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Nick or Treat!

Nick Jr. Treats Tots to Spooky New Episodes of The Backyardigans, The Wonder Pets!, LazyTown and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! During Haunted Halloween Week Beginning Monday, October 23

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NEW YORK, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Nick Jr. will celebrate Halloween during the Haunted Halloween week with new episodes of preschool favorites The Backyardigans, The Wonder Pets!, LazyTown and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! The four new, spooktacular adventures will premiere every day from Monday, October 23 through Thursday, October 26, at 12:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nick Jr. Each new episode will repeat on October 31 in a Halloween marathon (9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., ET/PT), which also includes episodes of preschool hits Dora the Explorer, Go, Diego, Go! and Blue's Clues.

Nick Jr.'s Haunted Halloween premiere week schedule is as follows (all times are ET/PT):

Monday, October 23, 12:00 p.m. -- The Backyardigans "Monster Party"

Mad Scientist Tasha sends her humble assistant Austin on a journey to bring three monsters back to her laboratory -- Mummy Tyrone, Werewolf Uniqua, and Vampire Pablo. What Austin doesn't know is that a big surprise birthday party awaits him when he gets back.

Tuesday, October 24, 12:00 p.m. -- LazyTown "Haunted Castle"

The Mayor warns the kids to stay away from an old, unsafe castle but Trixie ignores the warning and convinces the kids to join her inside. Meanwhile, Robbie poses as a ghost to scare the kids into not playing anymore. The kids get trapped in the falling castle and Sportacus arrives to save the day. Trixie admits what she did and the kids learn a valuable lesson in following the rules.

Wednesday, October 25, 12:00 p.m. -- The Wonder Pets! "Save the Black
Kitten/"Save The Yak, The Pig and The Dancing Bear!"

On Halloween, The Wonder Pets, dressed for trick-or-treating, get a call from a black kitten trapped inside a haunted doghouse. Also, The Wonder Pets travel to a county fair where a performing animal trio have wound up floating away in a hot air balloon.

Thursday, October 26, 12:00 p.m. -- Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! "Monster Madness/The
First Last Leaf"

Wubbzy is scared by a TV show and can't sleep because he sees monsters! Widget tries to comfort him and builds a Monster Masher machine to get rid of the monsters. Wubbzy's fear is contagious and Widget soon sees monsters too. Walden shines his flashlight to show the monsters they saw were just ordinary objects in the dark. Later, Walden collects leaves and waits patiently for the last leaf to fall off the Old Figgity-Fig Tree. Wubbzy and Widget would rather play in the leaf pile and when they return, Walden is asleep. As the wind takes away the last leaf, Wubbzy and Widget chase it all over Wuzzleburg.

Halloween will be celebrated in many ways across the Nickelodeon brand. Nick Jr.'s award-winning website (http://www.nickjr.com/) will feature Halloween cupcake recipes, a how-to guide on throwing a haunted Halloween party, Halloween-themed printables and more. Nick Jr. Family Magazine's Halloween-themed issue, currently on stands, features updated tricks and treats including costumes made out of pillowcases, a backyard Halloween bash, and a spiced Jack-O-Lantern Cake.

Nick Jr. is a specially designed programming block airing on Nickelodeon weekdays from 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (ET/PT). Completely dedicated to preschoolers ages 2-5, Nick Jr.'s Emmy, Peabody and Parents' Choice Award- winning programs are curriculum based, fun and commercial free. At Nick Jr., kids play to learn with innovative, original shows created just for them.

Nickelodeon, in its 27th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in more than 90 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for more than eleven consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B).

Source: Nick Jr.

CONTACT: Sharyn Traub, +1-212-846-6381, Sharyn.traub@nick.com, or
Heather Brown, +1-212-846-6240, Heather.brown@nick.com, both of Nickelodeon

Web site: http://www.nick.com/
http://www.nickjr.com/

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