Total Television

Total Television Productions was an American animation studio founded in 1959 by Buck Biggers, Chester "Chet" Stover, Joe Harris, and Treadwell D. Covington. They were executives in the advertising agency Dancer Fitzgerald Sample who had the account for the General Mills food corporation. Total was formed to create cartoon characters encouraging children to buy General Mills breakfast cereals and other products. The company mostly created cartoons for television networks such as NBC. Underdog, King Leonardo and His Short Subjects, and Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales were among the most popular series made by the studio.

Production and shows

Animation for Total Television was originally out sourced to TV Spots, but would switch to Gamma Productions as King Leonardo and His Short Subjects entered its third season.
TV series

King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
*The King & Odie
*The Hunter
*Twinkles the Elephant
*Tooter Turtle
Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
*Commander McBragg
Underdog
*Go Go Gophers
*Klondike Kat
The Beagles
*The Sing-A-Long Family
*Klondike Kat

TV pilots and specials

Gene Hattree
Cauliflower Cabby
The Colossal Show

Commercials

Cocoa Puffs commercials

Much of Total Television's library for post-network syndication was handled by The Program Exchange, until the company shut down in 2016. The rights are currently owned by DreamWorks Classics/DreamWorks Animation.