Editing Garfield and Friends (section)

{{Short description|American animated television series}}
{{distinguish|The Garfield Show}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = GandF.gif
| image_size           = 250
| caption              = Promotional picture for ''Garfield and Friends'', showing most of the show's primary characters (clockwise from bottom-left: [[U.S. Acres#Sheldon|Sheldon]], [[U.S. Acres#Wade Duck|Wade]], [[U.S. Acres#Orson Pig|Orson]], [[Odie]], [[Garfield (character)|Garfield]], [[U.S. Acres#Roy Rooster|Roy]] and [[U.S. Acres#Booker|Booker]])
| alt                  = A graphic showing seven of the characters from the cartoon ''Garfield and Friends'', surrounding the text "Garfield and Friends", on a blue background.
| genre                = [[Comedy]]<br />[[Animated sitcom]]<br />[[Slapstick]]
| creator              = [[Jim Davis (cartoonist)|Jim Davis]]
| based_on             = {{based_on|''[[Garfield]]'' and ''[[U.S. Acres]]''|Jim Davis}}
| writer               = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mark Evanier]]<ref name="Cel Mates">{{Cite news |last=Mendoza |first=N.F. |date=September 6, 1992 |title=Cel Mates: A Look Inside the World of the People Who Make Cartoons |work=[[The Los Angeles Times]] |location=USA |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-06-tv-483-story.html |url-status=live |access-date=2011-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715130455/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-06-tv-483-story.html |archive-date=2020-07-15}}</ref>
* Sharman DiVono<ref>{{Cite web |last=Evanier |first=Mark |title=Garfield & Friends Episode Guide |url=https://www.newsfromme.com/garfield-friends-episode-guide/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718165947/https://www.newsfromme.com/garfield-friends-episode-guide/ |archive-date=2020-07-18 |access-date=2021-05-28 |website=NewsFromMe.com}}</ref>
}}
| director             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jeff Hall (animator)|Jeff Hall]] (1989–1991)
* [[Tom Ray]] (1989–1990)
* Dave Brain (1992–1994)
* Vincent Davis (1991–1994)
* Ron Myrick
}}
| starring             = [[Lorenzo Music]] as the voice of Garfield
| voices               = {{Plainlist|
* [[Gregg Berger]]
* [[Thom Huge]]
* [[Desirée Goyette]]
* [[Howard Morris]]
* [[Frank Welker]]
* [[Julie Payne (actress, born 1946)|Julie Payne]]
}}
| opentheme            = * "Friends Are There" (seasons 1–2)
* "We're Ready to Party" (seasons 3–7)
| composer             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ed Bogas]]
* [[Desirée Goyette]]
}}
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 7
| num_episodes         = 121 (363 segments)
| list_episodes        = List of Garfield and Friends episodes
| executive_producer   = {{Plainlist|
* Jim Davis (Seasons 4–7)
* [[Lee Mendelson]] (Seasons 4–7)
* [[Phil Roman]]
}}
| producer             = {{Plainlist|
* [[George Singer]] (Seasons 1–2)
* [[Mitch Schauer]] (Season 2)
* Bob Curtis (Seasons 2–3)
* Bob Nesler (Seasons 3–4)
* Vincent Davis (Seasons 4–7)
}}
| runtime              = approx. 22 minutes<br>7 minutes (as segments)
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Film Roman]]
* [[United Media|United Media Productions]]
* [[Paws, Inc.]]
* [[Lee Mendelson Film Productions]]
}}
| network              = [[CBS]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1988|9|17}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1994|12|10}}
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[The Garfield Show]]''
* ''[[Garfield Originals]]''
}}
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| location             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Woodland Hills, Los Angeles|Woodland Hills, California]]
* [[Chicago]]
* [[Muncie, Indiana]]
}}
}}
'''''Garfield and Friends''''' is an American [[List of animated television series|animated television series]] based on the [[comic strip]] ''[[Garfield]]'' by [[Jim Davis (cartoonist)|Jim Davis]]. The show aired on [[CBS]] as part of its [[Saturday-morning cartoon|Saturday morning]] children's lineup from September 17, 1988, to December 10, 1994.

The show features animated story lines adapted from the comic strip ''Garfield'' and Davis's other comic strip ''[[U.S. Acres]]''. [[Mark Evanier]] was the show's head writer. [[Lorenzo Music]] provided the voice of [[Garfield (character)|Garfield]] the cat, the strip's title character, as he had done since ''[[Here Comes Garfield]]'' in 1982. Other voices present on the show included Thom Huge as [[Jon Arbuckle]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Original Garfield Cartoon Voices Were Seasoned Veterans of Classic TV |url=https://www.metv.com/stories/the-original-garfield-cartoon-voices-were-seasoned-veterans-of-classic-tv |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812174044/https://www.metv.com/stories/the-original-garfield-cartoon-voices-were-seasoned-veterans-of-classic-tv |archive-date=2022-08-12 |access-date=2023-03-01 |website=MeTV.com}}</ref> Garfield's human owner, and [[Gregg Berger]] as [[Odie]] the dog, also returning from prior ''Garfield'' animated media. Berger and Huge also respectively voiced Orson Pig and Roy Rooster in the ''U.S. Acres'' segments. 121 episodes were made, each consisting of two ''Garfield'' segments and one ''U.S. Acres'' segment and a "Garfield Quickie" at the end. All episodes have been released in the U.S. on five DVD sets by [[20th Century Studios Home Entertainment|20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]].

The rights to the series are currently owned by [[Paramount Global]] as a result of its acquisition of Paws, Inc. on August 6, 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=2019-08-06 |title=Viacom, Hungry for Hits, Gobbles Up Garfield |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/viacom-hungry-for-hits-gobbles-up-garfield-11565107200 |access-date=2025-05-14 |work=Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> However, [[9 Story Media Group]] currently distributes the show under license from Paramount.<ref name=":1" />