Alvin and the Chipmunks is a animated television Show produced by Bagdasarian Productions in Conjunction with Ruby-Spears Enterprises from 1983--87, and DIC Entertainment in 1988--90. It would be the followup into the 1961 -- 62 string and aired on NBC in 1983 to 1990. Miss Beatrice Miller, the Chipettes, three female Chipmunks by their very own caretaker was introduced by the show. The show changed production organizations to DiC Enterprises and was renamed The Chipmunks. In 1987, through the show's fifth season, the Chipmunks' first animated feature film, The Chipmunk Adventure, was first released to theaters by The Samuel Goldwyn Company. The movie was led at Janice Karman and featured both the Chipmunks and Chipettes at a competition traveling around the world. In its season, the show switched names to the Movies. Each incident was a continuation of a Hollywood movie like Back into the Future King Kong. A couple of tv specials were released. The special Rockin' Through the Decades was produced. This yearthe Chipmunks also teamed up with other animation characters for its medication abuse-prevention special Cartoon All-Stars into the Rescue.