

Two episodes, entitled "The Mom" and "The Pizza", were written for this season, but never produced. The world premiere of the show was on May 11, 2011, on Cartoon Network UK with the episode "The Mystery".Įpisodes for this season were written by Bocquelet, Jon Foster, James Lamont, Andrew Brenner, Mic Graves, Sam Ward, David Cadji-Newby, and Tommy Panays, and storyboarded by Ben Marsaud, Celine Gobinet, George Gendi, Dave Smith, Philip Warner, Chuck Klein, Chris Garbutt, Aurelie Charbonnier, Amandine Pécharman, Rob Latimer, Kent Osborne, Darren Vandenburg, Jacques Gauthier, Dave Needham, Tom Parkison, and Michael Gendi. The first season premiered in the US on May 3, 2011, with the episode "The DVD" and ended March 12, 2012, with the episode "The Fight" almost a year later.

The first season began filming on November 2, 2010, and ended filming on September 13, 2011. In a behind-the-scenes video documenting the production of the second season, creator Ben Bocquelet expanded on the development of some of the characters, and how they are based on interactions from his childhood. Together, they cause mischief among their family, as well as with the wide array of students at Elmore Junior High, where they attend middle school. The season focuses on the misadventures of Gumball Watterson, a blue 12-year-old cat, along with his adopted brother, Darwin, a 10-year-old goldfish. The season premiere was watched by 2.120 million viewers in the United States. Consisting of 36 episodes, the season premiered with the episode "The DVD" and concluded with the episode "The Fight".

The first season of the British-American animated comedy children's television series The Amazing World of Gumball originally aired from May 3, 2011, to March 13, 2012, on Cartoon Network, and was produced by Cartoon Network Development Studio Europe.
