The series was created by Shabnam Rezaei and based on the fifteen-episode miniseries Lili & Lola from 2015.
16 Hudson gained international recognition in October 2021 by winning the MIPCOM Diversify TV Award in Cannes, France, up against Disney and the BBC.
[1] The series first broadcast by TVOKids in August 21, 2018, and Knowledge Kids since September 3, 2018 followed by French channels Ici Radio-Canada Première and TFO.
The third season saw the friends traveling to heritage countries like China and India and visiting relatives.
Thirty-nine episodes aired from 2020 to 2021: The first five were batched in April 2020[4] while another five are due in summer 2020 bringing the total to ten.