Content Blog: 2017

2017

The list of contents in 2017

Shows

Series premieres

• Friday, November 17: My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (digital series) [DHX Media, Hasbro Studios]

Series finales

Season premieres

• Monday, February 6: PAW Patrol, Season 4 [Nick: The Smart Place to Play, Nickelodeon]
• Friday, April 21:
◦ My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Season 7 (Discovery Family)
• Friday, May 5: Shimmer and Shine, Season 3 [Nick: The Smart Place to Play, Nickelodeon]

Season finales

• Thursday, January 26: PAW Patrol, Season 3 [Nick: The Smart Place to Play, Nickelodeon]

• Friday, March 31: Shimmer and Shine, Season 2 [Nick: The Smart Place to Play, Nickelodeon]

• Friday, November 17:

◦ My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Season 7 (Discovery Family)

Programming block

Rebrands

• Monday, May 1: The Splat is renamed to NickSplat (TeenNick)

Network departures

• Movies

• Friday, June 16:

◦ Cars 3 [Disney, Pixar Animation Studios]

• Friday, June 30:

◦ Despicable Me 3 [Universal, Illumination]

• Friday, July 28:

◦ The Emoji Movie [Sony, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation]

• Friday, September 22:

◦ The LEGO Ninjago Movie [Warner Bros. Pictures]

• Friday, October 6:

◦ My Little Pony: The Movie [Lionsgate, Allspark Pictures, DHX Media] (official release on November 17)

• Wednesday, November 22:

◦ Coco [Disney, Pixar Animation Studios]

Short movies

• Friday, July 28:

◦ Puppy! A Hotel Translyvania Short [Sony, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation] (released in theaters before The Emoji Movie)

• Friday, October 6:

◦ Hanazuki: Full of Treasures [Hasbro] (released in theaters before My Little Pony: The Movie)

• Wednesday, November 22:

◦ Olaf's Frozen Adventure [Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios] (released in theaters before Coco)

Hardware releases

• Friday, March 3: Nintendo Switch [Nintendo]

Games

• Friday, March 3:

◦ Just Dance 2017 [Ubisoft] (Nintendo Switch)

• Friday, July 28:

◦ Hey! Pikmin [Nintendo] (Nintendo 3DS)

• Tuesday, August 15:

◦ Sonic Mania (digital) [SEGA] (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4)

• Tuesday, August 29:

◦ Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle [Ubisoft] (Nintendo Switch)

• Tuesday, October 24:

◦ Just Dance 2018 [Ubisoft] (Nintendo Switch, Wii U, Wii, Xbox One (Kinect), Xbox 360 (Kinect), PlayStation 4 (PlayStation Camera, PlayStation Move), PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Move))

• Tuesday, November 7:

◦ Sonic Forces [SEGA, Sonic Team] (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4)

• Friday, November 10:

◦ Mario Party: The Top 100 [Nintendo] (Nintendo 3DS)

Apps

• Wednesday, January 11:

◦ My Talking Hank [Outfit7] (iOS, Android)

• Wednesday, November 22:

◦ Talking Tom Pool [Outfit7] (iOS, Android)

Books

• TBA:

◦ Magic Tree House #56: A Big Day for Baseball

◦ Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #36: World War II

[A nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House Super Edition #1: World at War, 1944]

◦ Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #37: Baseball

[A nonfiction companion to Magic Tree House #56: A Big Day for Baseball]

Comics & Graphic Novels

Comic staff departure

• December: Ted Adams (IDW Publisher)

Character debuts

• My Little Pony: Legends of Magic: Star Swirl the Bearded, Rockhoof, Mistmane, Flash Magnus, Somnambula, Mage Meadowbrook, Stygian

• My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Windy Whistles, Grand Pear, Toola Roola, Coconut Cream, Pharynx

• My Little Pony: The Movie Prequel: Storm King, Capper, Chummer, Grubber, Captain Celaeno, Boyle, First Mate Mullet, Lix Spittle, Squabble, Verko, Tempest Shadow/Fizzlepop Berrytwist

• My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (specials): Juniper Montage

• My Little Pony: The Movie: Songbird Serenade, Princess Skystar, Queen Novo

• My Little Pony: Equestria Girls (series): Lily Pad