The Tom and Jerry Show | |
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File:TomAndJerryShowLogoTitleScreen.png | |
Genre | Comedy Adventure Slapstick |
Based on | Tom and Jerry by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera |
Directed by | Darrell Van Citters |
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Theme music composer | Scott Bradley (arranged by Andy Sturmer) |
Composers | Vivek Maddala David Ricard John Van Tongeren |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 78 (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers |
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Editor | Michael D'Ambrosio |
Running time | 23 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | Cartoon Network Boomerang Boomerang SVOD |
Release | April 9, 2014 present | –
The Tom and Jerry Show is a 2014 American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Renegade Animation, based on the Tom and Jerry characters and theatrical cartoon series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera in 1940. It had its world premiere on the Canadian channel Teletoon on March 1, 2014, and premiered on Cartoon Network in the United States on April 9, 2014.
On March 7, 2017, it was announced that the unaired episodes will be released on Boomerang's SVOD service.[1]
The series follows the antics of Tom in his pursuit to catch Jerry. Episodes can follow one of four different scenarios:
Main article: List of The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series) episodes |
Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally released | |||
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First released | Last released | Network | ||||
1 | 52 | 26 | April 9, 2014 | August 4, 2014 | Cartoon Network | |
Film | October 7, 2014 | Direct-to-video | ||||
2 | 78 | 26 | February 6, 2016 | November 29, 2018 | Cartoon Network Boomerang | |
3 | 78 | 26 | February 1, 2019 | December 2, 2019 | Boomerang | |
4 | 78 | 26 | February 1, 2021 | Boomerang Cartoon Network app | ||
5 | 39 | 13 | February 15, 2021 |
Cartoon Network announced that a new show, which consists of 26 episodes containing 52 11-minute shorts, "will preserve the look, core characters and sensibility of the original theatrical shorts."[2]
The series is produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Renegade Animation, with Renegade handling the actual production work under the supervision of Darrell Van Citters and Ashley Postelwaite. Darrell Van Citters is also the director of the series. The Tom and Jerry Show was originally intended to be a 2013 Cartoon Network premiere[3] before being pushed back to April 9, 2014. This is the second Tom and Jerry television series produced in the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio and the first to be animated in Adobe Flash. It is also the second made-for-television iteration of the cartoons to emulate the theatrical shorts. This is also the 5th made-for-television Tom and Jerry production and the first Tom and Jerry television production to be produced without any of its original creators, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. [4]
DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date |
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The Tom and Jerry Show — Season One Part One — Frisky Business | 13 | September 23, 2014[5] |
The Tom and Jerry Show — Season One Part Two — Funny Side Up | 13 | January 13, 2015[6] |
DVD Name | Ep # | Release Date |
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The Tom and Jerry Show — Season Two Part One | 13 | 2018 |
The Tom and Jerry Show — Season Two Part Two | 13 | TBA |
The Tom and Jerry Show first premiered on March 1, 2014 on Teletoon in Canada.[7] The series premiered on April 9, 2014 on Cartoon Network in the United States.[8] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it began airing on April 12, 2014 on Boomerang.[9] It premiered on April 21, 2014 on Cartoon Network in India.[10] In Australia, Cartoon Network premiered it on May 5, 2014.[11] The series began airing on Boomerang in the United States on January 5, 2015.[12] In Indonesia, it is currently broadcast on Global TV since February 13, 2017 and on RCTI since August 13, 2017.