Lalaloopsy (TV series)

GenreSlice of life
Animated series
Comedy

Created byAmandine Consorti

Based onLalaloopsy

Written by

Carin Greenberg Baker
Steven Darancette
Jeff Goode
David Grubstick
Kris Marvin Hughes
Kevin Monk
Gabe Pulliam
Joseph Purdy
Carla Robinson
Dean Stefan

Lalaloopsy

Genre	Slice of life Animated series Comedy
Created by	Amandine Consorti
Based on	Lalaloopsy
Written by	Carin Greenberg Baker Steven Darancette Jeff Goode David Grubstick Kris Marvin Hughes Kevin Monk Gabe Pulliam Joseph Purdy Carla Robinson Dean Stefan
Directed by	Melissa Suber Andrew Young
Voices of	Greer Hunt Emma Duke Malia Ashley Kerr Anna Quick Tate McRae Selia Sangra Hayley Stone Marissa Tawiah Zoe Marlett Calista Schmidt Paige Stone Jessica Hilbrecht Andrew Hilbrecht Keaton Whitbread
Theme music composer	William Kevin Anderson
Opening theme	"We're Lalaloopsy"
Ending theme	"We're Lalaloopsy" (Instrumental)
Composer	William Kevin Anderson
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer	Isaac Larian
Producer	Patrick Inness Kris Marvin Hughes
Editors	Michael Bradley (video) Christopher Clark (sound) Steve Donmyer (animatic)
Running time	22 minutes
Production companies	MGA Entertainment MoonScoop Entertainment
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Channel
Release	March 29, 2013 (2013-03-29) – September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14)
Related
We're Lalaloopsy

Lalaloopsy is an American animated children's television series based on the doll lineup of the same name by MGA Entertainment. The show first aired on March 29, 2013.^[1] After the first few episodes were aired on Nickelodeon, it was moved to the Nick Jr. Channel. The series' last episode aired on September 14, 2015.

In December 2015, Viacom filed a lawsuit against MGA, stating that the toy company did not provide proper financing for the advertisement and production of the series. In September 2016, a judge awarded Viacom damages of over $14.9 million relating to the series.^[2] Soon afterward, the series was removed from Nick Jr.'s website.

Lalaloopsy focuses on Lalaloopsy Land. Lalaloopsy Land is inhabited by colorful rag dolls, who came to life the moment their last stitch was sewn.

Each episode focuses on one or two groups of them facing a problem of their own, and them either solving it on their own or with incidental or previously planned help from the other group of dolls seen in the episode.

Cast

Selia Sangra as Jewel
Tate McRae as Spot
Hayley Stone as Bea
Paige Stone as Mittens
Emma Duke as Rosy
Olivia Rose as Winter
Greer Hunt as Marina, Little, and Haley
Aurora Hunt as Pepper
Andrew Hilbrecht as Patch
Jessica Hilbrecht as Pickles, Dyna, and Suzette

Episodes

Season	Episodes	Originally released
Season	Episodes	First released	Last released
1	26	March 29, 2013 (2013-03-29)	January 25, 2014 (2014-01-25)
2	26	June 7, 2014 (2014-06-07)	September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14)

Broadcast

In Canada, the series premiered on May 4, 2013 on Treehouse TV, and later moved to Family Jr. until August 28, 2016.^[3] In USA, the series premiered on March 29, 2013 and aired until October 2, 2016 on Nickelodeon and the Nick Jr. Channel.

Spin-off

In 2017, Netflix released a follow-up Lalaloopsy animated series titled We're Lalaloopsy.^[4] The spinoff had a different art style from the previous series. However, it included some of the show's characters.

Home media

The series was released on DVD in the United States by Paramount Home Entertainment.

Lawsuit

On December 14, 2015, Viacom, owners of Nickelodeon, filed a breach of contract lawsuit against MGA in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. The action alleged that MGA had violated an October 9, 2012, co-financing agreement, where MGA had agreed to pay $9 million in funding the series over three installments from 2013 to 2015, with each payment being due on September 15; Viacom argued that it had fulfilled its part of the contract by paying the required $5.2 million of funding and airing the series on the mandatory "regularly scheduled basis." While the defendants had successfully managed to pay the first two installments by the deadlines, they had only managed to pay $500,000 for the third installment on November 23, 2015, over two months after the deadline, still owing the plaintiffs $3.5 million.^[5]

In response, MGA counter-sued Viacom on February 17, 2016, alleging that Viacom had failed to properly launch the series on the Nickelodeon channel, as well as neglecting to air new episodes of the series at regular intervals. MGA further alleged that Viacom had displayed a bias against them by promoting and airing their own original programming more than Lalaloopsy, arguing that this activity constituted a violation of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. Viacom would also amend its own complaint with further allegations of non-payment from MGA, including the failure to reimburse almost $7.4 million of advertising costs for 2015, as well as failing to pay for advertisements of the Bratz toy line, also owned by MGA, that had aired between July 27 and August 17, 2015.^[6]

On September 22, 2016, Judge Manuel Real, who had presided over the case, ruled in favor of Viacom, ordering MGA to pay over $14.9 million in damages and legal fees while dismissing their counterclaims in their entirety, having stated in a July 18 order that MGA had failed to provide sufficient evidence in court to support them.^[2] Particularly, Real disputed MGA's claims of financial losses having resulted from the sporadic airing schedule of Lalaloopsy, as well as rejecting the notion that Viacom promoting other series more than Lalaloopsy was a breach of good faith due to the activity having never been covered by the contract.^[6]