Tom and Jerry Kids
| Tom & Jerry Kids Show / Tom & Jerry Kids | |
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| Genre |
Slapstick comedy Absurd humor |
| Directed by |
Don Lusk Paul Sommer Carl Urbano Oscar Dufau (Season 1) Robert Alvarez (Season 1 & 3–4) Jay Sarbry (Season 3–4) Ray Patterson (supervising director) |
| Voices of |
Charlie Adler William Callaway Teresa Ganzel Richard Gautier Phil Hartman Don Messick Frank Welker Patric Zimmerman |
| Theme music composer | Tom Worrall |
| Composer(s) | Tom Worrall Gary Lionelli (Season 2–4) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (whole) 195 (segments) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
William Hanna Joseph Barbera Paul Sabella (Season 1 only) Jack Petrik (co-executive producer) |
| Producer(s) | Don Jurwich Joseph Barbera (Season 2–4) Kay Wright (co-producer, Season 3–4) |
| Editor(s) | Gil Iverson Tim Iverson Pat Foley (Season 1) Tom Gleason (Season 3–4) |
| Running time | 21 minutes (7 mins per short) |
| Production company(s) |
Hanna-Barbera Turner Entertainment Co. |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | FOX |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | September 8, 1990 – December 4, 1993 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–1982) |
| Followed by | Tom and Jerry Tales (2006–2008) |
Tom & Jerry Kids is an American animated television series, co-produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Entertainment, starring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry as children (kitten and mouse). The show premiered in 1990 and continued airing until 1994. It began airing as the first program of the FOX's children's block, Fox Kids on September 8, 1990.
The series is somewhat similar to the "older" version of the original theatricals, partly akin to being produced by creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, founders of H-B. In terms of violence level, they are far closer to the original cartoons than previous television adaptions such as Filmation's The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show although somewhat milder than Hanna and Barbera's version.
Part of it is similar to Pink Panther and Pals and Garfield and Friends. Droopy and Dripple went on to star in their own short-lived spin-off Droopy, Master Detective.
The series was a co-production of Hanna-Barbera and Turner Entertainment Co. (which had bought the Tom and Jerry franchise from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1986). Parent company Turner Broadcasting System would buy the Hanna-Barbera studios in late 1991 starting with the third season. Perhaps the most notable differences from the classic shorts are the pair's appearances (and ages). Tom & Jerry Kids was one of the last Saturday morning cartoons from Hanna-Barbera before shifting focus toward producing shows specifically for Cartoon Network.
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