Garfield & Friends
| Garfield and Friends | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Created by | Jim Davis |
| Written by |
Mark Evanier Sharman DiVono |
| Directed by |
Jeff Hall Tom Ray Dave Brain Vincent Davis Ron Myrick others |
| Voices of |
Lorenzo Music Gregg Berger Thom Huge Desiree Goyette Howie Morris Frank Welker Julie Payne Pat Buttram |
| Narrated by |
Gary Owens Charles Aidman (Day of Doom) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 7 |
| No. of episodes | 121 (whole) 366 (segments) Garfield: 242 U.S. Acres: 121 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jim Davis Lee Mendelson Phil Roman |
| Producer(s) | George Singer (1–21) Mitch Schauer (22–38) Bob Curtis (22–55) Bob Nesler (40–72) Vincent Davis (70–121) |
| Running time | 22–48 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Film Roman United Media (Season 1) United Media/Mendelson (Season 2–3) United Media/Lee Mendelson Productions (Season 4–6) Lee Mendelson Productions (Season 7) Paws, Inc. |
| Distributor |
The Program Exchange (syndication) 9 Story Media Group |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Audio format | Mono (1988–1990) CBS Stereosound (1990–1994) |
| Original release | September 17, 1988 – December 10, 1994 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The Garfield Show |
| Website | |
Garfield and Friends also known as Garfield: The Animated Series is an American animated television series based on the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. The show was produced by Film Roman, in association with United Media in Season 1, United Media/Mendelson in Season 2 and 3, United Media/Lee Mendelson Productions in Season 4–6, Lee Mendelson Productions in Season 7, and Paws, Inc., and ran on CBS Saturday mornings from September 17, 1988 to December 10, 1994, with reruns airing until October 7, 1995. Seven seasons of the series were produced.
In addition to the cartoons featuring Garfield, the series also included cartoons featuring the characters from U.S. Acres, a comic strip Davis was drawing concurrently with Garfield when Garfield and Friends premiered on television. Like the comic strip these were based on, the shorts were retitled Orson's Farm for viewers outside of the United States (taking the name of their main character, Orson Pig). Although Davis stopped drawing U.S. Acres/Orson's Farm seven months after Garfield and Friends debuted, the characters continued to appear on the series until it ceased production.
A total of 121 episodes were made, each consisting of two Garfield segments and one U.S. Acres segment, totaling 242 Garfield segments and 121 U.S. Acres segments. All episodes have been released in the U.S. on five DVD sets by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. The first season aired in a half-hour format. However, in the second season, it switched to an hour-length format, showing two episodes each week. In the last season, the series was still an hour, but the second half-hour of the show featured either an episode from the previous season or one of the Garfield TV specials.
On May 25, 2016, 9 Story Media Group acquired the international rights to Garfield and Friends and its specials.
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