Lyla in the Loop

Lyla in the Loop
Genre	Animated series Comedy Educational
Created by	Dave Peth
Directed by	Huy Tran
Voices of	Liyou Abere Izzy Woodbury Elijah Lindo Eden Cupid Shechinah Mpumlwana Morrissa Nicole Joseph Motiki Isaac Ng Lynea Perez Kari Wong
Theme music composer	Divinity Roxx Ernest Stuart Dave Peth
Opening theme	"Lyla in the Loop Theme"
Ending theme	"Lyla in the Loop Theme" (instrumental)
Composer	Pop Sound
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	22 (44 segments)
Production
Executive producers	Dave Peth Fracaswell Hyman Luis Lopez Juan Lopez
Producer	Jensenne Roculan
Running time	24 minutes (12 minutes per segment)
Production companies	Pipeline Studios Mighty Picnic
Original release
Network	PBS Kids
Release	February 5, 2024 (2024-02-05) – present (present)

Lyla in the Loop (stylized in all caps) is a children's animated television series created by Dave Peth. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} It premiered on February 5, 2024, on PBS Kids. The series is produced by Mighty Picnic and Pipeline Studios using 2D software. ^[6]

Premise

The series centers on Lyla Loops (a 7-year-old young African-American/Jamaican girl), her sidekick Stu (a fuzzy blue hyrax-like creature), and the rest of the Loops family. The other Loops family members include Luke Loops (a 5-year-old boy and Lyla's younger brother), Liana Loops and Louisa Loops (Lyla’s 12-year older twin sisters), Lydia Loops (Lyla’s mother) and Louis Loops (Lyla’s father and Lydia’s husband). Lyla’s family runs a local diner named Loops Lunch. According to Lyla, each adventure will introduce and explore foundational computational thinking concepts, leading to some comedic disasters and creative solutions, while helping others in their community.

Characters

Main

• Lyla Loops (voiced by Liyou Abere): Lyla is a young African-American/Jamaican girl. She is 7 years old (later 8 years old). Her best friends are Everett and Ale and her catchphrases when she calls her friends are "Ev" "Everett" and "Ale".
• Stu (short for “Something Truly Unique”; vocal effects by Izzy Woodbury): Stu is a fuzzy blue hyrax-like creature and Lyla's sidekick. He was born in a far away planet. He doesn’t have an age.
• Luke Loops (voiced by Elijah Lindo): Luke is Lyla's younger brother. He is 5 years old. His catchphrase is "Oof-Fa-Loof!".
• Liana Loops (voiced by Eden Cupid): Liana is one of Lyla’s older twin sisters. She is 12 years old.
• Louisa Loops (voiced by Shechinah Mpumlwana): Louisa is one of Lyla’s older twin sisters. She has the same age as her twin sister Liana, and shares a name with another character from Work It Out Wombats! .
• Lydia Loops (voiced by Morrissa Nicole): Lydia is Lyla's mother and Louis’ wife. She (Lyla’s mother) and Thi (Everett’s mother) are 40 years old. Lydia is older than her husband Louis.
• Louis Loops (voiced by Joseph Motiki, the voice of Mr. E on Work It Out Wombats! , and the voice of Calvin on Rosie's Rules ): Louis is Lydia’s husband and Lyla's father. He is 38 years old and is younger than his wife. His catchphrases are "Lil’ Loops" and "Lil’ Man Loops".

Recurring

• Everett Phan (also called "Ev" for short, voiced by Isaac Ng): Everett is Lyla's best friend of Vietnamese descent. He is 7 years old. His catchphrases are “Hi Lyla” and "Hey Lyla".
• Thi Phan (also called "Miss Thi" in "The Case of the Mysterious Cake", voiced by Tea Nguyen): Thi is Everett’s mother. She has the same age as Lydia (Lyla’s mother), and lives across the hall. She works at Phan's Hardware Store. She is also a cook.
• Kibbles Phan: Kibbles is Everett and Thi’s pet cat. She doesn’t have an age. She lives with Thi and Everett.
• Alejandra "Ale" Alvarez (voiced by Lynea Perez): Ale is Lyla and Everett's new friend of Hispanic descent. She is 7 years old (later 8 years old). Her catchphrases are "Lylaloo", "Hi Lylaloo" and "Hey Lylaloo".
• Carlos Alvarez: Carlos is Ale’s older brother who likes to tap dance.
• Mr. Alvarez (also called "Papi"): Mr. Alvarez is Ale’s father.
• Jia (voiced by Kari Wong): Jia is a woman who works as an employee at Loops Lunch.
• Emmaline (also known as Miss Emmaline, voiced by Yanna McIntosh, the voice of Super on Work It Out Wombats! ): Emmaline is Lyla and Stu’s friend.
• Bidzill (voiced by Leo Hynes): Bidzill is a skateboarder.

Development

The series was greenlit in October 2020, under the working title of Liza Loops, and was developed as part of a $24 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education. ^[7]

However, on January 16, 2023, during the Television Critics Association Press Tour, it was announced that PBS Kids would begin its production on the series, now titled Lyla in the Loop. ^[8]

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Segments	Episodes		Originally released
				First released	Last released
1	TBA	TBA		February 5, 2024 (2024-02-05)	TBA

Season 1 (2024-2025)

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Storyboard by	Original release date	Prod. code
1	"Piece of Cake"	Huy Tran	Dave Peth & Tim McKeon	Kelly Erwin	February 5, 2024 (2024-02-05)	101
	"Kibbles and Coins"		Fracaswell Hyman	Albert Rodríguez
When Lyla’s mistake causes Stu to make a mess, she and Luke need to figure out how to get everything back in order for their older sisters Liana and Louisa's birthday before it gets ruined. Lyla loses Everett’s coin and tries to get it back before he comes home. Note: This episode was dedicated to Loan Ngoc Chau.
2	"The Mystery Puzzle"	Huy Tran	Fracaswell Hyman	Lev Voloshin	February 6, 2024 (2024-02-06)	102
	"The Stu Express"		Dave Peth	Austen Payne and Carles Puig
Liana recruits Lyla to help put together a puzzle with over 1000 pieces in order to win a prize. Lyla and Luke make their dream of driving a train come true by constructing one they can ride in using household materials.
3	"Every Sand-Which Way"	Huy Tran	Carleton Carter	Kelly Erwin	February 7, 2024 (2024-02-07)	103
	"Growing Up"		Joon Chung	Albert Rodríguez, Austen Payne, Lee Bird, and Troy Sullivan
Lyla is coming up with a sandwich special for Loops Lunch, but when her siblings contribute their ideas, Lyla will need to lead the project before it crumbles. Lydia remembers her mother’s vegetable garden. Lyla wants to carry on this tradition, so she and Lydia build their very own garden behind Loops Lunch.
4	"Carnival for Luke"	Huy Tran	Astride Noel	Kelly Erwin	February 8, 2024 (2024-02-08)	105
	"Rap Report"		Genie Deez	Cassandra Parker
Lyla, Everett, Liana and Louisa build makeshift carnival games for Luke using household and recycled materials. Louisa seeks help from Lyla, Luke and Stu to create a beat for her school presentation on Mae Jemison.
5	"Lemonade Champs"	Huy Tran	Laurie Rabin	Austen Payne	February 9, 2024 (2024-02-09)	106
	"Double Dutch Dilemma"		Llacie Simmons	Camilo Román
Lyla and Everett make a lemonade stand to raise money for the animal shelter. Lyla and Everett tackle learning Double Dutch to become a part of a neighborhood crew.
6	"The Waffle Man"	Huy Tran	Utkarsh Rajawat	Kelly Erwin	February 12, 2024 (2024-02-12)	107
	"Loopapalooza"		Fracaswell Hyman	Cassandra Parker
Lyla and Everett design a waffle costume for Stu, but they’ll need to change it to withstand the elements like wind and pigeons. Lyla creates an original game to reignite everyone’s interest in family game night.
7	"How to Hamster"	Huy Tran	Ruth Morrison	Andrea Mercado	February 13, 2024 (2024-02-13)	110
	"A Bad Case of the Beeps"		Crescent Imani Novell	Camilo Román
Luke is determined to have the best weekend ever with his class hamster. When Stu mysteriously starts beeping, Lyla and her family embark on a fun and inquisitive journey to figure out the meaning of the beeps and how to make them stop.
8	"Operation: Rise and Shine"	Huy Tran	Dave Peth	Lev Voloshin	February 14, 2024 (2024-02-14)	104
	"The Carrot Cake Dance"		Roxana Altamirano	Austen Payne, Lee Bird, & Carles Puig
Lyla and her siblings embark on a mission to “debug” their morning routine so they never miss the bus again. Lyla wants to learn a popular clap and dance sequence that everyone in her family can do but feels frustrated when she can't do it.
9	"Loopstastic Mess Vacuum Test"	Huy Tran	Jehan Madhani	Andrea Mercado	February 15, 2024 (2024-02-15)	108
	"How the Cookie Crumbled"		Trina Sanyal	Camilo Román
When the Loops vacuum breaks, Luke, Lyla and Everett test vacuums to pick the best one. When the Loops don’t have the right ingredients to make cookies, the kids set out to make them using substituted ingredients.
10	"Un-Make a Mess"	Huy Tran	Leanna Dindal	Kelly Erwin	February 19, 2024 (2024-02-19)	109
	"Hide and Go Stu"		Andrew Blanchette	Cassandra Parker
Lyla and Luke clean their room with a little “help” from Stu. Lyla, Luke, Everett and Stu play hide and seek in the apartment until they lose Stu.
11	"The Case of the Mysterious Cake"	Huy Tran	Amy Keating Rogers	Kelly Erwin	February 20, 2024 (2024-02-20)	111
	"Kibbles and Tricks"		Ian Keteku	Cassandra Parker
Lyla bakes a delicious cake without a recipe and needs to recreate it by figuring out the right ingredients. Everett teaches his cat new tricks using sounds and symbols.
12	"The Four Little Pigs and Brucey"	Huy Tran	Kermit Frazier	Andrea Mercado	February 21, 2024 (2024-02-21)	112
	"Handle with Care"		Venessa M. Diaz	Camilo Román
Lyla and Luke playfully create and act out variations on a fairy tale. Lyla, Louis and Stu explore the neighborhood to track down a lost package.
13	"Sanitation Situation"	Huy Tran	Pilot Viruet	Kelly Erwin	February 26, 2024 (2024-02-26)	113
	"Stu Rides the Bus"		Dave Peth	Cassandra Parker
When the neighborhood garbage truck malfunctions, Lyla, Lydia and Stu step in to save the day. Lyla and Louisa take a ride on the city bus and accidentally lose Stu in the process.
14	"When Luke Became Stu"	Huy Tran	Monique D. Hall	Andrea Mercado	February 27, 2024 (2024-02-27)	114
	"Secret Surprise Party"		Carleton Carter	Camilo Román
After feeling left out, Luke wants to swap places with Stu, but being Stu isn’t easy. Lyla and her siblings throw their parents a surprise party, and to keep it a secret, they come up with signals their parents won’t pick up on.
15	"Finding a New Friend"	Huy Tran	Marty Johnson	Andrea Mercado	August 5, 2024 (2024-08-05)	116
	"Lyla Bugs Out"		Fracaswell Hyman	Camilio Román
Lyla, Liana and Louisa return a forgotten tote bag by using the items inside it as clues to figure out who it belongs to and their location. Lyla feels jealous after Ale creates a project that gets her a lot of positive attention.
16	"Stu's Up"	Huy Tran	Jennifer Cho Suhr	Kelly Erwin	August 6, 2024 (2024-08-06)	117
	"Roll n' Scoot"		Kris Marvin Hughes	Cassandra Parker
Lyla and Louis train Stu to help at Loops Lunch. Lyla and Luke teach Stu how to ride a scooter so he can join them for the Roll N' Scoot community event.
17	"Moon Rock Cove"	Huy Tran	Written by: Joon Chung Story by: Crescent Imani Novell	Andrea Mercado	August 7, 2024 (2024-08-07)	118
	"Rainbow Collection"		Fracaswell Hyman	Camilio Román
Liana and Louisa compete to see who's the outdoorsiest twin, but sour the family camping trip in the process. The Loops are bored on their camping trip until Lyla comes up with a game to get everyone excited about being in nature again.
18	"2 on 2 Plus Stu"	Huy Tran	Carin Greenberg	Kelly Erwin	August 12, 2024 (2024-08-12)	119
	"The Stu-Mobile"		Andrew Blanchette	Cassandra Parker
Lyla and Everett recruit Stu to play basketball against their moms, but they'll need to teach Stu to win. Lyla and Luke restore their old toy car to make it special for Stu.
19	"Lyla's Lucky Strike"	Huy Tran	Kris Marvin Hughes	Kelly Erwin	August 13, 2024 (2024-08-13)	121
	"Lyla Out of the Loop"		Monique D. Hall	Cassandra Parker
Lyla bowls a strike her first time bowling but feels frustrated when she realizes bowling isn't as easy as she thought it was. When Lyla feels left out from Everett and Ale's thriving friendship, she plans ways to get herself back in.
20	"Uh-Oh!"	Huy Tran	Fracaswell Hyman	Andrea Mercado	August 14, 2024 (2024-08-14)	122
	"The Puddle"		Dave Peth	Camilio Román
Lyla feels guilty when she causes a group project to break and doesn't take responsibility. Lyla's glider toy is stuck in a big puddle. Lyla, Everett, and Stu try different ways to get it out without getting wet.
21	"Too Many Pumpkins"	Huy Tran	Sam Bissonnette and Fracaswell Hyman	Andrea Mercado	October 7, 2024 (2024-10-07)	120
	"The Maybe-Sitters"		Llacey Simmons	Camilo Román
When Lyla asks customers for their leftover pumpkins, she gets way too many and the Loops find creative ways to make use of every last one. Lyla and Luke put Liana and Louisa through a babysitting test to see if they're ready to be babysitters.
22	"Happy New Year, Lyla!"	Huy Tran	Astride Noel	Kelly Erwin	December 2, 2024 (2024-12-02)	115
	"Everett's Summer Sale"		Jonathan Hernandez	Cassandra Parker
When family and friends want their own fancy pin, Lyla and Everett need to figure out how to make the pins for everyone in time for the New Year's Eve party. Lyla and Everett clash as they make a fun unboxing video for Phan Hardware's Summer Sale.
23	"Lyla Gets a Grip"	Huy Tran	Joon Chung	N/A	February 3, 2025 (2025-02-03)	123
	"Rappin' Riddles"		Fracaswell Hyman	N/A
With the help of Everett and Ale, Lyla overcomes her fear of rock-climbing. Liana and Louisa enlist Lyla and Everett's help to improve their riddle game about everyday objects made by Black inventors.
24	"The Artist Formerly Known as Liana"	Huy Tran	Kermit Frazier	N/A	February 4, 2025 (2025-02-04)	124
	"Jamaica Day"		Andrew Blanchette	N/A
Liana accidentally submits art that Stu made and she feels guilty taking the credit for Stu's work. Lyla and Luke perform an "Anansi" folktale puppet show for a Jamaica Day celebration in the neighborhood.
25	"Runaway Tarantula"	Huy Tran	N/A	N/A	February 5, 2025 (2025-02-05)	125
	"Rainy Day, Indoor Play"		N/A	N/A
Ale wants to show the Loops her pet tarantula, but it keeps escaping, so Lyla and Ale make an escape-proof container. Lyla and her siblings are stuck inside because of rain and escape boredom by recreating park activities indoors.
26	"Miss Emmaline's Magic Trunk"	Huy Tran	N/A	N/A	February 6, 2025 (2025-02-06)	126
	"Luke's Puppy"		N/A	N/A
Lyla figures out how to do a magic trick with clues from her neighbor, Miss Emmaline. Luke finds a puppy and has to figure out what the puppy wants by watching and listening to it.

Soundtrack

The theme song in the show is performed by students at Fanny Jackson Coppin School in Philadelphia.

Original songs are performed by the characters in some episodes.

Broadcast

Lyla in the Loop premiered on February 5, 2024, on PBS Kids. ^[6]

Each episode features two 11-minute stories, plus interstitial content. The interstitial content in between the two 11-minute stories in each episode feature Lyla and her family doing either steps to play or do something or singing a song.

References

1. "'Lyla in the Loop' Creator and Head Writer Introduce Us to PBS Kids' New Problem-Solver Star". February 2, 2024.
2. "Meet the Philadelphia kids who voice PBS series "Lyla in the Loop" theme song - CBS Philadelphia". CBS News . February 16, 2024.
3. "PBS Kids' 'Lyla in the Loop' to Feature Interactive Episodes with AI-Assisted Conversation (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . August 2, 2023.
4. "There's a new Philly-inspired PBS cartoon — and local school kids sang the theme". February 2, 2024.
5. "PBS Kids Sets 'Lyla in the Loop' Debut".
6. "New PBS KIDS Series, LYLA IN THE LOOP, Launches February 5, 2024". PBS (Press release).
7. "CPB and PBS Awarded Ready To Learn Grant from the U.S. Department of Education". pbs.org. Washington, D.C. October 7, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
8. "PBS ANNOUNCES NEW PROGRAMMING AT WINTER 2023 TCA PRESS TOUR". www.prnewswire.com. Arlington, VA. January 16, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

External links

• Lyla in the Loop at IMDb