| Tom and Jerry Tales | |
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| Based on | Characters created byWilliam Hanna and Joseph Barbera |
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| Theme music composer | Tom Erba |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 26 (78 segments)(list of episodes) |
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| Running time | 21–23 minutes (6–8 minutes per segment) |
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| Network | Kids' WB |
| Release | September 23, 2006 (2006-09-23) – March 22, 2008 (2008-03-22) |
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Tom and Jerry Tales is an Americananimated television series featuring the cat-and-mouse duoTom and Jerry. Produced byWarner Bros. Animation andTurner Entertainment Co., it is the seventh installment in theTom and Jerry franchise as well as the firstTom and Jerry production to emulate theoriginal theatrical shorts created byHanna-Barbera founders and formerMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio staffWilliam Hanna andJoseph Barbera forMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer; it originally ran in the United States from September 23, 2006[1] to March 22, 2008, onKids' WB. This is the firstTom and Jerry television series from Warner Bros. Animation after parent companyTime Warner had boughtTurner Broadcasting System, then-owners of the franchise, in 1996.
Joseph Barbera served asexecutive producer for the series before his death on December 18, 2006, making this the finalTom and Jerry project with his involvement, and received story credit on some episodes of the first season. The series consists of 26 episodes across two seasons, each consisting of three 7-minute segments with a shared theme and approximately the same length as the original theatrical shorts. Some shorts – likeThe Karate Guard – were produced and completed in 2005 (explaining the 2005 copyright stamp in the end credits of the first season despite airing during the 2006–2007 season) as part of a 30-plus theatrical cartoon schedule canceled nearly two years after the financial failure ofLooney Tunes: Back in Action.
| Season | Segments | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 39 | 13 | September 23, 2006 (2006-09-23) | May 5, 2007 (2007-05-05) | |
| 2 | 39 | 13 | September 22, 2007 (2007-09-22) | March 22, 2008 (2008-03-22) | |
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| 1,2 | 26 | 2006–07 |
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All six volumes were later released in 2-packs.
On October 31, 2006, avideo game based on the series was released for theNintendo DS andGame Boy Advance.[9][10] Developed bySensory Sweep Studios, it was published byWarner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and also published byEidos Interactive (only in Europe and Australia).[9][10] Playing as Jerry, the main objective of the game is to help Jerry get Tom into trouble. Many minor characters from the show makecameo appearances in the game, such as the female robotic mouse from the episode "Hi, Robot".
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