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The Amazing World of Gumball is a British-American animated television series created by Ben Bocquelet. It first aired on May 2, 2011 in the United Kingdom as a sneak preview and will officially premiere on September 5, 2011. It premiered a week later on May 9, 2011 in the United States on Cartoon Network. A sneak preview aired on May 3, 2011 in the United States. This series is rated TV-Y7-FV.

When Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe was created in 2007, Ben Bocquelet was hired in order to help people pitch their projects to the network. However, when the studio decided to have its employees all pitch their own ideas, he decided to take some of the rejected characters he had created for commercials and put them all in one series, with a school setting. Daniel Lennard, the Vice President of Original Series and Development at Turner Broadcasting UK, liked the idea and the series was ultimately greenlit. There were twenty half-hours worth of episodes written for the first season, but only eighteen were actually created. A second season was announced on March 17, 2011 and it will consist of an additional twenty half-hours worth of episodes, bringing the total to thirty-eight.

A total of 36 segments have been made for season one, which is 18 half-hours worth. It premiered on May 2, 2011 in the United Kingdom at 10:00 AM BST, with encores having aired throughout the day. The United States was the first nation to get the full series premiere, beginning on May 9, 2011, at 7:30 PM ET/PT. Season two is currently in development, with an additional 40 segments having been ordered, which is 20 half-hours worth. Because the segments were meant to be aired in pairs, the total number of episodes that have been made or ordered is 38, although Cartoon Network US has opted to split the premieres and only air one new segment a week beginning June 6, 2011. The series airs in its intended pairs when it fully premiered in the United Kingdom on September 5, 2011.

Brian Lowry of Variety gave the show a positive review. His review calls it "mostly a really clever spin on domestic chaos" and says that it "qualifies as first-rate silliness."

Gumball Watterson has not been a contender in any CBUB matches.