[3][4] Initially, 39 films were ordered from Nickelodeon to air, with later productions including adaptations of concepts such as Black Beauty and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but only 13 of them did so.
[5][6] With the exception of Groove Squad, which was a completely original story (it was about a group of crime-fighting cheerleaders), all of the made-for-TV films were either based on various DIC productions such as Inspector Gadget, Sabrina: The Animated Series, and Dennis the Menace, or adapted from stories from classic literature such as Treasure Island and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas.
[6] In November 2002, Super RTL purchased the German free-to-air broadcasting rights to the films as part of a six-year deal with DIC.
[21] Later on, DIC would pre-sell the movies to ITV in the UK, Club RTL in Belgium, Mediatrade in Italy, Alter TV in Greece and Anteve in Indonesia.
In 2010, Jigsaw Entertainment re-released Inspector Gadget's Last Case, Sabrina, Friends Forever!, The Archies in Jugman, Dennis the Menace: Cruise Control with Movie Toons branding.