Although Tom and Jerry were originally developed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, MGM was not satisfied with the watered down TV version The New Tom & Jerry Show (1975) they created for ABC, and gave competing animation studio Filmation a chance to create their own version in 1980.
Frank Welker provided all the voices in the Droopy segment for the first six episodes, but because of the 1980 Screen Actors Guild strike was unable to continue. Producer Lou Scheimer had to fill as voice actor instead.
Warner Bros. has no further plans to release this show in a DVD box set due to legal issues involving MGM outsourced the work of Filmation.
The second and final Tom and Jerry series to be produced by MGM Television until it was now produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, which bought the MGM's pre-1986 library from Ted Turner.
The only MGM and Tom and Jerry cartoon series to be produced by Filmation, as well as the studio who brought us Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972) and the Archie cartoon series.