Wubbzy and His Wacky Friends are Back for Season Two of Nick Jr.'s Emmy Award-Winning Animated Preschool Series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

Wubbzy and His Wacky Friends are Back for Season Two of Nick Jr.'s Emmy Award-Winning Animated Preschool Series Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

Season Two Kicks Off With Special Premiere Week Monday, Aug. 18 - Friday, Aug. 22 at 1:30PM (ET/PT) on Nick Jr.

New Season Introduces Wubbzy's New Friend Daizy and Features Guest Stars Figure-Skating Champion Michelle Kwan and TV Personality and Home Expert Ty Pennington

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The wackiness ensues on season two of Nick Jr.'s Emmy award-winning animated preschool comedy series, Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!. The network will celebrate Wubbzy's return with a week of brand-new episodes from Monday, Aug. 18, through Friday, Aug. 22, at 1:30 p.m. (ET/PT), kicking off with the premiere of "Who's That Girl?" / "Wubbzy's Big Move." Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! will air regularly Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nick Jr. and throughout the day on sister network NOGGIN.

In the new season, preschoolers will join Wubbzy, Widget and Walden on new comical and fantastical adventures and meet the new girl in town, Daizy. Daizy lives in a flower-shaped house next door to Wubbzy. She is an independent and spunky six-year-old girl who loves rainbows, princesses and unicorns, and shares Wubbzy's love for fun and discovery. Also featured in the second season is figure-skating champion Michelle Kwan as the voice of renowned athlete and Wubblympics record-holder, Michelle Kwanzzleberry and Ty Pennington, (Extreme Makeover: Home Edition), as the voice of Ty Ty the Handy Guy. In addition, the gang will go "green" in several episodes as they learn the importance of re-using bottles, gardening and saving trees.

Nick Jr. will roll out content from the second season of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! across the following platforms in Aug.:

-- Beginning Monday, Aug. 11, Nick Jr. Video, Nick Jr.'s broadband video service available on Nickjr.com, will begin streaming a two-minute 'sneak peek' from the season two premiere episode "Who's That Girl?" / "Wubbzy's Big Move," and will feature animated shorts and instant replays of the premiere week episodes.

-- Beginning Monday, Aug. 11, a two-minute 'sneak peek' from "Who's That Girl?" / "Wubbzy's Big Move," and Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! animated shorts will be available on wireless carriers.

Nick Jr.'s award-winning website (www.nickjr.com) will feature an interactive game and activities to complement the season two launch of Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!. NickJr.com will feature "Daizy's Kickity-Kick Ball" game where kids can go online and play as Daizy or Wubbzy, and kick balls high into the air so they bounce into as many objects as possible. NickJr.com will also feature a Daizy flip book and additional Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! themed printables, crafts, activities and more.

In "Who's That Girl?", Wubbzy is excited when new neighbor Daizy moves in next door and he discovers she's great fun to play with! But when Wubbzy brings over his transformer toy robot, Daizy dresses the robot up in a fancy tuxedo and sits him down at her tea party. Then when playing make-believe, Wubbzy is supposed to play a scary dragon, but Daizy dresses him up in bows and a frilly costume. Later, Wubbzy gets distracted by a kickity-kickball game and abandons Daizy, which really hurts her feelings. Wubbzy apologizes and soon they find out there are some games -- like hippity-hopscotch -- they can play together.

In "Wubbzy's Big Move", Wubbzy is having so much fun at the Wubb Club that he decides he wants to live there. But when he moves in, everything goes wrong -- he falls on the slippy-slidey floors, loses his TV in a giant bubble, keeps falling into water holes and is surrounded by monkeys when he's trying to sleep. Wubbzy quickly discovers that no matter how much fun a clubhouse is, there's no place like home.

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! supports preschool social skills -- sharing, listening, compromising, helping and appreciating others, self-awareness and humor as a coping skill. Although their world is more fanciful and imaginative than our own, Wubbzy, Daizy, Widget and Walden face the same interpersonal and developmental issues that typical preschoolers face. They learn how they fit into the group, how to understand their own feelings and those of others, and how to get along with one another. As preschoolers watch Wubbzy, Widget and Walden tackle these issues, they are exposed to important ideas about both interpersonal and intrapersonal development.

Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!, produced by Bolder Media for Boys and Girls, Inc. in association with Starz Media, LLC and created by Emmy award-winning Bob Boyle (producer on Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom), stars an innocent, cheerful little guy named Wubbzy (Grey DeLisle) and his three loveable pals Daizy, Widget and Walden who live in the charming and visually quirky world of Wuzzleburg. Wubbzy wants to have fun and spend his time chasing flutterflys, eating ice cream and playing kickity-kickball! But when he runs into trouble, he calls on his three best friends for help and advice. Widget (Lara Jill Miller) is a mechanical whiz who owns a fix-it shop and is always ready to lend a hand. Her solution to any problem is to build something big and complicated, but her inventions don't always work! Walden (Carlos Alazraqui) is a quirky intellect who finds great wisdom in everything from ancient philosophy to tarot card reading. He has a passionate curiosity and a unique way of looking at the world, but his brainy approach doesn't always produce practical results.

Bolder Media for Boys and Girls is a joint venture formed by veteran producers Susan Miller and Fred Seibert for the development of books, television series, movies and digital media for young boys and girls. Bob Boyle is the creator and executive producer of the series. Susan Miller of Bolder Media, Inc. and Mixed Media Group and Fred Seibert of Bolder Media, Inc. and Frederator Studios, are also executive producers on Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

Starz Media, LLC, is a programming production and distribution company operating worldwide. It includes the Film Roman, Anchor Bay Entertainment, and Manga Entertainment brands. Its units create animated and live-action programming -- including theatrical films -- and programming created under contract for other media companies. It distributes that programming, and programming acquired from outside producers, through home video retailers, theaters, broadcasters, ad supported and premium television channels, and Internet and wireless video distributors in the US and internationally. Starz Media (www.starzmedia.com) is a controlled subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Capital Group.

Nick Jr. is a specially designed programming block airing on Nickelodeon weekdays from 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 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, now in its 29th 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 96 million households and has been the number- one-rated basic cable network for more than 14 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. (NYSE:VIA)(NYSE:VIA.B).

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