Timon & Pumbaa (TV series)

The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa, often simply referred to as Timon & Pumbaa, is an American animated buddy children's television series created by Walt Disney Television Animation.[1] Based on the 1994 Disney animated film The Lion King, it centers on Timon the meerkat and Pumbaa the warthog, as they live their problem-free philosophy "Hakuna Matata". Voice actors Ernie Sabella and Nathan Lane reprised their film roles as the title characters, with the latter voicing in only season 1.[2] The show ran for three seasons on CBS, Toon Disney, and in syndication as a part of The Disney Afternoon.[3] It aired from September 8, 1995 to September 24, 1999. It is notably the first Lion King-related media to feature onscreen appearances by humans, as humans did not appear in the film and the subsequent sequels. It is also the first of two television series to be based on the film, the second being The Lion Guard. Bobs Gannaway and Tony Craig, who would later work on shows like 101 Dalmatians: The Series, House of Mouse, and Lilo & Stitch: The Series, served as the show's executive producers for the first two seasons. As of Season 3, the series was produced by Chris Bartleman and Blair Peters, with Tedd and Patsy Cameron-Anasti (who have previously worked on DuckTales and The Little Mermaid TV series) serving as the executive producers.