Nickelodeon Celebrates Halloween with “Shriek Week”

Nickelodeon will have kids from tots to tweens on the edge of their seats with Halloween marathons of hit series and new chill-filled episodes of their favorite shows, beginning Friday, Oct. 23 through Saturday, Oct. 31. Additionally, Nickelodeon’s websites, Nick.com, NickJr.com, Neopets, Shockwave and Parents Connect will feature new Halloween-themed online content and games in the spirit of the haunted holiday.

Nickelodeon’s “Shriek Week” programming kicks off on Friday, Oct. 23, at 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT), with a Halloween premiere of The Troop. On Saturday, Oct. 24, the network will premiere spooky premieres of SpongeBob SquarePants at 10:00 a.m. and The Penguins of Madagascar at 10:30 a.m., and will cap off the night at 8:30 p.m. with a new fright-filled episode of True Jackson, VP. On Sunday, Oct. 25, Nickelodeon will premiere new half-hour Halloween specials of Back at the Barnyard at 11:00 a.m. and The Mighty B! at 11:30 a.m. All week long, Nickelodeon will encore the themed episodes and will also air a day-long marathon on Halloween.

Nickelodeon will treat preschoolers to a “Haunted Halloween Playdate” on Monday, Oct. 26, with a brand-new premieres of The Backyardigans at 8:30 a.m. and The Wonder Pets! at 10:30 a.m. (ET/PT). In addition, preschoolers can get ready for Halloween on Nick Jr. (Formerly NOGGIN), as the 24-hour commercial-free, educational preschool network airs “Fall into Autumn,” a 24-hour programming marathon of preschool favorites, filled with pumpkins, ghosts, and haunted houses on Sunday, Oct. 25, beginning at 6:00 a.m. (ET). The marathon will repeat on Halloween.

On Monday, Oct. 26, Nick at Nite will kick off a night of Halloween-themed programming with a brand-new Glenn Martin, DDS at 8:00 p.m.

Kids can log-on to Nick.com’s “Shriektober” mini-site www.nick.com/shriek featuring Halloween-themed games, sneak peeks and videos. The site will also introduce two new games, “SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween Horror, FrankenBob’s Quest” on Oct. 19, followed by “SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween Horror, FrankenBob’s Quest Part 2” on Oct. 26. In both games, Bikini Bottom undergoes an eerie transformation and gamers must help FrankenBob find a way to restore the town before before the clock strikes midnight. Players will have to survive the horrors of the evil Bikini Bottom and its army of spooky doppelgangers, fight enemies with a creepy and monstrous arsenal, and complete seven ghastly levels filled with obstacles such as destructible floors and walls, haunted pirate galleons, and comatose whales. In addition, this month, kids can also participate in the “Fiend Creator,” based on Nicktoons’ series Making Fiends, where kids can build their own custom fiends.

Parents can also gear up for Halloween with ParentsConnect’s Spooktacular Halloween Countdown, all month the site will feature giveaways, creative tips, themed recipes and top costume ideas for kids of all ages.

Courtesy of Nickelodeon