Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series)

Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983 TV series) logo
Created by	Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. (characters)
Based on	Alvin and the Chipmunks by Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.
Written by	Ross Bagdasarian, Jr.
Directed by	Ross Bagdasarian
Voices of	Ross Bagdasarian, Jr. Janice Karman Dody Goodman Thomas H. Watkins Frank Welker
Theme music composer	"We're The Chipmunks" Ross Bagdasarian Janice Karman
Composer(s)	Dean Elliott (Seasons 1–5) Thomas Chase (Seasons 6–8) Stephen Rucker (Seasons 6–8)
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	8
No. of episodes	102 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	Approx 22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production company(s)	Bagdasarian Productions Ruby-Spears Enterprises (1983–1987) Murakami-Wolf-Swenson (1987–1988, 11 episodes) DIC Entertainment (1988–1990)
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	September 17, 1983 (1983-09-17) – December 1, 1990 (1990-12-01)
Chronology
Preceded by	The Alvin Show (1961–1962)
Followed by	ALVINNN!!! and the Chipmunks (2015–)

Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated television series featuring The Chipmunks, produced by Bagdasarian Productions in association with Ruby-Spears Enterprises from 1983 to 1987, Murakami-Wolf-Swenson from 1987 to 1988 and DIC Entertainment from 1988 to 1990.

It aired from 1983 to 1990 on NBC and is the follow-up to the original 1961–62 series, The Alvin Show. The show introduced The Chipettes, three female Chipmunks with their own human caretaker, Miss Beatrice Miller (who joined the cast in 1986). In 1988, the show switched production companies to DiC Enterprises (with 11 additional episodes produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson) and was renamed just The Chipmunks.

In 1987, during the show's fifth season, the Chipmunks' first animated feature film, The Chipmunk Adventure, was released to theaters by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. The film was directed by Janice Karman and featured the Chipmunks and Chipettes in a contest traveling around the world. In its eighth and final season, the show again switched titles to The Chipmunks Go to the Movies, but it was same as The Chipmunks. Each episode was a spoof of a Hollywood film like Back to the Future or King Kong. Several television specials featuring the characters were also released. In 1990, the special Rockin' Through the Decades was produced. That year, the Chipmunks also teamed up with other well-known cartoon characters (such as Bugs Bunny and Garfield) for the drug abuse-prevention special Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue.