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 after founder Max Fleischer's dismayal, 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
In late 1979, Culhane came in over to Paramount and told the executives about taking their animation studio to an upgrade to television animation, and the executives at Paramount eventually agreed to this. Animators, such as Dave Tendlar, Martin Taras, Lou Zukor, and John Gentilella helped revive the old Paramount Cartoon Studios in New York.

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.

In addition, they've made a deal with Hanna-Barbera on the series along with Harvey Comics and NTA/Republic Pictures. The new series was a success as it retained the original Warner Bros./Tex Avery-style humor of the original shorts.

Collaborating with other studios: 1983-97
Their first collaboration with Ruby-Spears Enterprises was Betty Boop and Friends. The series was a successful attempt to revive the Betty Boop franchise. During production of the series, the PTA studio opened many of its animation facilities to avoid overseas animation subcontractors.

Another show, The New Animated Antics was another collab with Hanna-Barbera and the final one to be associated with. Both Gulliver's Travels and Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost were the new animated cartoon series of 1985 and both ended in 1992.

Their first independent production is The Knights of Crystalland, a new series with more darker and edgier tones in a Saturday morning cartoon. It debuted on September 5, 1987 and is one of the first Paramount animated shows to air in syndication.

The studio worked on reviving the Modern Madcaps with Cosgrove Hall Films. The All-New Modern Madcaps was the first show to have a mix of American/Canadian/British voice actors and actresses.

Adelaide Productions and Amblin Television signed up with the creators of Earthworm Jim to produce a spin-off series starring Peter Puppy, in the vain of Incredible Hulk. The result was Peter Puppy: The Incredible Pup.

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.

During that time, Bagdasarian was assigned by PTA to reboot Alvin and the Chipmunks to television after a bad experience with Tom Ruegger on his interpretation of the series at Warner Bros. Popeye got its own sitcom in 1999 on Cartoon Network.

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.

Earthworm Jim was rebooted, along with Universal Cartoon Studios to air on Nickelodeon on April 2005. Universal left in favor of Craig McCracken for the last two seasons. Krazy Kat got its reboot in 2008, while Earthworm Jim shown its last episodes on the air.

A Betty Boop-related show entitled, Max Fleischer's Betty Boop, came out around June 28, 2013 on Fox. It was aimed for a PG-13 Rated audience, 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 Studios (1990-present)
 * Klasky Csupo (1993-2004; 2003-2008)
 * United Plankton Pictures (1999-present)
 * DreamWorks Television Animation (2008-2016)
 * Bill Melendez Productions
 * Mercury Filmworks
 * Cosgrove Hall Films
 * Cartoon Network Studios (2023-present)

Foreign-based animation facilities
More coming soon...
 * Paramount Television Animation (Canada)
 * Paramount Television Animation (Australia)
 * Paramount Television Animation (France)
 * Paramount Television Animation (Japan)
 * Paramount Television Animation (UK)

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)
 * The Knights of Crystalland (1987-1992, first independent production)
 *  (1987-1988, co-produced with Bakshi-Hyde Ventures)
 *  (1991-2004, animation produced by Anivision and Wang Film Productions, co-produced with Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 *   (1991-1995; 2003, co-produced with Spümcø (1991-1993; 2003) and Nickelodeon Animation Studios (1993-1995))
 * The All-New Modern Madcaps (1992-1995, co-produced with Cosgrove Hall Films, animation overseas at Rough Draft Korea)
 *  (1993-1997; 2011, animation produced by Film Roman (revival only), co-produced with Judgemental Films and MTV Animation)
 *  (1994-1997, co-produced with Klasky Csupo and Reno & Osborn Productions)
 *  (1994-1997, co-produced with Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 *  (1996-2004, co-produced with Snee-Oosh, Inc. and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 * Peter Puppy: The Incredible Pup (1997, co-produced with Adelaide Productions and Amblin Television, Interplay Entertainment and Playmates)
 * The Terrytoons Show (1997-2002, animation produced by Film Roman)
 *  (1997-present, co-produced with Celluloid Studios (1997), Braniff Productions (1997-2006), Parker-Stone Productions (2006-2007), South Park Digital Studios (2007-present), Comedy Central Productions and Warner Bros. Animation (1997-2003))
 *  (1998-2005, co-produced with Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 * Alvin and the Chipmunks (1998-2005, co-produced with Bagdasarian Productions)
 *  (1998-2004, co-produced with Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 * Popeye the Sailor (1999-2002, 2005-2008, animation produced by Film Roman (first season only), co-produced with King Features Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation)
 *  (1999-present, co-produced with United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 * Velocity: The Dark Human Slayer (1999-2003; 2018, animation produced at Rough Draft Korea (season 1-4) and Digital eMation (season 5), co-produced with Dark Slime Productions (season 5 only) and Nickelodeon Animation Studios, CGI effects produced at PTA's Japanese subsidiary (season 5 only))
 *  (2001-present, co-produced with Billionfold Inc. (2008-present), Frederator Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 *  (2001-2006, co-produced with Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 *  (2002-2006, co-produced with O Entertainment, DNA Productions and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 *  (2003-2008, co-produced with Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 *  (2004-2007, co-produced with Double Hemm and Rough Draft Studios)
 *  (2005-2008, animation produced by JM Animation, MOI Animation and DR Movie, co-produced with Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 * Earthworm Jim (2005-2008, first two seasons produced by Universal Cartoon Studios, last two seasons produced independently onward. Co-produced with Interplay Entertainment and Playmates)
 * Gatopardos the Cheetah (2007-2010, co-produced with Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 *  (2007-2010, co-produced with Omation Animation Studio and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 * Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse (2008-present, co-produced with King Features Entertainment)
 * Mittens the Cat (2010-2016, co-produced with Netflix Originals)
 *  (2010-2013, co-produced with Omation Animation Studio and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 *  (2012-2014, animation produced by Ginormous Madman, Studio Mir and Studio Pierrot, co-produced with Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 *  (2012-present, co-produced with Lowbar Productions, Mirage Studios and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 * Max Fleischer's Betty Boop (2013-present, co-produced with Mercury Filmworks, King Features Entertainment and Fleischer Studios)
 * Pupz (2015-present, co-produced with Cartoon Network Studios and Rough Draft Studios)
 *  (2016-present, co-produced with Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 * Flytrap: Savior of All (2017-present, co-produced with Nickelodeon Animation Studios}
 * Ren &amp; Stimpy (2017-present, co-produced with Spümtwo and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 * The Return of Mittens (2017-present, co-produced with Netflix Originals and Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 * Occhi Rossi (2017-present, co-produced with Nickelodeon Animation Studios)
 * Alvin and the Chipmunks (2023-present, co-produced with Bagdasarian Productions and Cartoon Network Studios)

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)
 * Popeye for President (1992, animation produced by Marvel Productions, co-produced with King Features Entertainment)
 * The Chipmunks and Chipettes in Spain (2006, co-produced with Bagdasarian Productions)

Direct-to-video films

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 *  (2010, co-produced with Double Hemm and Six Point Harness)
 * Mittens the Cat's Legendary Movie (2015, co-produced with Netflix Originals and Studio Mir)
 * Alvin and the Chipmunks: The City of New York vs. Alvin Seville (2023, co-produced with Bagdasarian Productions)

Television pilots

 * The Smurfs: Battle Between Good and Evil (2005 in Canada and Belgium, unaired in the US, co-produced with Adelaide Productions)