A lotta love on Nick
MANILA, Philippines - Start it off with a night’s worth of love-themed premieres and new episodes as your favorite programs on Nickelodeon showcase something about match-making, secret romance, winning a date and maybe even possibly a lost love. Will someone take the route towards lovers’ lane or will it be a drive down heartbreak avenue? Find out what happens as Crush Night: Valentine’s Day Special premieres Feb. 5 and watch your favorite characters from iCarly, The Naked Brothers Band and True Jackson VP get hooked on love. Catch the encore telecast on Valentine’s Day (Feb. 14) at 7 p.m.
If you are seeing a lot of red on Feb. 14, it is not only because of the roses and the hearts, but also because this year’s Chinese New Year happens on Valentine’s Day. Reel in the Year of the Tiger as Nickelodeon presents a Chinese New Year special dubbed as Tiger Tales. Catch your well-loved animal characters in action as Animalia, Pat & Stan and Back At The Barnyard give you hilarious adventures from Feb. 8 to 14 at 1 p.m.
Kai-Lan says “Ni Hao!” to China. Yes, Kai-Lan gets a phone call from Yeye’s sister (her favorite great aunt) and agrees to travel halfway around the world and take part in a naming ceremony of an almost 100-year-old baby panda! Indeed, the Chinese New Year will be more memorable with a new Ni Hao, Kai-Lan special, Kai-Lan’s Trip to China, which airs on Feb. 14 at 1 p.m. with an encore the next day, Feb. 15, at 1:30 p.m.
Now, if there’s a sneak peek, there must be a great new show. Yes, there is! The Troop, a series for tweens, is set to launch! It is Nickelodeon’s newest action-adventure series about three seemingly normal kids named Jake, Hayley and Felix, who, unknown to everyone else, are hiding a secret global mission — fighting off the monsters that inhabit the world! Tune in for the preview on Feb. 15 at 5 p.m.
Finally, SpongeBob SquarePants is back with a Back-to-the-Past special entitled Barnacle Boy & Mermaid Man. On Feb. 26 at 6 p.m, travel back in time with the happy yellow Sponge and his best bud Patrick as they visit their favorite superheroes, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
So whether it’s “I love you” or “Kung Hei Fat Choi” that you want to say, there will be a lot of love and festivity this February, especially from the channel where kids rule — Nickelodeon!
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