LazyTown

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LazyTown
Icelandic	Latibær
Created by	Magnús Scheving
Based on	Áfram Latibær!; by Magnús Scheving
Written by	Mark Valenti
Starring	Magnús Scheving; Julianna Rose Mauriello; Stefán Karl Stefánsson; Ronald Binion; Guðmundur Þór Kárason; Jodi Eichelberger; David Matthew Feldman; Julie Westwood; Kobie Powell; Sarah Burgess; Noel MacNeal; Heather Asch; Chris Knowings; Chloe Lang; Aymee Garcia;
Opening theme	"Welcome to LazyTown"; by Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson
Ending theme	"Bing Bang" (Instrumental)
Composer	Máni Svavarsson
Country of origin	Iceland
Original language	English
No. of series	4
No. of episodes	78 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Magnús Scheving; Ragnheiður Melsteð; Raymond P. Le Gué; Brown Johnson; Kay Wilson Stallings;
Running time	24 minutes
Production companies	LazyTown Entertainment; Truenorth Production; Turner Broadcasting System Europe (Series 3–4);
Original release
Network	Nickelodeon (Nick Jr.) (Series 1–2); Cartoonito (Series 3–4); RÚV and Stöð 2 (Iceland)
Release	16 August 2004 –; 15 October 2007
Release	13 March 2013 –; 13 October 2014
Related
	LazyTown Extra

LazyTown (Icelandic: Latibær) is an English-language Icelandic children's television series created by aerobics champion Magnús Scheving. The show was designed to encourage healthy lifestyles. The series was based on Scheving's stage plays Áfram Latibær! (itself adapted from a book that Scheving wrote in 1991).

The series was commissioned by Nickelodeon in early 2003, following the production of two stage plays and a test pilot. It was originally performed in English, the show has been dubbed into more than thirty languages (including Icelandic) and broadcast in over 180 countries. The show combines live action, puppetry and computer-generated imagery, making it one of the most expensive children's shows ever made.

The first two series (fifty-two episodes) were produced from 2004 to 2007. LazyTown originally aired on Nickelodeon's Nick Jr. block in the United States and the United Kingdom and RÚV in Iceland. Turner Broadcasting System Europe acquired LazyTown Entertainment in 2011 and commissioned the third and fourth series for a total of 26 new episodes, which premiered in 2013 on Turner's Cartoonito and later on Viacom's Channel 5.

Multiple spin-offs were created, including stage productions and a short-format television programme for younger children titled LazyTown Extra.

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