The Simpsons shorts the shorts were divided into three or four parts, but in the third season they were played as a single story. Tracey Ullman later filed a lawsuit, claiming that her show was the source of "The Simpsons"' success and therefore should receive a share of the show's profit. Eventually the courts ruled in favor of the network. The Simpsons shorts The Simpsons shorts are an American animated TV series of 48 one-minute shorts that ran on the variety television program "The Tracey Ullman Show" for three seasons, before the characters spun off into "The Simpsons", their own half-hour prime-time show.
The Tom and Jerry Show (1975 TV series) Cartoon Network airings do not. As of December 2018, a complete series of "The Tom and Jerry Show", along with its successor, have yet to occur on DVD. The Tom and Jerry Show (1975 TV series) The Tom and Jerry Show, also known as "The New Tom and Jerry Show", is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with MGM Television in 1975 for ABC based on the theatrical shorts and characters "Tom and Jerry". This series marked the first time ever that Tom and Jerry appeared in animated installments produced exclusively for television.