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Marita Vlachou at HuffPost:

CBS on Thursday filed two motions to dismiss President Donald Trump’s amended complaint against the network over its editing of an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris during the 2024 presidential election campaign. Paramount Global, CBS Broadcasting Inc., and CBS Interactive Inc., the three defendants in the case, argued that Trump’s lawsuit, which was amended last month, in part, to add Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) as a plaintiff, is “an affront to the First Amendment and is without basis in law or fact.” Trump and Jackson “seek to punish a news organization for constitutionally protected editorial judgments they do not like,” the defendants said. “They not only ask for $20 billion in damages but also seek an order directing how a news organization may exercise its editorial judgment in the future,” they added. “The First Amendment stands resolutely against these demands.” Trump’s legal action stems from two different versions the network released for Harris’ answer to a question about Israel during a “60 Minutes” interview broadcast in October. Trump has accused the network of election interference over what he described as deceptive editing of the show’s sit-down interview with Harris, an assertion that has been repeatedly disputed by CBS. “The answers that aired on each news show were simply excerpts of a single answer Vice President Harris gave to a single question, and taken together, viewers heard virtually all of Harris’ answer,” the CBS motion said. CBS has also released the full transcript and camera feeds of its interview with Harris following pressure from Brendan Carr, the new chair of the Federal Communications Commission under Trump.

CBS rightly calls Donald Trump’s frivolous lawsuit against the network “an affront to the 1st Amendment.”

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The Guardian: Paramount files to dismiss Trump’s ‘baseless’ $20bn 60 Minutes suit

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NOW STREAMING: Nickelodeon’s most recent smash hit has finally joined the Mountain of Entertainment.

… But who knows. A stand-up comedian named Jonathan might be there too.

“Rock Paper Scissors” is now streaming on Paramount+.

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Todd Spangler at Variety:

More than two decades’ worth of content published on MTVNews.com is no longer available after MTV appears to have fully pulled down the site and its related content. Content on its sister site, CMT.com, seems to have met a similiar fate. In 2023, MTV News was shuttered amid the financial woes of parent company Paramount Global. As of Monday, trying to access MTV News articles on mtvnews.com or mtv.com/news resulted in visitors being redirected to the main MTV website. The now-unavailable content includes decades of music journalism comprising thousands of articles and interviews with countless major artists, dating back to the site’s launch in 1996. Perhaps the most significant loss is MTV News’ vast hip-hop-related archives, particularly its weekly “Mixtape Monday” column, which ran for nearly a decade in the 2000s and 2010s and featured interviews, reviews and more with many artists, producers and others early in their careers.

MTV News's website is completely gone, just over one year after the closure of the US division of the MTV News unit.

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Happy Late 9th Anniversary To The Loud House.

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Paramount Global, amid a swirl of M&A discussions, is laying off about 800 employees worldwide — an estimated 3% of its headcount — as it looks to trim costs. CEO Bob Bakish announced the layoffs in a memo Tuesday to staff that was obtained by Variety. According to the memo, U.S. employees being laid off will be informed by the close of business Tuesday; international staff members will be notified “over time in line with our local legal obligations in each of the countries where we operate.” Bakish’s memo did not specify how many employees of the company are being let go. But sources confirmed about 800 are getting cut across all divisions of the company, including at CBS, Paramount Pictures, Paramount+, Pluto TV, Showtime and cable networks including BET, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and MTV. In the memo, Bakish touted the company’s “blockbuster” Super Bowl LVIII this Sunday — the most-watched telecast in history — which “showcased the full power of Paramount.” The CEO also cited a “big slate of new and returning primetime programming on CBS” and gave a shout-out to Jon Stewart’s return to Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” on Monday (on a weekly basis).

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Nermal

Cutest kitty cat in the world? Not for Garfield.

He always visits Jon Arbuckle's every time.

Garfield had to send Nermal to Abu Dhabi by mailing.

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A New Wallpaper Nickelodeon Backgrounds 2025

Nickelodeon, formerly known as Pinwheel, or C-3, (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television network owned by Paramount Global through its Paramount Media Networks division. The channel's programming is mainly aimed at children and adolescents aged 8 to over, and primarily consists of original first-run television series, along with occasional broadcasts of theatrical and original made-for-television films, as well as other selected third-party programming.

Nickelodeon was first tested on December 1, 1977 as the C-3 channel of QUBE, an early local cable television system in Columbus, Ohio. Initially, the C-3 channel exclusively aired Pinwheel, an educational show developed by Dr. Vivian Horner; the series' success allowed Horner to expand the program into a full channel on national television. The channel, now named Nickelodeon, was launched nationwide as the first cable network aimed at children on April 1, 1979, with Pinwheel as its first program. The network was initially commercial-free and remained without advertising until 1984.

Today, Nickelodeon's programming runs Mondays - Thursdays from 6:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. ET/PT Mondays - Thursdays, Fridays from 6:30 a.m. - 10 p.m. ET/PT and weekends from 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. ET/PT (if including the Nick Jr. block) (the sign-off time varies with holidays and special programming). Since 1985, it has shared its channel space with Nick at Nite, a nighttime block that airs during interim hours and is treated by Nielsen as a separate channel for ratings purposes. As of 2018, Nickelodeon is available to over 87.1 million households in the United

Nickelodeon's first series Pinwheel was tested on December 1, 1977 as part of QUBE, a local cable system in Columbus, Ohio. The puppet-driven show, created by Dr. Vivian Horner, performed well with QUBE subscribers, and convinced the staff to launch a full children's channel, with Pinwheel as its flagship program.

On April 1, 1979, the channel launched to a national audience under the name Nickelodeon. During its broadcast day, it would air shows such as Pinwheel, Video Comics, America Goes-Bananaz, Nickel Flicks, and By the Way.

In 1980, Geraldine Laybourne joined the network as program manager, and would become vice president of Nickelodeon in 1984 before being named its president in 1989.

During the 1980s and 1990s, the channel became known for its green slime, originally featured in the network's first major hit, the Canadian sketch comedy show You Can't Do That On Television. The slime was then adopted by the channel as a primary feature of many of its game shows and special events.

In 1985, the "Silver Ball" logo (which debuted in 1981) was replaced with the orange shape-shifting logo (introduced in 1984) which would continue to be used for nearly 45 years.

On August 11, 1991, Nickelodeon introduced the Nicktoons, original animated shows created by the network. The first three Nicktoons were Doug, The Ren & Stimpy Show, and Rugrats. The shows became highly popular, and Nickelodeon Animation Studio continues to produce new Nicktoons to this day.

The most successful Nicktoon, SpongeBob SquarePants, premiered as a "sneak peek" on May 1, 1999. By 2004, it had become the most profitable program in Nickelodeon history. In 2002, a cable channel called Nicktoons TV was launched. Several original shows have premiered new episodes on the Nicktoons network.

In the early 2010s, Nickelodeon debuted the first two Nicktoons based on preexisting TV franchises, as opposed to new characters: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Winx Club. These two revamped shows were developed at Nickelodeon Animation Studio following Viacom's purchases of both properties. In 2019, Nick Animation debuted its first streaming-exclusive Nicktoon, Pinky Malinky, which was released on Netflix rather than television. Several months later, the studio announced a multi-year deal to produce animated content for Netflix, including new properties and spin-offs of previous Nicktoons.

This is a list of television programs broadcast by Nickelodeon in the United States. The channel was first tested on December 1, 1977, as an experimental local channel in Columbus, Ohio. On April 1, 1979, the channel expanded into a national network named Nickelodeon.

The first program broadcast on Nickelodeon was Pinwheel, a preschool series created by Dr. Vivian Horner, who also conceived the idea for the channel itself. At its launch, Nickelodeon was commercial-free and mainly featured educational shows. By 1984, the channel began accepting traditional advertisements and introduced more entertainment-focused programming. In January 1988, the network launched a weekday morning block for preschoolers called Nick Jr., which carried Pinwheel and other educational series. Around the same time, Nickelodeon started to invest in its own original animated shows, which eventually premiered in 1991 under the "Nicktoons" branding. Since then, the channel has consistently aired a mix of original live-action and animated titles.

Nicktoons is the brand name given to the animated television series that are produced and aired by Nickelodeon.

The first three "Nicktoons" (Doug, Rugrats, and The Ren & Stimpy Show) began production in 1990 before premiering as part of a 90-minute block on Sunday, August 11, 1991. This format was repeated every Sunday, eventually leading to the production of more Nicktoons at Nickelodeon Animation Studio's first facility in California.

1999 marked the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants, which would later become the longest-running Nicktoon. During the same year, Nickelodeon opened a second animation facility in New York City. A spin-off channel named after Nicktoons was established on May 1, 2002.

In the 2010s, Nickelodeon Animation Studio began to produce Nicktoons based on pre-existing franchises that had been purchased by Viacom: Winx Club (in 2011) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (in 2012). Both shows had unprecedentedly high budgets for Nicktoons, and a large team of Nickelodeon veterans grouped to work on Winx Club. A series for a third acquired property, Garfield, is in development.

The Nicktoons brand also extends to other media, such as crossover games featuring the Nicktoon characters (including Nicktoons Unite! and the Nickelodeon Super Brawl series). Since 2001, the official slogan for the brand has been "[They're] Not just cartoons, they're Nicktoons".

Nickelodeon also operates language or culture-specific channels for various markets in different parts of the world, and has licensed some of its cartoons and other content, in English and local languages, to TV and cable stations such as KI.KA and Super RTL in Germany, RTÉ Two (English) and TG4 (Irish) in Ireland, YTV and Teletoon (English) and VRAK.TV (French) in Canada, Canal J in France, Alpha Kids in Greece and CNBC-e in Turkey.

As of 2007, the network also broadcasts in Southeast Asia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Scandinavia, Ireland, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Cyprus, India, Italy, Israel, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Turkey, Hungary, France, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Romania, Africa, Latin America, and Brazil.

On October 11, 2006, Viacom's subsidiary MTV Networks Asia Pacific set up a new unit to manage Nickelodeon South East Asia TV based in Singapore. Nickelodeon was launched in Singapore and expanded its services in Southeast Asia, South Asia and Polynesia. Today, Nickelodeon Philippines and Nickelodeon India work independently. They started their new website Nicksplat.com in 2003.

In India, Nickelodeon is available on the One Alliance bouquet, through the Dish TV and Tata Sky DTH services. In the Philippines, it is available on SkyCable Gold, Silver and Platinum channel 45, Sun Cable channel 34 and Global Destiny Cable channel 21. In Hong Kong, it is available on now TV, while in Malaysia, it is available over Astro via Channel 60. In Singapore, it is available over Starhub Cable TV and in Indonesia, Nickelodeon is available on Astro Nusantara channel 14, and is also broadcast on Global TV, a free-to-air television channel.

A pan-Arabia version of Nickelodeon was relaunched in 2008, in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Lebanon. From the late 1990s until the mid-2000s, Nickelodeon was offered on the Showtime Arabia and Orbit satellite services until they were removed; today Nickelodeon Arabia is only available on Orbit Showtime (OSN) along with Nick Jr.

Several Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. programs can also be seen overseas on the U.S. military-exclusive AFN Family channel. Bubble Guppies NKJR

SpongeBob SquarePants

SpongeBob

Gary

Sandy

Patrick

Pearl

Squidward

Mr. Krabs

Plankton

Karen

Mrs. Puff

Larry

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Leonardo/Leo

Michelamgelo/Mikey

Dontaello/Donnie

Raphael/Raph

April O'Neil

Splinter

Leatherhead

Wingnut

Genghis Frog

Ray Filet

Scumbug

Avatar: The Last Airbender & The Legend of Korra

Aang

Momo

Appa

Katara

Sokka

Toph

Zuko

Iroh

Azula

Suki

Korra

Asami

The Loud House & The Casagrandes

Lincoln/Linky

Rita

Lily

Lucy

Lana

Luan

Lori

Myrtle

Shelby

Clyde

Stella

Liam

Zach

Rusty

Ronnie Anne

Adelaide

Sid

Alisa

Rugrats

Tommy

Chuckie

Susie

Phil

Lil

Kimi

Reptar

Hey Arnold!

Arnold

Helga

Gerald

Phoebe

Grandpa Phil

Rocko's Moder Life

Rocko

Spunky

Heffer

Filburt

Rachel Bighead

Really Really Big Man

Invader Zim

Zim

GIR

Gaz

Monster High (2022)

Clawdeen Wolf

Frankie Stein

Craculaura

Lagoona Blue

Deuce Gorgon

Cleo de Nile

Clawd

Zokie of Planet Ruby

Ruby

Zokie

Transformers: EarthSpark

Optimus Prime

Bumblebee

Elita-1

Megatron

My Life As a Teenage Robot

Jenny

Tuck

Brad

Sheldon Lee

Nora

CatDog

CatDog

Winslow

Lola Caricola

Danny Phantom

Danny Phantom

Sam

Tucker

ChalkZone

Rudy

Penny

Snap

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

Manny/El Tigre

Frida

The Angry Beavers

Norbert

Daggett

Treeflower

Bing

Barry

T.U.F.F. Puppy

Dudley

Kitty

Rock Paper Scissors

Rock

Paper

Scissors

The Ren & Stimpy Show

Ren

Stimpy

Powdered Toast Man

The Smurfs (2021)

Smurfette

Papa Smurf

Hefty

Brainy

Blossom

Garfield and Friends

Garfield

Odie

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para este tercer día de esta semana colorida hoy le toca al color naranja con el gato de los cómics más conocidos y que le gusta la lasaña ni más ni menos que Garfield 🧡🐱.

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For this third day of this colorful week today it's the turn of the orange color with the cat from the most famous comics and who likes lasagna none other than Garfield 🧡🐱..

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IDW and Paramount renew their Star Trek comic partnership

IDW and Paramount renew their Star Trek comic partnership #comics #comicbooks #startrek

Star Trek will continue to boldly go forth into all-new adventures! The Star Trek line of comic books has received universal praise, earning prestigious Eisner Award nominations in both 2023 and 2024. Now, IDW Publishing and Paramount Global have announced an extension of the partnership between the two companies to continue their mission of exploring the vast and imaginative Star Trek universe…

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Scoop: CBS News pulls 60 Minutes story on IRS

Matthew Keys at The Desk:

Paramount Global's CBS News pulled a "60 Minutes" segment on job losses at the Internal Revenue Service hours before it was scheduled to air on Sunday, The Desk has learned. The segment was listed in program guides for 60 Minutes, and was set to focus on layoffs that have impacted more than 7,000 probationary IRS workers since the start of the year — cuts that were effectuated through executive action by President Donald Trump and facilitated by senior advisor Elon Musk and members of his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team. The segment was one of several listed in program guides for 60 Minutes on Sunday, which also included stories on Chinese covert agents and a tech mogul who founded a startup company focused on new forms of warfare. CBS ultimately replaced the IRS story with a feature profile on Cajun music. In a note, a Paramount spokesperson said the segment on the IRS was pulled after producers working on the story learned that the IRS had reversed their firings of probationary workers. The IRS plans to call many of them back to the office by the end of the week. "Our team will continue to report on these new details and will broadcast the story in the future," a spokesperson for Paramount said in a statement. The story comes amid heightened tension between newsroom leaders and Paramount executives. Paramount, the owner of CBS, is in the process of merging with Skydance Media; an element of the transaction involves the transfer of broadcast licenses for nearly two dozen CBS-owned local TV stations, which must be approved by the Federal Communications Commisson (FCC).

CBS News ended up pulling the story about the Trump Regime’s IRS cuts that was set to air on 60 Minutes on Sunday due to the fact that the cuts were set to be reversed.

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GET READY: Sonic better get ready. He’s about to meet his ULTIMATE match. And he’s ready to DESTROY the world.

Keanu Reeves is Shadow the Hedgehog. See the ultimate life form on the big screen in “Sonic the Hedgehog 3”. Exclusively in movie theaters on December 20th.

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Alex Stedman at IGN:

For the past 26 seasons, South Park hasn't shied away from satirizing politics on both sides of the aisle, particularly during presidential election cycles. But it looks like the upcoming 2024 election won't be getting the same treatment. South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone revealed in a recent interview with Vanity Fair that the series won't be returning until 2025. Part of the reason, they say, is because they're “waiting for Paramount to figure all their sh*t out." They also admit, however, that it's no accident that that also means they'll just so happen to skip the 2024 election cycle — and, particularly, yet another cycle revolving around former President Donald Trump. "Honestly, it's on purpose," Stone said.

“I don’t know what more we could possibly say about Trump," Parker said. “We’ve tried to do South Park through four or five presidential elections, and it is such a hard thing to — it’s such a mind scramble, and it seems like it takes outsized importance,” Stone explained. “Obviously, it’s f*cking important, but it kind of takes over everything and we just have less fun.” [...] As for the Paramount of it all, it's likely that Parker and Stone are referring to the sale talks that have been going on for months now. Paramount recently reached a sale agreement with Skydance worth a reported $8 billion.

No South Park until 2025.

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Happy 14th Anniversary To Bubble Guppies

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I Could see Spongebob Squarepants airing in Syndication.

(quick mock-up, not entirely accurate but gets the idea.)

Now, Spongebob has always had a Home on Nickelodeon and I don't think Paramount is gonna remove that sponge from the network. However, That doesn't mean Spongebob hasn't stepped into other networks too.

While Spongebob hasn't Arrived on their Old Block "Nick on CBS", and I don't think they would now at the time the block has aired at Due to the FCC telling Networks to Airing E/I Content as a Requirement, But CBS might be able to still air the sponge at a later time since they have aired the spongebob Christmas special back in the 2010's. However If they aren't able to do it, It still could be possible to be aired on some CBS Secondary Station Channels they had to compete with the Ratings with "Bugs Bunny and Friends" on MeTV as it has gotten High up in Ratings as of Recently.

After all Nickelodeon has had it's fair share of putting Spongebob on different Paramount-Owned Channels that aren't Secondary Nickelodeon Channels. (Ex. MTV and MTV2)

What do you think?

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Say no to the WBD-Paramount merger. Pass it on.

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Finalized 2023 Nickelodeon Movies Logo (Concept)