Turner Broadcasting and MGM Worldwide TV are teaming up to give you a new half-hour animated film featuring the lovable pink feline popularly known as the Pink Panther. The show is for the Cartoon Network and will feature twenty-six episodes of “Pink Panther & Pals”. This will include the iconic panther as a rambunctious teenager who gets into shenanigans with his friends.

The show is scheduled to start in the fall of 2009 and will be jointly produced by MGM and Jordanian animation and multimedia company Rubicon, with production split between Los Angeles and Amman. Furthermore, MGM plans to get more moolah out of this by licensing apparels, stationery, toys, publishing and interactive games. The retail launch of this merchandise is slated for late 2009.