Big Time Rush

Big Time Rush are four regular guys from Minnesota who used to hang out and play hockey together -- until they got the chance of a lifetime to move to L.A., live in a hotel, attend a special performing-arts school and become the next big boy band. Or, at least, that's the premise behind the Nickelodeon show that created this dance-pop-rock crew. So yes, Kendall, James, Carlos and Logan are "fictional" -- well, actually, those are the same first names of the actor-singers who play them -- but the bouncing pop cuts the show has generated are certainly real. And so are the millions of fans who've tuned in every week, making it one of Nick's highest-rated programs.