Skillsville
Created by	Christine Ferraro Carol-Lynn Parente Eric Peterson
Directed by	Chris Fazio
Creative director	Eric Peterson
Voices of	Jessy Yates Nissae Isen Elishia Perosa Jamie Watson Cory Doran Morrissa Nicole Ragini Kapil Scott Gorman Katie Griffin Dwain Murphy
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	30 (18 aired)
Production
Executive producers	Carol-Lynn Parente Christine Ferraro Eric Peterson Momo Hayakawa
Production companies	Twin Cities PBS[1][2] Sphere Media[3]
Original release
Network	PBS Kids (2025-26) Public television syndication (since 2026)
Release	March 3, 2025 (2025-03-03) – present

Skillsville is an American educational animatedchildren's TV series that premiered on March 3, 2025, onPBS Kids with funding from theUnited States Department of Education.^[4] The series is produced byTwin Cities PBS (TPT) andSphere Media.^{[5][6][7][8][9]}

The show is set in a gaming environment and is designed to help children develop executive function skills and learn about careers.^[10][11]

The series centers around a racially-diverse trio of children: Cora, Dev and Rae, who have everyday thoughts and ideas about future careers. Realizing they can experience those in Skillsville, they touch atruncated octahedron-shaped toy and are transported intoSkillsville, avirtual world in which they take on their in-game personas (ParCora, Devosaurus, and Racer Rae) and try to work in various occupations to provide services forcharacters called Beeples. When the children have a problem, they pause to give themselves time to come up with a solution, then unpause to implement the solution. At the end of every episode, they say goodbye to Scout (who responds with "Later, gamers!") and leave the game.

• Rae (also known as Racer Rae, voiced by Jessy Yates) is a disabled white girl who does not walk or run around, but uses a wheelchair.
• Cora (also known as ParCora, voiced byNissae Isen) is an African-American girl.
• Dev (also known as Devosaurus, voiced by Elishia Perosa) is an Indian boy who dons a virtual dinosaur costume when he playsSkillsville with Rae and Cora.
• Camille (also known as Mrs. Walker and Camille-4-Real, voiced by Morissa Nicole) is Cora's mother who works as aSkillsville operator, having created the game herself.

• Scout (voiced byCory Doran) is a character in theSkillsville game who resembles an anthropomorphic lavender dog with the wings and antennae of a dragonfly. He guides Rae, Cora, and Dev through their adventures.
• Beeples (voiced by Cory Doran) are the NPC residents of Skillsville.
• Evan and Annie (voiced by Scott Gorman andKatie Griffin) are Rae's parents.
• Nani (voiced by Ragini Kapil) is Dev's grandmother.
• Cedric Walker (voiced byDwain Murphy) is Cora's father.

Additionally, there is an unnamed announcer (voiced by Jamie Watson) who announces when missions are assigned and completed. Their main appearance is through a set of soundbars.

All episodes are designated as Season 1.^[12]

The series premiered on March 3, 2025, onPBS Kids.^[1][13] After airing 18 episodes, PBS dropped the series on January 31, 2026. Beginning February 1, 2026,American Public Television began national distribution to local public television stations,^[14] and episodes were released on YouTube.^[15]

Two months following the broadcast premiere, production was abruptly halted in May 2025 due to the termination of theReady To Learn grant, which had been providing major financial support (upwards of $4.6 million) for the development of the series since 2020.^[16]Skillsville project director, Momoko Hayakawa, indicated 22 episodes were still in production and nearing completion when the TPT staff was furloughed.^[17] Eight of the episodes were subsequently completed during the originalPBS Kids run and broadcast on the PBS Kids channel in the summer and winter of that year; a further twelve will premiere on PBS and other public television stations through American Public Television in 2026.

In addition to the television series, theSkillsville "Innovation Program" includes summer camps and "pop up events" for community engagement with children and their families.^[18] These hands-on activities focus on the same life skills and career exploration topics from the show with the goal of helping children succeed in their future careers.^[19]

As part of the fully immersive program, fourSkillsville games were planned to be released on the PBS Kids website, as well as the PBS Kids Games app.^[1]

Skillsville won a Bronze Telly Award in Children's Television for its "Air Traffic Controller" episode.^[20]

• 2025 American animated television series debuts
• 2025 Canadian animated television series debuts
• 2020s American animated television series
• 2020s Canadian animated television series
• 2020s American children's television series
• 2020s Canadian children's television series
• American children's animated education television series
• American English-language television shows
• American animated television series about children
• Canadian children's animated education television series
• Canadian English-language television shows
• Fiction about video games
• PBS Kids shows
• Television shows about video games
• Television shows about virtual reality

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