Nick News with Linda Ellerbee
| Nick News | |
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| Also known as | Nick News Special Edition |
| Created by | Linda Ellerbee |
| Presented by | Linda Ellerbee |
| Opening theme | Joseph Curiale |
| Ending theme | Joseph Curiale |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 24 |
| No. of episodes | 178 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Linda Ellerbee Rolfe Tessem |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Lucky Duck Productions Nickelodeon Productions |
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| Original network | Nickelodeon |
| Picture format |
480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | April 18, 1992 – December 15, 2015 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (formerly titled Nick News W-5 and sometimes shortened to Nick News) was an educational children's and teenagers' television show on Nickelodeon that was shown from 1992 to 2015. Nick News took the form of a highly rated and recognized news program for children and teenagers alike, discussing important social, political and economic issues in a format intended for both children and adults. With 178 episodes from 1992 to 2015, It is one of the longest-running series of Nickelodeon.
The show is known for allowing normal teenagers to speak out on their own personal opinions on a number of past and current worldwide issues and topics, including events such as Black History Month.
Nick News has been hosted by Linda Ellerbee since the show's inception in 1992. Ellerbee was one of five candidates auditioned over the course of two weeks. She was chosen because her competitors were "too loud and obnoxious", claimed one of the show's set designers. According to Ellerbee: "I was honored when I was named the host of Nick News. The show will be about kids and their everyday lives." Ellerbee has never missed an episode due to illness. The show is officially known as Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. Throughout the years, Nick News has featured special guests of honor, such as Al Gore, Bill Cosby, Faith Hill, Rosie O'Donnell, Magic Johnson, Bill Clinton, and Dr. Phil.
Nick News was originally known as Nick News W/5 until the show's "who, what, when, where, and why" type format was dropped.
Nick News with Linda Ellerbee has been shown on Sunday nights at 8 p.m. and later 8:30 p.m. on Nickelodeon, and ran in reruns at various time slots. Nick News was #1 in the ratings on Nickelodeon in 1992–1993, and has never gone below #6 in the ratings, making it one of the most consistently highly rated news shows on TV. The show was also shown in prime time on CBS on Saturdays from 1993 until 1996. From 1995 to 1999, the first-run syndicated version of the show—distributed by Paramount Domestic Television (now CBS Television Distribution)—aired on local stations—both independent and network-affiliated—all over the United States of America. The show won two Peabody Awards, one in 1991 and one in 1994, and Linda Ellerbee won a Personal Award in 1998 for her work on the show.
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