Tom & Jerry Kids
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Tom & Jerry Kids (formerly known as Tom & Jerry Kids Show in the first season) is an American animated television series co-produced by Hanna-Barbera and Turner Entertainment Co., and starring the cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry as toddlers (toddler kitten and baby mouse).[1] It premiered on Fox on September 8, 1990, airing as the first program of the children's programming block, Fox Kids,[2] and was the second Tom and Jerry TV series to be produced by Hanna-Barbera following The Tom and Jerry Show in 1975.
Tom & Jerry Kids | |
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Also known as | Tom & Jerry Kids Show (season 1) |
Genre | Comedy Slapstick Surreal comedy |
Based on | Tom and Jerry by William Hanna & Joseph Barbera |
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)
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Theme music composer | Tom Worrall |
Composer | Tom Worrall & Gary Lionelli (Season 2–4) |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 65 (195 segments) (list of episodes) |
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Executive producers | William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Paul Sabella (Season 1 only) & Jack Petrik (co-executive producer)
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Producers | Don Jurwich, Joseph Barbera (Season 2–4) & Kay Wright (co-producer, Season 3–4)
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Editors | Gil Iverson, Tim Iverson, Pat Foley (Season 1) & Tom Gleason (Season 3–4)
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Running time | 22 minutes (7 minutes per segment) |
Production company | H-B Production Co. [lower-alpha 1] & Turner Entertainment Co. |
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Network | Fox (Fox Kids Network) |
Release | September 8, 1990 (1990-09-08) – December 4, 1993 (1993-12-04) |
Related | |
The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980) Tom and Jerry Tales (2006–08) Droopy, Master Detective (1993) |
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 Hanna-Barbera and former MGM cartoon studio staff.[3]