Talking Tom & Friends (TV series)

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Talking Tom & Friends
Talking Tom & Friends logo.svg
GenreComedy
Created by Outfit7
Based on Talking Tom & Friends
by Outfit7
Developed by
Voices of
Composers
  • Thomas Kathriner
  • Micheal Shawn Lyon
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons5
No. of episodes156 (including 1 pilot episode) (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
  • Samo Login
  • Boris Dolenc
  • Kris Staber and Dunja Bernatzky (for ARX Anima)
Running time11 minutes
Production companies
  • Outfit7
  • ARX Anima
  • People Moving Pixels
Original release
Network YouTube
Release23 December 2014 (2014-12-23) 
24 December 2021 (2021-12-24)
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Talking Tom & Friends (previously Talking Tom and Friends) is an animated comedy children's television web series by Outfit7, based on the media franchise of the same name. Its premiere release was on 23 December 2014 on YouTube, with the final episode being released on 24 December 2021. The first three seasons of the show were produced by the Austrian company ARX Anima, [1] [2] [3] while seasons 4 and 5 were produced by the Spanish animation studio People Moving Pixels. [4] [5]

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The former logo of the TV show, replaced during season 5 Talking Tom and Friends logo.svg
The former logo of the TV show, replaced during season 5

Episodes

SeasonEpisodesOriginally released
First releasedLast released
Pilot 23 December 2014 (2014-12-23)
1 5130 April 2015 (2015-04-30)22 December 2016 (2016-12-22)
2 2615 June 2017 (2017-06-15)8 March 2018 (2018-03-08)
3 2612 May 2018 (2018-05-12)27 December 2018 (2018-12-27)
4 2616 May 2019 (2019-05-16)27 March 2020 (2020-03-27)
5 268 May 2020 (2020-05-08)24 December 2021 (2021-12-24)
Minisodes 85 February 2015 (2015-02-05)4 February 2016 (2016-02-04)

Characters

Main

Recurring

Production

On October 7, 2013, Outfit7 announced that they have hired American animator Joe Ansolabehere to create a 52 x 11-minute CGI comedy TV series based on the Talking Tom & Friends franchise, under the name of Tom on the Road. The series was to star Tom, Ben, Angela, and Ginger, and was to premiere by the end of 2014. On March 3, 2014, Kidscreen Magazine announced that the series would go by the name of Talking Tom and Friends, and instead be produced by BRB International's creative studio Screen 21. [9] The first 3 seasons, however ended up being developed and produced with the European animation studio ARX Anima.

The pilot episode officially released on December 23, 2014, as a CGI animated series, and introduced a new character named Hank.

On February 23, 2015, Outfit7 announced that the full series was to premiere on April 30 with new episodes launching weekly. It won Best Animated Series at the 2016 Cablefax Awards [10] and so, on August 29, 2016, the show was greenlit for a second season with another 52 episodes, but the final product only had 26 episodes with the remaining episodes becoming season 3. [11]

Broadcast and release

The series was released on YouTube. It was also broadcast on Boomerang UK, which began in September 2016. [12] It was released on Netflix as well, but has since been discontinued. [13] [14]

Reception and accolades

The show is rated three stars out of five by Common Sense Media, which says that "Talking Tom & Friends centers on the animated stars of a popular app series, so kids who know and love them will want to watch their TV antics. On the whole, the content is fine for kids, and there's plenty of silliness (and some body noises and humor) to keep them entertained. That's the show's main intent, so don't expect many teaching moments. The characters argue and get on each other's nerves at times, and some squabbles get physical with tussles and wrestling, but there are no injuries." [15]

In 2016, the show won the Cablefax Program Awards for Best Animated Series. [16] [17] The show is available on YouTube, where the show's official channel has 14.9 million subscribers and 6.3 billion views as of August 2022. [18]

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