A temporada 1 de Hey Arnold! foi transmitida em Nickelodeon de lundi 7 octobre 1996 para lundi 10 février 1997. Consiste em 38 episódios, o primeiro chama-se "Downtown as Fruits" e o último "Arnold's Valentine"..
The adventures of a daydreaming, jazz-loving, football-headed 9-year-old, who lives in a boarding house with his grandparents and some eccentric boarders, encounters life in the city with his best friend Gerald, a loofah-haired kid, who is the keeper of the urban tales and coolest kid in class; and Helga, who torments him, but loves him secretly.