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If you ever secretly wished to be slimed on Nickelodeon as a kid, Beat the Bomb -an immersive team game that opens today in Ivy City-might be right up your alley.Here's how Beat the Bomb's hourlong missions work: A team of four to six players dresses up in protective suits and passes through four rooms-each featuring a different game.

Kenan Thompson is looking for a new job.Well, not really.In the new YouTube-first series Lil Interns, the nicest dad in comedy tries to work a real day job with a bunch of kindergartens as competition.Lil Interns is a faux-reality show side hustle for Kenan, a six-part series about him interning with a bunch of kids at an Old Navy (which of course co-produced the series).

| By Michael Bürgi



"Ask not for whom the bell tolls," goes the modern bastardization of John Donne's famous line.In this case it could refer to the first real death knell in years for the modern upfront marketplace, in which some $20 billion or so in marketing dollars are committed to be spent across the video spectrum by advertisers looking to secure better pricing and premier inventory.

There's little doubt that Jason Alexander will be forever associated with his alter-ego on the neurotic and hilarious George Costanza.It's one of the best characters to ever come to television and no small part of the show's success.But, by no means does George define the oeuvre of Jason Alexander or the life of the man.

It's here, it's here, it's finally here!At long last, the winter is officially over, as the first players report to spring training tomorrow.How have the Yankees been spending their final week of the winter before getting to work?One Last Vacation While a professional baseball career might seem like a six month vacation to most of us - travel to a dozen different cities, all expenses paid - at the end of the day, players have little time for themselves or their families from February to (ideally) late October.

The 2000s were a hallowed time for family fantasy movies.In the wake of Harry Potter, any and all children's books were ripe for adaptation.Some, like , were massively successful.Others, like Nickelodeon's ill-fated A Series of Unfortunate Events adaptation, starred Jim Carrey.15 years ago, as the fad was starting to wind down, Nickelodeon took one last try at adapting a hit book series into a family adventure saga.

Lloyd Morrisett, a psychologist whose young daughter's viewing habits inspired the creation of the revolutionary children's educational television program Sesame Street, and whose fund-raising helped get it off the ground, died on Jan. 15 at his home in San Diego.He was 93.His daughter Julie Morrisett confirmed the death.

Audible, Amazon's premium audiobook and podcast platform, announced that Susan Jurevics will now oversee the development and execution of the company's global brand strategy in addition to leading its international teams.Jurevics, as chief brand and international officer, will continue to report to Audible CEO Bob Carrigan.