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series premiered : August 11, 1991 – August 1, 2004
Original network : Nickelodeon
Genre: Comedy,Adventure , and Slice of life
Created by: Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo, and Paul Germain
Voices of E. G. Daily as Tommy Pickles Christine Cavanaugh as Chuckie Finster Nancy Cartwright as Charles "Chuckie" Finster Cheryl Chase as Angelica Pickles Tara Strong as Dil Pickles Kath Soucie as Phil DeVille / Lil DeVille / Betty DeVille Dionne Quan as Kimi Watanabe Finste Cree Summer as Susie Carmichael Jack Riley as Stu Pickles Melanie Chartoff as Didi Pickles/Minka David Doyle as Lou Pickles Joe Alaskey as Lou Pickles( in movies ) Michael Bell as Chaz Finster, Drew Pickles, Chinese in Tokyo Man ( in rugrats in Paris) Tress MacNeille as Charlotte Pickles
origin: United States
Original language: English
No. of seasons: nine
No. of episodes: 172
Executive producers Arlene Klasky Gabor Csupo Vanessa Coffey (seasons 1–3) Paul Germain (seasons 1–3) Mary Harrington (seasons 1–5)
Rick Gitelson Cella Nichols Duffy Geraldine Clarke (seasons 2–3) David Blum Kate Boutilier
Editors Karl Garabedian John Bryant Jerry Klovisky
Running time 23 minutes
The series premiered on August 11, 1991, as the second Nicktoon after Doug and before The Ren & Stimpy Show.
In 1996, Klasky Csupo began producing new episodes, and the show's fourth season began in 1997. As a result of the show's popularity, a series of theatrical films were released over the next five years: The Rugrats Movie, which introduced Tommy's younger brother Dil, was released in 1998; Rugrats in Paris: The Movie, which introduced Chuckie's stepmother Kira, his stepsister Kimi, and poodle Fifi, was released in 2000; and Rugrats Go Wild, a crossover film with another Klasky Csupo series, The Wild Thornberrys, was released in 2003. The final TV episode aired on August 1, 2004.
On July 21, 2001, Nickelodeon broadcast the made-for-TV special All Growed Up to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the series. The special was a pilot for the Rugrats sequel series All Grown Up!, which aired from 2003 to 2008.
A spin-off series, Rugrats Pre-School Daze, aired four episodes in 2008. Afterward, Nickelodeon decided to focus on the sequel series. Two direct-to-video specials were released in 2005 and 2006 under the title Rugrats: Tales from the Crib. Tie-in media for the series include video games, comics, toys, and various other merchandise.
Rugrats gained over 20 awards during its 13-year run, including four Daytime Emmy Awards, six Kids' Choice Awards, and its own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The series became a hit, garnering high ratings, and anchored Nickelodeon as the network's top-rated show from 1995 to 2001. Until SpongeBob SquarePants aired its 173rd episode in 2012, Rugrats was Nickelodeon's longest-running cartoon.
