Mister T is an American animated series that aired on NBC on Saturday morning from 1983 to 1985, but ran for two years. It mainly featured the popular A-Team actor Mr. T. A total of 30 episodes were produced during all three seasons, with the thirteen episodes for Season 1, eleven for Season 2, and six episodes for the third and last season. The series was produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises.
Reruns were later seen on the USA Cartoon Express between in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and more recently as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night programming block and spin-off network, Boomerang that airs classic cartoons from Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears (pre-1991 era), Turner, and classic Warner's animation libraries. This is also Phil LaMarr's first voice-acting role.
The animated show stars Mr. T as a coach to a gymnastics team (with a specific emphasis on young-aged members: Jeff, Woody, Robin, and Kim), travelling across the world while becoming involved in and solving many different mysteries.
At the beginning of each episode, a live-action introduction featuring Mr. T himself is shown to explain what is going on. At the end of each episode, Mr. T narrates a moral lesson for all of the viewers.
On October 29, 1991, the rights to the library of Ruby-Spears Enterprises, including Mister T, were acquired by Turner Broadcasting System, and the show subsequently aired on Turner-owned cable TV channels such as Boomerang and Cartoon Network. Turner Broadcasting System later merged with Time Warner in 1996, and the rights to the series are currently owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.
The first season was released DVD on May 10, 2011, via the Warner Archive Collection, as part of the Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection.