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2	''Nick News with Linda Ellerbee'' is an American news show. It aired on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} from 1992 to 2015 (and for a time in the 1990s, was syndicated to local television stations). The show is known for featuring average kids speaking up about current US and worldwide topics.
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4	The show was hosted by Linda Ellerbee. The show was originally titled ''Nick News W/5'' until its format of "who, what, when, where, and why" was dropped. Episodes appeared sporadically on Sunday nights around 8 p.m. For years it was the highly rated and recognized news program for children and teenage viewers.
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6	The last episode aired on December 15, 2015. It was a one-hour special named "Hello, I Must Be Going: 25 Years of Nick News with Linda Ellerbee".
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8	In June 2020, Nick News was revived with a special hosted by Music/AliciaKeys with a focus on addressing racial injustice in America in the wake of a renewed surge of civil unrest and [[UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatterMovement Black Lives Matter]] protests following several more high-profile deaths of black people in altercations with police officers during the month of May 2020 and the subsequent focus by the entertainment industry on addressing and combating racism with a more serious drive behind it than most prior attempts to do so. The special was met with acclaim, and [[https://www.viacomcbs.com/press/magalie-laguerre-wilkinson-joins-nickelodeon-as-vice-president-of-news-programming-and-executive-producer-of-nets-rebooted-nick-news in October 2020, Nickelodeon revived the Nick News brand]], ahead of Music/KekePalmer hosting a Nick News special on the 2020 US presidential election. The new series is produced with Creator/{{CBS}} News and primarily hosted by a rotating team of kids, Nickelodeon stars, and CBS News correspondents.
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10	!!This show provides examples of:
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12	* AlcoholicParent: One episode revolves around children who have alcoholic parents.
13	* DarkerAndEdgier: The series deals with tough topics like domestic abuse, alcoholism, politics, house fires, etc. It's much more serious than other Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} shows.
14	* DomesticAbuse: The episode "Family Secrets: When Violence Hits Home" deals with the topic of parents abusing one another.
15	* FleetingDemographic: Kids outgrow the show as they age. This is lampshaded in the final special. Linda mentions that it's unlikely that someone who began watching in 1992 would still be watching it in 2015.
16	* GreenAesop: The series had two environmental episodes: a 1993 episode called "Plan it for the Planet" and a 2007 episode called "A Global Warning From the Kids of the World". Both were about global warming.
17	* NetworkRedHeadedStepchild: By the time it ended, it was much more out of place whenever it appeared, as at this point Nickelodeon's audience and programming had changed drastically.

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