| Tiny Toon Adventures | |
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| Also known as | Steven Spielberg Presents Tiny Toon Adventures |
| Genre | |
| Created by | Tom Ruegger |
| Based on | Looney Tunes by Warner Bros. |
| Voices of | |
| Theme music composer | Bruce Broughton |
| Opening theme | "Tiny Toon Adventures Theme" by Charlie Adler, Tress MacNeille & Joe Alaskey |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 98 (233 segments) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Steven Spielberg |
| Producer | Sherri Stoner |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | September 14, 1990 |
| Network | First-run syndication |
| Release | September 17, 1990 – February 24, 1992 |
| Network | Fox Kids |
| Release | September 14 – December 6, 1992 |
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Tiny Toon Adventures is an American animated television series created by Tom Ruegger that was broadcast from September 14, 1990, to December 6, 1992. It was the first animated series produced by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Animation.[1] The show follows the adventures of a group of young cartoon characters who attend Acme Looniversity to become the next generation of characters from the Looney Tunes series.[2]
The pilot episode, "The Looney Beginning", aired as a prime-time special on CBS on September 14, 1990,[3] while the series itself was featured in first-run syndication for the first two seasons. The final season aired on Fox under the Fox Kids programming block. The series ended production in 1992 in favor of Animaniacs, which premiered a year later; however, two specials were produced in 1994.[4]
Tiny Toon Adventures won seven Daytime Emmy Awards, a Young Artist Award, and an Environmental Media Award, with nominations for one other Daytime Emmy Award, two Annie Awards, one Primetime Emmy Award, and one other Young Artist Award. Spin-off media include magazines, toys, video games, and home media releases. The Plucky Duck Show, a spin-off television series, was created for Fox Kids and ran for one season. A second spin-off series, Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain ran on Kids' WB for one season. A reboot/revival series, Tiny Toons Looniversity, was released on September 8, 2023, on Max and then premiered the next day, on September 9, on Cartoon Network.
- ^ Trusdell, Brian (May 28, 1995). "Focus : Warner's Toon Factory for the 1990s". Los Angeles Times. El Segundo, California. ISSN 2165-1736. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Company. pp. 853–856. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ^ "TV Listings for - September 14, 1990". TV Tango. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016. Retrieved May 10, 2011.
- ^ Mendoza, N.F. (March 27, 1994). "Shows for Youngsters and Their Parents Too: Spielberg's 'Tiny Toons' Break for Prime Time and the Rites of Spring". Los Angeles Times. El Segundo, California. ISSN 2165-1736. Archived from the original on April 11, 2020. Retrieved May 10, 2011.