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Lore & Background

Cartoon Network served as the primary broadcaster for The Amazing World of Gumball across multiple territories. The series debuted on Cartoon Network UK on 2 May 2011, one day before the US premiere, and proper on the British Cartoon Network channel on 5 September. The first two seasons were released on Cartoon Network channels in over 126 countries, with the third season rolling out through 2014. The show also aired on Boomerang, a sister channel, during several runs: from 1 December 2014 to 23 October 2015, a second run from 30 November 2015 to 25 December 2015, a third run from 1 February 2016 to 2 April 2017, a fourth run from 2 May 2022 to 31 October 2022, and a fifth run from 4 April 2023 to 29 September 2023. The series was produced by Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe (later Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe), in association with Boulder Media (Ireland; season 1), Dandelion Studios (season 1), and Studio Soi (Germany).

In Their Own Story

When Cartoon Network Studios Europe was created in 2007, Ben Bocquelet was hired to help people pitch their projects to the network. When the studio decided to have its employees all pitch their own ideas, Bocquelet took some rejected characters he had created for commercials and put them together in one series set inside of a school. Daniel Lennard, vice president of Original Series and Development at Turner Broadcasting System Europe, was impressed by the premise and approved production of the series in 2009. Turner officially announced production on 24 September 2009, with the series originally consisting of forty eleven-minute episodes. Thirty-six episodes were produced for its first season in collaboration with Studio Soi, Boulder Media Limited, and Dandelion Studios. Prior to the series' premiere, the series was renewed for a second series in March 2011, followed with a third in October 2012.

Reader's Guide

The Amazing World of Gumball was available on video on demand services and streaming platforms. Episodes were available on Hulu and Netflix internationally, and was previously available to stream on HBO Max before being removed in September 2024. Episodes of The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball released on Hulu in the United States from 29 July 2025. The series is noted for its intentional stylistic disunity, with characters designed, filmed, and animated using various styles and techniques including stylised traditional animation, puppetry, CGI, stop motion, Flash animation, and live-action, oftentimes within the same scene. Although it is a children's series, Gumball comments on topics including philosophy, marriage, cyberbullying, political intolerance, mental illness, and the human condition.

Did You Know?

• The series premiere on 3 May 2011 was watched by 2.120 million viewers in the United States.
• The highest viewed episode is 'The Goons' with 2.72 million viewers, while the lowest is 'The Potion' with only 0.42 million viewers.
• The show aired on Boomerang across five separate runs between December 2014 and September 2023.
• The series was produced by Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe (later Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe) in association with studios in Ireland and Germany.
• Episodes were previously available to stream on HBO Max before being removed in September 2024.