Helpsters facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Helpsters
Genre	Children's television Education Musical
Created by	Tim McKeon
Written by	Tim McKeon
Starring	Stephanie D'Abruzzo Ingrid Hansen Jennifer Barnhart Tim Lagasse Martin P. Robinson
Opening theme	"How Can We Help You?"
Ending theme	"How Can We Help You?"
Composer(s)	Paul Buckley
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Tim McKeon Kay Wilson Stallings
Production location(s)	New York City, New York
Running time	22-28 minutes
Production company(s)	Sesame Workshop Big Indie Pictures Monkey Boys Productions
Distributor	Apple Inc.
Release
Original network	Apple TV+
Picture format	2:1 2160p Dolby Vision HDR
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	November 1, 2019 (2019-11-01) – present

Helpsters is an American educational children's television series created by Tim McKeon and produced by Sesame Workshop and Big Indie Pictures as an original series for Apple TV+, and premiered on November 1, 2019, coinciding with the launch of the service. A spin-off short series, titled Helpsters Help You!, was released on April 24, 2020, in order to provide children with supportive content during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The show was announced at Apple's "It's Showtime" presentation on March 25, 2019 by Sesame Street's Big Bird and series protagonist Cody.

In March 2021, Apple renewed Helpsters for a third season.

Premise

A group of monsters known as the Helpsters work together to help solve the problems of customers who enter their shop through teamwork and problem solving. The series aims to teach children how to teach children important skills for planning and following directions for the challenges they face, as well as introducing them to basic concepts in coding.

Episodes

Season 1 (2019-2020)

Season 2 (2020-2021)

Helpsters Help You (2020)

Cast and Characters

The series features puppet characters designed and built by Monkey Boys Productions.

Main

• Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Cody – Cody is the enthusiastic leader of the Helpsters whose positive attitude never fails to rally everyone to action.

• Martin P. Robinson as Mr. Primm – Mr. Primm is the most sophisticated member of the Helpsters with a secret wild streak. Always willing to help, Mr. Primm gets hung up on doing things the correct way.

• Tim Lagasse as Scatter – Scatter is the youngest and most innocent member of the Helpsters. He can be scatterbrained at times, but also comes up with ideas by thinking outside the box.

• Ingrid Hansen as Heart – Heart is the Helpster with the biggest heart. Be careful which instructions you give Heart, because Heart will do exactly what you say.

• Jennifer Barnhart as Jackie – Jackie is the Helpsters’ closest friend who appears whenever they need an extra hand. She speaks in monster mumbles that only the Helpsters can understand.