Tom and Jerry in New York
Tom and Jerry in New York.jpg
Genre
Based onTom and Jerry
by William Hanna, & Joseph Barbera
Developed byDarrell Van Citters
Directed byDarrell Van Citters
Voices of
Theme music composerScott Bradley
Composers
  • Keith Baxter
  • Greg Sims
  • Dan Blessinger
  • Jim Covell
  • Itamar Ben Zimra
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes13 (52 segments)
Production
Executive producerSam Register
Producers
Running time20–21 minutes (2–5 minutes per segment)
Production companies
Release
Original networkHBO Max
Picture formatHDTV 1080i
Audio formatDolby Digital 5.1
Original releaseJuly 1 (2021-07-01) –
November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18)

Tom and Jerry in New York is an American animated streaming television series that premiered on HBO Max on July 1, 2021, and ended on November 18, 2021.[1][2] It is based on the Tom and Jerry characters and theatrical cartoon series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera and serves as a stand-alone sequel series to the film, Tom & Jerry, which was released in cinemas and HBO Max on February 26, 2021.[3][4]

With episodes directed by Darrell Van Citters, the show has the same art style as The Tom and Jerry Show (2014) with the original crew returning along with William Hanna (via archive recordings) as the voices of Tom and Jerry.

Each episode is usually 21 minutes long: the first, second and fourth segments are 5 minutes long and the third segment runs 2 minutes.

It features the cast of William Hanna (archived recordings), Kath Soucie, Joey D'Auria, Rick Zieff and Sam Kwasman.[5][6]

Plot

Set after the events of the 2021 film, the series follows Tom and Jerry having new adventures in the Royal Gate Hotel and all over New York City.[5]

Voice cast

Episodes

Series overview

SeasonSegmentsEpisodesOriginally released
1287July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)
2246November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18)

All episodes were directed by Darrell Van Citters.

Season 1 (2021)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleStory byStoryboard byOriginal release date
11"Put a Ring On It
Come Fly with Me
Bubble Gum Crisis
Mousequerade"
Will Finn
Will Finn
Will Finn
Michael Dan Berman
Kevin Harkey
Sean Bishop
Tod Carter
Jenny Kang
July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)
In New York City, Jerry receives a ring, prompting Tom to accidentally lead them both to a department store after it closes for the night.
Jerry helps a female pigeon while Tom tries to eat them.
Tom and Jerry want bubblegum, but accidentally get into sticky situations.
Tom tries to get a baby panda back to the zoo.
22"Museum Peace
Here Kite-y Kite-y
Street Wise Guys
Chameleon Story"
Will Finn
Michael Dan Berman
Will Finn
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Kevin Harkey
Kevin Harkey
Tod Carter
Jordan Koch
July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)
Jerry helps a sleepwalking elephant escape from a museum.
Jerry and Tuffy get their revenge on Tom when he destroyed their sand castle while flying a kite.
Tom and Jerry disrupt street performers throughout the city.
Jerry meets a friendly chameleon named Leon who has broken out of the hotel.
33"Telepathic Tabby
Shoe-In
It's a Gift
Stormin' the Doorman"
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Will Finn
Will Finn
Will Finn
Kevin Harkey
Kevin Harkey
Slaven Reese
TJ House
July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)
In an attempt to trick Tom out of food, Butch predicts the future.
Jerry helps save a shoe repair shop.
Tom is on a mission to keep Jerry away from the gift shop snack aisle.
The hotel's energetic new doorman mistakes Tom for a stray cat.
44"The Great Doughnut Robbery
Torpedon't
Billboard Jumble
Horticulture Clash"
Will Finn
Michael Dan Berman
Amanda Jaros
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Jordan Koch
Sean Bishop
Tod Carter
Kevin Harkey
July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)
Tom and Jerry mistake a burglar's loot for doughnuts.
Aquatic mayhem ensues at the park.
Tom and Jerry chase through a series of surreal billboards.
Spike goes overboard trying to make up for manhandling Tom.
55"Room Service Robots
Coney Island Adventure
Scents and Sensibility
Wrecking Ball"
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Will Finn
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Will Finn
Mark Sonntag
Dirk Erik Schulz
Jared Beckstrand
TJ House
July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)
A troop of robot bellhops cause trouble.
Nightmares come true at a seaside amusement park after dark.
After Jerry spritzes him with fetching perfume, Tom becomes canine catnip.
Tom and Jerry chase into a building marked for demolition.
66"Cat Hair
Shhh!
Torched Song
Quacker's Lucky Penny"
Will Finn
Steven Darancette
Keith Baxter
Sam Kwasman
Tod Carter
Jordan Koch
Keith Baxter
Mark Sonntag
July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)
A hotel VIP wants Tom groomed before babysitting her prized pet.
Tom chases after Jerry into a library after he hides in a little girl's backpack.
Jerry helps Tom rival Butch in a snazzy musical fantasy.
Tom tries to steal Quacker's penny for himself, but ends up finding himself with bad luck for taking it.
77"Ready Teddy
Swiss Cuckoo
Dream Team
Private Tom"
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Rob Janas
Mimi Hess
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Kevin Harkey
Dirk Erik Schulz
Richard Gaines & Mark Pudleiner
Patrick Reyntens
July 1, 2021 (2021-07-01)
Spike's teddy is accidentally ruined while Tom and Jerry are fighting and try to fix him.
While the hotel manager is on vacation to relieve himself of stress, Tom and Jerry stowaway in his luggage.
Tom dreams of a basketball championship assisted by Jerry.
Tom's military uncle is determined to help him permanently defeat Jerry.

Season 2 (2021)

No.
overall
No. in
season
TitleStory byStoryboard byOriginal release date
81"Top of the Heap
Stunt Double Trouble
Surfer Supreme
Kabuki Cat"
Analisa Labianco & eff Spencer
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Keith Baxter
Will Finn
Alfredo Cassano
Jose Pepe Mansuy
Keith Baxter
Kevin Harkey
November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18)
Tom and Jerry compete against tricky rats on a trash barge.
A "stage cat" stunt double replaces Tom.
Tom and Jerry have a musical surf-off at the Jersey Shore.
Upon his return to Japan, a Kabuki actor finds Tom and Jerry in his luggage.
92"Too Much Monkey Business
Doggie Championship
Snow Day
Toots the Terrible"
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Robert F. Hughes
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Jordan Koch
Marc Camelbeke
Robert F. Hughes
Kevin Harkey
November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18)
Tom keeps a VIP chimp from the hotel's bananas.
Jerry is the secret weapon in a dog contest, while Tom takes Spike's place.
A musical snow frolic on a City winter's day.
Toots wants to catch Jerry to spend more time with Tom.
103"The Spa's the Limit
The Hair Dignitary
Year of the Mouse
Relativity"
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Robert F. Hughes
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
TJ House
Alec Megibben
Robert F. Hughes
Alfredo Cassano
November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18)
Jerry and Tuffy ruin Tom and Spike’s spa day.
Tom trades places with a diplomat's cat.
A musical visit to Chinatown spells romance for Jerry – and fireworks for Tom.
Tom stalks Jerry’s jolly Bavarian cousins during their stay at the Hotel
114"Cat and Mouse Burglars
Caterpillar and Mouse
The Pied Piper of Harlem
Lazy Jerry"
Jonathan Rosenthal
Michael Dan Berman
Keith Baxter
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Dave Alvarez
Richard Gaines
Keith Baxter
Kevin Harkey
November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18)
A perky – and thieving – pop star checks into the Hotel!
Tom’s coveted flower has a secret stowaway.
A jazzy song punctuates Tom and Jerry’s waiter rivalry.
An R.C. toy mouse distracts Tom – but makes for a dangerously lazy Jerry.
125"To Your Health
Golf Brawl
Tom's Swan Song
King Spike the First and Last"
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Will Finn
Robert F. Hughes
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Dirk Erik Schulz
Dave Alvarez
Robert F. Hughes
Patrick Reytens & Hank Tucker
November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18)
Tom and Jerry keep the hotel clean for the health inspector.
Tom and Jerry go wild in an indoor mini-golf park.
A protective swan befriends Jerry.
Spike fancies himself a Canine King, holding court until Tom and Jerry revolt!
136"Planet of Mice
Ball of Fun
Big Apple
Flamingo A-Go-Go"
Kevin Fleming & Rob Janas
Will Finn
Will Finn
Sam Kwasman
Kevin Harkey
Jordan Koch
Kevin Harkey
Richard Gaines
November 18, 2021 (2021-11-18)
Tom has a nightmare about a super-intelligent mouse takeover.
Jerry inherits a hamster ball.
An epic chase through NYC turns into a musical tribute to the city.
At the zoo, a flock of flamingoes protects Jerry and Tuffy from Tom.

Release

The series premiered in the United States on July 1, 2021 on HBO Max.[5][7] In Canada, the series premiered on September 18, 2021 on Teletoon.[8][9] The second season premiered on November 18.[10]

Internationally, the show is broadcast on Boomerang channels.

The series premiered on December 17, 2021 on HBO Max in Brazil and Latin America and later premiered on January 6, 2022 on Cartoon Network. It started airing in India also on March 19, 2022 on Cartoon Network.

Production

Development

On October 29, 2019, Tom and Jerry in New York was first shown during WarnerMedia's HBO Max conference demo live-stream event, where it was originally known as Tom and Jerry in the Big City and hidden away under Max Originals, fourth in a row alongside Craftopia, The Not-Too-Late Show with Elmo, and The Fungies!.[11]

On May 28, 2020, on the official WarnerMedia Twitter, the day after the streaming service's launch date, posted a video of current and upcoming content heading to and/or on the site, among the end portion of the video listing next-year Max Originals and squeezed in-between Tig n' Seek and Circe, was Tom and Jerry under a new title of in the Big City.[12]

On June 10, 2021, WarnerMedia officially announced the series with its original title of Tom and Jerry in New York, which premiered on HBO Max starting July 1, 2021.

Renegade Animation's Darrell Van Citters and Ashley Postelwaite who produced The Tom and Jerry Show during the last decade have returned in the same roles, with Van Citters also directing again.

See also

References

  1. ^ Tom and Jerry in New York: Season 1, retrieved 2021-07-04
  2. ^ "Tom & Jerry In New York Show Announced, First Look Poster Released". ScreenRant. 2021-06-11. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  3. ^ "Tom and Jerry in New York to hit digital platforms on July 1". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  4. ^ "Tom & Jerry In New York Trailer Brings Back Classic Characters". ScreenRant. 2021-06-17. Retrieved 2021-06-30.
  5. ^ a b c Tom & Jerry Movie [@TomAndJerry] (June 10, 2021). "Tom and Jerry are moving their big chase to the Big Apple! See what mayhem is unleashed across the city that never sleeps. Debuting next month on @HBOMax" (Tweet). Retrieved June 10, 2021 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ Hemmert, Kylie (June 17, 2021). "Tom and Jerry in New York Trailer Previews HBO Max's New Animated Series". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  7. ^ Hemmert, Kylie (June 17, 2021). "Tom and Jerry in New York Trailer Previews HBO Max's New Animated Series". Comingsoon.net. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  8. ^ Corus Entertainment (June 8, 2021). "Corus Entertainment Debuts Its Biggest Slate of Specialty Series Ever". Corusent. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  9. ^ "Ytv, Teletoon, and Treehouse Deliver Non-Stop Fun This Fall".
  10. ^ "'King Richard,' 'The Sex Lives Of College Girls,' 'South Side,' 'Black and Missing,' '8-Bit Christmas' And More Arrive On HBO Max This November | Pressroom". pressroom.warnermedia.com.
  11. ^ WarnerMedia Day Live Stream Event | HBO MAX
  12. ^ WanrerMedia. May 28, 2021

Notes

  1. ^ As with Tom and Jerry Special Shorts (2021) and other Tom and Jerry television series, Hanna's voice is archived following his death. He also isn't credited for his performance