Dude, Stop (season 1)

The first season of Dude, Stop, an Canada animated television science fiction comedy series, originally aired in Canada on YTV and the United States on Starz and Sweden on SVT2 between 1 July 2019. The season was headed by the series creators Prince Bih, who served as executive producers along with co-executive producer Mic Graves. Produced by Canada production company D.U.D.E in collaboration with Aliance Atlantis Communications, The narrative revolves around six children - Rude Raplh, Rude Ralph, Aerobic Al, Brainy Brian,Brainy Brian,Beefy Bert and Coinykitty in the fictional Ohio city of U.S.E.A

The first season was a ratings success for Starz. The Nielsen ratings rose from 1.3 to 6.4 from the first to the tenth episode. Several episodes received award nominations, including for a 2018 Emmy Award in the "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)" and a GLAAD Award in the "Outstanding TV – Individual Episode" category for the episode "Pennywise's Ballon". During the season, Dude, Stop won a CableACE Award for "Best Animated Series".

The show was a financial success for both of three YTV,Starz and SVT2. Despite this, critics gave the season mixed reviews. Parents Television Council rated it so offensive that it "shouldn't have been made": "it doesn't just push the envelope; it knocks it off the table", while another critic thought of it as "coming pretty damn close" to being a "perfect" television series season.