Although Tom and Jerry were originally developed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, MGM was not satisfied with the watered down TV version The New Tom & Jerry Show (1975) they created for ABC, and gave competing animation studio Filmation a chance to create their own version in 1980.
Frank Welker provided all the voices in the Droopy segment for the first six episodes, but because of the 1980 Screen Actors Guild strike was unable to continue. Producer Lou Scheimer had to fill as voice actor instead.
The second and final Tom and Jerry series to be produced by MGM Television. Warner Brothers bought MGM's pre-1986 library from Turner Entertainment.
The only MGM-owned Tom and Jerry cartoon series to be produced by Filmation.