Following the initial announcement, Garfield fans have been wondering whether Nickelodeon will be airing older Garfield series chronicling the life of the lasagne-loving cat and his family and friends, such as the 2D-animated Garfield and Friends which ran on CBS in the '80s & '90s and and the CG-animated The Garfield Show which ran on Cartoon Network from 2009 to 2012.
Although Nickelodeon hasn't yet suggested any plans to air the classic Garfield series, Mediatoon Distribution, the distribution arm of Media Participations, recently updated their show catalogue pages for 2018's Garfield Originals and 2009's The Garfield Show, to add Nickelodeon as a "Major Broadcaster" for both shows!
The Garfield Show (214x11' - 80x40' - 7x60') is a French-American CG-animated TV series, created by Jim Davis, and produced by Dargaud Media and Paws Inc. Based on the iconic comic strip Garfield, also created by Davis, the animated series focuses on a new series of adventures for the characters of Garfield, Odie, and their owner Jon Arbuckle, alongside staple characters from the strip and a number of unique additions for the program. The Garfield Show originally ran on Cartoon Network in the States.
Garfield Originals (24x3') is a 2019 2D French animated series created by Jim Davis and Philippe Vidal. The series was developed with France's Dargaud Media and Ellipsanime and is the third animated series based on the comic strip Garfield. The series is similar to the Garfield Quickies, which appeared in Garfield and Friends, and The Garfield Shorts, a series of short films containing gags. The series has yet to air in the U.S.
The distribution rights to the '80s Garfield and Friends (121x22') animated series are currently held by a different distribution company - 9 Story Media Group (Blue's Clues & You!) - with Boomerang currently having the rights to broadcast the series in the U.S., so it's unlikely that Nickelodeon, Nicktoons or NickRewind will re-air Garfield and Friends any time soon, having aired the series between 1997 - 2000.
The news comes as Nickelodeon has been busy welcoming Garfield into the Nickelodeon family, including social media posts. Nickelodeon has also been rebranding Garfield's official social media pages to incorporate the Nickelodeon logo.
Most recently, Nickelodeon has updated the official Garfield website, Garfield.com. The new Garfield website is a splash page, with links to Nickelodeon's Garfield property page on nick.com, nick.com/garfield, and Garfield comic strip archive on GoComics.com.
The Professor Garfield mobile website designed for teachers, along with the Garfield game "Sheep Shot" is still currently available at professorgarfield.org.
The acquisition of Garfield is part of Nickelodeon’s strategy to be the home for the biggest franchises kids and families love, and it expands Nickelodeon’s growing portfolio of influential properties that already includes SpongeBob SquarePants, PAW Patrol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Blue’s Clues & You!, and The Adventures of Paddington series, as well as the the forthcoming first-ever SpongeBob spinoff, Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, Big Nate, The Smurfs, and all-new animated Star Trek.
Under ViacomCBS' acquisition for Garfield, the global merchandising rights to Garfield will be managed by ViacomCBS Consumer Products, including the property’s existing portfolio of licensees. Garfield creator Jim Davis will continue to produce the Garfield syndicated comic strip as he has done since creating the lazy feline since 1976.
The cartoon has chronicled the life of the eponymous cat, his owner Jon Arbuckle and Odie the dog, as well as various friends. Known for his love of lasagne and coffee and his disdain for Mondays, Garfield has spawned a slew of movies and TV shows - Garfield and Friends in the 1980s and '90s on CBS and the CG-animated The Garfield Show on Cartoon Network from 2009 to 2012 — and a pair of feature films, Garfield: The Movie (2004), a live-action/animated hybrid in which the corpulent cat was wryly voiced by Bill Murray (Ghostbusters), opposite Breckin Meyer’s Jon, and Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006) and three straight-to-video sequels. The property has received four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program for the animated specials Garfield on the Town, Garfield in the Rough, Garfield’s Halloween Special and Garfield’s Babes and Bullets. Garfield and Friends previously aired on Nickelodeon USA between 1997–2000.
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Originally published: Sunday, June 21, 2020.
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