Paramount Television Animation

Paramount Television Animation is the television animation production arm of Paramount Pictures. It serves as the revival/reboot of Paramount Cartoon Studios. It was founded on January 7, 1981.

Background
In late 1979, Paramount Pictures decided to revive its animation studio for television. Paramount Cartoon Studios first started off as Fleischer Studios, working on Betty Boop, Popeye and Superman. After Fleischer Studios dissolved into Famous Studios, the Popeye and Superman series continued on with another series like Noveltoons, Little Lulu, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Baby Huey, Herman and Katnip, Buzzy the Crow, Little Audrey, Beetle Bailey, Snuffy Smith, Krazy Kat and Screen Songs. By 1967, the Paramount animation studio was closed down after the Fractured Fable, Mouse Trek was completed for a release on December.

Beginnings: 1979-81
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Producing new animated TV shows: 1981-83
Paramount Television Animation was officially founded on January 7, 1981, succeeding Paramount Cartoon Studios. It was that time where Paramount decided to revive its franchise with the start of using their earlier series, Noveltoons.

Collaborating with other studios: 1983-97
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Reviving the Terrytoons franchise: 1997-2002
The Terrytoons Show was the answer to reviving the Terrytoons franchise. The show made its debut on both Nickelodeon and CBS on September 1997, despite the fact that the show wasn't intended to be an original Nicktoon like all the others which included: Ren and Stimpy, Rugrats, Doug, AAAAH, Real Monsters!, CatDog and The Angry Beavers.

Paramount Television Animation today: 2002-present
After The Terrytoons Show ran its course, Paramount Television Animation started producing more original shows independently without any collaboration.

A new CG-animated educational pre-school series entitled, Betty Boop's Playhouse, was another attempt to revive the Betty Boop franchise. Sadly, it only lasted for two seasons and 23 episodes. It was later cancelled due to low ratings and was permanently taken off the schedule, thus fading into obscurity. Therefore, a DVD release of the series came out in the spring of 2008, but it didn't help enough to revive the show and return it to the air.

Another Boop-related show entitled, Max Fleischer's Betty Boop, came out around June 28, 2013 on PTN. It was aimed for both teens and adults, as it returns the original settings and surrealism of the early Fleischer cartoons. The show was a hit since its earlier show with Ruby-Spears, Betty Boop and Friends.

Animation companies and individuals associated or collaborated with Paramount Television Animation

 * DiC Entertainment (1985-1998)
 * Atkinson Film-Arts (1985-1986)
 * Hinton Animation Studios (1987-1990)
 * Lacewood Productions (1990-1997)
 * Gracie Films (1987-present)
 * Universal Cartoon Studios (1991-present)
 * Adelaide Productions (1996-2002)
 * Marvel Productions (1984-1992)
 * King Features Entertainment
 * Fleischer Studios
 * NTA/Republic Pictures
 * The Harvey Entertainment Company
 * Amblin Entertainment
 * Mainframe Entertainment
 * Ruby-Spears Enterprises
 * Film Roman
 * Hanna-Barbera Productions (1981-1990)
 * Nickelodeon Animation Studio (1990-present)
 * DreamWorks Television Animation (2008-2016)
 * Bill Melendez Productions
 * Mercury Filmworks

Television shows

 * The Noveltoons Show (1981-83, co-produced with Hanna-Barbera Productions, NTA/Republic Pictures and The Harvey Entertainment Company)
 * Betty Boop and Friends (1983-86, co-produced with Ruby-Spears Enterprises, NTA/Republic Pictures, King Features Entertainment and Fleischer Studios)
 * The New Animated Antics (1984-85, co-produced with Hanna-Barbera Productions, NTA/Republic Pictures and Fleischer Studios)
 * Gulliver's Travels (1985-1992, co-produced with Marvel Productions, NTA/Republic Pictures and Fleischer Studios)
 * Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost (1985-1992, co-produced with DiC Entertainment and Atkinson Film-Arts in season 1, Hinton Animation Studios for the remainder of the series and The Harvey Entertainment Company)
 * (1994-1997, co-produced with Klasky Csupo and Reno & Osborn Productions)
 * The Terrytoons Show (1997-2002, animation produced by Film Roman)
 * Betty Boop's Playhouse (2006-2007, co-produced with Mainframe Entertainment, King Features Entertainment and Fleischer Studios)
 * Max Fleischer's Betty Boop (2013-present, co-produced with Mercury Filmworks, King Features Entertainment and Fleischer Studios)
 * Ren & Stimpy (2017-present, co-produced with Spümtwo)

Television specials

 * A Heckle and Jeckle Christmas (1985, animation co-produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises, animation outsourced to Bill Melendez Productions)
 * Mighty Mouse's Snow Adventure (1995, animation produced by Film Roman)