The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time Audition", on Nickelodeon, on November 28, 2009. The show's second season premiered on September 25, 2010. Big Time Movie, a film adaptation of the series, premiered on March 10, 2012. It focuses on the misadventures of four hockey players from Duluth, Minnesota, Kendall Knight, James Diamond, Carlos Garcia, and Logan Mitchell.