Editing Tiny Toon Adventures (section)

===Development===
According to writer [[Paul Dini]], ''Tiny Toons'' (originally title ''Tiny Tunes'') originated as an idea by [[Terry Semel]], the then-president of [[Warner Bros.]], who wanted to "inject new life into the [[Warner Bros. Animation]] department", and at the same time create a series with junior versions of [[List of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters|Looney Tunes characters]]. Semel proposed that the new series would be a show based on ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' where the characters were either young versions of the original ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' characters or new characters as the offspring of the original characters.<ref name="creation">{{Cite magazine |last=Miller |first=Bob |date=1990 |title=NEW TOONS ON THE BLOCK: They're attending Acme Looniversity & hoping to graduate as classic cartoon characters |url=http://www.framwinkle.com/tta/TTAArticles/ComicsScene15/ |magazine=Comic Scene |publisher=[[Starlog|Starlog Group]] |pages=33–39, 68 |issue=15}}</ref> The idea of a series with the basis of younger and junior versions of cartoon characters was common at the time; the era in which ''Tiny Toons'' was produced for had such cartoons as ''[[Muppet Babies (1984 TV series)|Muppet Babies]]'', ''[[A Pup Named Scooby-Doo]]'' (which Ruegger worked on), ''[[Tom & Jerry Kids]]'' and ''[[The Flintstone Kids]]''.

On January 20, 1987,<ref name="collab2">{{Cite magazine |last=Rhodes |first=Joe |date=September 28, 1990 |title=Sufferin' Succotash! It's Looney Tunes, Take Two |url=https://ew.com/article/1990/09/28/continuing-looney-toons-tradition/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141128033809/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,318258,00.html |archive-date=November 28, 2014 |access-date=September 19, 2007 |url-status=live |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> the Warner Bros. Animation studio approached [[Steven Spielberg]] to collaborate with Semel and [[Warner Bros.]] head of licensing Dan Romanelli on Semel's ideas.<ref name="creation" /> They eventually decided that the new characters would be similar to the ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' characters with no direct relation. As series producer/show-runner Tom Ruegger explained: "Well, I think in [[Warner Bros.]] case, they had the opportunity to work with Steven Spielberg] on a project [...] But he didn't want to just work on characters that [[Chuck Jones]], [[Friz Freleng]], [[Robert McKimson|Bob McKimson]] and [[Bob Clampett]] made famous and created. He wanted to be involved with the creation of some ''new'' characters." The result was a series similar to ''Looney Tunes'' without the use of the same characters.<ref name="creation" /> However, ''Tiny Toons'' did not go into production then, nor was it even planned to be made for television; the series initially was to be a [[theatrical]] [[feature-length film]].<ref name="creation" /><ref name="collab" />

On December 27, 1988, ''Tiny Toons'' was changed from a film to a television series, with [[Jean MacCurdy]] overseeing production of the first 65 episodes.<ref name="creation" /> MacCurdy said that ''Tiny Toons'' was changed to a television series to "reach a broader audience".<ref name="collab" /> For the series, MacCurdy hired [[Tom Ruegger]], who previously wrote for [[Filmation]] and [[Hanna-Barbera]], to produce.<ref name="creation" /> In January 1989, Ruegger and writer [[Wayne Kaatz]] began developing the characters and the setting of "Acme Acres" with Spielberg.<ref name="creation" />

On January 9, 1989, [[Warner Bros. Animation]] chose its voice actors from over 1,200 auditions and put together its 100-person production staff.<ref name="collab" /> On April 13, 1989, full production of series episodes began with five overseas animation houses and a total budget of $25 million.<ref name="collab" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/151862837/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723134515/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/151862837/|title=Untitled|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|page=52|archivedate=July 23, 2024|date=March 25, 1991|accessdate=August 1, 2024|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The first 65 episodes of the series aired in syndication on 135 stations, beginning in September 1990.<ref name="Lenburg1999" /> During that time, ''Tiny Toons'' was a huge success and got higher ratings than its ''[[The Disney Afternoon|Disney Afternoon]]'' competitors in some markets. After a successful run in syndication, Fox attained the rights for season 3. Production of the series halted in late 1992 to make way for ''[[Animaniacs]]'' to air the following year.