Nickelodeon and Columbia/Epic Label Team Up For New TV Show Called "Big Time Rush"

November 4, 2009 7:47 a.m. EST

Santa Monia (CNS) - Nickelodeon and Columbia/Epic Label group have become partners on "Big Time Rush," a new comedy series about finding, making and breaking a band. The special one-hour preview will be shown on Saturday, November 28th at 8:30pm ET/PT.

The comedy show is about the lives of four best friends as they get the opportunity of a lifetime to become part of the L.A. pop music scene. The series is currently being shot in Los Angeles and marks the second collaboration with Nickelodeon and Columbia/Epic Label Group, the first being "Victorious." "Big Time Rush" is set to premiere in early 2010 on Nickelodeon.

In the one hour special preview of "Big Time Rush," the viewers will meet James (James Maslow, iCarly), Logan (Logan Henderson), Carlos (Carlos Pena, Ned's DeClassified School Survival Guide) and Kendall (Kendall Schmidt, AI, Gilmore Girls) who will make up the friends soon to be a band. The band only have a short time to get used to life in Palm Woods before it is time to prove themselves to their record label.

"Our audience loves stories about wish fulfillment and beating the odds, and that is what is at the heart of "Big Time Rush"," said Marjorie Cohn, Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Development, Nickelodeon. "We think kids and tweens will quickly connect with the story of Kendall, Logan, James and Carlos. They'll be laughing at their misadventures and rooting for them as they try to attain that elusive goal of pop stardom."