Tom and Jerry is an American animated series of theatrical shorts, television shows and specials, feature film, home films created by william Hannan and joshep Barbera for Metro Goldwyn Mayar that centered on a never-ending rivalry between a cat (Tom) and a mouse (jerry) whose chases and battles often involved comic violence. Hanna and Barbera ultimately wrote and directed one hundred and fourteen Tom and Jerry cartoons at the MGM Carton studio in Hollywood California between 1940 and 1957, when the animation unit was closed. The original series is notable for having won the Academy Awards for animated short film seven times, tying it with as the theatrical animated series with the most Oscars. Tom and Jerry has a worldwide audience that consists of children, teenagers and adults, and has also been recognized as one of the most famous and longest-lived rivalries in American cinema. In 2000, time named the series one of the greatest television shows of all time.
