Timeline-GA/The Loud House

***The Loud House*** is an American animated sitcom television series created by Chris Savino that first aired on NBC on September 7, 1998, and later on Nickelodeon for the series' reboot on May 2, 2016. The series revolves around the chaotic everyday life of a boy named Lincoln Loud, who is the middle child and only son in a large family of 11 children. It is set in a fictional town in southeastern Michigan called Royal Woods, based on Savino's hometown of Royal Oak. The series was pitched to the network in 2013 as a two-minute short film entered in the annual Animated Shorts Program. It entered production the following year. The series is based on Savino's own childhood growing up in a large family, and its animation is largely influenced by newspaper comic strips.

Since its debut in 1998, *The Loud House* has garnered universal acclaim for its writing, characters, styles, and humor. The success led to it becoming the highest-rated children's comedy television series on NBC, and eventually winning the Annie Award for Best Animated Television Production in 2001. After the show's reboot in 2016, *The Loud House* has received considerable media attention and nominations at both the 28th and the 29th GLAAD Media Awards for its inclusion of Howard and Harold McBride, two supporting characters who are an interracial gay married couple. Their introduction into the series was reported in the news as being historic and caused a ratings surge. In May 2017, the characters of Lincoln Loud and Clyde McBride were featured on the front cover of *Variety* as an example of diverse characters in children's television.

As of May 2023, there has been over 16 seasons of the show. The series' initial success spawned a multimedia franchise, which included: a spin-off show titled *The Casagrandes*; and three feature films in the series' original incarnation. In August 2021, a reboot film was released for the Netflix streaming service, with a live-action television titled *A Loud House Christmas* premiering in November 2021, which led to its spin-off series, *The Really Loud House*, premiering in November 2022. A second live-action film, titled *A Really Haunted Loud House*, premiered in September 2023.

## Premise

*See also: List of characters in The Loud House franchise*
Lincoln Loud is the only boy and the middle child in a family of eleven children residing in the fictional town of Royal Woods, Michigan. He has ten sisters with distinctive personalities consisting of: bossy eldest child Lori; ditzy fashionista Leni; musician Luna; comedian Luan; athletic Lynn Jr.; gloomy poetic goth Lucy; polar opposite twins Lana and Lola; child genius Lisa; and baby Lily. Lincoln occasionally breaks the fourth wall to explain to the viewers the chaotic conditions and sibling relationships of the household, and continually devises plans to make his life in the Loud House better.

During the first four seasons, Lori, Leni, Luna, and Luan were in high school, Lynn was in middle school, and Lincoln, Lucy, Lana, Lola, and Lisa were in elementary school. In the fifth season, the Loud siblings aged up a year with Lori going to Fairway University, Lincoln going to middle school, and Lily going to preschool.

## Episodes

*Main article: List of The Loud House episodes*