Angry Birds Holiday Short Film to Air on Nickelodeon

Angry Birds finally fling there way on to TV with a new holiday short-film that will air on Nickelodeon this weekend.  About a week ago, Rovio released a short animated teaser clip about the newest episode of Angry Birds Seasons: Wreck the Halls.  We didn’t say too much about that original release because, well, there wasn’t a whole lot to say. But we did suspect a lot more to come of this clip, and now we have our answer.

Tomorrow, Saturday, December 17th, Rovio will be showing the entire episode on Nickelodeon! This information has popped up in a few different places, but we might as well cite Rovio’s blog as the true source. According to Rovio,

Viewers in the US should tune in at 11 AM EST on Saturday. In the UK, the animation will be airing at 5:55 PM GMT. Our fans in Mexico should turn on their TVs at noon CMT, while those of you in Argentina will be watching at 5 PM ART. For Brazil, it airs at 2 PM BRT, and in Colombia it will be on at 12:30 PM EST.

If you are not in one of these countries, or you simply don’t have Nickelodeon, you will be able to find it on nick.com/watch later in the day. Looking at the airing schedule for tomorrow, it seems this video will run during the “Kung Fu Panda” timeslot.

Special thanks to everyone who tipped us off about it, especially KoSmOs and STBPD.

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Comments (80)

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By darthvader (@orangebird09)

First comment and I have Nickelodeon on the Philippines but can you tell us when will show in our country?

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By Lorde, ya ya ya! (@lolwutburger)

I Really need to watch that but i’m in the philippines also.

By Nyancat

To Rovio: y u no air angry birds in philippines? >:(

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

There’s nothing here that says that it won’t. Figure out what time Kung Fu Panda will air in the Philippines. Or ask Rovio yourself.

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By darthvader (@orangebird09)

Nick gave us a sneak preview of Kung Fu Panda Last month. They will show Kung Fu Panda series at January 2012 said Nickelodeon

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By Lorde, ya ya ya! (@lolwutburger)

which means, they’ll show it christmas 2012! :(

By Jake

no no no! it will come this year.Technically the kung fu panda show already started it’s series in ….somewhere around October.
In fact,I just saw the angry birds clip a while ago(i live in Florida)

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By Lorde, ya ya ya! (@lolwutburger)

whoops, i meant december 21 at 7:00 pm

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By Austin (@austin18)

you know, last part of the clip has music that sounds like thriller from Michael Jackson. LOL.

By Nyancat

On Dec 21, it will air on Nick in the Philippines! 6 PM, will be replacing Spongebob, I think. (this is for WHOLE Asia)

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By Lorde, ya ya ya! (@lolwutburger)

THEY AIRED IT ON YOUTUBE!

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By bigbrotherbird97 (@bigbrotherbird97)

So here in Hawaii, the video would show at 5:00 am?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

You would have to check your local listings and figure out what time Kung Fu Panda shows.

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By bigbrotherbird97 (@bigbrotherbird97)

I wonder why they decided to show the short on Nickelodeon.

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By RedBirdsBrother (@redbirdsbrother)

Maybe because its a kid friendly channel, so they show it on there.

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By bigbrotherbird97 (@bigbrotherbird97)

Disney is also a kid friendly channel

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By TruckDriver (@truckdriver)

Generally, with any question that asks “why did they?”, the answer is usually “money.”

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By alfredhartojo (@alfredhartojo)

How about nick asia?wanna’ see it too

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By Eddie (@angrybirdiscool)

Me too! Agree!

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By Lorde, ya ya ya! (@lolwutburger)

Dec 21 7:00 pm

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By catsnbirds (@catsnbirds)

The short is available on the nick.com/watch site now! Love those birds on skis.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Thanks, I just saw that as well. Adding it to the post.

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By Austin (@austin18)

No problem slim. :)

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By Austin (@austin18)

Hey slim, am i able to make the link into words like above on your post or no?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Sure, you can do that using basic HTML coding:

<a href="www.example.com">Text you want to display</a>

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By bigbrotherbird97 (@bigbrotherbird97)

The ku fu panda is now showing in Hawaii Time. So the short should come up soon

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By bigbrotherbird97 (@bigbrotherbird97)

Never mind, it did not show

By Drew2you

If I remember the Hawaii schedule correctly you should be correct bigbrother…5am your time…set your dvr

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By bigbrotherbird97 (@bigbrotherbird97)

@Drew2you it showed at 9:55 in Hawaii time

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By Austin (@austin18)

Hey slim, what and (where) is/(does) the <a href=, (go)? And what does the "<" mean?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

Type that exactly, verbatim, only changing the website and text to display.

<a href="www.angrybirdsnest.com">Greatest site in the world</a>

will appear as Greatest site in the world

Perhaps I should answer your question as well. <a…> is an anchor, href is a hyper-reference, and then the anchor is closed by </a>. The information between the anchor and its close is what is hyperlinked.

By Breindel Montealto

Slim, will angry birds, angry birds seasons and angry birds rio air on nick as a new series? i am going to make a series in montealto company.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

No, it’s a 3-minute short. That’s all.

By Breindel Montealto

but slim, last saturday was a special. so will angry birds, angry birds seasons and angry birds rio air on nick as a new series? i am going to make it in rovio studios from floor 4 in montealto company and air it on breine channel and its on our montealto town which we will build it in our country called phillipines.

By Breindel Montealto

i mean but slim, last saturday was an episode.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

It wasn’t an episode. It was a 4-minute short film. This does not indicate a full-fledged cartoon series.

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By Silent Assassin (@silent-assassin)

Will it be in South Africa?

By Chris

On the pause screen of Angry Birds it sais:
“Watch the amazing new animation today at 11am on nickelodeon”

1. Angry Birds is a worldwide game. So why does it not say in what country it will be at 11am? In my country e.g. it is NOT at 11am.

2. Your article above sais that it will be 11am EST in the US. Now I am wondering why Rovio is using EST for their information on the pause screen. What has Rovio to do with EST? As far as I know they are not based in the EST time zone.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

I don’t know Chris, ask Rovio, or just watch it online.

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By Silent Assassin (@silent-assassin)

It says that is unavailable in my area and it stops loading half way through on my iPad. So Slim or Bird leader, can you please try and put it up here.

It’s working now, nevermind.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

If it goes to public source (like YouTube) we can put it up here.

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By Andreas189 (@andreas189)

sorry if its off topic but i would have a question to the daily comic strip from rovio:
what form is it when the pig leader (part17) says “i wants to go faster”
shouldnt it mean “i want to go faster” or is it kind of a pluralis majestatis where the plural ‘we’ is replaced with a singular ‘I’?
this form appeared already sometimes in rovios strips and always i wonder if it is correct?
i couldn’d judge cause english is not my mother-language!
pls answer! thx

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By Oobgular (@oobgular17)

In all of te comics, it adds random S’es to the end of words. I’m guessing the artist’s first language is finnish, and doesnt know english grammar well.

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By Andreas189 (@andreas189)

so it is gramatically incorrect? not any clever used stile figure?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

It’s grammatically incorrect.

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By Andreas189 (@andreas189)

thanks slim! every time i have read it i wondered whether correct or incorrect but now this is over! thx :)

By JALAL

You know, I think that is how the king pig talks.

By Jake

he says it like that because the king pig’s stupid!

By Santa Bird

When that film come out! I want to watch it.

By David

Saw the short on tv. It was amazing! BRAVO ROVIO!

By Angrybirdsfool

Hhaha it was amazing and funny.

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By mariokart.cruz (@mariokart-cruz)

The entire animation is on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9zoUyfeFvE

By Tiago Martins

I NEED TO SEE THIS !!!

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By Oobgular (@oobgular17)

Then see it!

By Jake

hey guys who run angrybirdsnest.com!
You need to make an article about the update for angry birds rio for PC!
You you can play the first 15 levels of smuggler’s plane!
When will the other 15 come out BTW?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

There is already a post about the first half of Smugglers’ Plane (See it here).

By Jake

whoops! sorry slim i didn’t see that post.
while i have you here,when will they release birdday party for ab for pc?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

There is no specified date, but they have openly said soon on their Twitter.

By Breindel Montealto

Jake, the 12th chapter will be on December 28, 2011. Right, Slim? I have any evidence of this. My name is Breindel. But, you can call me Breine. Go to Angry Birds Wiki and edit Smugglers’ Plane page. Don’t let someone delete evidences.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

AB Wiki is a bunch of nonsense. It doesn’t count as evidence. It also claims that the next Seasons episode will be Valentines Day and that the next bird will be Purple, but Rovio has not made any comment about either of these.

By Breindel Montealto

why someone deleted evidences. and about the purple bird, it has a real plust which looks like a red bird.

Here are the removed evidences

Smugglers’ Plane:

No evidence that the orange bird will appear, the pigs will be crashed by the plane (It was supposed to be “In the cutscene, the angry birds saved blu and jewel. and then they say goodbye to rio. then they got back to their home. and then marcel’s plane crashes. and the pigs will appear), angry birds world traveler is a fan-made idea in abn.

Wreck the Halls:

the next episode is sweetey disaster.

Mighty Eale:

An unlimited time. (limited time means, its for a short time. the app store said “Top in-app purchases: Unlimited use of the Mighty Eagle for $o.99)

why would someone delete evidences?

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

The purple bird is 100% false.

We know the final cutscene of Rio, and yes the pigs are lurking in the background. The pigs don’t crash the plane, nor are they “crashed by the plane” whatever that means. And yes, Angry Birds World Traveler is a concept created by AngeyBirdsNest…. I wrote it.

There is absolutely no evidence that the next Season is Valentine’s Day, let alone some ridiculous title like “Sweetey Disaster”.

The Mighty Eagle is a 1-time in-app purchase that can be used
– once per hour on levels not yet passed
– unlimited on levels passed

Please do not post information from AB Wiki on this site. We post legitimate material, not fan-created hokum.

By Breindel Montealto

i am planning for paradise place 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, gargamel’s revenge, angry birds the series, angry birds seasons the series and angry birds rio the series which features me. anyway, not lurk. the pigs will appear.

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

This comment makes no sense at all. Unless you have something of both value and legitimacy to contribute, I will delete this thread soon.

By Breindel Montealto

I said, i am planning 4 paradise place 1, 2, 3, 4 end 5, gargamel’s revenge, angry birds the series, angry birds seasons the series and angry birds rio the series. they feature me slim. and im planning 4 airing these on Breine Channel in our home in our town called Montealto Town in phillipines. (pause which you can hear the birds tweet) I have a watch on my left arm and my cellphone.

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By alden (@alden)

iz awesome, but… when they says short… they isn’t kidding! half of the movie is just credits!

By OSHWANZ

Who are Millie and Andreas? It says in memory of Andreas and Millie at the end of the credits. :/

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By alfredhartojo (@alfredhartojo)

Good news for the Asians,just saw the commercial,and it’s written December 21,Exclusive Asia Premiere,Wednesday :D

By Bonita

Cool………The good news!

By CasualGamer

All three angry birds games are now on blackberry playbook!

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By blackbird (@blackbomb)

hello again from me and i am back from school.for the next 2 or 3 weeks i will be here and over the time i got intelligence on angry birds and their special abilities.so i know no one missed me so i am a little sad though.but dont worry. if anyone wants to know info on the many times of birds and abilities and im just saying that i may help.but im just saying ok.oh and can somone update me i havent checked here scince holloween.

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By Kartflyer (@kartflyer)

Wow, you missed a lot! Sorry I can’t list every new update or event you missed, it’s hard to type on an iPod touch. But you could always check previous posts as they have more detail than how I would ever explain it. Gl :)

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By angry_fanatic (@angry_fanatic)

Hey guys I loved the video and I’m from the Philippines cause I got cable and can you help me I don’t Know how to change my profile picture here so can you help me with that and please answer cause people don’t normally answer at websites this exclusive…. please help me XD ^^ >.<…!!!

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By AMslimfordy (@amslimfordy)

We answer most questions here.

There are directions for changing your avatar here

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By angry_fanatic (@angry_fanatic)

Thanks man

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By angry_fanatic (@angry_fanatic)

I think they should add a new year version of angry birds and a fireworks bird that explodes and releases fires on the ground cause I think hey haven’t made a angry birds version for new year… Just SUGGESTING!… But I think Rovio should continue the great work they have started on angry birds… I hope there’s more seasons to come… anyways MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR to all.

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By username12345 (@blahalb09)

The middle pig has a really long tongue.

By Rockerbird123

Even though Black is one of the most powerful birds, he doesn´t seem to be the brightest lamp…

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By Chris (@chriss)

Someone asked a question here, why can the birds ski without feet. The question was obviously deleted. But who said that the birds don’t have feet?

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