Love Is In the Air on Nick Jr.!

Love Is In the Air on Nick Jr.!

New Valentine's Day Episodes of Hit Preschool Series' Go, Diego, Go!, The Backyardigans and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! to Premiere Wednesday, February 14 On Nick Jr.

(*Art and tapes available upon request)

NEW YORK, Jan. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Nick Jr. plays Cupid this Valentine's Day delivering special treats to preschoolers with three new, holiday-themed half-hour episodes of the hit animated series Go, Diego, Go!, The Backyardigans, and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! on Wednesday, February 14. Diego is on a mission to help Sammy the Sloth spread a little V-day love in "Sammy's Valentine" (9:30 a.m., ET/PT), The Backyardigans embark on a musical, motorcycle adventure through the desert in "Special Delivery" (10:30 a.m., ET/PT), and Wubbzy delivers Valentine cards for a sick mailman in "Mr. Valentine" (1:30 p.m., ET/PT).

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To complement the new Valentine's Day episodes on-air, Nick Jr.'s award-winning website (www.nickjr.com) will feature love-themed arts and crafts activities, recipes, e-cards, and customized printables highlighting characters from Dora the Explorer, Blue's Clues, The Backyardigans and The Wonder Pets!, among others. The site will also feature an exclusive Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! printable storybook entitled "Wubbzy Saves Valentine's Day."

Nick Jr.'s Valentine's Day premiere schedule is as follows (all times are ET/PT):

Wednesday, February 14, 9:30 a.m. - Go, Diego, Go! "Sammy's Valentine"

It's Valentine's Day and all the animals are celebrating by giving Valentine flowers and fruit to their loved ones. Little Sammy the Sloth wants to deliver a special V-day present to his friend Lulu the Sloth, but he must get to her before the sun sets. Diego and Sammy hang glide from the tall cliff, swim quickly past the caimans to finally reach Lulu at the Trumpet Tree. While Diego sings the "mas arriba" song, Sammy uses his three-toed feet to climb up to the top of the tree and give his friend a beautiful bouquet of leaves.

Wednesday, February 14, 10:30 a.m. - The Backyardigans "Special Delivery"

Tasha, Pablo, and Uniqua are tough leather-wearing bikers who are good to the bone. Set to a Norteno music soundtrack, the motorcycle trio drives through the desert and stops at a mailbox to drop off Valentine's Day cards for one another. When a mailman played by Tyrone loses his mailbag, a zany chase ensues as Tasha, Pablo and Uniqua try to return the bag so that everyone receives their Valentine cards.

Wednesday, February 14, 1:30 p.m. - Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! "Mr. Valentine"

It's Valentine's Day but no cards have been delivered because the mailman is sick and Wubbzy, Widget and Walden offer to help. Widget tries to build an efficient mail-delivery machine, and Walden attempts to devise the perfect scientific delivery route. While his friends work on their inventions, Wubbzy decides to take the mailbag and deliver the Valentine cards himself. But Wubbzy is crushed when there is no mail for him! Suddenly, all of his friends arrive with cards, candy, and flowers for the little guy who saved Valentine's Day.

Nick Jr. is a specially designed programming block airing on Nickelodeon weekdays from 9 a.m. - 2 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 almost 92 million households and has been the number-one- rated basic cable network for almost 12 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE: VIA.B).

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

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

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