16 Hudson
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. 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.
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.Episodes
Prequel (Season 0)
Season 1
Season 2
"A 16 Hudson Christmas Tree", "The Feather", and "Moon Festival" are special episodes.Season 3
Season 4
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. The following year, on October 11, 2016, the series was greenlighted by TVOKids for a one season order.The series began broadcasting its first season on TVOKids in August 21, 2018, 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. Big Bad Boo Studios launched a workshop series for BIPOC people in December 2020, including creating a diverse writers room for the series.
The first and second seasons each have 39 episodes which are each 7 minutes long. A series of five ER 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." Previous seasons had introduced a refugee family from Kurdistan, and was praised for emphasizing diversity among the cast and its "non-traditional characters" like Luc, who has two dads. This third season contains 21 episodes, each approximately seven minutes long, plus five more ER shorts. This brings the total episodes in the franchise to 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.
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. 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. 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.
In July 2022, the series won an award at the Kidscreen Awards, for "Best Inclusivity" in Kids Programming. In February 2023, the series episode "Spice Box" was nominated for an award for Best Writing in Animation by the Canadian Screen Awards.
In May 2023, the fourth season was in production. The fourth season premiered on October 26, 2025. The season will have 21 episodes each of which are seven minutes long.