Lego City Adventures Explained

Genre:Comedy
Director:Dana Dorian
Laurent Nicolas
Samuel Tourneaux
Voices:
Country:
  • Denmark
  • United Kingdom
  • France
  • United States
Language:English
Num Seasons:4
Num Episodes:65
Executive Producer:
  • Jill Wilfert
  • Robert Fewkes
  • Keith Malone
  • Marc Bodin-Joyeux
  • Richard Scott (S1-2)
Producer:
  • Katrine Talks
  • Jon Colton Barry
  • Lars Danielsen
  • Sigurd Hartmeyer-Dinesen (S1-2)
  • Andrew Pearce (S1-2)
  • Sueann Rochester (S1-2)
  • Paula Bird
  • Matt Craig (S3)
Runtime:11-22 minutes
Company:
Network:Nickelodeon (seasons 1–2)
Netflix (season 3)
YouTube (season 4)

Lego City Adventures is an animated television series that premiered on Nickelodeon in the United States on June 22, 2019, loosely based on the long-running Lego City toyline theme. The third season of the series was released on Netflix in its entirety on April 15, 2022, and the fourth and final season was released on The Lego Group's YouTube channel on October 25, 2022.[1] It is the second Lego series on Nickelodeon, following 2010's Lego Hero Factory.

Overview

Lego City Adventures is an animated series set in a busy metropolis. The series follows the adventures of the city's community workers, such as the police, firefighters and sanitation workers.[2] Among the characters thrust into extraordinary adventures are cop Sgt. Duke DeTain, crisis-ready fire Chief Freya McCloud, grumpy street sweeper Shirley Keeper, eager handyman Harl Hubbs, dedicated city Mayor Solomon Fleck, Vice Mayor Carol Yea, business rivals R.E. Fendrich and Mary Sinclair, Freya's troublesome nephew Billy McCloud, and skateboarding police Chief Percival "Wheelie" Wheeler.

Characters

Production

On February 14, 2019, it was announced that Lego City Adventures would be a part of Nickelodeon's 2019 slate.[3] [4] On May 14, 2019, it was announced that the program would premiere on June 22, 2019.[5] [6] The series is a co-production between Axis Studios and French companies Passion Paris and Circus for The Lego Group.[7]

Episodes

Season 4 (2022)

Critical reception

Lego City Adventures has received favourable comments from critics about its positive messages but has also been criticised for its consumerism. Reviewer Emily Ashby for Common Sense Media gave the show a three-star rating, commenting that, "despite the fact that this series doubles as a pretty effective advertising campaign for the Lego brand/merchandise, it's a genuinely funny show with fast-paced, unpredictable humor". TV Guide UK gave the show a rating of 6/10.[8]

Merchandise

Lego City Adventures was produced to accompany the Lego City theme, a core product of The Lego Group. According to a Lego announcement, the series was designed as, "an important evolution of Lego City" that aimed to, "bring the unique characters, style and humor of Lego City Adventures to life".

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LEGO CITY Season 4 Episode 1: The Brawl in City Hall. YouTube. 25 October 2022. 25 October 2022.
  2. Web site: Lego City Adventures - TV Review. Common Sense Media. 19 July 2019. March 27, 2021.
  3. Nickelodeon Embarks on New Direction with Its Biggest, Most Wide-Ranging Content Slate Ever – New Shows Are All That and Much More. Nickelodeon. The Futon Critic. February 14, 2019. August 3, 2019.
  4. Web site: SpongeBob Spinoffs, All That & Are You Smarter Than 5th Grader? Revivals & More on Nickelodeon's 2019 Content Slate. Deadline Hollywood. Denise Petski. February 14, 2019. March 20, 2019.
  5. Nickelodeon Debuts LEGO City Adventures, Brand-New Animated Series on Saturday, June 22, at 11:30 A.M. (ET/PT). Nickelodeon. The Futon Critic. May 14, 2019. August 3, 2019.
  6. Web site: Nickelodeon to Debut New LEGO City Adventures on June 22nd. Animation World Network. Dan Sarto. May 14, 2019. August 3, 2019.
  7. Web site: Circus populates Lego City Adventures Series with Golaem. Golaem. 11 March 2020. January 5, 2021.
  8. Web site: When is Lego City Adventures on TV next? TV Guide UK TVguide.co.uk, Film, Soaps, Sports News, Freeview. 2021-03-27. TVGuide.co.uk. 2021-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20211121153428/https://www.tvguide.co.uk/titlesearch.asp?title=Lego+City+Adventures. dead.