Talking Tom & Friends (show)

Talking Tom and Friends is an animated series (or reality show, as Tom calls it in the pilot episode of the series) by Outfit7. It has a Season 1 of 52 episodes, a miniseries of 8 and second season with 26 episodes. Season 3 aired on May 10th, 2018, ended by December 27th, 2018. Season 4 aired on May 16th 2019 and Season 5 has been confirmed.

History
On October 7th, 2013, Outfit7 announced that they have hired Joe Ansolabehere to create a 52 x 11 minute CGI comedy TV series based on the Talking Tom franchise, originally named "''Tom on the Road". The series was to star Tom, Ben, Angela and Ginger, and'' was to premiere by the end of 2014. On March 3rd, 2014. Kidscreen Magazine announced that the series would go by the name of "Talking Tom and Friends", and instead be produced by BRB’s creative studio Screen 21. The pilot episode finally released on December 23rd, 2014 as a CGI animated series which was produced by arx anima, and introduced a new character named Hank. On February 23rd, 2015, Outfit7 announced the full series was to premiere on April 30th, 2015, with new episodes launching weekly. The first season ran from April 30th, 2015 to December 22th 2016. It won Best Animated Series at the 2016 Cablefax Awards and on August 18th, 2016, the show got greenlit for an second season with another 52 episodes, but the final product only had 26 episodes with the remaining episodes becoming Season 3. Season 2 aired from June 15th, 2017 to March 15th, 2018, Season 3 aired from May 10th 2018 to December 27th, 2018, and Season 4 started airing on May 16th, 2019. Season 4 is still airing while Season 5 is in production.

Description
The series follows Talking Tom and his friends' everyday lives. Tom and Ben constantly develop mobile apps and other inventions to reach fame and fortune and try to show off to the world but it always backfires.

Seasons

 * Season 1 (2015-2016) 
 * Season 2 (2017-2018) 
 * Season 3 (2018)
 * Season 4 (2019-present)
 * Season 5 (TBA)

Main Characters

 * Talking Tom - Colin Hanks
 * Talking Ben - James Adomian
 * Talking Angela - Lisa Schwartz
 * Talking Ginger - Maria Bamford
 * Talking Hank - Tom Kenny
 * Talking Becca - Maria Bamford
 * Jeremy - Josh Fadem (Season 1 and 3), Tom Kenny (Season 4)

Recurring Characters

 * CEO - Brian Stack
 * Darren - George Back
 * Rhonda - Lisa Schwartz
 * The Landlord - Dave Willis
 * Xenon - Robin Reed
 * Ricki De Luna - Carlos Alazraqui
 * Mrs. Vanthrax - Laraine Newman
 * Dr. Internet Doctor - Tom Kenny
 * Santa - Tom Kenny
 * MC - James Adomian
 * Ronnie - James Adomian

In Other Languages

 * Spanish - Hablando con Tom y amigos
 * Portuguese - Falando Tom e Amigos
 * Russian - Говорящий Том и друзья
 * Polish - Gadający Tom i Przyjaciele