The Tom and Jerry Show (2014 TV series)
The Tom and Jerry Show is an American Flash animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Turner Entertainment and animated by Renegade Animation. It is based on the "Tom and Jerry" characters and theatrical cartoon series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The series first premiered in Canada on Teletoon on March 1, 2014, and began airing on Cartoon Network in the United States on April 9, 2014, but also aired on Boomerang in the U.S. Beginning in 2017, the series moved to Boomerang in the U.S. The fourth  season was released on February 1, 2021 on Boomerang SVOD and on the Cartoon Network app. The fifth and final season was released on the Cartoon Network app, also on February 1, and on February 2, but the season has been removed from the app and has not been added back. The fifth season also was aired on Boomerang on February 15, 2021. The show was followed by a HBO Max series named "Tom and Jerry Special Shorts", which are by the same crew as "Looney Tunes Cartoons" and are in the vein of the classic shorts. Another series, "Tom  and Jerry in New York", was also released on HBO Max on July 1, 2021, which is done by the same production team as "The Tom and Jerry Show." Plot. The series follows the antics of Tom in his pursuit to catch Jerry. Each episode consists of two 11-minute segments (in the first season) and three 7-minute segments (starting from the second season) into a full-length 22-minute episode. Scenarios. Each scenario was introduced, used, or discontinued in each season. The series can follow one of these scenarios: Production. "The Tom and Jerry Show" was initially announced  to consist of 26 episodes divided into 52 11-minute segments to air on Cartoon Network, with the intention to remain faithful to the original theatrical short series. The show was originally intended to premiere on Cartoon Network in 2013 before being pushed back to April 9, 2014. From the second season onward, the art style of the show was retooled and the series running time for the segments is now 7 minutes to more closely resemble the original MGM shorts. Because of the running time switch, the half-hour episodes contain 3 segments instead of 2. The series is  produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Renegade Animation, with Renegade handling the actual production work under the supervision of Darrell Van Citters and Ashley Postelwaite, both of whom used to work for Warner Bros. before leaving to form Renegade in 1992. Renegade Animation is also known for producing "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi" and "The Mr. Men Show". It is the second "Tom and Jerry" television series produced in the 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio and the first to be animated in Adobe Flash. It is also the second made-for-television iteration of the cartoons to emulate the theatrical shorts and  the fifth made-for-television "Tom and Jerry" production. It was also the longest–running "Tom and Jerry" series, overtaking "Tom & Jerry Kids". Broadcast. "The Tom and Jerry Show" premiered on March 1, 2014 on Teletoon in Canada. The series premiered on April 9, 2014 on Cartoon Network in the United States. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, it began airing on April 12, 2014 on Boomerang, and also on CITV in 2016 (including all episodes following "Say Uncle"). It premiered on April 21, 2014 on Cartoon Network in India. In Australia, Cartoon Network premiered it on May 5, 2014 . The series began airing on Boomerang in the United States on January 5, 2015. In Indonesia, it is currently broadcast on GTV since February 13, 2017 and on RCTI since August 13, 2017. In China, it is broadcast on China Central Television. In Japan from September 23, 2014 NHK BS Premium broadcast it with the title "New Tom and Jerry Show" on December 15, 2015. In India, the show retelecasted on 14 November 2020 with new Hindi dialogues in Cartoon Network India. Reception. The series has received generally mixed to favorable reviews, with criticism primarily directed at the switch from  traditional hand-drawn animation to flash animation since the previous "Tom and Jerry" TV series, "Tom and Jerry Tales".