Big Time Rush | |
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Genre |
Pop music Comedy Slapstick |
Created by | Scott Fellows |
Starring | |
Opening theme | "Big Time Rush" performed by Big Time Rush |
Composer(s) | Dusty Moon, Guy Moon & Big Time Rush |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 74 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Scott Fellows |
Producer(s) | Jed Spingarn (co-producer and supervising producer) Joanne Toll Lazar Saric Debra Spidell |
Location(s) |
Los Angeles, California Hollywood, California Rochester, Minnesota Malibu, California |
Camera setup | Film; Single-camera |
Running time | 23 minutes (normal episodes) 46 minutes (special episodes) |
Production company(s) | Jack Mackie Pictures Sony Music Entertainment Nickelodeon Productions |
Distributor | Viacom Media Networks |
Release | |
Original network | Nickelodeon |
Picture format |
480i (SDTV), 1080i (HDTV) |
Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Original release | November 28, 2009 | – July 25, 2013
Chronology | |
Related shows | Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide |
Big Time Rush is an American television series that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009 until July 25, 2013. It was created by Scott Fellows (also the creator of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Johnny Test and the head writer of The Fairly OddParents). It focuses on the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota: Kendall Knight, James Diamond, Carlos Garcia, and Logan Mitchell, after they are selected to form a boy band.
The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time Audition", on Nickelodeon, on November 28, 2009. Its official debut episode premiered on January 18, 2010. The show's second season premiered on September 25, 2010. On May 24, 2011, Big Time Rush was renewed for a third season with production scheduled to begin January 2012. Season three premiered May 12, 2012. On March 10, 2012, a film adaptation named "Big Time Movie" based on the series premiered. On August 6, 2012, Nickelodeon renewed Big Time Rush for a 13-episode fourth season. Production began on January 7, 2013. The fourth season premiered May 2, 2013 and aired its series finale "Big Time Dreams" on July 25, 2013. With a series run of 74 episodes spanning over four seasons in 4 years, Big Time Rush is one of the longest running live-action TV series in the history of the network, sixth to The Secret World of Alex Mack, Every Witch Way, All That, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and iCarly.
In late 2011, there was news that a television film based on the television series was going to premiere. However, a promo did not air until February 2012. The movie premiered on Nickelodeon on March 10, 2012 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Throughout the whole weekend, the movie drew 13.1 million viewers.