The Garfield television specials are a series of twelve half-hour long American animated

television special A television special (often TV special, or rarely television spectacular) is a standalone television show which may also temporarily interrupt episodic programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. Some specials provide a full range of ent ...

s based on the ''Garfield'' comic strip of the same name created by Jim Davis. All twelve specials were directed by

Phil Roman Philip Roman (born December 21, 1930) is an American animator and the director of the ''Peanuts'' and ''Garfield'' animated specials. He is the founder of animation studios Film Roman and Phil Roman Entertainment. Early life Philip Roman was ...

, written by Davis, and featuring the voice of Lorenzo Music as the character. The specials were originally broadcast on

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from 1982 to 1991. Although the first two specials were produced by

Lee Mendelson Films Lee Mendelson Film Productions is an American animation studio situated in Burlingame, California founded by Lee Mendelson. The studio is best known for the ''Peanuts'' animated film productions including '' Snoopy, Come Home'' and ''A Boy Named C ...

, this boutique studio was fully committed to the production of the ''Peanuts'' animated specials and could not allocate resources for the ''Garfield'' specials. All of the remaining ''Garfield'' specials were produced by Roman's production company Film Roman.

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All the animated specials received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Animated Program, winning four by 1989, which includes ''

Garfield on the Town ''Garfield on the Town'' is a 1983 animated television special, directed by Phil Roman and based on the ''Garfield'' comic strip by Jim Davis. It once again starred Lorenzo Music as the voice of Garfield (who also co-wrote the special with Davis) ...

'' (1983), '' Garfield in the Rough'' (1984), '' Garfield's Halloween Adventure'' (1985), and '' Garfield's Babes and Bullets'' (1989).

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