Sunday, December 31, 2017

Nickelodeon 2017 Wrap-Up and 2018 Predictions

Here are some of the best stuff in 2017 during the wrap-up.

Series premieres

• Monday, January 9 - Nella the Princess Knight (Feb 6) (Nick Jr.)
• Monday, January 23 - Digby Dragon (Nick Jr.)
• Monday, June 5 - Sunny Day (Aug 21) (Nick Jr.)
• Friday, October 6 - Top Wing (Nov 6) (Nick Jr.)
• Friday, November 17 - My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (digital series; a.k.a. Better Together)

Series finales

• Monday, February 6 - Dora and Friends: Into the City! (2 seasons, 40 episodes) (Nick Jr.)
• Friday, June 23 - Rabbid Invasion (3 seasons, 78 episodes)

Season premieres

• Friday, February 6 - PAW Patrol, Season 4
• Wednesday, April 19 - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Season 7
• Friday, September 29 - SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 11

Season finales

• Thursday, January 26 - PAW Patrol, Season 3
• Friday, June 30 - SpongeBob SquarePants, Season 10
• Friday, November 3 - My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Season 7

Events

• Saturday, March 11 - Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2017 (Mar 17)
• Thursday, July 13 - Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports 2017
• Saturday, September 30 - Nickelodeon Worldwide Day of Play 2017 (Oct 6)
• Sunday, November 26 - Nickelodeon HALO Awards 2017 (Nov 27)

TV movies

• Friday, November 24 - Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie

Console Launches

• Friday, March 3 - Nintendo Switch

Games

• Friday, April 28 - Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
• Friday, July 28 - Hey! Pikmin (3DS)
• Tuesday, August 15 - Sonic Mania
• Tuesday, October 24 - Just Dance 2018 (NS, PS4, XOne)
• Friday, October 27 - Super Mario Odyssey (NS)
• Tuesday, November 7 - Sonic Forces (NS, PS4, XOne)

Apps

• Wednesday, January 11 - My Talking Hank
• Wednesday, November 22 - Talking Tom Pool

Books

• Tuesday, March 14:
◦ Magic Tree House: Fact Tracker #36: World War II (A nonfiction companion to Super Edition #1: World at War, 1944)
• Tuesday, August 1:
Magic Tree House #56: A Big Day for Baseball
Magic Tree House: Fact Tracker #37: Baseball

Movies

• Friday, January 13: Monster Trucks (Paramount, Nickelodeon Movies)
• Friday, February 10: The LEGO Batman Movie
• Friday, March 17: Beauty and the Beast (2017) (Disney)
• Friday, March 31: The Boss Baby (20th Century Fox, DreamWorks Animation SKG)
• Friday, April 7: Smurfs: The Lost Village (Sony, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation)
• Friday, May 5: Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 (Marvel Studios)
• Friday, May 19: Diary of a Wimpy Kid 4: The Long Haul (20th Century Fox)
• Friday, June 2:
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
Wonder Woman
• Friday, June 16: Cars 3 (Disney, Pixar)
• Friday, June 30: Despicable Me 3 (Universal, Illumination)
• Friday, July 7: Spider-Man: Homecoming
• Friday, July 28: The Emoji Movie (Sony, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation)
• Friday, August 11: The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature
• Friday, August 25: Leap!
• Friday, September 22: The LEGO Ninjago Movie
• Friday, November 3: Thor: Ragnarok
• Friday, November 10:
Daddy's Home 2
My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) (Oct 6) (Lionsgate, Allspark Pictures, DHX Media)
• Friday, November 17 - The Star (Sony, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation)
• Wednesday, November 22: Coco (Disney, Pixar)
• Friday, December 15:
Ferdinand (20th Century Fox, Blue Sky Studios)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
• Wednesday, December 20:
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
The Greatest Showman
• Friday, December 22: Pitch Perfect 3

Movie shorts

• Friday, July 28: Puppy! (Sony, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation) (included with The Emoji Movie)
• Friday, November 10: Hanazuki: Full of Treasures (Oct 6) (included with My Little Pony: The Movie)
• Wednesday, November 22: Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios) (included with Coco)

What's coming in 2018

• Upcoming movies:
◦ Paddington 2 (Jan 12)
◦ Peter Rabbit (Feb 9)
◦ Early Man (Feb 16)
◦ Sherlock Gnomes (Mar 23)