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Warner Brothers at present own the rights to Tom and Jerry. It produced a television sequence, Tom and Jerry Tales, from 2006 to 2008 in addition to multiple direct-to-video motion pictures that include long-lasting characters. The Tom and Jerry cartoon was originally created by animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM’s animation department had yet to produce any hit cartoon characters since it started within the early Thirties, in contrast to other animation studios operating at the time. Tom and Jerry made their debut within the theatrical short Puss Gets the Boot and were a success with audiences. The MGM studio nearly disconnected the show after the primary episode believing that its idea of cat and mouse was too common in cartoons.