Phoebe & Jay is a children's animated television series created by Genie Deez and Thy Than. It was produced by Mainframe Studios, Peter Hannan Productions, and Phoebe & Jay Productions, animated by Philippine-based Top Draw Animation, and premiered on PBS Kids on February 2, 2026.
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| Genre | Education Children's television series |
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| Written by | Halcyon Person |
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| Theme music composer | Mercedes Morris |
| Composer | Patrick Jarrett Jr. |
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| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Network | PBS Kids |
| Release | February 2, 2026 – present |
Major funding for Phoebe & Jay is provided by The Grable Foundation, a Ready-to-Learn grant from the U.S. Department of Education through the now defunct Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers.
Premise
editSet in the fictional city of Nadaville, California, Phoebe & Jay follows two titular African-American twin siblings who live at Tobsy Towers with their father and grandmother.
Characters
editMain
edit- Phoebe Yarber (voiced by Cleo Annan) is an African-American girl who likes to sing. She is Jay's twin sister.
- Jay Yarber (voiced by Isaiah Ball) is an African-American boy. He is Phoebe's twin brother.
- Grandma Annie (voiced by Morrissa Nicole) is Phoebe and Jay's paternal grandmother.
- Pete Yarber (voiced by Jonathan Langdon) is Phoebe and Jay's father.
Supporting
edit- Yolo Armango (voiced by Pamela Estrada) is a Latina woman who lives in Apartment 4G.
- Lupe Armango (voiced by Avery DeWet) is a Latina girl who also lives in Apartment 4G.
- Mr. Gurley (voiced by Daniel Michael Karpenchuk) is an elderly Asian man who lives in Apartment 3C.
- Miss Jean (voiced by Linda Ballantyne) is a white woman who lives in Apartment 8C and owns a chartreuse bird named Houdini.
- Craig (voiced by Dwain Murphy[1]) is a cousin of Phoebe & Jay who wears a red and white baseball cap worn backward.[1][2]
- Manny (voiced by Haven Markus)
- Jaxxon (voiced by Mercedes Morris)
- Priya Dennis (voiced by Ana Sani) is a half-Desi neighbor.
- Miss Vee (voiced by Meghan Swavy)
- Sid (voiced by Dalmar Abuzzeid)
- Mr. Ellis (voiced by Tom Pickett)
- Mr. Marsden (voiced by Michael Daingerfield)
Episodes
edit| No. | Title | Original release date | |||
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| 1 | "Paint on the Mail" | February 2, 2026 | |||
| "The Last Box" | |||||
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"Paint on the Mail": Whilst begging their grandmother to play with them in different roles, Phoebe and Jay accidentally run into each other and drop the items they were holding, causing light blue paint to spill on two packages and obfuscate parts of their respective mailing addresses. They, their father, and their grandmother use what information is still visible to figure out which apartment each package is supposed to be delivered to. "The Last Box": Whilst fighting over who should get to use a tablet first, Phoebe and Jay accidentally knock a tray off a box containing items from when their parents went to college. Phoebe wants to put on her deceased mother's jacket, but it stinks and, per the instructions on the tag, has to be hand-washed and left out in the sun to dry before she can put it on. | |||||
| 2 | "Bird Sitting" | February 3, 2026 | |||
| "Jay's Fit" | |||||
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"Bird Sitting": Miss Jean drops her bird Houdini off at Phoebe and Jay's apartment and gives them instructions on how to make it fall asleep. Phoebe memorizes the instructions by singing them. | |||||
| 3 | "Birthday Dance Surprise" | February 4, 2026 | |||
| "The Green Pepper" | |||||
| 4 | "Find Phoebe" | February 5, 2026 | |||
| "Trick Shot" | |||||
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"Find Phoebe": After Lupe says that she and Jay do not want to play "singy dance rope" (singing, dancing and playing jump rope simultaneously) with her, Phoebe runs away, and Jay and Lupe use wayfinding signs around Tobsy Towers to find her so Jay can apologize to her. | |||||
| 5 | "Fire Drill" | February 6, 2026 | |||
| "Fruit Juice Frenzy" | |||||
| 6 | "Paper Rocketship" | February 9, 2026 | |||
| "Fort Yarber" | |||||
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"Paper Rocketship": To remedy Pheobe and Jay of their rainy day blues, Mr. Gurley teaches them how to make paper airplanes and challenges them to break his record for longest paper airplane launch in Tobsy Towers. | |||||
| 7 | "Lost and Found" | February 10, 2026 | |||
| "Comic Tragedy" | |||||
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"Lost and Found": Phoebe and Jay make a list of things they have to do. Later, when they lose the walkie-talkie, they have to use a list to find it. | |||||
| 8 | "Queen B Butterfly" | February 11, 2026 | |||
| "Talent Show" | |||||
| 9 | "Flipping Out" | February 12, 2026 | |||
| "Jay's Cut" | |||||
| 10 | "Tobsy Speak" | February 13, 2026 | |||
| "Perfect Potluck" | |||||
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"Tobsy Speak": Phoebe and Jay go through audio tapes that Tobsy (the namesake of Tobsy Towers) recorded when he was still alive, sorting them into boxes based on whether they contained music, or him speaking about his ideas for inventions. | |||||
| 11 | "I Know That's Right!" | July 1, 2026 | |||
| "Vote Vote Vote!" | |||||
| 12 | "The Recipe" | July 2, 2026 | |||
| "The Campout" | |||||
| 13 | "Beating the Heat" | July 3, 2026 | |||
| "Tower Time" | |||||
Production
editPhoebe & Jay was originally slated to premiere in Fall 2025,[3] but its premiere was delayed to February 2, 2026, and its initial premiere spot was eventually taken by Weather Hunters.[4][5][6]
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References
edit- 1 2 "Phoebe & Jay - Trick Shot Video". PBS KIDS. Retrieved 2026-02-18.
- ↑ "Watch Phoebe & Jay Videos". PBS KIDS. Retrieved 2026-03-27.
- ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (2025-01-22). "'Phoebe & Jay' Move in with PBS KIDS This Fall". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
- ↑ Milligan, Mercedes (2025-10-01). "PBS KIDS Unveils New 'Super Why' Series, Dates 'Phoebe & Jay' for February Premiere". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
- ↑ Amatangelo, Amy (2 February 2026). "After funding cuts, PBS children's programming soldiers on with 'Phoebe & Jay'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ↑ "New PBS Kids Program 'Phoebe & Jay' Premieres Today". WHRO Public Media. 2 February 2026. Archived from the original on 2 February 2026. Retrieved 2 February 2026.