BIG TIME RUSH
Big Time Rush is an American television series that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009 until July 25, 2013. It was created by Scott Fellows (also the creator of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Johnny Test and the head writer of The Fairly OddParents).[1] It focuses on the Hollywood misadventures of four Hockey players from Minnesota: Kendall Knight, James Diamond, Carlos Garcia, and Logan Mitchell, after they are selected to form a boy band by fictional mega music producer, Gustavo Rocque.
BTR follows in the same vein of "Hannah Montana," in which an artist-based television show extends into CDs and touring deals. Kendall Schmidt, Logan Henderson, Carlos Pena and James Maslow were the lucky fourteen heartthrobs cast to play the group of Minnesotan hockey-playing best friends given the record deal of a lifetime -- to become the world's next big boy band, Big Time Rush. In addition to acting in the show, the boys pull the double duty of recording and performing as the band around the country. …show more content…
It became clear to Nickelodeon after the first few demos that Big Time Rush would be more than just a small screen venture. "From the beginning it was always important that we could find people that could act and sing," says Henderson. "After the first few songs that we cut, it was that moment where they thought, 'I think we should go big on this.'"
Although the boys play exaggerated versions of their own personalities -- the leader, the geeky one, the funny one and the conceited one -- they put their true selves into the music as much as they
Big Time Rush is an American television series that originally aired on Nickelodeon from November 28, 2009 until July 25, 2013. It was created by Scott Fellows (also the creator of Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide and Johnny Test and the head writer of The Fairly OddParents).[1] It focuses on the Hollywood misadventures of four Hockey players from Minnesota: Kendall Knight, James Diamond, Carlos Garcia, and Logan Mitchell, after they are selected to form a boy band by fictional mega music producer, Gustavo Rocque.
BTR follows in the same vein of "Hannah Montana," in which an artist-based television show extends into CDs and touring deals. Kendall Schmidt, Logan Henderson, Carlos Pena and James Maslow were the lucky fourteen heartthrobs cast to play the group of Minnesotan hockey-playing best friends given the record deal of a lifetime -- to become the world's next big boy band, Big Time Rush. In addition to acting in the show, the boys pull the double duty of recording and performing as the band around the country. …show more content…
It became clear to Nickelodeon after the first few demos that Big Time Rush would be more than just a small screen venture. "From the beginning it was always important that we could find people that could act and sing," says Henderson. "After the first few songs that we cut, it was that moment where they thought, 'I think we should go big on this.'"
Although the boys play exaggerated versions of their own personalities -- the leader, the geeky one, the funny one and the conceited one -- they put their true selves into the music as much as they