Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | |
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| Based on |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Kevin Eastman Peter Laird |
| Developed by |
David Wise Patti Howeth |
| Directed by |
Yoshikatsu Kasai (season 1) Fred Wolf (seasons 2–7) Tony Love (seasons 8–10) |
| Voices of |
Cam Clarke Barry Gordon Rob Paulsen Townsend Coleman Peter Renaday Renae Jacobs James Avery Pat Fraley Jennifer Darling Tony Jay |
| Theme music composer |
Chuck Lorre Dennis C. Brown |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 10 |
| No. of episodes | 193 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Mark Freedman |
| Producer(s) |
Rudy Zamora (season 1) Walt Kubiak Andy Luckey (seasons 2–7) Fred Wolf Kara Vallow (seasons 8–10) |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Murakami-Wolf-Swenson(1987–92) IDDH Fred Wolf Films Dublin (1992–96) Group W Production (1988–94) Mirage Studios Surge Licensing |
| Distributor | CBS Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Syndication (1987–1990) CBS (1990–1996) |
| Picture format | 480i SDTV |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | December 28, 1987 – November 2, 1996 |
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| Followed by | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series) |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (initially known as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in some European countries due to controversy at the time, and also known as TMNT 1987) is an American animated television series produced by the studio Murakami-Wolf-Swenson and the French company . The pilot was shown during the week of December 28, 1987 in syndication as a five-part miniseries and the show began its official run on October 1, 1988. Since then the show and franchise has become a world-wide phenomenon. The series featured the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters created in comic book form by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. The property was changed considerably from the darker-toned comic, to make it more suitable for children and the family. The initial motivation behind the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series was that, upon being approached to create a toy line, Playmates Toys was uneasy with the comic-book characters' small cult following. They requested that a television deal be acquired first, and after the initial five-episode series debuted, the California toy company released their first series of Ninja Turtles action figures in the summer of 1988. The two media would correspond in marketing style and popularity for many years to come.
David Wise and Patti Howeth wrote the screenplay for the first five-part miniseries. When the series continued in the second season, comic artist Jack Mendelsohn joined the show as the executive story editor. Wise went on to write over seventy episodes of the series, and was executive story editor for four later seasons as well. Wise left the series partway through the ninth season, and Jeffrey Scott took over as the story editor and chief writer for the rest of the show's run.
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