Martha Stewart To Judge Hub Network's Halloween Bash Costume Competition

The Hub Network, a destination for kids and their families, kicks off Halloween early this year by announcing that Martha Stewart will appear as the Halloween expert as part of the panel of celebrity judges scheduled to participate in the network’s nationwide costume competition on the “Hub Network’s First Annual Halloween Bash,” to be broadcast Saturday, October 26. Anyone with a little imagination and creativity can compete for the best costume in America during the nationwide costume competition. Submissions begin Friday, August 16 and 50 semi-finalists representing each state in America will win a trip to Los Angeles to be a part of the two-hour star-studded event. One lucky winner will take home $25,000 and will have a chance at a walk-on role on the Hub Network’s Daytime Emmy® Award-winning series, “R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour: The Series.”

Exclusive: The Aquabats Vs THE THINGY!!

I love the Aquabats. Their particular brand of insanity allows me to slow my brain down to a crawl and just enjoy. Next week, The Aquabats collide with another one of my lifemates...HORROR!! How do you translate John Carpenter's classic creeper "The Thing" for tiny minds, easily scarred for life? You make...THE THINGY!! It's silly..it's super B movie...it's damn funny.

On the road home from a snowy ski trip, The Aquabats! encounter a body-snatching alien set on turning them into spaceship fuel. Crash evades capture and must overcome his fears to save his friends, on “The Aquabats! Super Show!,” Saturday, June 22 at 1 p.m. ET on Hub Network.

The Aquabats Super Show Season 1 DVD Review

We live in a bold, exciting time where TV shows, both animated and live action, can get a green light even if they make very little sense. Ongoing plot lines are abandoned in favor of stand alone stories that harken to what has come before and incorporate those elements for the enjoyment of those who were actually paying attention. More important than all of this is a level of ridiculous that lies somewhere between a Troma film and your average, wacky daytime Soap Opera. This is not a ridiculous that leaves us scratching our heads and blindly awaiting the next chapter just because we have to see what incredibly messed up moment the creators will throw at us next. This is good old fashioned slapstick..and superior comedic timing...and the power of a goofy face..and excellent writing by people that understand the difference between throwing a joke at the audience and waiting those 3 extra beats for facial expressions and blind responses that punch up the awkward and leave any little kid, or adult, busting a gut. THIS, my friends, is the stuff that drives The Aquabats Super Show.

Aquabats! Super Show! Season 1 Dropping May 21st

Shout! Factory, in collaboration with FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment, will release The Aquabats! Super Show! Season One! on DVD on May 21 for a suggested retail price of $19.93. All 13 Season One episodes of wacky crime-fighting, music videos and outlandish villains are included in the 2-Disc deluxe collection, along with a ton of bonus features. Special guests on the show include “Weird Al” Yankovic, Lou Diamond Phillips (Southland), Samm Levine (Freaks & Geeks), Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite) and more.

From the Co-creator of Yo Gabba Gabba!, Aquabats! frontman Christian Jacobs has crafted the perfect blend of live-action and animation  following the amazingly wild comic antics of The Aquabats, the galaxy’s first group of musical, crime-fighting superheroes. MC Bat Commander, Crash McLarson, Ricky Fitness, EagleBones Falconhawk and Jimmy the Robot will take you along on their mostoutrageous adventures to protect the world from the creatures and super villains out to destroy it.

Hello Kitty KISS Coming to The HUB

Yea....not an April Fools Joke. Amazing.

The Hub Network, the fastest growing children's cable network, has optioned the rights to a new series, "KISS Hello Kitty" (working title), based on the highly successful KISS x Hello Kitty line of products from Sanrio, maker of Hello Kitty, a pop icon since 1974.

KISS, an iconic rock band known for its creative merchandising, and Hello Kitty, one of the most unique and popular lifestyle brands, came together in 2010 for an unexpected collaboration — KISS x Hello Kitty. This global collection of hugely desirable co-branded products connects KISS and Hello Kitty followers all over the world with hundreds of licensed items across all categories, including apparel, toys, electronics, stationery, and back to school merchandise, among others.

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – Adventures in the Crystal Empire

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – Adventures in the Crystal Empire is coming to DVD December 4th from Shout! Factory Kids in collaboration with Hasbro Studios! Adventures in the Crystal Empire includes 5 episodes from the beloved Friendship Is Magic series. Bonus features include a sing-along and coloring sheet.

In Adventures in the Crystal Empire, a magical empire has suddenly appeared in the arctic north of Equestria, and Princess Celestia needs Twilight Sparkle and her friends to find a way to protect it. While her friends try to keep the Crystal Ponies occupied at the Crystal Faire, Twilight Sparkle searches for the hidden Crystal Heart that is the key to keeping their empire safe from harm!

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – Adventures in the Crystal Empire is priced at $14.97 SRP and is now available for pre-order for $5 off RIGHT HERE!

G.I. Joe: Renegades: The Complete First Season

YO JOE! Fans of the popular animated series G.I. JOE: RENEGADESrejoice! On September 25, 2012, G.I. JOE: RENEGADES: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON Blu-ray Collection debuts on home entertainment shelves from Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios. This highly anticipated 3-disc Blu-ray set collects all 26 adventure-filled episodes and an original behind-the-scenes look at G.I. JOE: RENEGADES bonus feature. Delivering exciting, action-packed storytelling and spectacular animation, this special Blu-ray collection is a must-have for fans and collectors of all ages and has a suggested retail price of $49.97.

G.I. Joe: Renegades: Season One, Volume One

This summer, prepare to join the action and witness the emergence of the heroic G.I. JOE team as a cadre of highly-trained specialists who are forced to band together to prevent the nefarious COBRA from achieving world domination. On June 5, 2012, Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, will debut fan favorite animated series G.I. JOE: Renegades Season One, Volume 1 on DVD. Featuring the first 13 episodes from the first season, this collectible 2-DVD set is a must have for fans, kids and collectors and has a suggested retail price of $19.93. The initial product run of G.I. JOE: Renegades Season One, Volume 1 DVD set will include a Movie Cash offer to see the upcoming major motion picture G.I. JOE: Retaliation, in theaters June 29 (waiting for clarification on this, though it is probably too late for them to change the packaging now. readers will note the film has been pushed back to next year).

When a spy mission against Cobra Industries goes awry, a group of young G.I. JOE team members is forced to hit the road as fugitives. Now the team members — DUKE, SCARLETT, ROADBLOCK, TUNNEL RAT, RIPCORD, BREAKER and SNAKE EYES — must use their wits and elite training to prove their innocence to the world before being caught by the authorities, the COBRA organization or, worse yet, another elite military team called the Falcons.

With exciting, action-packed storytelling, spectacular animation, G.I. JOE Renegades, produced by Hasbro Studios, boasts an incredible voice cast, including Charlie Adler (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen), Lee Majors (Six Million Dollar Man), Clancy Brown (Shawshank Redemption), Jason Marsden (Batman: The Brave and the Bold), Johnny Messner (Tears of the Sun) and Kevin Michael Richardson (The Batman).

The Aquabats! Super Show!!

Are you watching this yet? The Hub has taken The Aquabats band and thrust them into planet shaking calamities only their super powers can handle!

The outrageous new series follows a popular alternative rock band as they embark on a never-ending quest to right wrongs, destroy boredom and seek justice for all in an inventive blend of live-action and animated crime-fighting spoofs.

Episode one had the band facing off against the malicious Manant who began his reign of terror by robbing all the burgers from surrounding restaurants..but to WHAT END??!! Now the team must ignore their growling, food deprived bellies long enough to save the day from a terror straight out of a black and white scifi monster movie!

Episode two answers important questions..

1. Do robots have maternal impulses?
2. WHAT'S IN THAT GIANT EGG??!!

The answer is pretty much to be expected but the result is heeesterical. Do all rampaging monsters deserve to be blown to bits? Find out this Saturday!

The Aquabats! Super Show! is like a live GWAR performance without the cursing or beheading (but does have amputation) smushed together with the random goofiness of Adventure Time, an obvious love for giant monster movies and the musical awesome only the Aquabats themselves can bring to the table. Its level of cheesey is so intense, you'll come away from the TV with an odd smelling sunburn. It's like the Power Rangers and Wierd Al had a kid! In short, you'll love every single second of it.

AND NOW...we get to show you a clip from episode 2! Let's watch...


Aquabats Super Show Episode 2 Preview by Nomadixxx

The Aquabats! Super Show! airs Saturdays on The Hub!

Jem and the Holograms Coming to The Hub

We hear about every ripple in the vast ocean that is the boy's toy world...documenting each resurgence and DVD re-release for our beloved Transformers, G.I.Joe, Thundercats, etc; but what of the geek ladies (and some boys partial to pastel colors instead of camo)? The Hub cable channel seems to have a keen understanding of your 80's flashbacks and programs with them in mind. Now its time to pay homage to a woman and her band who learned from Bowie and Madonna, diverging from the candy coated world of Barbie to provide a role model girls that was..truly..truly outrageous...

The iconic and beloved pop-culture series "Jem and the Holograms” is coming to The Hub!

“Jem and the Holograms,” which originally aired in the late 1980s, will join The Hub’s schedule weekdays beginning Tuesday, May 31, at 7 p.m. ET (with encore performances throughout each day) and on Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET.

To celebrate, we’re kicking off with a special marathon of the first 6 episodes of "Jem and the Holograms" on Saturday, May 28, from 2-5 p.m. ET / 5-8 p.m. PT.