Today Viacom announced that it has purchased rights to Paws, Inc. a company who owns the global intellectual property rights to Garfield and U.S. Acres. Viacom says owning Garfield is part of Nickelodeon’s strategy to be the home for the biggest franchises kids and families love, and it expands Nickelodeon’s growing portfolio of influential properties. Viacom already owns right to SpongeBob SquarePants, PAW Patrol, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the forthcoming Blue’s Clues & You!, the first-ever SpongeBob spinoff, Kamp Koral, and an all-new animated Star Trek series.
“Garfield is a global evergreen franchise that is a natural fit with Nickelodeon and our portfolio of iconic properties,” added Pam Kaufman, president of Viacom’s consumer products group. “With fans around the globe that span both kids and adults, we are excited to ignite Garfield into a multi-generational consumer products juggernaut and further deliver on [Viacom’s]‘Every Age, Every Aisle’ mission.”
Pam Kaufman, President of VNCP, added: “Garfieldis a global evergreen franchise that is a natural fit with Nickelodeon and our portfolio of iconic properties. With fans around the globe that span both kids and adults, we are excited to ignite Garfield into a multi-generational consumer products juggernaut and further deliver on VNCP’s ‘Every Age, Every Aisle’ mission.”
Hopefully, this means Garfield will be coming to other Viacom owned properties like Pluto TV in the future. One important note is the last time we checked Garfield and Friends show streaming rights are owned by Starz at this time.
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