New episodes of The Troop, SpongeBob SquarePants and The Penguins of Madagascar all are set to help Nickelodeon celebrate Halloween as part of the channel’s ‘Shriek Week.’
Starting Friday, Oct. 23, Nick and its sister channels and websites will feature new Halloween-themed content and games. A new, Halloween-themed episodes and marathons of the net’s most popular series will air each night through the big day itself on Oct. 31.
Highlights include the premiere of a Halloween-theme episode of The Troop on Oct. 23 at 8 p.m.; spooky premieres Oct. 24 of SpongeBob SquarePants at 10 a.m., The Penguins of Madagascar at 10:30 a.m., and at 8:30 p.m. a new True Jackson, VP; new half-hour Halloween specials Oct. 25 of Back at the Barnyard at 11 a.m. and The Mighty B! at 11:30 a.m.
Nickelodeon will treat preschoolers to a ‘Haunted Halloween Playdate’ on Oct. 26, with brand-new premieres of The Backyardigans at 8:30 a.m. and The Wonder Pets! at 10:30 a.m.
Meanwhile, Nick Jr. will airs ‘Fall into Autumn,’ a 24-hour programming marathon of preschool favorites, filled with pumpkins, ghosts, and haunted houses on Oct. 25, beginning at 6 a.m., and repeating on Halloween.
Nick at Nite will kick off a night of Halloween-themed programming with a brand-new Glenn Martin, DDS Oct. 26 at 8 p.m.
Nicktoons, the 24-hour animation network, will air ‘Ha Ha Halloween’ from Monday, Oct. 26 through Friday, Oct. 30, treating kids to a daily dose of double-trouble with back-to-back episodes of Back at the Barnyard at 9 p.m. and an hour of The Penguins of Madagascar at 10 p.m. On Halloween, Nicktoons will air episodes all day filled with spooky humor from 6 a.m. to midnight.
And TeenNick will offer “Now THAT’s Scary” programming, which will include marathons featuring episodes of Degrassi: The Next Generation, Full House, What I Like About You, One on One and Sabrina, The Teenage Witch from Monday, Oct. 26 to Thursday, Oct. 29, starting at 8 p.m. and continues Friday, Oct. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 31 with afternoon marathons starting at 3 p.m. (ET).
