The Pink Panther Show: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection contains the threatrical Pink Panther shorts as well as other cartoons such as 'The Inspector' and 'The Ant and the Aardvark'. This whole thing began in 1963, when Blake Edwards needed an opening sequence for his film, The Pink Panther, so he commissioned David H. DePatie and Warner Brothers cartoon director, Friz Freleng to make one for it. The opening sequence turned out to be more popular than the movie itself, so United Artist commissioned DePatie-Freleng Enterprises to make Pink Panther cartoons for theaters. In 1969, due to the success of the cartoon, NBC started airing The Pink Panther Show along with another DFE theatrical cartoon... The Inspector It was based on the Inspector Clouseau character. The Inspector was a clumsy French detective who bumbles everything up.

Series details

• Title: The Pink Panther Show
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Children, Family
• Premiere date: 1964-12-18
• Final broadcast date listed: 1978-12-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 15 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.7/10
• TVMaze ID: 6966
• TVDB ID: 72575

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1964-12-18; final listed air date 1967-07-19.
• Season 2: premiered 1967-10-27; final listed air date 1969-05-18.
• Season 3: premiered 1969-05-29; final listed air date 1977-04-01; episode order: 33.
• Season 4: premiered 1978-10-23; final listed air date 1978-12-31.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Pink Panther Show on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.