{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Italic title}} {{Short description|Canadian animated series}} {{pp-semi-indef}} '''''16 Hudson''''' is a Canadian animated series, produced by Big Bad Boo about four friends, Lili, Sam, Amala and Luc, living in a small apartment in a big city. 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.<ref>{{cite web |work=Animation Magazine |url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/big-bad-boo-tvo-partner-for-16-hudson/ |title=Big Bad Boo, TVO Partner for '16 Hudson' |first=Mercedes |last=Milligan |date=March 27, 2015 |accessdate=18 November 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328194758/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/big-bad-boo-tvo-partner-for-16-hudson/ |archivedate=28 March 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Prior to the release of the first season were prequel episodes about Lili and Lola. Seasons 1 and 2 had 39 episodes each. Season 1 aired from 2019 to 2020, while season 2 aired from 2020 to 2021. The third season, which aired from 2021 to 2022, had 21 episodes. The series was renewed for a fourth season, which premiered on October 26, 2025.<ref name="oct2025news" />
==Synopsis== Tells the story of neighbors who recognize their differences, similarities, and go on adventures together, as friendships are strengthened. Holidays such as Norooz, Diwali, and Chinese New Year are celebrated by the series characters.<ref name="bigbadboo">{{cite web|url=https://bigbadboo.com/bigbadboo_properties/16-hudson/|title=16 Hudson|website=Big Bad Boo Studios|access-date=18 November 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250930232051/https://bigbadboo.com/bigbadboo_properties/16-hudson/|archive-date=30 September 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Malyk|first=Lauren|url=https://kidscreen.com/2019/01/15/big-bad-boos-16-hudson-renewed-for-season-two-2/|title=Big Bad Boo’s 16 Hudson renewed for season two|website=Kidscreen|date=15 January 2019|archive-date=11 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711235931/https://kidscreen.com/2019/01/15/big-bad-boos-16-hudson-renewed-for-season-two-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Episodes==
===Prequel (Season 0)=== {{episode table|background=#f4a460|series=|title=|airdate=|episodes= {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = The Light Bulb |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = Small |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = Lili Picasso |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Lili Detective |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Norooz |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title = The Four Season |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title = The Music Box |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 8 |Title = Thanks But No Thanks |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 9 |Title = Baba's Ice Cream Part 1 |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 10 |Title = Baba's Ice Cream Part 2 |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 11 |Title = Lola's Fancy Dress |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 12 |Title = Movie Night |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 13 |Title = Story Time |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 14 |Title = Trouble in Pardis |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 15 |Title = Snow Day |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #f4a460 }} }}
===Season 1=== {{episode table|background=#f4a460|series=|title=|airdate=|episodes= {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = Home Remedies |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|08|18}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = Twice the Magic |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|08|23}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = The Tooth Fairy |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|08|28}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Amala's Big Dig |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|08|30}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Huggle Day |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|09|04}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title = Long Gone Dugong |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2018|09|07}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title = Lili's Skating Badge |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 8 |Title = Super Rainbow Macaron |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 9 |Title = Toothbrush #3 |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 10 |Title = Ivan From Outer Space |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 11 |Title = Best Frenemies |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 12 |Title = Luc's Super Shoes |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 13 |Title = Fix-It Sam |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 14 |Title = I Heart Lucy |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 15 |Title = Treehouse Trouble |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 16 |Title = Double Dad's Day |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 17 |Title = Monkey King |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 18 |Title = Dress Up Mess Up |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 19 |Title = Lemonade |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 20 |Title = The Last Samosa |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 21 |Title = Stick to It |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 22 |Title = Finders Keepers |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 23 |Title = Apples, Raisins, & Onions, Oh My! |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 24 |Title = What a Spectacle |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 25 |Title = Chinese School of Rock |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 26 |Title = Mr. K |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 27 |Title = An Henri in Need |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 28 |Title = Mountain Lyin' |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 29 |Title = Where's Daddy |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 30 |Title = Sticky Fingers |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 31 |Title = Big |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 32 |Title = Tree's Company |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 33 |Title = Whose Side Are You On? |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 34 |Title = L-A-T-E |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 35 |Title = My Pal Lionel |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 36 |Title = You Snooze, You Lose |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 37 |Title = Lucky Sam |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 38 |Title = The Light Fantastic |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 39 |Title = Lili's New Year |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = |LineColor = #3CB371 }} }}
===Season 2=== {{episode table|background=#f4a460|series=|title=|airdate=|episodes= {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = The Blob that Everyone Ate |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|09|08}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = Lacrosse Purposes |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|09|10}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = Picture Perfect |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|09|15}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Roof of the Brave |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|09|17}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Mezopitzonia |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|09|21}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title = Tickle Tornado |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|09|24}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title = Sam's Singing Smiles |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|09|29}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 8 |Title = Jazzbot |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|01}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 9 |Title = Operation Nanni |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|06}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 10 |Title = Friendsgiving |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|08}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 11 |Title = Luc's Very Bad Day |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|13}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 12 |Title = Bird's Eye View |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|15}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 13 |Title = Fair Game |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|20}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 14 |Title = Act Smart |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|22}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 15 |Title = Cool Eddie |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|27}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 16 |Title = Unfair Fun Fair |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|10|29}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 17 |Title = Thanks, But No Pranks |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|03}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 18 |Title = Hudson We Have A Problem |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|05}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 19 |Title = Cool to Be Kind |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|10}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 20 |Title = Stone Soup |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|12}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 21 |Title = Social Butterfly |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|17}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 22 |Title = The Jig Is Up |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|19}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 23 |Title = Smell You Later |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|24}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 24 |Title = The Pit Crew |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|11|26}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 25 |Title = Happy Tavalod to You |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|12|01}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 26 |Title = Amala's No Talent Show |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|12|03}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 27 |Title = The Tell Tale Robot |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|12|10}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 28 |Title = The Great Race |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|12|15}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 29 |Title = Octopus Pancakes |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|12|17}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 30 |Title = Ritika T Butterfly |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2020|12|22}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 31 |Title = Perky Pup |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|01|05}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 32 |Title = Dirty Dishes |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|01|07}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 33 |Title = Seaweed Sam |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|01|12}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 34 |Title = Welcome |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2021|01|24}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 35 |Title = Best Behavior |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 36 |Title = Follow The Leader |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 37 |Title = Luc's Feast |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 38 |Title = The Buddy Zone |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 39 |Title = Winter is the Best |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = FF5C7A }} }}
"A 16 Hudson Christmas Tree", "The Feather", and "Moon Festival" are special episodes.
===Season 3=== {{episode table|background=#f4a460|series=|title=|airdate=|episodes= {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = The Bloopians Are Coming! |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|07|11}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = Nye-Nye Paints It Out |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|07|18}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = Home Improvements |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Spice Box |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Out of Step |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title = Home Games |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title = Non Voyage |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 8 |Title = Lili's Big Adventure |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 9 |Title = Souvenir |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 10 |Title = Hands |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 11 |Title = Gathering Storm |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 12 |Title = Take Your Pick |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 13 |Title = The Perfect Room |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 14 |Title = Zero Bars |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 15 |Title = Passcode |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 16 |Title = The Great 16 Hudson Bake-Off |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 17 |Title = Bro-Bot |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 18 |Title = Putting Down Roots |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 19 |Title = Lucy Come Home |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 20 |Title = Bust a Move |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 21 |Title = 16 Hudson Is... |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} }}
===Season 4=== {{episode table|background=#f4a460|series=|title=|airdate=|episodes= {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = Super Surprise |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2025|10|26}} |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = Who is the Super, Really? |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = Third Wheel |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Lizard on the Loose |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Wedding Planner |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title = Who Does it Better? |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title = Amanda's Best Holi |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} {{episode list| |EpisodeNumber = 8 |Title = Bunny Blues |OriginalAirDate = |ShortSummary = | LineColor = 422975 }} }}
==Production and broadcast== On March 27, 2015, it was announced that Big Bad Boo Studios had agreed to partner with TVOKids to begin developing the series, marking the fifth original program of the studio.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2015/03/big-bad-boo-tvo-partner-for-16-hudson/|title=Big Bad Boo, TVO Partner for ‘16 Hudson’|website=Animation Magazine|date=27 March 2015|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250514084225/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2015/03/big-bad-boo-tvo-partner-for-16-hudson/|archivedate=14 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, on October 11, 2016, the series was greenlighted by TVOKids for a one season order.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2016/10/tvo-kids-greenlights-16-hudson-from-big-bad-boo/|title=TVO Kids Greenlights ’16 Hudson’ from Big Bad Boo|website=Animation Magazine|date=11 October 2016|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241121162014/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2016/10/tvo-kids-greenlights-16-hudson-from-big-bad-boo/|archivedate=21 November 2024|url-status=live}}</ref>
The series began broadcasting its first season on TVOKids in August 21, 2018,<ref name="zahed2018" /> and Knowledge Kids since September 3, 2018, followed by French channels Ici Radio-Canada Première and TFO. The series also has aired on Amazon Prime in the U.S. since July 2020.<ref>{{cite news|title=Amazon US moves into 16 Hudson |url= https://www.c21media.net/news/amazon-us-moves-into-16-hudson/|work=C21 Media |date=22 July 2020 |accessdate=11 March 2024 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123031913/https://www.c21media.net/news/amazon-us-moves-into-16-hudson/ |archivedate=23 January 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2020/07/global-tv-streaming-roundup/|title=Global TV & Streaming Roundup|date=28 July 2020|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250812090646/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2020/07/global-tv-streaming-roundup/|archivedate=12 August 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> Big Bad Boo Studios launched a workshop series for BIPOC people in December 2020, including creating a diverse writers room for the series.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2020/12/big-bad-boo-launches-bipoc-talent-workshops/|title=Big Bad Boo Launches BIPOC Talent Workshops|website=Animation Magazine|date=22 December 2020|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209085025/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2020/12/big-bad-boo-launches-bipoc-talent-workshops/|archivedate=9 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
The first and second seasons each have 39 episodes which are each 7 minutes long.<ref name="milligan2019">{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2019/01/big-bad-boos-16-hudson-gets-season-2-greenlight/|title=Big Bad Boo’s ‘16 Hudson’ Gets Season 2 Greenlight|website=Animation Magazine|date=15 January 2019|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250518163526/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2019/01/big-bad-boos-16-hudson-gets-season-2-greenlight/|archivedate=18 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="zahed2018">{{cite web|last=Zahed|first=Ramin|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2018/08/big-bad-boos-16-hudson-lands-in-canada/|title=Big Bad Boo’s ’16 Hudson’ Lands in Canada|website=Animation Magazine|date=15 August 2018|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211214531/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2018/08/big-bad-boos-16-hudson-lands-in-canada/|archivedate=11 December 2024|url-status=live}}</ref> A series of five ER (emergency room) shorts put out as PSAs in response to COVID-19. The third season saw the friends traveling to heritage countries like China and India and visiting relatives, with the series creator, Shabnam Rezaei, describing the episodes as "very special" and "a very Canadian story."<ref name="veryspecial" /> Previous seasons had introduced a refugee family from Kurdistan,<ref>{{cite web|last=Zahed|first=Ramin|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/02/drawing-on-the-immigrant-experience-big-bad-boos-16-hudson-introduces-a-refugee-family/|title=Drawing on the Immigrant Experience: Big Bad Boo’s ’16 Hudson’ Introduces a Refugee Family|website=Animation Magazine|date=17 February 2021|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250123193508/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/02/drawing-on-the-immigrant-experience-big-bad-boos-16-hudson-introduces-a-refugee-family/|archivedate=23 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2020/12/16-hudson-refugee-story-arc-set-for-bilingual-launch-in-canada/|title=’16 Hudson’ Refugee Story Arc Set for Bilingual Launch in Canada|website=Animation Magazine|date=4 December 2020|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250209085915/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2020/12/16-hudson-refugee-story-arc-set-for-bilingual-launch-in-canada/|archivedate=9 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> and was praised for emphasizing diversity among the cast<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/01/childrens-media-lab-report-explores-representation-in-canadian-animation/|title=Children’s Media Lab Report Explores Representation in Canadian Animation|website=Animation Magazine|date=8 January 2021|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250213065907/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/01/childrens-media-lab-report-explores-representation-in-canadian-animation/|archivedate=13 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="milligan2019" /> and its "non-traditional characters" like Luc, who has two dads.<ref>{{cite web|last=Zahed|first=Ramin|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2019/09/pioneers-of-the-toon-frontier-big-bad-boos-inclusive-new-series-the-bravest-knight/|title=Pioneers of the Toon Frontier: Big Bad Boo’s Inclusive New Series ‘The Bravest Knight’|website=Animation Magazine|date=20 September 2019|accessdate=18 November 2025|archivedate=19 February 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250219184214/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2019/09/pioneers-of-the-toon-frontier-big-bad-boos-inclusive-new-series-the-bravest-knight/|url-status=live}}</ref> This third season contains 21 episodes, each approximately seven minutes long, plus five more (total 10) ER shorts.<ref name="veryspecial">{{cite news|title=16 Hudson Readies 3rd Season for Canada-Wide Premiere |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/01/16-hudson-readies-3rd-season-for-canada-wide-premiere |work=Animation Magazine |date=31 January 2022 |accessdate=11 March 2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250215101529/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/01/16-hudson-readies-3rd-season-for-canada-wide-premiere/|archivedate=15 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2020/09/tvokids-greenlights-s3-of-16-hudson-from-big-bad-boo/|title=TVOkids Greenlights S3 of ’16 Hudson’ from Big Bad Boo|website=Animation Magazine|date=30 September 2020|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250317124903/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2020/09/tvokids-greenlights-s3-of-16-hudson-from-big-bad-boo/|archivedate=17 March 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> This brings the total episodes in the franchise to {{sum|15+39+39+21+10}} episodes. The first five ER shorts, entitled "Lola's Sneezing School", "Washing Hands", "Coronavirus Game Show", "Social Distancing", and "Luc's New Hour" s released in April 2020. An additional five released in summer 2020 bringing the total to ten.{{citation needed|date=November 2025}}
In September 2021, the series was nominated for the MIPCOM Diversify TV Excellence Award for Representation of Diversity in Kids’ Programming in the preschool category, competing against ''JoJo & Gran Gran'' and ''Mira, Royal Detective''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/09/star-trek-prodigy-to-premiere-at-mip-project-pitches-diversify-nominees-announced/|title=‘Star Trek: Prodigy’ to Premiere at MIP; Project Pitches & Diversify Nominees Announced|website=Animation Magazine|date=30 September 2021|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250524201759/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/09/star-trek-prodigy-to-premiere-at-mip-project-pitches-diversify-nominees-announced/|archivedate=24 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The same year, the cat character, Kensington "Kenny G", voiced by Marcus Mosely, had a spin-off series entitled ''ABC with Kenny G'', also produced by Big Bad Boo Studios and created by Rezaei.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/07/abc-with-kenny-g-gets-in-tune-for-noram-premiere/|title=‘ABC with Kenny G’ Gets in Tune for NorAm Premiere|website=Animation Magazine|date=9 July 2021|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515134051/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/07/abc-with-kenny-g-gets-in-tune-for-noram-premiere/|archivedate=15 May 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2019/11/big-bad-boo-greenlights-16-hudson-spinoff-abc-with-kenny-g/|title=Big Bad Boo Greenlights ‘16 Hudson’ Spinoff ‘ABC with Kenny G’|website=Animation Magazine|date=26 November 2019|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250420073036/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2019/11/big-bad-boo-greenlights-16-hudson-spinoff-abc-with-kenny-g/|archivedate=20 April 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> 16 Hudson also won two awards at the 2021 LEO Awards in July of that year and nominated for Awards of Excellence by the Youth Media Alliance.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/07/2021-leo-awards-animation-vfx-winners/|title=2021 Leo Awards: Animation & VFX Winners|website=Animation Magazine|date=9 July 2021|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250419184809/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/07/trash-truck-scores-four-wins-at-kidscreen-awards/|archivedate=19 April 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/04/yma-announces-awards-of-excellence-nominees/|title=YMA Announces Awards of Excellence Nominees|website=Animation Magazine|date=19 April 2021|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250812053622/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2021/04/yma-announces-awards-of-excellence-nominees/|archivedate=12 August 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
In July 2022, the series won an award at the Kidscreen Awards, for "Best Inclusivity" in Kids Programming.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/07/trash-truck-scores-four-wins-at-kidscreen-awards/|title=‘Trash Truck’ Scores Four Wins at Kidscreen Awards|website=Animation Magazine|date=20 July 2022|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250419184809/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/07/trash-truck-scores-four-wins-at-kidscreen-awards/|archivedate=19 April 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2023, the series episode "Spice Box" was nominated for an award for Best Writing in Animation by the Canadian Screen Awards.<ref>{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/02/canadian-screen-awards-2023-animation-nominees/|title=Canadian Screen Awards: 2023 Animation Nominees|website=Animation Magazine|date=22 February 2023|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250811052342/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/02/canadian-screen-awards-2023-animation-nominees/|archivedate=11 August 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>
In May 2023, the fourth season was in production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/05/people-on-the-move-jerry-diaz-joins-big-bad-boo-lelash-joins-supercell-sesame-workshop-ups-higgins-more/|title=People on the Move: Jerry Diaz Joins Big Bad Boo, Lelash Joins Supercell, Sesame Workshop Ups Higgins & More|website=Animation Magazine|date=4 May 2023|accessdate=18 November 2025|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250210005230/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/05/people-on-the-move-jerry-diaz-joins-big-bad-boo-lelash-joins-supercell-sesame-workshop-ups-higgins-more/|archivedate=10 February 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The fourth season premiered on October 26, 2025.<ref name="oct2025news">{{Cite news|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/tv-bytes-new-animated-series-seasons-sales-co-pro-deals/|title=TV Bytes: New Animated Series Seasons, Sales & Co-Pro Deals|date=17 October 2025|work=Animation Magazine|access-date=17 October 2025|language=en|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20251119002321/https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/10/tv-bytes-new-animated-series-seasons-sales-co-pro-deals/|archivedate=November 19, 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The season will have 21 episodes each of which are seven minutes long.<ref name="bigbadboo" />
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://16hudson.com Official website]
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