LazyTown (Icelandic: Latibær) is an Icelandic educational musical comedy program with a cast and crew from Iceland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. It was created by Magnús Scheving, a gymnastics champion and CEO of Lazytown Entertainment, who also has a lead role as "Sportacus" in the show. Originally performed in English, the show has been dubbed into more than thirty languages (including Icelandic) and aired in over 180 countries.
Fifty-three episodes were produced from 2004 to 2007, for the first and second seasons. It originally aired on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. in the United States and CBeebies in the UK. Turner Broadcasting System Europe acquired LazyTown Entertainment in 2011 and commissioned a third season consisting of 16 episodes, which premiered on 6 April 2013 in the United Kingdom on Cartoonito. A fourth season, consisting of 12 episodes, premiered in the UK in 2014.