The Daniel and Cindy Show

The Daniel and Cindy Show was an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Television Animation, in Conjunction with DG Productions, inc. The show premiered on December 13, 1994 on CBS with the episode, "A Daniel and Cindy Christmas Meltdown." It soon officially premiered on January 18, 1995 on Daniel Network with the episode, "Another Day, Another Pie." By Late Season 2, the show was divided into 2 segments, one being the Daniel and Cindy portion, and the latter being Jeff Bubbacat. The show took its final bow on April 19, 2000 with "The Jokes are so Midnighty," mostly because Warner Bros. has ended its contract with DG Productions to continue working on "Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain."

Synopsis
The show mainly centers around typical Daniel and Cindy humor based on the classic shorts from the 40s and 50s, including many running gags and fourth wall breaks. In some episodes, some story arcs are so long that they had to split them into 4-5 episodes. Some episodes also parody favorite scenes in movies. Episodes, such as "Space Revolts," parody franchises, such as Star Wars or 2001: A Space Odyssey. For the Jeff Bubbacat portion,beginning in season 2, the segments revolve around a house-cat getting tortured alive by an unknown canary bird in a Bob Clampett-fashion.

Development
The show was first conceived as a theatrical revival series in 1992 based on how cartoons in the golden age were shown back then. Initially, they were meant as follow-ups from the 1991 film, The Daniel and Cindy Movie, which were basically classic skits tying to the main plot where Daniel and Cindy were not paid a single cent as stage door technicians and started a vaudeville show. Test shorts were made for the revival, but were quietly scrapped as soon as Tom Ruegger decided to continue the tradition of anthology shorts on television, a la Tiny Toons. A test pilot was shown to DG Productions executives on January 29, 1994, and was instantly greenlit for production. The pilot was redrawn as "Life... with Stupid", and the premiere for "A Daniel and Cindy Christmas Meltdown," its second episode in production, was set for premiere this coming December as a CBS TV special.

Reception
The show has gained generally positive reviews from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gave it an 85 by describing it, "Stays true to the original shorts, despite the budgeted animation in the first 35 Episodes of the show." Metacritic gave it a 96/100 for its beautiful design reminiscent of earlier works from Tom Ruegger.

Channel
- CBS (Pilot) (1994)

- Daniel Network (1995-2006; 2010-2017)

- Cartoon Network (1999-2000; 2007-2009)

- Kingson (2005-Present)

- DGToons Network (2002-present)