Through a beat-driven soundtrack and retro style, Yo Gabba Gabba! highlights simple life lessons in the lives of preschoolers, like sharing, healthy eating and making their bed. The series' magazine format features original animation, vibrant walk-around puppets, real kids, diverse music genres, and celebrity and musical guest appearances in every episode.

The first season of Yo Gabba Gabba! will feature a recurring role by hip hop legend Biz Markie in a 'Biz's Beat of the Day' segment where he teaches preschoolers how to beat-box, and a recurring role by singer, illustrator and composer Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) in a Mark's Magic Pictures drawing segment. Additional guest stars include, Elijah Wood in
the premiere episode Eat, Mya, The Shins, Sugarland, Rahzel and Tony Hawk.

Nickelodeon preschool Television executive VP, executive creative director Brown Johnson says, "This fresh, inventive music series will captivate preschoolers and caregivers with a hip, diverse slate of original music and infectious lyrics. Kids will see how much fun it can be to eat healthy, clean up and
brush their teeth as they sing and dance along with the engaging cast of colourful characters, real kids, talented guest stars a d one-of-a-kind animation."

Yo Gabba Gabba! stars host DJ Lance Rock (Lance Robertson) who brings to life four friendly monsters and a robot in a colorful land of music and laughter. The series highlights simple life lessons for preschoolers, through original song in short thematically linked segments, featuring animation, walk-around puppets and real kids. The show features a mix of music genres for preschoolers including, Pop, 80s, Electronic, New Wave, British Invasion, Hip Hop and more. Each episode culminates with an original music remix that summarises the lessons learned.

The characters, Muno the red cyclops, Foofa the pink flower bubble, Brobee the little green one, Toodee the blue cat-dragon and Plex the robot, are all ready to sing, play and dance along with the viewers as soon as they hear the magic words, Yo Gabba Gabba! They physically engage preschoolers with interactive play and encourage them to get up and dance to the music. Yo Gabba Gabba! also features pretend-along games that teach shapes and colors, ask questions and teach new dance steps while keeping preschoolers laughing throughout the episode.

On the premiere episode Eat Elijah Wood guest stars in a Dancey Dance segment, teaching viewers a puppet master dance, and Mark Mothersbaugh shows viewers how to draw a potato bug in his Mark's Magic Pictures segment.