Cyberchase

This article is about the educational children's television series. For other uses, see Cyberchase (disambiguation).

Cyberchase, otherwise referred to as Cyber for short, is an animated science fantasy children's television series that aired on PBS Kids.

Cyberchase
Genre	Science fantasy Educational
Created by	Sandra Sheppard
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 (seasons 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" by Karen LeBlanc
Ending theme	"Cyberchase Theme" (instrumental)
Composers	Peter Lurye (The Poddleville Case) David W. Shaw (2002–present) Edmund Eagan (2010–present) Steve Pecile (season 1) Craig Marshall (2006–2009) Julian Harris (several "For Real" segments)
Country of origin	United States Canada
Original language	English
No. of seasons	15
No. of episodes	148
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) Toper Taylor (seasons 1–2) Scott Dyer (seasons 2–5) Doug Murphy (seasons 3–5) Paul Robertson (season 3)
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

Plot

The series centers around three children from Earth - Jacqueline "Jackie" Marissa Lora Mitchell, Matthew "Matt-Dude" Alexander Hale Quinlan, and Inez "Nezzie" Maria Jessica De La Cruz. They were brought into Cyberspace, a digital universe, in order to protect the world from the villain T. Hieronymous Joseph the 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 "Didge" LeBoid (voiced by Gilbert Gottfried for the first thirteen seasons, later voiced by Ron Pardo since the fourteenth season), a cybird that helps them on their missions.^[3]

Broadcasting

It was first shown on WNET as a "sneak peek" on March 24, 2000, before making its official debut on January 21, 2002. In 2010, after the season 8 finale, PBS put the series on hiatus, but it returned in 2013 for a ninth season, followed by a tenth season in 2015, an eleventh season on October 23, 2017, and a twelfth season on April 19, 2019.

A thirteenth season was announced on October 19, 2020, and began on February 25, 2022, followed by a fourteenth season on April 21, 2023, and a fifteenth season on April 27, 2024.