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Animation

Why do you think animation seems to have better ratings than live-action series—some animation, anyway—at least on Nickelodeon? See List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes, which is an aged show and it's still doing better than newer live-action series—look at the most latest ones, obviously, since ratings in general have indeed declined and something like 2.6 million now would translate to about 5.0 million back in 2013—and the more neat and tidy List of The Loud House episodes. Compare to Game Shakers lately, for example. It's like the summer effect is still in effect. The September 16 numbers were good and the following two episodes' numbers were okay, but compared to last year at this time... Even the Ultimate Halloween Haunted House special on Saturday was down. This year it was at 0.31/1.43 million Archived 2017-10-17 at the Wayback Machine while last year it was at 0.34/2.08 million Archived 2018-07-11 at the Wayback Machine. This year had 31% less total viewers. Even the Lip Sync Battle Shorties special on Nickelodeon on Sunday didn't do that well for what it was: 0.28/1.40 million Archived 2017-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. The numbers that it and the Halloween special got would have been fine for a typical episode premiere of Game Shakers, but those specials typically get at least around 1.7 million or more, such as the Not So Valentine special on February 12: 0.33/1.80 million Archived 2019-01-21 at the Wayback Machine. Power Rangers: Ninja Steel is also not doing too well in total viewers. It's been a while since it's hit 1.5 million or more total viewers. It's been down since it returned from hiatus on August 12. I'll ping MPFitz1968 if he's interested. Amaury (talk | contribs) 00:28, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Couldn't tell you. But the 2–11 set (especially the younger half of that) definitely seem to prefer cartoons to live-action. (Maybe that's always been true – I dunno...) As for the general trend in ratings as compared to 5 years ago, this is just more evidence of the effect that streaming content has had on TV viewing habits. Basically, almost nobody watches TV "live" anymore, and by this point "LIVE" and even "LIVE+Same Day" ratings are entirely useless, as everybody watches what they want when they want to now, either via the network apps or via Netflix, et al. Honestly, I don't know how network suits can even parse ratings data anymore... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 14:14, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Yeah, it's like 1.50 million or more total viewers now is considered great, but back then, no so much. Or 1.30 million or more total viewers now is considered good. Of course that's only one aspect as networks tend to focus more on the targeted audience. Of course I think the online streaming is only a small aspect. Nielsen's annual sample changes also play a role. You saw my massive post a while back regarding how that works. If there are more people that like Disney Channel in one of their sample updates, then Disney Channel will rise. Probably not to what we were seeing with Girl Meets World, at least with its first two seasons, but at least between the 1.50 and 2.00 million range on a more consistent basis. I mean, at first it looked like Raven's Home would liven things up again with the numbers we saw the week after Descendants 2, with Raven's Home at 1.66 million, K.C. Undercover at 1.48 million, and Bizaardvark at 1.47 million, but that only lasted a week and quickly changed.

Nickelodeon also releases episodes early, but only a few minutes before their premiere. Nickelodeon, despite losing momentum over the summer, is still doing better than Disney Channel overall. I mean, Disney Channel has even mentioned their decline in ratings, while Nickelodeon hasn't made any announcements about bad ratings, which likely means Nickelodeon isn't really hurting despite what we can see looking bad. Without seeing the kid demos, we can't really say with 100% accuracy how well or not well series are doing just based on total viewers alone. While ratings overall have declined over the years, I still think a big part of it is Nielsen's sample. It's like the value of a dollar now compared to, say, 10 years ago. Same with ratings. With ratings overall declining, networks have to lower their bar on what's considered great, okay, etc. Amaury (talk | contribs) 18:32, 21 October 2017 (UTC)

Nickelodeon

Just an FYI, Nickelodeon's begun promotion for "Danger Games," the Henry Danger and Game Shakers crossover. All it says is coming soon, though. No dates. According to Nick and More, it should premiere Thanksgiving weekend: [1]. Obviously, we can't put anything in right now, but yeah. Also, it's going to be a 90-minute (with commercials) special, something that hasn't happened since "iParty with Victorious." See [2].

Anyway, you mentioned a while ago that you've kind of gotten bored of Disney Channel and really only keep up with Stuck in the Middle. How about Nickelodeon-wise? What do you follow there? Amaury (talk | contribs) 07:07, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

I still think a crossover between those two shows is a bad idea. (Crossovers in general are a bad idea IMO – only a few of them work out well)... Anyway, on Nick, I have generally liked their "telenovela" shows like Hunter Street and I Am Frankie. I also keep an eye on Henry Danger (which I think has declined somewhat from the earlier seasons) and Game Shakers (whose second season I think has been downright poor, on balance), and I keep half an eye on The Thundermans... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 14:40, 22 October 2017 (UTC)

Jake Paul on Bizaardvark

This might be the start of the non-Jake Paul episodes, which is one possible reason as to why the series stopped airing new episodes while the other series kept going as there are now only two series with new episodes on Fridays instead of three. Raven's Home aired its season finale on Friday. Also, LOL to the dumb IP who tried to make October 6 the season two finale. Amaury (talk | contribs) 03:54, 26 October 2017 (UTC)

Disney Channel October 27

I know you must have watched the Stuck in the Middle season two finale since that's really the only show you follow, but did you at least check out the Andi Mack season two premiere? Thoughts? Amaury (talk | contribs) 22:40, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

I didn't watch Andi Mack. In fact, I'm behind on all Nick and Disney shows I watch right now (I've been concentrating more on stuff on Netflix and movies on HBO/Cinemax/Showtime). I'll get around to catching up on Stuck in the Middle and Game Shakers, etc. soon... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 23:00, 28 October 2017 (UTC)

I Am Frankie

You watched Ride and Hunter Street. Did you keep up with I Am Frankie? With the first season over, what are your thoughts? It definitely needs to be renewed with that ending. Amaury (talk | contribs) 20:15, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

Also, yes, it's spelled Eliza. Amaury (talk | contribs) 20:46, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

On balance, I liked it. I was worried that they'd lose it at the end (e.g. I really didn't like the revelation about Mr. Kingston's true identity – that was an unnecessary plot twist IMO), but the finale redeemed a lot. I especially liked the Eliza 'twist' (I believe that is an original story, and not from the Yo soy Franky original...). I too would like to see it renewed now. If there is a season #2, I hope they also follow up on the "D"-model android that escaped by rushing past PEGS1 in one of the early episodes... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:43, 9 October 2017 (UTC)

Regarding renewal, we probably won't know anything until around the end of the month. Hunter Street's first season ended on April 7, and it wasn't renewed until April 25 (18 days). Not necessarily while they're still filming, but, typically, series are renewed for another season while new episodes are still airing. (So far, only Bunk'd was the oddball out as it was renewed for a third season way after its second season had ended on May 24 for unknown reasons. Specifically, 99 days, or three months and seven days. It also ended weird with that last episode not even airing during primetime on its normal day. I don't know why they didn't just put "The Great Escape" somewhere before "We Didn't Start the Fire" and then have "We Didn't Start the Fire" air with Andi Mack on May 5 instead of what actually happened. That would have been the logical way to air them, don't you agree? A camp can't just "unburn.") I think weekday strips work differently, though. It's my understanding that they film everything at once, though I don't know why that would make a difference as to when to renew it. Amaury (talk | contribs) 18:25, 15 October 2017 (UTC)

Nothing official or the like, but this makes things seem a little promising: [3] Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:55, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Considering how often network suits lie to: showrunners, the press, the public, random people walking down the street, etc.; I'm not sure that means anything. That said, I expect this show to get renewed – if Hunter Street merited a second season, I Am Frankie certainly does, IMO. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 18:03, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Yeah. On average, I Am Frankie's first season had less viewers (1.24 million) than Hunter Street's first season (1.32 million), but not by much in the grand scheme of things: only a 0.08 million difference. If you look at each episode individually after the first week, it makes it seem really bad compared to Hunter Street, but I think one of the reasons Hunter Street did so well is because Nickelodeon had a lot of momentum back then from their other shows, such as The Thundermans. Amaury (talk | contribs) 18:09, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Follow-up

@Amaury: I am putting Alex Hook on my watchlist. Geraldo Perez created it as a redirect, but somebody just tried to create a very, very Stub-y article there – Hook is clearly not notable yet (she clearly doesn't pass WP:NACTOR currently), so no article should be created and the redirect should be restored for the foreseeable future. You might want to keep an eye on this too. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:19, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

I also created one at Alexandra Hook, how she was credited in her other stuff. She has one other lead role in an unreleased film so not notable but if that one gets released might be sufficient for NACTOR if we can get enough for GNG that is not just fluff stuff related to I Am Frankie. I finally got around to watching the series on iTunes, better to binge watch, I guess. Fun concept and it is a teen comedy and good ensemble acting to it, Hook is great, and rule of funny applies. I am a bit disappointed they didn't take more care on the story itself. Felt a bit too contrived. Geraldo Perez (talk) 18:14, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

Fair enough (on both points...). --IJBall (contribs • talk) 18:17, 29 October 2017 (UTC)

:)

Look. And they tried so hard. Need to go through edits now, at least the ones on article we watch. Amaury (talk | contribs) 15:05, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: Honestly, anything you think is a bona fide improvement, I would just leave. The "Craic Den" sock seemed to mostly do positive stuff. OTOH, anything that is not a clear improvement, you can feel free to roll back... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:07, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

I think the only big one is that one to I Am Frankie that I raised up on Geraldo's talk page a while ago, about the Frankie being inspired from that person. Geraldo thought it was fine either way, but now that this has been confirmed, I think it becomes questionable. Amaury (talk | contribs) 15:11, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

For reference, the only articles we watch where they've made edits are Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Elena of Avalor, and of course I Am Frankie. (Unless there are other articles that you or the others in our group watch.) And that first one we essentially already denied them way back in August. Even if we were to go all WP:DENY, I'm not going to go through all their edits since the beginning of August. If we had realized this sooner, then probably, yeah, LOL! Amaury (talk | contribs) 15:20, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

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Sarah Gadon reverted revision

"while some of your corrections are good, some are not". Care to elaborate? The current version of the filmography is outdated and filled with appalling mistakes like titles spelled wrong. How is that better to the point that you have to reject everything, rather than fixing what you still think is incorrect after my revision? Kumagoro-42 01:17, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

@Kumagoro-42: Procedure is to revert to the last consensus version. In short, I don't have problems with your title corrections, and episode # corrections. But some of your other changes to the 'Notes' column are very non-standard for WP:FILMOGRAPHY tables, and I'd urge you to just leave the current version for that kind of thing. IOW, just focus on the simple corrections. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 01:21, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Uh? The notes column as of my latest revision looks exactly like WP:FILMOGRAPHY. (e.g. "Television film" is used in place of "movie". The syntax "Type of role, # of episodes" is used). Please compare and tell me which part feels "very non-standard" to you. Kumagoro-42 01:32, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

You keep doing thing like flipping the order of "recurring role" and "voice role", and dropping the word "role" off both, and changing a clearly "lead role" to "main role". Etc. There are both formatting and accuracy problems with these edits. (You'll note that I actually left in place your changes from "Movie" to "Television film" – there is another long-term editor (that is not me) that has been changing that to "Movie" at various actor filmographies...). --IJBall (contribs • talk) 01:37, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, where does WP:FILMOGRAPHY establish the order between notes identifying voice acting and notes identifying importance of the role? Since you called this "non-standard", you should point me to where the standard is established, should you not? I feel like the importance should have priority in the listing, but I have no problem whatsoever inverting the two elements if that seems so wrong to you. Also, I can add "role" back. Reasons I removed it: it creates fatigue due to repetition, and it's technically not even entirely correct, as you can see from this Wikipedia article (it's more correct to say that it's a character that's regular or recurring, not a role). Also, I think you're mistaken about "main role": I found that definition already there, and in fact it's still there right now, and wrongly so. While "regular" defines technically the presence of the performer in nearly every episode (among the "main cast"), by defining a type of contract, "main role" is not a very technical term; I had chosen to leave the term only where she's the lead character (i.e. Ruby Gloom and Alias Grace, where she portrays the titular character). For instance, in Happy Town, she's a regular, but not one of the main roles, she's a supporting character in a regular capacity, the two concepts are different. So the way it's listed right now, it's misleading.

If anything it's the current version that's non-standard to WP:FILMOGRAPHY guidelines. Compare "Voice role; main role (35 episodes)", which is very NOT what WP:FILMOGRAPHY suggests, as semicolons and parentheses are not the way to go according to those guidelines.

Changing "film" to "movie" is also absurd considering Wikipedia itself clearly chose the former definition as a title in the relative article (the first sentence of which needs cleanup, by the way).

"There are both formatting and accuracy problems with these edits". What accuracy problems? Please don't be vague, if we're trying to reach an agreement on how to proceed, I need to know what I need to fix and why. So far, we established my edit needs to change the order of voice and importance; and add the word "role" back to the latter. Anything else? Kumagoro-42 02:10, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

I've said all I'm going to say on this. Basically, don't "reformat" things on a WP:ILIKEIT basis if they don't have consensus support (yours don't). And I've already given you an example of an inaccuracy – you changed Alias Grace from "lead role" to "main role", when Gadon plays the title character (that makes her the lead). Also, you're dead wrong on the "regular role" thing – a "regular role" can be either a main-credited role or a recurring one (WP:RS will often use "regular role" when they mean "recurring"), which is why that should not be used as it is vague. Now, please, make the corrections you intend to. Thanks. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 02:16, 6 November 2017 (UTC)

Lab Rats: Elite Force

If you and Nyuszika7H are interested, we were discussing general show cancellations a while ago in the Twitter group chat, and apparently Lab Rats: Elite Force was abruptly canceled, hence the ending that we got. I'm thinking there were supposed to be more episodes—as in more than one! —in the first season. The reason for that is that there was apparently some drama with racy photos of Kelli Berglund being leaked. Or something along those lines. I don't remember if it was said that it was accidental or what, but that was allegedly what happened.

As for I Didn't Do It, which we've discussed before, and Best Friends Whenever, there was apparently some backstage drama that led to the writers changing for the second seasons which, I guess, then lead to the cancellations of the shows. They probably would have been canceled after the first seasons, but shows on Disney Channel are guaranteed at least two seasons. (I was wondering why the second season of I Didn't Do It didn't have the feature where the show starts with the mess the group is in and then rewinds to the beginning.) Amaury (talk | contribs) 04:56, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

That's interesting, and pretty sad if it's true. nyuszika7h (talk) 17:46, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

FTR, I don't believe that is true. I could see Disney cancelling the show over a bona fide "sex tape". But I don't see them cancelling the show over some cheesecake bikini "selfie" photos... Whatever led to the cancellation of Elite Force, it was likely some other factor. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 17:48, 13 November 2017 (UTC)

Ratings differences

User talk:IJBall/Archive 9#Re: Ratings compatibility: But the difference in ratings is likely to be fairly minuscule, esp. for Nick-type programming. (A more extreme example would be pairing The Thundermans with, say, a Nicktoon – those shows might have very different audiences, that could negatively affect the ratings for both...)

While Henry Danger still did excellent and The Loud House did good, I wonder if we have an example of that here and here. Amaury (talk | contribs) 14:55, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

School of Rock

Now I know why School of Rock is having a week of premieres on November 13–17. See List of School of Rock episodes#Season 3 (2017) (I'm not including the 18th since that's a normal day of premieres.) It's because of, well, see here: List of Paradise Run episodes#Season 3. That's gonna be a lit week! Amaury (talk | contribs) 20:32, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Ugh – more celebrity "stunt-casting" on game shows. I hate it when they do that... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:38, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Only the first five episodes like in season two. :) How come? Amaury (talk | contribs) 21:08, 27 October 2017 (UTC)

Yes! A good start to season three of Paradise Run if I do say so myself. Amaury (talk | contribs) 21:12, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

More "celebrity stunt-casting"... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 21:39, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Why you no like? Amaury (talk | contribs) 01:54, 15 November 2017 (UTC)

Well, that's sad...

See Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn and School of Rock. Not shocking, but sad. And the reason I'm saying it's not shocking isn't because I saw it coming, which I didn't, at least not with School of Rock, but rather because most shows on Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, on average, last only three seasons, anyway. Just getting a fourth season is already a big enough reason to celebrate. The only "problem" with Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn is that because of the backstage drama involving simmering tensions among the quad actors and Mace Coronel leaving, they didn't get their usual back-order for season four, meaning no true series finale. And I doubt they will now with this announcement, unless some miracle happens. (It's also going to be weird to have three seasons with 20+ episodes and then a fourth with only 14.) Disney Channel actually specifically has a four-season "rule." Now, whether shows actually get there or not is another story, but they won't go past four seasons. Nickelodeon might have the same "rule," though I'm not sure because iCarly had five seasons, and until something is announced, it's very possible for Henry Danger to get a fifth season as well.

Also, one thing that irks me is their use of the word "canceled," which isn't accurate. Canceled is when the plug is pulled on a show while it is still in production, meaning that they don't get to finish filming the rest of that season and therefore don't get a big series finale. Now, it could probably be argued that that's the case with Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn since they didn't get their back-order for season four if there were intended to be more episodes, but School of Rock has already finished filming its third season and has a double-length special for its finale.

Also, props to Nickelodeon for actually announcing this, haha! Unlike with Bella and the Bulldogs and 100 Things to Do Before High School which quietly ended. Amaury (talk | contribs) 00:51, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

NRD&D was doomed, but I'm slightly surprised at School of Rock ending – it may be that Nick already has other shows in mind for Breanna Yde, at least, and possibly some of the others... I also imagine that Nick isn't done with Lizzy Greene or Aidan Gallagher either. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:56, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

School of Rock may not be "over. " Word on the street is that Paramount Television, which producers the show, has plans to shop it elsewhere. Now, if it is picked up by another network, I assume nothing will change other than the network. It'll be a fourth season and all that jazz. Amaury (talk | contribs) 15:27, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

page move for The Originals (season5)

Didn't realize you had page mover and that you'd already dealt with Harut111 here.

Apparently he's at it again 🙄 with Season 5, so I just made a technical move request here if you want to take a look. —Joeyconnick (talk) 02:43, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

@Joeyconnick: Looks like that was already taken care of, which is good. I'm disappointed to hear that User:Harut111 didn't learn from last time. If this happens again, an Admin (or WP:ANI) should probably be notified that this is a continuing pattern. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:00, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Oh that was quick... didn't realize Alex also had that privilege. Thanks for your speedy reply, though. —Joeyconnick (talk) 03:08, 19 November 2017 (UTC)

Email reply

Replied. Amaury (talk | contribs) 06:32, 20 November 2017 (UTC)

School of Rock - Asher

Could you keep an extra eye on this? We've already discussed this on the talk page. Thanks. (They also removed another edit I made after my first revert for unknown reasons.) Given the number of episodes for the first two seasons, and there being no pattern to his appearances—Ruthless and Bunny in Game Shakers are good examples of appearance patterns in that they're practically in almost all of the episodes and rarely ever not there, they're just not main cast, though that could possibly change in the third season—we're going to need more than four appearances for him to be considered recurring, similar to Andi Mack. Also, like what we discussed at Talk:Andi Mack#Recurring characters, are Asher's appearances significant to the story or story arcs? Although I don't think there have been any story arcs in this series, but correct me if I'm wrong. Amaury (talk | contribs) 21:52, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

I haven't seen many episodes of SoR since season #1 – So how many episodes has this Asher appeared in?... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 21:55, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Only four. Also, he is in the story that is currently developing in the series That is unsourced and we also can't list so and so character as recurring just because we think they'll have more story. They're also putting Ivan Mallon above Brec Bassinger despite her appearing in the series first. Amaury (talk | contribs) 22:00, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

I thought Ivan Mallon did appear in the series before Bassinger! (Though, I'm a very casual viewer of this show so I could very well be wrong about that...) If "Asher" has appeared in 4 episodes, with a reasonable expectation that he'll appear again, then I'd probably just leave it, rather than risk edit warring over it. Once the series has completed its run, if Asher only ultimately appears in 4 episodes, then he can be removed from the list later. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 22:07, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Kale (Brec Bassinger) first appeared in 202; Clark (Ivan Mallon) first appeared in 204, so that part should be amended so Kale is listed first. As for Asher (Will Kindrachuk), I don't doubt he'll appear in further episodes, it's more that we can't list him as recurring just based on that alone, just like how we couldn't list Andi Mack's Marty and Bowie as recurring back when the first season ended, though now they're listed because of their season two appearances. However, I myself will just back off with this user now since I'm at two reverts, and this isn't a clear exempt. Amaury (talk | contribs) 22:13, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Hi. Amaury, Asher's character has appeared in seven episodes and he'll appear again because he is a huge band's fan as Kale and he has a love interest on Summer. Regards. --Miaow 22:23, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

I have no idea where you're getting seven from. He's only appeared in four episodes as seen on the episode list which I've verified myself. Also, without a source, that's just WP:OR. Amaury (talk | contribs) 23:57, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Hey, Mr. Silly. Did you forget something here? Trying to figure out what you were trying to say. Amaury (talk | contribs) 02:13, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

Accidentally hit "Send" before finishing – it was supposed to say, "If they've been there the whole time, you don't need to note it." So Ivan Mallon doesn't need a parenthetical because he's been there since the first season... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 02:17, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

List of Crashletes episodes

Not a disruptive user by any means, they've just been making some "bad"/questionable edits between yesterday and today (I Am Frankie, List of K.C. Undercover episodes). (He's similar to Rtkat in a way, though no offense intended whatsoever, of course, if he sees this.) Could you take a look at the Crashletes episode list? I'm not understanding why he's removing that template since it's on plenty of other episode lists as well. Does that template not belong on episode lists? My only other theory is that they're removing it because they're trying to claim Crashletes is not a Nickelodeon series even though it is from our earlier discussion, I think, on the template's talk page. Thanks in advance. Amaury (talk | contribs) 18:34, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Women in Red World Contest

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Jade Pettyjohn

Hi there, IJBall. I was searching a source about Pettyjohn middle name since IMDB is insufficient. I wonder if this short interview is useful to add "Elizabeth" as her middle name. Regards. --Miaow 18:21, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Note: Previously, I requested to add the specific link to whitelist (diff). --Miaow 18:34, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

@Miaow: The Just Jared thing can probably be used, though you'll need to leave out the URL because of the blacklist, and it should likely be tagged with a {{better source needed}} tag, as Just Jared is basically considered a WP:NOTRS. – The difference in this case is that it's an interview with Pettyjohn, and she herself is the one that utters her middle name, a distinction that probably allows it to be used (with conditions) here. Incidentally, I don't expect Just Jared to be removed from the blacklist – the reasons it was added to the blacklist were justified, IIRC. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 18:59, 26 November 2017 (UTC)

Okay. So can the change be made? By the way, the url was added to MediaWiki:Spam-whitelist, it can be used now. Miaow 04:37, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

@Miaow: Yes, the change can be made, with this source, but the {{better source needed}} tag should still be added with it. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 04:43, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

Agree. Thank you. Miaow 04:47, 27 November 2017 (UTC)

List of films broadcast by Nickelodeon

After seeing a few disruptive edits, the last two removing sources and adding back content that was previously determined not to be films (due to lack of sourcing, duration of the specials, or otherwise), I have decided to request indefinite semiprotection of the article - with the last semiprotection period being one year (request at RPP). MPFitz1968 (talk) 20:35, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

@MPFitz1968: Fine by me! Thanks! --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:37, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

@MPFitz1968: One other thing about this: addition of "Danger Games" to this article should be removed unless it is sourced to a WP:RS that clearly refers to "Danger Games" as a TV "film" or a "movie". I've been looking for such a source for days, and so far all I've been able to come up with is a Seventeen magazine source with Kel Mitchell in which he describes "Danger Games" as being "...like a movie..." But I've yet to find any source that calls it a "TV movie" (or film) – the rest all seem to call it a "crossover special". (Which is odd – the similar 90-minute length iParty With Victorious had more than one source calling it a "movie"...) Pinging Amaury and Geraldo Perez to this conversation, just so that they can see it, as well... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 20:48, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

Here are all the teasers/promos that were used for "Danger Games": [4], [5], [6], [7], [8], [9], [10]. Amaury (talk | contribs) 23:09, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: It's interesting that even at the Nick promo pages, the word "movie" isn't used in the text (just words like "crossover event")... Anyway, at this particular article, I've been tending towards a strong preference for independent sourcing calling something a "movie" before including it at the article. Nick has tended to be very "loose" in what it has called a "movie" in the past, so it's better if there is independent sourcing calling something that before its inclusion. FWIW. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 23:16, 2 December 2017 (UTC)

List of Andi Mack episodes

Just a heads up that some extra attention might be needed here for a while. Another one of those "Let's just arbitrarily remove these without consensus." Thankfully, we don't seem to have too much trouble with these networks. Will ping the others as well: Geraldo Perez, MPFitz1968, Nyuszika7H. I know for sure that MPFitz and Nyu are watching. Amaury (talk | contribs) 00:44, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

A reasonable response for once. User has started a discussion here: Talk:List of Andi Mack episodes#"Guest stars" and "Absent" listings. I'll be commenting myself, likely later tonight, but I've got shopping to do, and I'm also not feeling too well. Geraldo Perez, MPFitz1968, Nyuszika7H. Amaury (talk | contribs) 01:54, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

I doubt I'll contribute to that discussion, as I don't watch this one. But anyone that's listed as "main guest cast" should be listed if we're listing guest cast, whether they're "recurring" or not. This basically is a WP:V issue, IMO. On "absences", I've never had a strong opinion, except that listing them shouldn't be "banned" under the MOS. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 02:15, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

The other thing is that, with regard to the guest stars, as Geraldo mentioned on the talk page, it makes verification easier. If we just list a bunch of recurring characters, how do we know if they're recurring if we can't see how many episodes they've appeared in. Amaury (talk | contribs) 02:59, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

That's why I mention WP:V above. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 04:12, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Nickelodeon vs. Disney Channel

This was back when Disney Channel was getting between two and three million total viewers on average—back in Disney Channel's better days—and I have to say: I can't believe Disney Channel decided to air new episodes on March 28, 2015, during the time which Nickelodeon was airing its Kids' Choice Awards. Look here: https://i.imgur.com/LucirI2.png Definitely had an effect! MPFitz1968, Nyuszika7H. LMAO! Amaury (talk | contribs) 00:56, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

Wow, yeah, they lost many viewers there because of that. nyuszika7h (talk) 10:58, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Paradise Run

With this back in action, would you be interested in watching it and the corresponding episode list article? If yes, but it won't be long-term, you don't have to edit the sandbox if you feel it's not worth it. They could also use some more watchers in general as it seems like I'm the only one.

Also, the more important question, along the same lines as (special) guest stars, absences, and notes, do you think it's worth adding notes in the summaries regarding what Nickelodeon stars were featured for the first five episodes of season two and these season three episodes? I personally wouldn't think it's trivial. Pinging Geraldo Perez, MPFitz1968, and Nyuszika7H as well. Amaury (talk | contribs) 03:38, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: As I'm not a "reality TV" guy, I'm unlikely to put this one on my watchlist, unless it comes under sustained attack from somebody... And, yes – since they've gone to the celebrity format, I think it's appropriate to list which Nick stars appeared in which episodes. But I would just list their names – I wouldn't list which shows they're from. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:47, 17 November 2017

It's more of a game show than a reality. No drama. . And yeah, it should be obvious who's from what based on the titles. Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:26, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Sorry, did that quickly on my tablet before class. I only have about 20–25 minutes between when I get off the bus and when my first class starts, so I don't normally feel it's worth taking out my laptop. Amaury (talk | contribs) 18:44, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Just did a clean-up on the parent article: [11]. For the guest stars, thankfully they're listed on the individual Zap2it episodes which I'll be using for the first five season two episodes, so the ordering may be different from the official credits. Nick had all the celebrity episodes of season two, but it seems like they recently removed them. Charter On-Demand only has "Thundermans in Paradise." I still have all season three so far on my DVR, though.

You know what would be super cool? If all episodes for all shows in the entire history of Nickelodeon and Disney Channel were available on the respective websites and never removed, with the only restriction being having to log in with your provider info. I may have to break down and get those season two celebrity episodes on Amazon for a Christmas present to myself or something. Or even get all the episodes to double-check and see if the credits are same for all episodes or not. I used IMDB for one of the directors who I believe directed all of season one; everything else came from the credits, which I'm guessing, because of the type of show that it is, is all the same during a season. Amaury (talk | contribs) 22:35, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: I think you don't have it, but the Nick app does seem to give you access to pretty much all episodes of many shows. It's (much) better than the website. I don't use the app often, but when I've used my Apple TV to dial in to the Nick app, it's had pretty much everything I've looked for (e.g. episodes of I Am Frankie, what appears to be the full collection of Ned's Declassified..., etc.) --IJBall (contribs • talk) 23:49, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

Well, buying the entire second season on Amazon/iTunes would be cheaper than buying just the first 5 episodes. Sadly I can't help you with this, I can only find season 1. nyuszika7h (talk) 11:57, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

List of The Loud House episodes

Okay, so the article has been semi-protected until June 2, 2018, due to IPs persistently adding a season two end date with no source to back it up. Originally, Samsara semi-protected it until December 7, which actually surprised me since they tend to apply long semi-protections, even for first ones—LOL!—but AO extended it due to the ongoing disruption. With the article being semi-protected, that takes having to deal with IPs out of the equation. It doesn't cut the problem out entirely, but it helps. Elijah has now recently made three edits, as of the time of my signature. The latter two, while I don't necessarily think they're improvements as I preferred how I had the note worded—not because it was by me, just because I thought it made the most sense—are fine. It's the first one that's troublesome, the one made after AO's semi-protection extension, as, once again, it inserts unsourced material. There have been no announcements and there are no season three episodes currently scheduled. Could you take a look, please? Maybe you could explain it or get the point across better. Thank you. Amaury (talk | contribs) 08:17, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

The 'note' edit looks fine to me. I've reverted the "season 2 close-date" edit on verifiability grounds, as it is unsourced (required as per the hidden note). This seems pretty clear cut – either there's a WP:RS for the season end date, or there's not – and, obviously, a Wikia won't cut it on this question. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:59, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

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Game Shakers

Could you keep an eye on it, please? Thanks. I've already double-checked myself, but "A Reggae Potato Christmas" is currently available for watching on the Nickelodeon site without having to log in if you need to confirm yourself. Thanks! Amaury (talk | contribs) 23:47, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Commented there. It's worth noting that there is a small subset of editors who follow the ("grammar") MOS(s) very strictly (in some cases I would say over subscribing to them). MOS:JR is basically a minor MOS that has been pushed hard by a few editors, who have encountered resistance from a larger subset of editors who feel that sourcing (e.g. like TV show crediting) should take precedence over a minor MOS guideline like MOS:JR. Consistency on something like this on Wikipedia is actually not achievable, and is probably not desirable in any case, IMHO. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 00:19, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

It's a simple concept, but people overcomplicate it. They made a similar edit to Booboo Stewart, but I'm leaving that alone since it doesn't have to do with how he's credited on a show. Amaury (talk | contribs) 00:59, 5 December 2017 (UTC)

Club de Cuervos

Hi, I would like to know if this is correct. Well, it seems absurd to put the text in bold, when the text is automatically placed in italics. I ask you since I have seen that you have a little more knowledge about these issues.--Philip J Fry / talk 20:50, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

@Philip J Fry: While the documentation at {{Infobox television}} doesn't make any explicit mention of this, I'm pretty sure there is generally no reason to use bolded-text in an infobox. (In the lede, bolded would often be correct... but not in the infobox.) So, just italicized, as you restored it to, would appear to be the correct call. And it's how I've been handling the 'show_name_2' parameter, as well – italics only (which the template automatically does for you). --IJBall (contribs • talk) 22:59, 9 December 2017 (UTC)

Thanks

Sometimes I'm such a goof and forget those things. Amaury (talk | contribs) 01:06, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Beyond

January premieres! User:Amaury/sandbox/Beyond (2017 TV series)#Season 2. Whoo-hoo! (I think you watched this, so hopefully my whoo-hoo is warranted!) Amaury (talk | contribs) 02:06, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

Nope – I never sampled Beyond... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 02:47, 11 December 2017 (UTC)

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Might be worth looking at this. Hard to tell what's good and bad. Definitely bad: NRDD hasn't ended yet. Amaury (talk | contribs) 03:05, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: Reverted. The use of "best known" phrasing along with the MOS:SURNAME violation was enough on its own, but the removal of the One Tree Hill content put it well over the top the NRD&D stuff put it over the top. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 03:09, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

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Heads up

Just a heads up that this vandal is back. Amaury (talk | contribs) 19:46, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

I'll clue in Geraldo Perez as well. Currently using 2600:1012:B018:384D:B9C2:35D6:521A:6A2D. Amaury (talk | contribs) 23:12, 14 December 2017 (UTC)

Potential new Disney Channel series

So this was announced back on July 26, 2016, where it was stated it would begin production in September 2016 for a 2017 premiere, but with 2017 almost over and Disney Channel going into holiday hiatus after the Stuck in the Middle season three premiere on December 8, I wonder if either the idea was scrapped or the writing process and/or production is taking longer than anticipated. Amaury (talk | contribs) 05:07, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

I also happened to find this from June 4, 2014. That one's likely a scrapped idea, though. Amaury (talk | contribs) 05:13, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

No idea. But it's worth noting that they announced a "High School Musical 4" movie 18 months ago, and absolutely nothing new has been heard since then. So if Disney quietly mothballed this TV series, it wouldn't be the only recent example of this – It is worth noting that your ref was clear that this was just a pilot order, not a "series greenlight", so it's likely it was not picked up to series. (For an opposite example, however, a "Life Size 2" flick was announced about two years ago, and then seemed dead too, until about 6 months ago when such a film was confirmed, though for Freeform not Disney channel: [12] ) --IJBall (contribs • talk) 05:14, 23 November 2017 (UTC)

For what it's worth: Right Hand Guy, created by some user a while ago. Although it may likely eventually be deleted if there ends up being nothing. The fact that nothing more has been announced since—as evident by there only being one thing on The Futon Critic news section—is "concerning." Amaury (talk | contribs) 08:05, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Also, off topic, but I just saw this: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#Shows that need to have a season to begin with. "Wut?" Pretty sure Jball is you. Interesting indeed. Amaury (talk | contribs) 08:21, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: Yeah, stuff like this drives me nuts – if all there is is a pilot with no official "series order", then it should be a Draft article, as per WP:TVSHOW. Now I'll have to decide whether to move that to Draftspace or WP:PRODing it. (I'll likely do the latter, but I will probably wait until Jan. 2018, first...) As for this second topic, that IP has been disruptively adding season subheadings to single-season TV series at a number of articles. However, the "Jball" thing rings a distant bell – somebody else has called me that before, and it might have been somebody that ended up being blocked. Unfortunately I don't remember the details... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 13:45, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Knight Squad update

Filming has begun: [13]. Amaury (talk | contribs) 05:11, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: Thanks for the heads up. I'll see if I can work on that one this weekend, and maybe get it ready... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 12:54, 13 October 2017 (UTC)

Psst. Famous in Love. Amaury (talk | contribs) 02:24, 14 October 2017 (UTC)

Knight Squad update update!

@Amaury: I've done some more work on Draft:Knight Squad this morning, after the former redirect at Knight Squad was deleted at WP:AfD this morning. (IOW, I can now move the draft directly to Knight Squad at any time now...) I'm still leaning in the direction of saying the Draft is not ready for Mainspace yet, even though it probably technically meets WP:TVSHOW currently. On my end, I think I'd like to wait for an announcement of an actual broadcast premiere date before moving it to Mainspace, though I could probably be talked into moving it if others say that I should. I'll go ahead and ping Geraldo Perez, Nyuszika7H and MPFitz1968 to this discussion too, in case they have any opinions... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 15:57, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

I Am Frankie was at about this place when we moved it (click here), so I think it'd be fine to move this now, personally. In fact, the I Am Frankie draft only had four references when I moved it, whereas this draft is at five references. Amaury (talk | contribs) 21:57, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Fair point. The differences were that I Am Frankie had both a Deadline and a Variety source at that time, while the Knight Squad draft's only really decent source is from Deadline. Also, we ended up moving I Am Frankie into Mainspace only about a month before its TV premiere, when Nickelodeon had started TV advertising for the series – Knight Squad has neither a premiere date, nor have I seen any advertising for it yet... Which brings up a point – Amaury, please let me know if you start seeing ads for this show on Nickelodeon: when that happens, the show will be near to its television premiere date. (It wouldn't surprise me if that happens during "Danger Games", actually...) --IJBall (contribs • talk) 22:26, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

Roger. My guess is that it will premiere as either the lead-in or lead-out to the Kids' Choice Awards 2018. If that's the case, either way, it will draw a huge number of viewers/ Amaury (talk | contribs) 22:34, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: Somebody created a redirect for this earlier today, so I've moved the draft article to mainspace. Please be on the look out for any new sourcing for this one – I'm hoping over the next month, the entertainment media might start reporting on this show ahead of its premiere... Thanks! --IJBall (contribs • talk) 14:41, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Got it. By the way, the year for related on the Henry Danger animation was me when I cleaned it up. My understanding is that you include the year the show ran or has been running. I can't remember if it was the template where I saw that, but looking at the template, I might have been confusing it with the preceded and followed by fields, where it says to do that. Template:Infobox television: preceded_by: If Show A was a predecessor of Show B, insert the name of Show A and production years. (Name in italics (linked if possible) followed by year-to-year in parentheses, e.g. That Ol' Show (1956–1957).) Amaury (talk | contribs) 15:17, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: OK. FWIW, I find that instruction... weird. Also, I've got to think it was meant to be used for no-longer airing TV series, not currently airing ones... In any case, it might be necessary to have a discussion at the template or doc Talk page about that, as I don't think including the "years of production" is particularly necessary in this case. FWIW. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 16:01, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Inserting it once a show is done does make sense, actually. Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:16, 1 December 2017 (UTC)

Casting update

Not sure if main or recurring, but: [14]. Amaury (talk | contribs) 19:38, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Because that is very opaque, I've gone ahead and added that to the 'Production' section at Knight Squad – this may just be a one-off guest appearance... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 19:43, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

https://mobile.twitter.com/JohnDBeckTV/status/941707789667155968 Amaury (talk | contribs) 21:38, 15 December 2017 (UTC)

Possible sock

I'm sensing a sock. See MagicDog2000. Name very much resembles MagicZootopiaFan who Cyphoidbomb blocked because they were in turn a sock of CartoonBoy—even self-admitted it on their user page. I'll ping Cyphoidbomb as well since he's the one who did the blocking of those accounts. Amaury (talk | contribs) 00:21, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Pinging Geraldo Perez as well. Some of these edits seem legit. But some of them seem to be date vandalism. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 01:00, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury and IJBall: Just for accuracy, I don't think what they were doing originally would qualify as sockpuppetry, since they did declare both accounts, and I'm not sure they were using two accounts specifically to be disruptive. However, this user did (in my opinion) create RabbitGirlWendy and if they are using another account to evade their previous block, that would be sockpuppetry for sure. Cyphoidbomb (talk) 01:20, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Lauren Lee Smith

Hi there. I just spent a lot of time fixing the Lauren Lee Smith page. There were dozens of grammatical errors as well as necessary information lacking and you just undid them all. Please refrain from doing so if you don't have any other reasons than "problematic." She was in the L Word for more than 20 episodes. This is a significant role and should most definitely be included in the lead as there are millions of fans of this show who would recognize her for this show. You cant arbitrarily remove stuff without reasoning. Please restore my edits. 70.49.184.30 (talk) 23:22, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Your edits were problematic, ranging from WP:TONE problems (e.g. you don't say things like "most notably" in lede), to nonsense edits like "2017–present". Additionally, recurring roles are generally not notable enough to be mentioned in the lede. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 23:25, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Excuse me, but the use of the word "notable" is not problematic in the context I used it. I've seen it very often and it does not denote any bias as the entire reason for a Wikipedia page is based on "notability." Also, you are not correct that this is a "nonsense" edit at all. In fact, this is how almost all of the pages for actors on television are formatted. See Tatiana Maslany's lead for reference, or literally hundreds of others... 70.49.184.30 (talk) 23:30, 16 December 2017 (UTC)

Greenhouse Academy

I was going to remove the red link and then saw it was linking to Wikipedia in another language, though it's still red, of course, which is why "remove red link" popped into my head in the first place. I had a feeling you might have added it, though, so I went through the article, and lo and behold, you did. Is that okay in some cases? I was always under the impression that we should only be linking to things 1) on Wikipedia, if an article exists—for example, we wouldn't link to Jace Norman's IMDB bio in the infobox and other areas for Henry Danger, only to his article here—and 2) on the same Wikipedia language version. Amaury (talk | contribs) 04:23, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

{{Ill}} templates exist for a reason. In the case of Greenhouse Academy, it's not surprising that the show's creator (who is Israeli) would have an article on the Hebrew-language version of Wikipedia but not the English-language version, so it seemed appropriate in that case to use the Ill link. (I did that after another editor had performed an edit which seemed like adding such a link was was their desired intent...) There will certainly be cases where that should not be done. But in certain cases, Ill templates are used, and seem to be accepted practice. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 04:59, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Breanna Yde

I'll ping Geraldo Perez as well.

I'm almost sure they'll be back, but as it's only been one IP, I don't think a semi-protection request at RFPP will be accepted because of that. I also don't know if requesting a block at ANI would work. They've certainly been disruptive, but not all at once, so... What's the best way to handle this? Amaury (talk | contribs) 04:03, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Geraldo Perez is generally better at explaining this one, so it might be best if Geraldo left a message on the IP's Talk page explaining why/how this is done. Then at least we can say that we tried... --IJBall (contribs • talk) 05:01, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

There is a discussion about this on the talk page. Best to just point IPs to that discussion. Should likely be described as American as that is where she lives and has all her notable activities. Would be easier if there was proof of American citizenship to go with that. Likely she is American naturalized. Geraldo Perez (talk) 07:41, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

OK, I've followed up with a question at Talk:Breanna Yde. --IJBall (contribs • talk) 16:37, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Discussion at Talk:List of The Lodge episodes#Using thousands instead of millions to represent the viewership data

 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:List of The Lodge episodes#Using thousands instead of millions to represent the viewership data. Amaury (talk | contribs) 22:25, 18 December 2017 (UTC)

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K.C. Undercover

Will ping MPFitz1968 as well in case he's interested. See my latest edits to episode lists, particularly this one. I wonder why Disney Channel is doing this? Do they not like Zendaya or K.C. Undercover anymore? xD I mean, with this being the last season, even if it does bad in ratings, it doesn't really matter, but still. Originally, as you can see in the diff, it was supposed to return on January 19 alongside Stuck in the Middle. No changes to Stuck in the Middle or Andi Mack's scheduling, other than one upcoming episode (February 2) for both being added. Just K.C. Undercover's. Amaury (talk | contribs) 07:13, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

This definitely looks like "burn off" – for whatever reason, Disney has decided they want to clear this show out (likely because they want to premiere a new show sooner). --IJBall (contribs • talk) 14:16, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

On the subject of scheduling, if you're interested/curious, Nickelodeon's January schedule is finally out. It took a while to update the lists here, though, because Zap2it is being all laggy and not working. You have to try multiple times to get it to load. I guess they're never going to bother to fix that.

In any case, there's currently nothing on Henry Danger and The Adventures of Kid Danger yet, so those still needs to be listed there, and there might be more to come overall because of that. Currently, the schedule consists of The Thundermans, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Paradise Run, School of Rock, The Dude Perfect Show, and Lip Sync Battle Shorties. Amaury (talk | contribs) 17:51, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

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148.103.29.28

Just another IP to keep an eye on. Remember our IP hopper friend who adds bogus name enhancements? The one that changes something like Dan Smith to Daniel "Dan" Smith. Well, I think this IP might be their "sibling," with bogus date changes. Amaury (talk | contribs) 16:13, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Weird

The Futon Critic now has this listed; however, still doesn't have "Danger Games" on there. Weird. On another oddity note, I also notice that The Futon Critic always has production codes for all episodes of Nickelodeon shows, but with Disney Channel and Disney XD shows, it's a hit and miss, and they'll either never end up listed (eg, like some Austin & Ally season two episodes) or it'll take them a while to list them. Hm. Amaury (talk | contribs) 21:04, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

@Amaury: Did you check Futon's page for Nickelodeon "specials" (don't have the URL handy, but it's linked to on either your Talk page or mine IIRC) for "Danger Games"? As for the prod. codes, it must be that Nick includes those in its schedule releases/press releases for episodes, and Disney doesn't. Now why Futon doesn't just grab those from the Disney press website, I couldn't tell you (though I suspect there's a legitimate reason Futon doesn't just do that...). --IJBall (contribs • talk) 21:07, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Nope, not there: [15]. Guess we'll just have to keep waiting. Amaury (talk | contribs) 21:14, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

On a related note, looks like Paradise Run season three is super-sized. Yay! There's a production code of 330. Amaury (talk | contribs) 21:27, 22 December 2017 (UTC)

Revert

Just so you know, I made the rollback because the edit was originally made by a banned user evading their ban. I'm completely fine with your reversion, as I have nothing against the edit. — Coffee // have a ☕️ // beans // 06:59, 23 December 2017 (UTC)

No problem! --IJBall (contribs • talk) 07:00, 23 December 2017 (UTC)