Celeb Teen Scene

Josh Peck pretty much looks and acts the opposite of what you’d except from a kid who grew up on his own Nickelodeon show. He talks in a modified version of street slang, throwing in “respect” and “yo” once in a while, and is cheery in a completely un-fake way—miles away from [...]

NEW YORK (CNN) — People. Tiger Beat. Miss Teen USA. Nickelodeon. And Disney, of course.

Nick, from left, Joe and Kevin Jonas attend the premiere of “Camp Rock” last week in New York.

You can’t hide from the Jonas Brothers.
The latest teen sensations — brothers Kevin, 20, Joe, 18, and Nick, 15 — have risen quickly, particularly [...]

OHANNESBURG, June 17: MTV Networks International has inked a multi-year distribution deal to launch Nickelodeon as a 24-hour English-language channel in Southern Africa, available through MultiChoice’s DStv platform beginning July 1.

The channel will be available to subscribers in Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Targeted at kids aged [...]

Friday’s primetime episode of Nickelodeon’s hit series iCarly garnered more than 4.5 million viewers, making it the most-watched, non-sports program on basic cable, network officials said Tuesday.
The iCarly Saves TV episode, which aired June 13 at 8 p.m. ET, drew an 8.8 rating and 1.9 million tween viewers (age 9-14) and a 9.1 rating and [...]

Does “iCarly” have that Hillary Duff-stuff? Is she serious like Miley Cyrus?
Viacom’s Nickelodeon and Sony Music are betting big that 15-year-old “iCarly” star Miranda Cosgrove will be the next “tween” media goldmine, stepping into the shoes of Duff (she of the “Lizzie McGuire” series, multiple films, and music releases) earlier in the decade, and current [...]

More than 50 million units shifted worldwide; 2008 line-up revealed.
THQ’s longstanding video games relationship with Nickelodeon continues to bear fruit, resulting in sales of more than $1 billion and accounting for over 50 million units worldwide.
The company has also unveiled its line-up for 2008, with many popular characters returning.
The Naked [...]

By Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
Watching the pilot of Nickelodeon’s “The Mighty B!” I couldn’t help but think, strangely enough, of “Sunset Boulevard.” Or at least the famous quote: “We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces.”
“The Mighty B!” follows the exploits of young Bessie Higgenbottom, a not-quite-10-year-old Honeybee scout [...]

THQ has the “kid-friendly” genre all sewn up. Between their Pixar license and their Nickelodeon license, they make the games that kids want. And it looks like 2008 will be no different as the company has announced their 2008 slate of games based on Nickelodeon properties. They also seem to know what [...]