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Netflix has 'quietly canceled' a woke animated kids' show which features a bison who comes out as non-binary to its grandmother.
Ridley Jones released its fifth and final season last week, which was not given any promotion, the show's creator Chris Nee claimed in a tweet.
The two-time Kidscreen Award winner and Emmy nominee series received harsh criticism online following the release of Episode 8 of Season 5, 'Herd Day' which centers around a bison called Fred, who comes out as non-binary to their grandmother - who is voiced by Cyndi Lauper.
Some viewers blasted the show on Twitter claiming Fred's non-binary identity was slipped into the show's narrative.
'Do your kids watch Ridley Jones?' one viewer asked. 'It features a female bison who identifies as neither female nor male and wants to be referred to with 'they/them' pronouns. Quietly slipped in there. Drip drip drip... What a message to send to young girls in particular.'
Netflix has quietly canceled the animated kids' show Ridley Jones that in a recent episode centered around a bison named Fred who came out as non-binary to its grandmother
Ridley Jones' creator Chris Nee says the show's fifth and final season, released last week, was not given any promotion
The creator, who is a lesbian mom, addressed the cancelation in a tweet last Wednesday.
'Doesn't surprise me that Netflix has quietly dumped the first preschool show that has a non-binary character coming out. I realize in this day and age dumped means many things. Just zero promotion of the episode.'
She continued: 'Oh and yes, this is the end of the series. They cancelled us after what they just put out. They threw all the specials, the xmas special (now?), the feature length special, the CYNDI LAUPER episode and just quietly slipped it onto the service. So this is it.'
Ridley Jones is about a 'bold and curious' girl named Ridley (Iara Nemirovsky) who lives in a magical museum with her mother and grandmother and has adventures with her non-binary bison Fred, voiced by Iris Menas, and Mummy Girl Ismat, voiced by Ashlyn Madden, who has two dad mummies, Andrew Rannells and Chris Colfer.
When the show first launched in 2021, Nee said: 'I am here to change the world. Or retire trying. I know what it is to be 'othered'. My job is to show the world as I want it to be.'
The latest episode centers around Fred the non-binary bison who is attempting to prove itself as a full member of the herd by leading the stampede. They are also hoping to impress Grandma Dottie.
Episode 8 of Season 5, 'Herd Day' centers a bison called Fred, who comes out as
