Created by Brian Morante (Penguins of Madagascar, Breadwinners), ZJ Sparkleton is a buddy comedy for six to 11s that stars a vlogger named Ruby and her alien best friend who film their daily adventures around their home town. Nelvana’s Mike Geiger will direct, and Lynne Warner is on board as a supervising producer. Nickelodeon’s VP of animation development Kari Kim, SVP of animation development Claudia Spinelli, and VP of current series animation Conrad Montgomery will also oversee production.

Some of the preschool projects include Obediya Jones-Darrell’s Br’er Rabbit & Friends, based on African, Caribbean and North American folktales told in an African-Nova Scotian community; the sing-along series The George Canyon Show—Kids Edition; Mike Geiger’s series Hartford about a five-year-old living with anxiety; Nitanis & Skylar, a show from Loretta Todd that sees the titular characters find lost people, places and things in their neighborhood; and Power Lines, Gazelle Automation’s series about playful subway trains.