Blaze and the Monster Machines take a ride on the wild side in all-new “Wild Wheels” animal-themed specials featuring guest voice appearances byinternationally renowned multi-platinum recording artist and acclaimed actor, Billy Ray Cyrus and Grammy-nominated and platinum-selling singer-songwriter, Kelsea Ballerini.
The first special, “Animal Island,” featuring Cyrus as Lazard, a greedy lizard-truck, premieres Monday, May 29th, at 12:00 PM, followed by “Toucan Do It!” featuring Ballerini as Tooks, an athletic toucan-truck, on Wednesday, May 31st, at 12:00 PM on Nickelodeon.
Grammy Award-winning and multi-platinum selling musician, Darius Rucker will also voice a character named Thunderwing, a tough-talking falcon-truck, in an upcoming “Wild Wheels” episode premiering later this year. The “Wild Wheels” specials follow Blaze and friends as they transform into animal-trucks and meet new friends on Animal Island, an incredible place where everyone is a talking monster truck animal.
“Blaze and the Monster Machines” follows the adventures of the amazing monster truck Blaze and his eight-year-old driver AJ, and it’s the first preschool show on TV to comprehensively cover all areas of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) in every episode.
“Blaze and the Monster Machines” is created by Jeff Borkin (Team Umizoomi head writer) and Ellen Martin (Bubble Guppies supervising producer).
For more information and a list of air times, visit www.nickjr.com.
