Television series

The Loud House

Name: The Loud House
Genre: Comedy, Children, Family
Released: 2016
Cast: Collin Dean, Jackson Petty, Bentley Griffin, Nick A. Fisher, Asher Bishop

Comedy
Light-hearted
Dip in and out

The Loud House is a Nickelodeon comedy about Lincoln, the only boy in a household of ten sisters. Each episode mines chaos from their different personalities, interests, and the small-scale drama of sibling life. It's brightly animated, genuinely funny, and built on the idea that family is both suffocating and irreplaceable—a show that knows kids are strange and loves them for it.

TVMaze rating

3.7

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