As of July 2026, Max & Ruby Season 1 aired in 2002 with 39 episodes — streaming now on Paramount+ Amazon Channel. Full episode guide and where to watch below.

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Max & Ruby Season 1

2002 39 Episodes Kids · Animation ⭐ 7/10

Max & Ruby Season 1 is currently streaming on and , and it delivers exactly the kind of comedy that earns a loyal following. A single, tightly-focused season means there is plenty to get through without ever feeling padded. Its 7/10 TMDB score, built from 46 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Katie Griffin sets the tone, and the rest of the cast matches it scene for scene. Start it whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, Max & Ruby Season 1 is worth clearing space for. Max & Ruby Season 1 gets the fundamentals right first, then finds room to get weird with it. Season 1 of Max & Ruby includes 39 episodes. It aired from September 2002 to February 2003. This season stars Katie Griffin, Samantha Morton and Joan Cusack. Katie Griffin and Samantha Morton lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2002. Max & Ruby Season 1 earns its laughs from character rather than situation, which is why it does not wear thin the way pure farce tends to. It knows exactly what it is, and does not try to be anything else.

Max & Ruby Season 1 is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. If you have run out of similar titles to watch, this is a strong next pick. Best experienced as a single, sustained watch if your schedule allows. Katie Griffin is funny in a way that holds up on rewatch. Put it on when you need something guaranteed to land.

📡 Where to Watch Max & Ruby Season 1

🇺🇸 United States

Paramount+ Amazon Channel

Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel

🇨🇦 Canada

TELETOON+ Amazon Channel

StackTV Amazon Channel

🎬 Max & Ruby Season 1 — Episode Guide

Ruby's Piano Practice

Ruby has a piano practice, and Max can't find his fire truck. Ruby then tries to make Max play with different toys but at the end Ruby realizes that Max's fire truck must have been in the piano the whole time.

Max is still hungry after his lunch is all over him instead of in him, and Ruby decides to give him a bath, but unfortunately, he uses sherbet tubs and a grape juice glass as a boat, and that manages to get him dirtier than before, so Ruby gives him a shower. After his shower, he points out that Rub...

Max can't sleep until he finds his red rubber elephant. Later, he spies it must have been under his bed the whole time.NOTE: At the end, Max says "Good Night, Ruby." This is one of two instances that Max speaks a full sentence.

Ruby tries to teach Max to play Hide-and-Seek, but when they play, Max is too little to understand the rules and he does not want to give Ruby a turn to hide. When Ruby unsuccessfully tries to explain to him that it is her turn to hide since Max already had a turn, Max takes his chances to hide when...

Max's Breakfast

Max isn't eager he'll like his breakfast, a bunny-side-up egg, and wants strawberries instead. Ruby is distracted when Max tries attempts to hide his egg.

Louise's Secret

Ruby can't wait for the phone to ring, because Louise has a big secret to tell her. But when the phone finally rings, Max chooses that exact time to play with his loud toys.

Max Misses the Bus

Ruby is all ready to catch the next bus to Louise's house, but Max wants to stay home and play with his toys. Ruby tries to convince Max to come by promising to bring his toys along, but they miss bus after bus because of Max's antics. Will the bunnies arrive at Louise's safely?

Ruby wants to plant marigolds in a garden but its the same place Max has chosen to make a "worm cake", a mud-pie consisting of soaked soil, stones, and worms. He uses all her marigold-planting materials in his worm cake, but then he gives the worm cake back to Ruby, where it's used for a good cause.

Max's Rainy Day

Ruby and Max want to go outside to play in the rain, but Max wants to go out in his sunny day clothes. Ruby tries to get Max to put on a raincoat, but by the time both of the bunnies are ready to go out, the rain clouds have cleared and the sun is out. Can Max and Ruby still have fun in the rain? No...

Max and Ruby are having a camp out but Max wants to sleep outside instead of the tent. When Max stuffs all his toys in the tent, He and Ruby are forced to sleep outside, much to his delight.

Ruby's Clubhouse

Ruby and Louise build a clubhouse, but Max thinks he can sneak in just because Ruby and Louise are not in the clubhouse. Later, Ruby builds Max his own clubhouse.NOTE: This is one of few instances that Ruby's passion is used against her rather than dovetailing with Max's.

Ruby and Louise are bird watching but Max wants his cupcake. Later, he finds a speckled warbler, feeds it his cupcake and shows the warbler to Ruby and Louise.

Max's Halloween

Max wants to be something scary for Halloween like a Vampire. But Ruby would rather have him a prince to go with her princess costume believing that Max will scare Grandma when they trick or treat at her house.

Ruby's Leaf Collection

Ruby decides to start a collection of leaves, and really wants to find a rare leaf known as the big tooth aspen leaf. But Max keeps getting in the way of finding the leaf. Will Ruby be able to complete her collection?

The Blue Tarantula

Max insists on Ruby reading him a scary mystery story before bed. After some hesitation, Ruby agrees to, and reads Max a story about the blue tarantula, who crawls on little bunnies at night when they are asleep and bites them, causing them to die. Max stays up all night in fear of the tarantula. Wi...

Ruby's Merit Badge

Ruby wants to earn her First Aid merit badge. When Ruby tries to get her merit badge by bandaging dolls, she suggests she bandage a real person. But that real person is Max...and Max's antics cause Ruby to earn a different badge.

Ruby is all ready to catch the next bus to Louise's house, but Max wants to stay home and play with his toys. Ruby tries to convince Max to come by promising to bring his toys along, but they miss bus after bus because of Max's antics. Will the bunnies arrive at Louise's safely?

Max and Ruby go to the Huffingtons' house to play while Baby Huffington is napping. Max wants to listen to the radio, starting a ruckus, and causes Baby Huffington to wake up and cry. How will the bunnies stop the baby from crying?

Ruby wants Max to clean his room, and Max stuffs the mess into his pocket instead of placing his toys and things where they belong. What's going to happen when Ruby finds out?

Max's Cuckoo Clock

While Mrs. Huffington is out at her garden tea party in the backyard, Ruby's job is to put Baby Huffington to sleep. But Max wants to play with the Huffingtons' cuckoo clock, and the sound of the clock might wake the baby...

🎭 Cast of Max & Ruby Season 1

Katie Griffin

Samantha Morton

Samantha Morton

Joan Cusack

Billy Rosemberg

Kay Hawtrey

Julie Lemieux

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