After parting ways with Bluth, Spielberg turned to television animation, working with the Warner Bros. Entertainment Co. to bring back its animation department, which it had abandoned in the 1960s. A team of former Hanna-Barbera employees led by Tom Ruegger formed a new studio, Warner Bros. Animation, to produce "Tiny Toon Adventures," an animated series that paid homage to the Warner Bros. cartoons of Termite Terrace. The popularity of "Tiny Toon Adventures" among young TV viewers made the studio a contender once again in the field of animated cartoons. "Tiny Toon Adventures" was followed by "Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs" and its spinoff "Pinky and the Brain". Not only did these cartoons bring in new viewers to Warner Bros., but they also captured the attention of older viewers. Warner Bros., minus Spielberg, continued with work such as "". "Batman" quickly received wide acclaim for its animation and mature writing, and it also inspired . Combined, these four Warner Bros. series won a total of 17 Daytime Emmy Awards.