the garfield show is a french/american cgi animated television show. it started in france on france 3 on december 22, 2008. english-language episodes started in the united kingdom on bommerang on may 5, 2009. the show started airing in the united states on cartoon network on november 2, 2009. it is based on the comic strip "garfield". it is the second "garfield" television series, after "garfield and friends".