Nick News with Linda Ellerbee

Nick News with Linda Ellerbee


Latest Episodes

Twelve for the Road: The Ultimate Unusual & Unending Road Trip
June 20, 2014

This is the story of a family, with twelve kids, who sold their house in the mountains of Colorado, packed up a few favorite possessions, and began roaming the country in their new home: an RV.

If All the Other Kids AreThe Politics of Peer Pressure
June 10, 2014

We look at the issue of peer pressure, asking kids: What does peer pressure look like? How powerful can it be? Have you pressured a peer? When is peer pressure good? And most importantly, how do you deal with it?

Sidelined: How Safe are Kids Sports?
April 17, 2014

Kids involved in sports are getting hurt in alarming numbers. Yet it seems more than half of sports injuries to kids are preventable. How did we get here? And what's being done to reverse this trend?

Fleeing Syria: Children of War
March 17, 2014

One million kids have fled Syria and the numbers only keep rising. We will explore what it's like to be a refugee kid fleeing Syria to camps in Jordan, and how they now live their uprooted lives.

Black, White, and Brown V. Board of Education: A Return to Segregated Schools?
January 24, 2014

Even 60 years after the court, ruling many black kids continue to lack equal access to high quality education. We will find kids fighting against the slide back into inequality and hear what they have to say to the rest of us.

Web Stars II: More Kids Who Are Online Hits
January 06, 2014

In this follow-up to the 2009 special, Webstars: The Kids Behind The Hits, this delves deeper into the performances and the lives of kids seeking fame online.

Going for Cold Gold
December 11, 2013

A look at next year's Olympic hopefuls. This special will delve into their stories, dreams, and journeys to the winter games in Sochi, Russia.

Liar, Liar: Pants on Fire!
October 23, 2013

A humorous look at the lies parents commonly tell their kids.

Worried Sick: Living with Anxiety
September 25, 2013

Despite its increase and prevalence, anxiety among kids gets little recognition. As a result, kids tend not to understand why they feel the way they do and why they can't control their feelings or actions. This show will explore the frightening world of a

Twinsanity
August 28, 2013

If it seems as if there are more twins these days, it's because there are -- over the past 30 years, the twin birth rate rose by 76 percent. So what is it like to be part of this growing population of kids? What is it really like to be a twin?