On March 27, 2015, it was announced that Big Bad Boo Studios had agreed to partner with
TVOKids to begin developing the series, marking the fifth original program of the studio. The following year, on October 11, 2016, the series was greenlighted by TVOKids for a one season order. The series began broadcasting its first season on TVOKids in August 21, 2018, Big Bad Boo Studios launched a workshop series for
BIPOC people in December 2020, including creating a diverse writers room for the series. The first and second seasons each have 39 episodes which are each 7 minutes long. A series of five ER (emergency room) shorts put out as PSAs in response to
COVID-19. The third season saw the friends traveling to heritage countries like China and India and visiting relatives, with the series creator, Shabnam Rezaei, describing the episodes as "very special" and "a very Canadian story." and was praised for emphasizing diversity among the cast This third season contains 21 episodes, each approximately seven minutes long, plus five more (total 10) ER shorts. This brings the total episodes in the franchise to episodes. The first five ER shorts, entitled "Lola's Sneezing School", "Washing Hands", "Coronavirus Game Show", "Social Distancing", and "Luc's New Hour" s released in April 2020. An additional five released in summer 2020 bringing the total to ten. In September 2021, the series was nominated for the MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Award for Representation of Diversity in Kids’ Programming in the preschool category, competing against
JoJo & Gran Gran and
Mira, Royal Detective. The same year, the cat character, Kensington "Kenny G", voiced by
Marcus Mosely, had a spin-off series entitled
ABC with Kenny G, also produced by Big Bad Boo Studios and created by Rezaei. 16 Hudson also won two awards at the 2021 LEO Awards in July of that year and nominated for Awards of Excellence by the
Youth Media Alliance. In July 2022, the series won an award at the
Kidscreen Awards, for "Best Inclusivity" in Kids Programming. In February 2023, the series episode "Spice Box" was nominated for an award for Best Writing in Animation by the
Canadian Screen Awards. In May 2023, the fourth season was in production. The fourth season premiered on October 26, 2025. The season will have 21 episodes each of which are seven minutes long. ==References==