More iCarly, The Fairly Odd Parents, SpongeBob Squarepants and other shows as Nickelodeon renews and announces new shows.

Nickelodeon (DStv 305) announced several renewals of shows and new episodes of estabished kids hits, as well as several new shows and made-for-TV movies for the coming year.

Nickelodeon in America unveiled plans for 650 new episodes of existing shows as well as new productions - most of which will eventually be seen on Nickelodeon in South Africa as well.

Highlights include the new animated series The Legend of Korra; a stop-motion SpongeBob SquarePants Christmas special; original primetime TV movies; Hollywood Heights (formerly known as Reach for a Star); an original animated series based on the Raving Rabbids video games and of course the return of the brand-new CG-animated TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) series on Nickelodeon.

''Kids have a ferocious appetite for new content and it is our intention to serve them more, innovative work than ever before,'' said Cyma Zarghami, the president of Viacom's Nickelodeon Group in a press statement. ''We are tapping into new sources and proven hit-makers to maintain our position as the top entertainment brand for kids and families.''

Nickelodeon has new episodes of returning hit series including SpongeBob SquarePants, T.U.F.F. Puppy, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, The Penguins of Madagascar, The Fairly Odd Parents and The Winx Club.

There is also The Legend of Korra in which the mythology of the beloved animated franchise from Avatar: The Last Airbender continues. The series centers around a new Avatar named Korra, a 17-year-old girl who is on a quest to become a fully realized Avatar in a world where benders are under attack.

Monsters vs. Aliens is the new animated television series marking the third partnership between Nickelodeon and DreamWorks Animation for 26 episodes and based on the popular characters from the 2009 blockbuster film. Robot & Monster also has 26 episodes and is set in a unique world where gangs of Howling Cyber Monkeys roam the streets at night, everybody loves bacon, and robots and monsters live side by side, but don't get along.

There's also more episodes of iCarly, Victorious, Big Time Rush and Supah Ninjas on Nickelodeon. There will be a 3rd installment of the Fred movies – Fred Goes to Camp, as well as a further 28 additional 11-minute episodes of Fred: The Show.

Rags is a music-infused modern-day fairy tale two-hour original TV movie about Charlie Prince (Max Schneider), an orphan living with his acerbic and unloving stepfather and spoiled stepbrothers, whose dream of being a singer might come true once he meets pop star Kadee Worth (KeKe Palmer).