Nickelodeon and National Football League Team Up on New Animated Short-Form Series
Partnership to Include New Boy-Targeted Nicktoons Series Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core Based on NFLRUSH ZONE, NFL’s Online World for Kids Series to Feature New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton and New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning, Among Other NFL Players and Coaches
Nickelodeon and the National Football League, the most popular sports league among kids, are entering into their first production partnership to create the new, original animated short-form series, Rush Zone: Guardians of the Core for Nicktoons. The 22-episode series based on the NFLRUSH ZONE, the NFL’s online world for kids, is comprised of two-to-five minute shorts featuring an unexpected new hero, all 32 NFL teams and the voices of NFL players and coaches as themselves, such as Coach Sean Payton, who led the New Orleans Saints to victory in Super Bowl XLIV, and New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning.
The series will air weekly to coincide with the 2010 NFL season from September through February and will culminate with a one-hour movie special to air the day before Super Bowl XLV. The series also will be available on Nicktoons.com and NFLRUSH.com, the NFL’s official website for kids, following its premiere on Nicktoons. Additionally, the series is being created in high definition for use on Jumbotrons in NFL stadiums across the country. Read more
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