Thursday, June 20, 2013

Jason Bateman Guest Stars In Brand-New Episode Of "Yo Gabba Gabba!", Premiering Saturday 22nd June 2013 On Nick Jr. USA!

Nickelodeon has announced in the following press release, from TVbytheNumbers, the exciting Nick News that Nickelodeon USA's preschool channel, Nick Jr. USA will premiere and show a brand new episode of Nick Junior's popular critically-acclaimed award-winning preschool show "Yo Gabba Gabba!", called "Super Spies", which will guest star Hollywood star and American actor Jason Bateman, on Saturday 22nd June 2013 at 8:30 a.m. (ET/PT), as part of a special "Yo Gabba Gabba!" marathon from 7-9 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nick Jr. In "Super Spies," a bad spy named Bateman runs off with the Gabba gang's balloon art, so they embark on a musical spy mission full of gadgets, robot guards and great beats to recover the balloons. The episode also features the special musical guests Peter Bjorn and John.
Jason Kent Bateman is an American actor. First appearing as a high-profile teen actor in the 1980s, in sitcoms such as "Silver Spoons" and "The Hogan Family", Bateman returned to prominence in the early 2000s for playing Michael Bluth on "Arrested Development", for which he won a prestigious TV Land Award, a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a Television Series Musical or Comedy, and two Satellite Awards. He has since established himself in Hollywood by appearing in several films, including "The Kingdom", "Juno", "Hancock", "Up in the Air", "Paul", "Horrible Bosses", "Teen Wolf Too" and "Identity Thief". Jason Bateman also directed the episode of the Classic Nickelodeon UK comedy series "Two of a Kind" titled "Mr. Right Under Your Nose". He is the brother of actress Justine Bateman.

Original Nickelodeon Press Release:

Jason Bateman Guest Stars in Brand-New Episode of Nick Jr.'s 'Yo Gabba Gabba!'

Jason Bateman guest stars in a brand-new episode of the critically-acclaimed preschool series, Yo Gabba Gabba!, premiering Saturday, June 22, at 8:30 a.m. (ET/PT) during a Yo Gabba Gabba! marathon from 7-9 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nick Jr. In “Super Spies,” a bad spy named Bateman runs off with the Gabba gang’s balloon art, so they embark on a musical spy mission full of gadgets, robot guards and great beats to recover the balloons. The episode also features musical guests Peter Bjorn and John. Yo Gabba Gabba! is created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz and is produced by The Magic Store and DHX Media.

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