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March 19 episode order

I'm happy to say that Nickelodeon didn't do any last minute pulling of episodes again -- all four episodes that were supposed to air did. However, the order in which they aired was slightly different than expected. When the four episodes started at 11 a.m. EDT, they were aired in the following order: "Danger Wears a Cape," "Operation: Break-speare," "Rat Fink," and "Kanga Management." Anyone watching Nickelodeon from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EDT can attest to such order. This means that the latter two episodes should be reversed on the episode list, which I will do in the coming minutes. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 04:28, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

2011 pre-airing schedule conflicts

Nickelodeon has such a bad history when it comes to changing what Penguins of Madagascar episodes they air at or near the last minute that there ought to be a talk page section on Wikipedia dedicated to the subject. And now there is one.

According to the current schedule of TV Guide, the two episodes listed to air today, March 26, are "King Julien for a Day" and "A Visit from Uncle Nigel." These are also the two that are currently listed on this article. However, Nickelodeon's schedule on their website currently only lists one episode, a different one, "Maurice at Peace." While Nickelodeon's website should be considered the more reliable of these two sources, I do recall in the past when even their website did not reflect what actually aired. Regardless, I will be watching whatever airs in approximately 6.5 hours. If changes need to be made, I'll later cite the best I can under the circumstances. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 08:08, 26 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Another week, another conflict. While MSN still lists "Cute-Astrophe" for today (April 2), both TV Guide and Nickelodeon's schedule list the episode as scheduled for Sunday morning (April 3) instead. In light of this two-to-one conflict and the fact that Nickelodeon's schedule got it right last week, I'm going to change the airdate of "Cute-Astrophe" to April 3. If there are any further issues with this episode, I'll be sure to take action to set things right. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 09:03, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

TV Guide does list a "Countdown to Kids' Choice" saying it will air an episode of the Penguins of Madagascar along with SpongeBob SquarePants since both are nominated for an award. Nick's website does lists the SpongeBob episode, "Sentimental Sponge", for Saturday while TV Guide lists it as a premier for Sunday. It is very possible that "Cute-Astrophe" will indeed air on Saturday night. Either way we'll find out in a couple of hours. Axelfar (talk) 10:22, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Cute-Astrophe" was aired today, April 2. Axelfar (talk) 23:51, 2 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As I write this, I have enough concern with Nickelodeon's Saturday schedule to post an advisory. While TV Guide continues to list four new episodes for May 21 ("The Otter Woman," "Alienated," "Operation: Good Deed," "When the Chips are Down"), MSN and Nickelodeon's own website do not. (MSN at one time did list them, but has not for several days now.) If the aforementioned episodes fail to air, they'll of course be moved back to the "Unaired episodes" section (yet again) and I will sigh with great disappointment (yet again). --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 08:52, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Alienated/Otter Woman and Operation: Good Deed/ When the Chips are Down

These were not on today. Moved back to UNAIRED section. --99.253.11.239 (talk) 15:27, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I can attest to this as well. Nickelodeon instead ran a three-hour SpongeBob block from 9 a.m. to noon. In the future, I don't think I'm ever going to trust a single source for airdates again. I'm going to have to be awfully convinced that an airdate is reliable before I personally move an unaired episode into the Season 2 list again. When it comes to Penguins airdates, it seems that taking them with a grain of salt isn't enough -- we apparently need to take them with a teaspoonful. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 04:24, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Premiers, week of June 13

No listings yet by any of the usual sources, but Nickelodeon's website has a video titled "Penguins of Madagascar Premiere Week: Starts Monday at 6/5c!" The video can be seen here on the right a short way down from the top of the page. Based on the video, it seems as if "Operation: Neighbor Swap" will be among the episodes debuting as part of the week-long event. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 09:18, 9 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"You Pick the Premiere" advisory

It should be noted that new episodes may be premiering within the next few days. Nickelodeon is currently running a promotion through their website called "You Pick the Premiere," in which viewers (apparently U.S.-only) vote to determine which of three programs will be airing new episodes. The winning pick each day will have premieres air at 6 p.m. Eastern. The Penguins of Madagascar lost to The Fairly OddParents yesterday (August 15), but features the episodes "Operation: Good Deed" and "When the Chips are Down" in the pick for today, August 16. In the chance that a Penguins episode wins and thus receives its premiere, it will have to be cited as best as possible under the circumstances. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 07:15, 16 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Operation: Vacation" vs. "Hoboken Surprise"

It may be possible that the episode listed and cited here as "Operation: Vacation" could turn out to actually be titled "Hoboken Surprise." MSN has a page with the title of the latter, albeit without a description of the episode, with the same airdate of August 20. As TV Guide's listing mentions the Hoboken Zoo, it may be possible that they simply titled the episode incorrectly. Nickelodeon is running promo commercials for the upcoming episode, referring to it as "Operation: Vacation," but have promoted other 30-minute specials in the past as "operations" even though the actual episode titles had no such word in it ("Dr. Blowhole's Revenge" was advertised on-air as "Operation: Blowhole" sometimes, for example). Once the special airs on Saturday, we'll know by its titlecard and plot what its name is for sure. And I look forward to it. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 08:30, 17 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The voice of Alex

Ben Stiller, the voice of Alex the lion in the Madagascar films and in Merry Madagascar, did not provide the voice of the character in the recent "The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole" episode. Before the episode aired, many fans were perhaps overly hopeful that Stiller would be reprising his role, but such did not occur. Unfortunately, the end credits of the episode ran by too quickly for me to definitively catch the first and last name of who Alex was voiced by, though it definitely wasn't Stiller's name. Once I can determine who voiced the lion, I'll include their name. But any re-additions of Stiller's name are incorrect and should be reverted promptly. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 00:53, 12 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I recorded the episode so I'm able to tell you Alex was voiced by Wally Wingert. I can provide a screenshot as proof if necessary. Axelfar (talk) 22:52, 16 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Added. --Sgt. R.K. Blue (talk) 05:21, 17 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]