NEWS & NOTES : YOUNG VIEWERS CHOOSE WINNERS IN ANNUAL NICKELODEON AWARDS.Byline: Keith Marder Daily News Television Writer Fresh off his Grammy win for Best Rap Solo Performance, rapper/actor LL Cool J was the only star to receive two nominations in Nickelodeon's 10th annual Kids' Choice Awards. Beginning Friday, kids will be able to vote on each of 16 categories in four different ways: on the air, online (America Online See AOL. , keyword: Nick), at McDonald's and through a promotional partnership with Kraft Post Kids' Cereals and Kraft Singles Kraft Singles is a pasteurized cheese food product manufactured and sold by Kraft Foods Inc, introduced in 1947. One of the more famous ad campaigns involved the claim that each slice contained "five ounces of milk" (with milk being poured into a glass next to Kraft Singles), which . LL Cool J was nominated in the categories of Favorite Television Actor and Favorite Singer. Past winners Whoopi Goldberg, Jim Carrey, Whitney Houston, Tim Allen, Tia and Tamara Mowry, Brandy, Roseanne, Rosie O'Donnell, Robin Williams, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O'Neal and Kristi Yamaguchi were nominated again this year. TV's ``Home Improvement,'' Michael Jordan and Boyz II Men Boyz II Men is an American R&B/soul singing group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988 as a quintet which originally included Marc Nelson, Boyz II Men found fame as a quartet, with members Nathan Morris, Michael McCary, Shawn Stockman, and Wanya Morris, on Motown are in the Kids' Choice Hall of Fame. Keenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell (``All That,'' ``Keenan and Kel,'') will host a two-week on-air voting campaign during SNICK snick v. snicked, snick·ing, snicks v.tr. 1. To cut with short strokes; snip: snicked off a corner of the material. 2. To make a small cut in; nick. (Saturday Night Nickelodeon) beginning April 5. Votes on AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. will be accepted between March 31 and April 13. Alphabet soup: ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. will revamp its entire Saturday night prime-time lineup beginning April 12. ``Leaving L.A.,'' a drama based on the Los Angeles County coroner's office, will begin its run at 9 p.m., and ``Gun,'' another new weekly drama, will follow at 10. ``Gun'' follows a pistol and chronicles the weapon's life from incident to incident. Beginning that same night, the 8 p.m. Saturday slot preceding ``Leaving L.A.'' will be filled by Lois & Clark,'' which is moving from 7 p.m. Sundays. ABC says it will announce a Sunday replacement shortly. ``Dangerous Minds,'' which had occupied the 8 p.m. Saturday slot, ends its season on March 15. ABC's ``Saturday Night at the Movies'' will be placed on hiatus to accommodate the changes. |
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