Beverly Hills Tina (TV series)

Beverly Hills Tina is an American-Canadian animated children's television program produced by Ruby-Spears Productions, distributed by The Program Exchange and originally airing in first-run syndication in the United States from May 4, 1985 through March 17, 1990. The series consists of one extended season, comprising a total of 120 episodes, each 30 minutes long. The series is created by Mala Miles (the creator of Malachi Universal and Phil and Dan).

Development
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Premise
The series takes place in Beverly Hills, California, and follows a fictional "College Club", consisting of a group of wealthy teenagers, shown to be approximately sixteen years old. Common settings include the teens' palatial college, the country club, the local salon and spa, and the shopping thoroughfare on Rodeo Drive. The lead protagonist is Tina, a brown-haired, brown-eyed high school student and fashion model who is shown to be kind and generous to her friends. Her romantic lead is handsome heartthrob, Jerry who, like Tina, is shown to be genial and likable, and is often the object of affection for the other girls.

Providing much of the series' conflict is purple-haired beauty, Becky, who views Tina as her primary rival for everything from the lead in the high school play, to the title of Homecoming Queen, and, most importantly, Jerry's affections. Sharing her disdain for the perfect coupling is Phile, an effeminate and narcissistic boy who presents himself as a "ladies' man", but resents Troy's relationship with Tina. Storylines frequently involve Becky or Phile, or sometimes both working together, plotting and/or manipulating events in an attempt to sabotage Tina and Jerry's romance, as well as various other relationships within the College Club.

The other girls of the Teen Club include rocker girl Joha, cowgirl Hosla, aspiring actress Nikki, southern belle Tina, Teen Club President Johnson, and gossip columnist Switchboard. The other boys of the Teen Club include rocker boy Gig, surfer boy Williams, self-promoter Nick and Becky's chauffeur U. In addition to their peer group, the teens are often accompanied by two youngsters, boy genius Darwin and Phile's little sister Josie, while the rivalry between Monica's cat "Tina" and Becky's poodle "Empress" frequently provides the series with its more traditional slapstick comedy elements.

Voice cast

 * Terri Hawkes as Tina
 * Linda Gary as Becky
 * Susan Blu as Nikki
 * Hadley Kay as Jerry
 * Nancy Cartwright as Josie
 * Dan Hennessey as Nick
 * John Stocker as Darwin
 * Phil Hartman as Thomas
 * Jeannie Elias as Kari
 * Brian George as Kyle
 * Patricia Parris as Konica
 * Bettina Bush as Joha
 * Jeannie Elias as Hosla
 * Adrian Knight as Gig
 * Charlie Adler as Williams

Home media
During the series' lifespan, select episodes were released in the NTSC VHS format by Worldvision Home Video.

Throughout the 1990s, Family Home Entertainment released various episodes on VHS. During the 2000s, more episodes were released on DVD.

To coincide with the release for the Beverly Hills Tina movie, Lionsgate (who bought Artisan Entertainment, who in turn owned Family Home Entertainment) released all four seasons in 2005.

Broadcast US history

 * First run syndication (1985-1987)
 * CBS (1987-1990)
 * Fox Family (The Family Channel) (1993-1998)
 * Cartoon Network (1998-2000)
 * Boomerang (2005-2006; 2010)

Broadcast UK history

 * Channel 4 (1990–1996)
 * CBBC (1986-1991)
 * The Children's Channel (1995–1997)
 * Pop (2003-2009)
 * KidsCo (2008–2013)

UK and US VHS history

 * The Video Collections (1986–1990)

Related media
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