Cyberchase

Cyberchase is an American-Canadian animated educational children's television series on PBS Kids. Co-produced By Nelvana Limited and Thirteen WNET New York And With the Participation of Teletoon In Co-production With PBS Kids And With the Fancai Assistance Of The Shaw Children's Programmee Inatvie And Telefilm Canada The series about three children from Earth: Jackie, Matt, and Inez. They were brought into Cyberspace, a digital universe, in order to protect the world from the villain Hacker (voiced by Christopher Lloyd). These kids are able to prevent Hacker from destroying Cyberspace by means of problem-solving skills with basic math. In Cyberspace, they meet Digit (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried), a cybird that helps them on their missions.^[3]

Cyberchase
Genre	Animated Series
Created by	Thirteen/WNET New York
Directed by	Larry Jacobs (seasons 1–4) Yvette Kaplan (The Poddleville Case) Jason Groh (season 5) Brandon Lloyd (seasons 6–8) J. Meeka Stuart (seasons 9–13) Sarah Anne Davis (season 14-present)
Starring	Bianca DeGroat Matthew A. Wilson
Voices of	Christopher Lloyd Gilbert Gottfried Ron Pardo Novie Edwards Jacqueline Pillon Annick Obonsawin Len Carlson Philip Williams Robert Tinkler
Theme music composer	George Guerrette Julian Harris[1]
Opening theme	"Cyberchase Theme"
Ending theme	"Cyberchase Theme" (instrumental)
Composer	Karen LeBlanc
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	142 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Sandra Sheppard Kristin Laskas Martin (Seasons 1-4) Michael Hirsh (Seasons 1 & 2) Patrick Loubert (Season 1) Clive A. Smith (Season 1) Scott Dyer (Seasons 2–5) Doug Murphy (Seasons 3–5) Paul Robertson (Season 3) Toper Taylor (Seasons 1 & 2)
Running time	23 minutes (episodes, without 'For Real' Segments) 2-3¼ minutes ('For Real' Segments)
Production companies	Curious Pictures (pilot only) Studio B Productions (pilot only) Nelvana (2002–2006) (Seasons 1-5) Flying Minds Entertainment (2005) (Season 4) PiP Animation Services (Seasons 6-present)[2] Title Entertainment (Seasons 6-present)[2] WNET New York
Original release
Network	PBS Kids (2002–2004; 2013-present) PBS Kids Go! (2004–2013)
Release	January 21, 2002 (2002-01-21) – present

It was first shown on WNET as a "sneak peek" on March 24, 2000, before making its official debut on January 14, 2002. In 2010, after the season eight finale, PBS put the series on hiatus, but it returned in 2013 for a ninth season,^[4] followed by a tenth season in 2015.^[5] The eleventh season premiered on October 23, 2017.^[6] A twelfth season that premiered on April 19, 2019. A thirteenth season began on February 25, 2022. A fourteenth season premiered on April 21, 2023 and a fifteenth season premiered on April 27, 2024.

References

1. "ABOUT". julian-harris-music.
2. "Cyberchase". PIP Animation Services. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
3. "Cyberchase. About - PBS Parents". Retrieved October 11, 2016.
4. "Cyberchase – Timeline Photos – Facebook". facebook.com. Archived from the original on 19 October 2015. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
5. "Cyberchase | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
6. "THIRTEEN's Emmy® Award-Winning Series Cyberchase Launches Season 11 with Halloween-Themed Episode October 23 on PBS KIDS | Press Release | Pressroom | THIRTEEN". Pressroom. Retrieved 7 January 2018.