The Garfield Show

The Garfield Show
Garfield & Cie
Genre
Based onGarfield
by Jim Davis
Developed by
  • Philippe Vidal
  • Robert Rea
  • Steve Balissat
Directed byPhilippe Vidal
Voices of
Composers
  • Laurent Bertaud
  • Jean-Christophe Prudhomme
Country of origin
  • France
  • United States
Original languages
  • English
  • French
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes107 (247 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Jim Davis
  • Robert Rea (Season 1–4)
  • Maia Tubiana (Season 5)
Producers
  • Kim Campbell
  • Marie-Pierre Moulinjeune (Season 1-4)
  • Caroline Duvochel (Season 5)
  • Steve Balissat
Running time
  • 24 minutes (two segments)
  • 12 minutes (one segment)
  • 44 minutes (special episodes only)
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release2 November 2009 (2009-11-02) –
24 October 2016 (2016-10-24)
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The Garfield Show is an animated television series produced by Dargaud Media and Paws, Inc. It is based on the American Garfield comic strip[1] created by Jim Davis. The animated series focuses on a new series of adventures for the characters of Garfield, Odie, and their owner Jon Arbuckle, alongside staple characters from the strip and a number of unique additions for the program.[2] Both Davis and producer Mark Evanier, who previously wrote episodes for the 1988 original cartoon animated series Garfield and Friends, co-wrote stories for the program, with the cast including Frank Welker, Wally Wingert, Julie Payne, Jason Marsden and Gregg Berger. Welker and Berger had previously voiced various characters in Garfield and Friends.

The animated series premiered on 22 December 2008 in France as Garfield & Cie, in early 2009 in Japan as ガーフィールドとシー, and on 2 November 2009 in the United States. It ran for five seasons, with its last episodes airing in the US on October 24, 2016; Evanier stated shortly afterward that it was on hiatus.[3][4] On August 6, 2019, an untitled Nickelodeon series based on the Garfield comic strip was announced,[5] seemingly ending any chances of The Garfield Show coming back.

  1. ^ "The Garfield Show – Studios". The Garfield Show Diary. 19 December 2022.
  2. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 228–230. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  3. ^ Evanier, Mark. "ASK me". NewsFromMe.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  4. ^ Evanier, Mark. "ASK me". NewsFromMe.com. Retrieved 11 February 2017.
  5. ^ Steinberg, Brian (August 6, 2019). "Viacom Acquires Comic-Strip Cat Garfield". Variety. Retrieved August 6, 2019.