Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Overview
 
Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers is an American
United States
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 animated television series
Cartoon series
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 produced by Walt Disney Television Animation
The Walt Disney Company
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. Created by Tad Stones
Tad Stones
Tad Stones is an American animator, screenwriter, producer and director best known for his work for The Walt Disney Company, where he worked from 1974 to 2003...

 and Alan Zaslove, it featured the established Disney characters Chip 'n' Dale in a new setting. The series premiered on the Disney Channel
Disney Channel
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 on March 4, 1989, having aired a preview episode ("Catteries Not Included") on August 27, 1988. The series premiered in national syndication with a two-hour movie special, Rescue Rangers: To the Rescue, which was later broken up into a five-parter to air as part of the weekday run.
 
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