Nick Jr. Premieres Season Two of Its Hit 3-D Animated Series Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends(TM) Monday, March 13

Nick Jr. Premieres Season Two of Its Hit 3-D Animated Series Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends(TM) Monday, March 13

Based on David Kirk's Bestselling Books, Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends(TM) Airs Weekdays at 12:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nick Jr.

NEW YORK, March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Miss Spider and her fun-loving clan of bugs spin back to Nick Jr.! Nick Jr. will kick off the second season of Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends(TM), the 3-D animated series based on the beloved book series by David Kirk (published by Callaway Arts & Entertainment) on Monday, March 13 at 12:30 p.m. (ET/PT). The new 20-episode season of Nick Jr.'s hit preschool series will roll out with a new half-hour episode premiering every day this week at 12:30 p.m. (ET/PT) through Thursday, March 16. Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends(TM) airs regularly weekdays on Nick Jr. at 12:30 p.m. (ET/PT) and weekends on CBS (check local listings).

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends(TM) (a Nelvana/Absolute Pictures co-production in association with Callaway Arts & Entertainment), follows the days of Miss Spider, her husband Holley and their eight kids, four spiders and four adoptees from different insect species. Nearby are Spiderus, Grandma Betty, Uncle Gus and many other hoppers, fliers and crawlers. The Sunny Patch bugs are a miniature menagerie of creatures of every size, shape, color and personality that strive to get along and accept each other despite their differences. This CGI-animated show, based on Kirk's bestselling Miss Spider book series, stars Emmy-nominated actress Kristin Davis as the voice of "Miss Spider."

Please see the below rundown of episodes for the premiere week of Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends(TM):

Monday, March 13

"Captain Sunny Patch"/"The Return of Captain Sunny Patch" -- Squirt wants to play Sky Chiefs with Shimmer and Dragon, but gets left behind because he can't fly. Determined to be a flying superhero he makes himself flying gear with leaves, dandelion seeds and hummingbird wings. Before long, he is transformed into superhero Captain Sunny Patch and flies around trying to do good deeds. When he tries to teach a nervous Wiggle to surf a web, he throws on his Captain Sunny Patch wings and helmet, but a gust of wind sweeps Squirt into the Snakey Woods. Wiggle doesn't get the courage to surf home and runs instead! As Squirt flies back toward Sunny Patch, he notices smoke on the horizon. He warns almost everyone but when he heads to Hollow Tree to warn Wiggle, he gets caught in a bush. Wiggle gets up the courage up to surf a web and save Squirt and they make it back safely to Taddy Puddle. Everyone is safe thanks to Captain Sunny Patch and his sidekick Wiggle Webwalker!

Tuesday, March 14

"Family Tree"/"The Jitterbug" -- Mr. Mantis has assigned the kids a project to build a Family Tree made of twigs, leaves and a branch to represent each bug in their family. He also has them decorate a memento from the place where they hatched. Of the three adopted kids, Dragon and Bounce are happy to find their special something in Sunny Patch. Shimmer, however, wants to find a memento from her real 'hatchday' place to decorate her tree. Miss Spider offers to help her find where she was born and Miss Spider shares her story of how she herself was adopted and came to find her new home. Although they are unable to find Shimmer's 'hatchday' tree, Shimmer is comforted by the fact that she found Miss Spider and the family she was meant to be with. Shimmer decorates her tree with a flower Miss Spider saved from the day Shimmer was adopted.

Wednesday, March 15

"Big Bad Bug-Sitter"/"The Thinking Stone" -- It's Holley and Miss Spider's anniversary and Holley has planned a big night out on the town. He forgot to arrange a buggysitter, so Spindella comes to the rescue! Spiderus is so lonely by himself in their lair, he keeps thinking of excuses to come up to the Cozy Hole. Shimmer invites Spiderus to join the rest of the little bugs and to everybuggy's surprise, grumpy Spiderus turns out to be a lot of fun -- and a great buggysitter! When Miss Spider and Holley come home, Spiderus is sound asleep along with all the other bugs. Then, Lil Sis invites Squirt to her birthday party and he promised her he will go. But when Dragon comes home and announces that all the kids can take part in a tuber tuba parade, Squirt wants to do that instead. He doesn't know what to do, so Holley shows him a Thinking Stone. Holley explains that when he has something serious to think about he takes time out and sits on this stone. Squirt goes on a quest to find his own Thinking Stone and comes up with a solution. He finds a way to attend Lil Sis' party and participate in the tuber tuba parade!

Thursday, March 16

"Seeing Straight"/"Stumped!" -- While playing 'I Spy,' Dragon spies a pair of glasses on the ground. He thinks they are the Flying Aces' goggles and is thrilled! After an unsuccessful attempt to find the owner, Dragon happily goes back to playing with them. Meanwhile, Frank the far-sighted Firefly careens in through the Spider's window -- he's lost his glasses and is as blind as an earthworm! Dragon can't find the specs so he teams his expert eyesight with Frank's lit firefly bottom to scour the ground from the nighttime sky. Dragon finds both Frank's glasses and a newfound respect for other bugs' property. There is one last summer berry left in all of Sunny Patch and Shimmer and Squirt play a game of "keep away," to see who gets it. What starts out as fun escalates into a fight and Miss Spider and Holley tells the boys they must find a way to resolve their conflict. Holley suggests they walk away, apologize or even try his patented "Wheel of Choice." Nothing works and Shimmer and Squirt worry they might miss the afternoon mushroom safari. Eventually the kids cool off and start having a good time -- so much so that rather continue their fun, then join the rest of the gang on the safari!

Callaway Arts & Entertainment is dedicated to bringing characters and stories to life for the entire family in all media. Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends(TM) and all related characters are copyrights, trademarks, and/or registered trademarks of Callaway & Kirk Company LLC, a division of Callaway Arts & Entertainment. Visit Callaway at http://www.callaway.com/.

Nelvana Limited is one of the world's leading international producers and distributors of children's programming and products. Its current stable of franchise properties includes Emmy Award(R)-winning and globally renowned brands such as Rolie Polie Olie, Babar, Franklin and Beyblade. Nelvana is owned by Corus Entertainment, a Canadian-based media and entertainment company. Corus is a market leader in both specialty TV and Radio. The company's other interests include music, television broadcasting and advertising services. A publicly traded company, Corus is listed on the Toronto (CJR.NV.B) and New York (CJR) Exchanges. Corus' website can be found at http://www.corusentertainment.com/.

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