Nickelodeon Rings in the New Year with Lincoln Loud’s Ultimate Year End Countdown-a-thon

One of my family's favorite shows on the Nickelodeon cable television channel is THE LOUD HOUSE.  Debuting last May, The Loud House quickly become one of Nickelodeon's most popular shows of 2016.  The animated series features Lincoln Loud, the middle child and only son out of eleven children in his family, dealing with the chaotic and comedic moments of a boy living with ten girls.  Catch up on past episodes of The Loud House on New Years Eve before brand new episodes premiere in 2017.

Join The Loud House’s Lincoln Loud in ringing in 2017 during Lincoln Loud’s Ultimate Year End Countdown-a-thon, a marathon featuring encore episodes of and custom videos, Saturday, Dec. 31, from 8:00p.m. (ET/PT) to 12:00a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. Throughout the New Year’s Eve marathon, brand-new short videos will showcase Lincoln revealing his favorite pranks, pets, missions, food, and lessons learned in 2016. Additionally, Lincoln will countdown to the new year before the clock strikes midnight. 

Then tune into Nickelodeon in the new year as The Loud House returns with all new episodes beginning Monday, Jan. 9, at 5:00p.m. (ET/PT). In the first new episode of 2017, “Suite and Sour,”  Mom and Dad win a trip to a resort and decide to take the kids – but only because the Lincoln and the girls promised to behave. How do you think that is going to turn out?

For more information about this TV series visit the The Loud House page on Nick.com and the Nick App to get a behind-the-scenes look at the series and the brand-new Facebook page. On Instagram, fans can also experience The Loud House Instacomic, an interactive, digital comic book allowing users to help Lincoln Loud on his quest to find the missing remote control. Check it out @loudhouseinstacomic.

Send some JUSTICE LEAGUE vs SUICIDE SQUAD New Years Cheer to a comic book fan

Provide your friends with some New Years cheer by sending them a Justice League vs Suicide Squad digital card to welcome 2017.  A perfect way to put a smile on the face of a fan of comic book culture and super heroes to start the new year.  Best of all it is FREE to send!  Just CLICK HERE, pick which of DC Comic's two hottest properties, Justice League or Suicide Squad, you want to feature in your card, insert the name of who you want to send it to plus his or her email address and there you go!

On comic book store shelves now is a new weekly mini-series that will be running through January which pits these two teams against one another:

The first major event storyline of DC’s Rebirth era begins with a day Amanda Waller always knew would come: the Justice League discovers the existence of the Suicide Squad! This government-sponsored black-ops team of super-villains with bombs implanted in their brains is obviously a deal-breaker for Earth’s paragons of truth and justice! But you can bet that the Wall and her Task Force X won’t go down without the fight to end all fights in this weekly mini-series! 

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Let the whole family enjoy New Years Eve with a kid friendly Care Bears themed countdown

Your children don't need to stay up until midnight for your family to enjoy bringing in the New Year together with a new on-demand service from Netflix that allows you to participate in a Care Bears themed end-of-the-year countdown.  According to research by Netflix, more than half of parents around the world (58%) would prefer to put their children to bed before the clock strikes twelve yet still want to experience having their family do a New Year's Eve Countdown together.  Netflix has the Care Bears helping you cheer in the new year plus 5 other kid friendly countdown specials to select from you can choose to stream at the time you prefer to welcome in the new year as a family.  Enjoy a family celebration with the Care Bears at 8, 9 or 10pm than put the kids to bed and enjoy the rest of the evening with some parents only time.

Choose the time to go to bed and let your kids choose which of their favorite Netflix children's show characters they want to countdown to the new year with:

Care Bears & Cousins head to Share Bear's Shake Shack to gear up for a belly badge -tastic countdown in Care-a-Lot;

Puffin Rock residents Oona and Baba re-live their adventures from the past year and celebrate with the Northern Lights, nature's own fireworks;

Inspector Gadget saves New Year's Eve from a mischievous M.A.D. agent just in the knick of time for a dazzling firework display;

King Julien lives up to his party animal persona with a countdown to dance your way into the new year.

Mr. Peabody and Sherman venture around the world to gather their favorite talk show guests fro a star studded countdown event featuring popular DreamWorks characters Hiccup and Toothless, Puss in Boots, the Croods, and the entire Dinotrux team.

Project Mc2 stars McKeyla, Adrienne, Bryden and Camryn team up for NOV8's most important mission yet: Party!

These Netflix countdowns are a great way to share the New Year's Eve experience with young children while getting them to bed at a respectable hour.  Parents in the US, UK, Canada and Australia agree 9 pm is the new midnight with nearly half of those surveyed by Netflix saying they'd prefer to countdown those famous 10 seconds as a family by 9 p.m.  Of those people surveyed it appears us Americans really appreciate getting our kids to bed early on New Years Eve with 41% of US parents replying that they have or plan to use a special countdown as a way to get their kids to bed early.  No matter where you are, start your party anytime, anywhere by searching "New Year's Eve Countdown" on Netflix.  They won't tell your kids it is not midnight if you don't.

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A Geek Daddy is a Care Bears #ShareYourCare Brand Ambassador.  As part of that blogger program, I occasionally receive Care Bears promotional information and products to review and share with blog readers.  A Geek Daddy does not receive any financial compensation for its participation in this brand ambassador program.