<P> In its original run , Hanna and Barbera produced 114 Tom and Jerry shorts for Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer from 1940 to 1958 . During this time , they won seven Academy Awards for Animated Short Film , tying for first place with Walt Disney 's Silly Symphonies with the most awards in the category . After the MGM cartoon studio closed in 1957 , MGM revived the series with Gene Deitch directing an additional 13 Tom and Jerry shorts for Rembrandt Films from 1961 to 1962 . Tom and Jerry then became the highest - grossing animated short film series of that time , overtaking Looney Tunes . Chuck Jones then produced another 34 shorts with Sib Tower 12 Productions between 1963 and 1967 . Three more shorts were produced , `` The Mansion Cat '' in 2001 , `` The Karate Guard '' in 2005 , and `` A Fundraising Adventure '' in 2014 , making a total of 164 shorts . Various shorts have been released for home media since the 1990s . </P>
<P> In its original run , Hanna and Barbera produced 114 Tom and Jerry shorts for Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer from 1940 to 1958 . During this time , they won seven Academy Awards for Animated Short Film , tying for first place with Walt Disney 's Silly Symphonies with the most awards in the category . After the MGM cartoon studio closed in 1957 , MGM revived the series with Gene Deitch directing an additional 13 Tom and Jerry shorts for Rembrandt Films from 1961 to 1962 . Tom and Jerry then became the highest - grossing animated short film series of that time , overtaking Looney Tunes . Chuck Jones then produced another 34 shorts with Sib Tower 12 Productions between 1963 and 1967 . Three more shorts were produced , `` The Mansion Cat '' in 2001 , `` The Karate Guard '' in 2005 , and `` A Fundraising Adventure '' in 2014 , making a total of 164 shorts . Various shorts have been released for home media since the 1990s . </P>
when was the first tom and jerry aired
when was the first tom and jerry aired
1940
1940