Cartoon Network has renewed the series for a sixth season. On September 6, 2016, series creator Ben Bocquelet announced that he would be departing production of "Gumball" upon completing the sixth season, but production will continue without him. However, on October 7, 2018, he retweeted a tweet with an article saying that the sixth season is the final season. Though the author of that article made a follow up article clarifying that there could still be more seasons. Returning to November 2018, it was revealed that Ben Bocquelet has finished the show and that the production of the series was completed.