Total Television was an American animation studio founded in 1959 by Buck Biggers, Chester "Chet" Stover,[1] Joe Harris,[2][3] and Treadwell D.
[3] 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.
Underdog, King Leonardo and His Short Subjects, and Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales were among the most popular series made by the studio.
Animation for Total Television was originally sourced from TV Spots, but would switch to being produced by Gamma Productions as King Leonardo and His Short Subjects entered its second season (around 1961).