 2011 launch, the Guppies have made a splah in the Underwater Sun like no other programs of sea life can, spanning over 126 episodes, a merchandise line, book collections from Random House and ViacomCBS' own Simon & Schuster, multiple social media mentions, three mobile videogames, the aforementioned Broadway crossover, two videogame compilations with Nickelodeon's Just Dance line courtessy of 2K Play and Black Lantern, and the critically acclaimed 2018 rock opera Bubble Guppies Live!: Ready to Rock courtesy of VEEStar Corporation Entertainmentt and Cirque de Soleil Productions

A huge thank you to the entire production team who keep bringing this classroom of talking guppies to life. Brianna, Bailey, Taylor, Zack, Jacob, Jay, Quinn, Jelani, Marliek, Issac, Caleb, Angelina, Selena, Grace, Catherine, Reyna, Tori, Colby, Eanon, Jet, AJ, Leah, Frank, Tino, Fred, Skai, Mia, Kayla, Jordan and Chris Phillips have all done a literal whale of a job of putting these guys together.

Additional thank you to all the fans out there who have watched and supported the show since day one back on January 24, 2011. Without your support and viewership, Molly and Gil would have never existed in the first place.

Now if you excuse us, we gotta line up everybody, line up, lineup to go back outside and get back to work.

So on behalf of the BG team and myself from the bottom of our hearts and swimming in the deep blue sea, best wishes and thanks for your contributions.

All the best,
Kyle Bulger
creator of the Daily NOGGIN Blog

Chris Phillips
Announcer, ViacomCBS

Johnny Belt
Robert Scull
Nick Balaban
Michael "Seth O. Hickory" Rubin
Brianna Gentielle
Bailey Gambertoglio
Taylor Kaplan
Zachary Gordon
Jacob Bertrand
Jay Gragnani
Quinn Breslin
Jelani Imagi
Marliek MarMar Walker
Issac Ryan Brown
Caleb Clark
Angelina Wahler
Selena Anne Gonzalez
Grace Kaufman
Catherine Bradley
Reyna Shashkan
Tori Feinstein
Colby Kipnes
Eamon Pirucello
Jet Jurgensmyer
AJ Kane
Leah Janvier
Frank Welker
Tino Insana
Fred Tariscore
Skai Jackson
Mia Vavasseur
Kayla Erickson
Jordan Friedman
and the entire Bubble Guppies team

The King LIVE - Larry King Dead At 88 Due To COVID-19

 We are so saddened to report the death of TV legend Larry King who has passed away at the age of 88. He died due to not following the COVID-19 restrictions which have been put into place since last March.

His children's television contributions including interviewing Arthur, a Sesame Street sketch in which he interviews a letter W puppet (which would later be included in the series' direct-to-video episode "All Star Alphabet") and a string of sketches entitled "Larry The King of Beasts Live" on the literacy show Between the Lions all which have aired on PBS, PBS Kids and PBS Kids Sprout.

RIP Larry thanks for all your hard work