SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Nickelodeon treats kids and tweens on Monday, January 15, to a three-hour marathon of the mega-hit TEENick comedy series Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide hosted by the show's stars Devon Werkheiser, Lindsey Shaw and Daniel Curtis Lee and featuring a countdown of their favorite Survival Guides (5-8 p.m. ET/PT) to middle school. Cavorting on-camera at Knott's Berry Farm and sampling the amusement park's attractions between episodes, the popular trio also offer tips to make kids' next day off their best day off. Primetime episode premieres of Ned's Declassified and SpongeBob SquarePants (8-9 p.m.) top off the night.
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In Ned's Declassified's marathon-capping episode premiere "Revenge"/"School Records" at 8 p.m. (ET/PT), after suffering several bullying pranks, Ned (Werkheiser) finally gets his revenge on Loomer and is tagged "The Revenger." All the kids enlist his help to secretly even the score with those who have caused misery. But as Ned's alter ego goes to his head, "The Revenger" gets a taste of his own medicine. Moze (Shaw) tries to stop a new teammate from ruining the volleyball championships, while Cookie (Lee) seeks revenge on Evelyn after her ill-fated attempts for attention take a turn for the worst. And in "School Records," Ned learns his bad permanent record will follow him to high school; Moze tries to break every Polk sports record and Cookie finds he's in danger of losing his perfect attendance record.
Now in its third season, the blockbuster Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, which consistently ranks in the top five shows with tweens on all of TV and is the number-one show with that demo in 4th quarter-to-date (NMR 9/25/06 - 11/5; final rankings pending), chronicles the wacky adventures of eighth grader Ned Bigby and his best pals Moze and Cookie at James K. Polk Middle School, as "every-kid" Ned shatters the fourth wall to share tips and tricks on jumping school hurdles. Each episode features two 11-minute romps. Episode premieres of Ned's Declassified air regularly Sundays at 7:30 p.m. in TEENick; episodes also air regularly on Nickelodeon Sundays at 6:30 p.m.; Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. and M-F at 6 p.m.
The marathon comprising Devon, Lindsey and Daniel's favorites includes "Popularity," "Class Clown," "Music Class," "Dodgeball," "Reading," "Social Studies," "Embarrassment," "Double Dating," "The Last Day of Class," "The Bus" and "The School Car Wash."
Ned's Declassified's creator/executive producer Scott Fellows describes his series as "a live-action cartoon." Hence an all-new SpongeBob SquarePants episode titled "The Thing/Hocus Pocus" is a shoo-in treat on the heels of the Ned's marathon at 8:30 p.m. In "The Thing," after a freak bicycling accident, Squidward is coated in so much mud and gunk that he's unrecognizable. The residents of Bikini Bottom think he's some sort of monster, but SpongeBob thinks he's kind of cute, so he adopts Squidward as his pet. Then in "Hocus Pocus" after practicing all day with his brand new magic kit, SpongeBob tries to impress Squidward with his newfound abilities. An ever reluctant participant, Squidward sneaks away leaving only an ice-cream cone in his place. Now SpongeBob is panicked, thinking he turned his neighbor into the frozen dessert.
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