Beethoven (TV series)

Beethoven
Genre	Animated sitcom Comedy
Based on	Beethoven, by Ivan Reitman
Voices of	Dean Jones Nicholle Tom J.D. Daniels Joel Murray Francesca Marie Smith Kath Soucie
Theme music composer	Christopher Neal Nelson Keith Baxter
Opening theme	"Beethoven", performed by Geno Henderson
Composer(s)	William Anderson Michael Tavera Christopher Neal Nelson
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	26
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ivan Reitman Michael C. Gross Joe Medjuck Daniel Goldberg
Producer(s)	Paul Germain Roy Smith
Production company(s)	Northern Lights Entertainment Universal Cartoon Studios
Distributor	NBCUniversal Television Distribution
Release
Original network	CBS
Audio format	CBS Stereosound
Original release	September 10 – December 3, 1994 (1994-12-03)
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Beethoven is an American animated television series loosely based on the 1992 motion picture of the same name. The series was produced by Northern Lights Entertainment, Universal Cartoon Studios and Universal Television, and aired for one season (1994–1995) on CBS, with 26 fifteen-minute episodes produced. Dean Jones, who played Dr. Varnick in the movie, voiced the role of George Newton; Nicholle Tom, who played teenage daughter Ryce in the movie and Beethoven's 2nd, was the only cast member from the films to reprise her role in the series.

Premise

Beethoven is a dog, who was first discovered by Emily Newton in her bedroom one morning. The whole family is soon introduced to the St. Bernard; however, the father George Newton has his moments with Beethoven, who ends up into different mishaps time after time. When not with the Newton family, Beethoven interacts with his puppies, or with animals outside of the house.

Unlike the movie, Beethoven could talk, at least among the other animals; incidentally he would also talk in the 2011 direct-to-video film, Beethoven's Christmas Adventure. The same plot was used in another animated series Free Willy, where the main character also could talk. Some of the music was used for the DIC cartoon, What-a-Mess.

Cast

• Dean Jones - George Newton
• J.D. Daniels – Ted Newton
• Bill Fagerbakke – Caesar the Great Dane
• Brian George – Mr. Huggs
• Tress MacNeille – Ginger the Collie
• Joel Murray – Beethoven
• Joe Pantoliano – Sparky the Bull Terrier
• Francesca Marie Smith - Emily Newton
• Kath Soucie – Alice Newton
• Nicholle Tom – Ryce Newton
• Maurice LaMarche –

Additional voices

• Rene Auberjonois -
• Hank Azaria – Killer the Poodle
• Gregg Berger -
• Mark Campbell -
• Dan Castellaneta – Blind Shep (in "Scent of a Mutt")
• Christine Cavanaugh – Rosebud (in "Cyrano de Beethoven")
• Brian Cummings -
• E.G. Daily – Peanut (in "Puppy Time")
• Paul Dooley -
• David Doyle – Blind Shep (episode "The Mighty Cone-Dog")
• Jess Harnell – Singing Donut (in "The Big One")
• Tony Jay – Watson (in "Scent of a Mutt")
• Justin Shenkarow – Roger (in "Mr. Huggs Wild Ride")
• Pamela Segall -
• Stephen DeStefano –
• Bill Henderson –
• Tim Neil –

Episodes

No.	Title	Written by	Original air date
1	"Good Old George"	Joe Ansolabehere and Paul Germain	September 10, 1994 (1994-09-10)
2	"The Pound"	Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere	September 10, 1994 (1994-09-10)
3	"Dog Dreams"	Joe Ansolabehere	September 17, 1994 (1994-09-17)
4	"The Good, the Bad, and the Poodle"	Jonathan Greenberg	September 17, 1994 (1994-09-17)
5	"The Experiment"	Jonathan Greenberg	September 24, 1994 (1994-09-24)
6	"The Incredibly Pointless Journey"	Michael Ferris	September 24, 1994 (1994-09-24)
7	"The Guard Dog"	Buddy Chuck	October 1, 1994 (1994-10-01)
8	"Mr. Huggs Wild Ride"	Peter Gaffney	October 1, 1994 (1994-10-01)
9	"Cat Fight"	Jonathan Greenberg	October 8, 1994 (1994-10-08)
10	"The Kindergarten Caper"	Peter Gaffney	October 8, 1994 (1994-10-08)
11	"The Gopher Who Would Be King"	Jim Bernstein and Michael Shipley	October 15, 1994 (1994-10-15)
12	"Pet Psychiatrist"	Buddy Chuck	October 15, 1994 (1994-10-15)
13	"Cyrano de Beethoven"	Paul Germain	October 22, 1994 (1994-10-22)
14	"The Mailman Cometh"	Jonathan Greenberg and Joe Ansolabehere	October 22, 1994 (1994-10-22)
15	"A Cat Named Rover"	Buddy Chuck	October 29, 1994 (1994-10-29)
16	"The Dog Must Diet"	Jonathan Greenberg	October 29, 1994 (1994-10-29)
17	"The Mighty Cone-Dog"	Buddy Chuck	November 5, 1994 (1994-11-05)
18	"Car Trouble"	Joe Ansolabehere	November 5, 1994 (1994-11-05)
19	"Puppy Time"	Jonathan Greenberg and Joe Ansolabehere	November 12, 1994 (1994-11-12)
20	"The Morning Paper"	Michael Ferris	November 12, 1994 (1994-11-12)
21	"The Big One"	Joe Ansolabehere	November 19, 1994 (1994-11-19)
22	"Fleas!"	Jeff Lowell	November 19, 1994 (1994-11-19)
23	"Scent of a Mutt"	Jonathan Greenberg	November 26, 1994 (1994-11-26)
24	"Down on the Farm"	Michael Ferris	November 26, 1994 (1994-11-26)
25	"Trash Island"	Christian Fletcher	December 3, 1994 (1994-12-03)
26	"The Long Weekend"	Joe Ansolabehere and Jonathan Greenberg	December 3, 1994 (1994-12-03)

Home video releases

Universal and Goodtimes released episodes of the show on VHS. Universal has not announced any plans to release the show on DVD.

External links

• Beethoven at IMDb
• Beethoven at TV.com