Nickelodeon Docuseries to Spotlight Teen Activists

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon is due to debut The HALO Effect, a new original pro-social documentary series focused on adolescents who are helping and leading others.

Each 30-minute episode will tell the story of a teenager who is making a positive change in his/her community while inspiring others to do the same. The monthly program, which will be hosted by Sydney Park (Instant Mom), is exec produced by Nick Cannon's NCredible Entertainment and Morgan Spurlock's Warrior Poets. It is set to premiere in January 2016. The HALO Effect will complement Nickelodeon's successful pro-social campaign of the same name and the annual HALO Awards concert special.

"The HALO Effect is another pro-social platform letting our audience connect to the issues they care about and to the work of friends and peers who are actively improving their communities," said Marva Smalls, Nickelodeon's executive VP of public affairs and chief of staff. "Together with our monthly grants program and annual HALO Awards Thanksgiving concert event, the HALO Effect TV series will provide a window into how central the idea of 'Helping and Leading Others' is to today's generation of kids and young adults."