The Tom and Jerry Show
Sep 6 - Dec 13, 1975
Saturday
Sep 6, 1975
TV/Streaming Premiere Saturday
Dec 13, 1975
TV/Streaming Series Finales
Date TypesTV/Streaming Premiere, TV/Streaming Series Finales
Shows / MoviesThe Tom and Jerry Show (1975)
GenresAdventure, Animation, Buddies, Comedy, Family
CompaniesHanna-Barbera Productions, MGM Television
People / Bands / TeamsJoseph Barbera, William Hanna
The Tom and Jerry Show is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and MGM Television. The show is based on a series of cartoon shorts featuring the same animated characters, which were created by Hanna-Barbera co-founders and former MGM staff artists William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.
The Tom and Jerry Show originally aired on the ABC Network from September 6 through December 13, 1975 for a total of 16 episodes, as part of The Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show, with The Great Grape Ape Show and The Mumbly Cartoon Show representing the show’s other portions. The series marked the first time that Tom and Jerry appeared in animated installments produced specifically for television.
Unlike other adaptations, the characters Tom and Jerry are depicted as friends instead of enemies, and the series did not use the slapstick chases and the violence central to the theatrical shorts, due to concerns regarding that type of material airing on children’s programming.
