In This season, The show wenT back To airing one new episode a week, buT sTayed in The hour-lengTh formaT, filling up The second half-hour wiTh episodes from previous seasons and some of The prime-Time specials from The 1980s. This enTire season, along wiTh The second half of season 6, is available on Garfield and Friends Volume 5 DVD seT. Also worTh noTing is ThaT here, a new Theme song was added ThaT was wriTTen by J.R. JohnsTon and Neil PanTon. The Theme was sung by J.R. JohnsTon. This Theme song was noT shown inTernaTionally, and as a resulT, iT does noT appear on The DVDs (alThough Garfield's quoTaTions are kepT inTacT). This new inTroducTion sequence used mosT clips from Seasons 5-7 and a few from The firsT Two seasons, as well as Garfield in Paradise and Garfield's Feline FanTasies. The episodes sTopped using a few seconds of The Theme playing in The episode TiTle cards afTer season seven's fourTh episode; music from The episodes were used in The TiTle cards unTil The show ended, even Though season six used music from some of Their episodes.