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Genre | Animated-Anthology |
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Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
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Producers | Friz Freleng Chuck Jones |
Running time | Various; 22 to 66 minutes |
Production companies | Warner Bros. Cartoons Warner Bros. Animation |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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Network | ABC (1960–68, 1973–75, 1985–2000) CBS (1968–73, 1975–85) |
Release | October 11, 1960 September 2, 2000 | –
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The Bugs Bunny Show is an American animated anthology television series hosted by Bugs Bunny that was mainly composed of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons released by Warner Bros. between 1948 and 1969. The show originally debuted as a primetime half-hour program on ABC in 1960, featuring three theatrical Looney Tunes cartoons with new linking sequences produced by the Warner Bros. Cartoons staff.[1]
After two seasons, The Bugs Bunny Show moved to Saturday mornings, where it remained in one format or another for nearly four decades. The show's title and length changed regularly over the years, as did the network: both ABC and CBS broadcast versions of The Bugs Bunny Show.[2] In 2000, the series, by then known as The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show, was canceled after the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies libraries became the exclusive property of the Cartoon Network family of cable TV networks in the United States. Reruns of The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show were aired on the Canadian channels Teletoon and Teletoon's sister channel, Teletoon Retro (until 2015 when Teletoon Retro signed off). Prior to Teletoon and Teletoon Retro, CBC Television (1960–75) and Global Television Network (1978–82, 1990-2000) aired the show. In Australia, episodes of the show was divided into 3 networks with most episodes aired on Nine Network and some episodes were divided on Network Ten and Seven Network since its debut.
Broadcast and format history[]
The Bugs Bunny Show in prime time[]
The original Bugs Bunny Show debuted on ABC prime time in the United States on October 11, 1960, airing on Tuesdays at 7:30 PM EST, under the sponsorship of General Foods (Post cereals, Tang, etc.). Newly produced linking segments were done for each episode by the Warner Bros. animation staff. Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng produced, directed, and created the storyboards for the earliest of these, with Robert McKimson later taking over the direction while Jones and Freleng continued producing and writing.[3] The wraparounds were produced in color, although the original broadcasts of the show were in black-and-white. A total of 52 episodes were made.
The show's theme song was "This Is It", written by Mack David and Jerry Livingston ("Overture/curtain, lights/this is it/the night of nights..."). The opening title sequence, animated by Freleng unit animator Gerry Chiniquy,[4] features Bugs and Daffy Duck performing the song in unison. For the final chorus, a lineup of Looney Tunes characters joins Bugs and Daffy onstage (Porky Pig, however, is absent from the procession, although Porky precede a spin-off show based on the original Bugs Bunny Show 4 years later titled The Porky Pig Show which aired on ABC from 1964 to 1967).
The Bugs Bunny Show proved beneficial to the Warner Bros. cartoon staff, as it allowed the studio to remain open despite the shrinking market for theatrical animated shorts.[5] The final first-run episode of the original Bugs Bunny Show aired on August 7, 1962,[6] and the Warner Bros. animation studio closed the following spring.[5]
The move to Saturday mornings, 1962–1985[]
ABC began re-running The Bugs Bunny Show on Saturday mornings in mid-August 1962 until September 1967 when it was moved to Sunday mornings for the remainder of its run. The series was rerun in color beginning in 1965, and remained on ABC until September 1968. At this point, the series switched to CBS, where it was combined with The Road Runner Show (which had aired on CBS since 1966) to create The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour.[7] The standard Bugs Bunny Show opening and the announcer's introduction of Bugs Bunny ("that Oscar-winning rabbit!") were directly followed by the rabbit's saying, "...and also starring my fast feathered friend, the Road Runner", after which The Road Runner Show's theme was played. The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour combined re-edited bridging sequences from both shows to link the seven cartoons featured in each episode. The bridging sequences would be edited further in later versions of the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour.[8]
In 1971, The Road Runner Show moved to ABC, and a reconstituted half-hour Bugs Bunny Show aired on CBS, featuring re-edited versions of the bridging sequences and a different grouping of cartoons.[7] In 1973, The Bugs Bunny Show returned to ABC for two seasons, only for CBS to re-acquire both shows and bring back The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour in 1975.[7] In 1976, Sylvester and Tweety were featured in their own Sylvester and Tweety Show for one year, necessitating the removal of most of the Tweety and/or Sylvester cartoons on Bugs Bunny/Road Runner that season. Also that year, a weekly half-hour prime-time edition of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show briefly aired on CBS' Tuesday night schedule from April through June.
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour became The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show in November 1977 after CBS added another half-hour to the runtime. In 1981, a companion Sylvester & Tweety, Daffy, and Speedy Show was added to the CBS schedule, which included a number of later cartoons produced by a reestablished Warner Bros. Cartoons studio from 1967 to 1969. The following year, this new companion series was canceled, and its cartoons were incorporated into The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show, which was broadcast as two separate hour-long programs on Saturday mornings (for the second program, the show's opening titles were re-animated).[7] In 1983, CBS returned the show to 90 minutes and the bridging sequences were dropped. The following year, the "This Is It" opening was jettisoned altogether; a new title sequence (created from clips of the cartoons) and new theme song ("It's Cartoon Gold"), composed by Steve Zuckerman with lyrics by John Klawitter, introduced the show.
Final Saturday morning years, 1985–2000[]
CBS gave up the rights to broadcast the Warner Bros. cartoons following the 1984–85 season, and as a result, the show moved back to ABC, where it became The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour. Cartoons featuring Tweety or Speedy Gonzales were not broadcast on ABC during the 1985–86 season, the latter presumably due to Mexican stereotypes. The following year, however, Tweety cartoons were added to the program, which was reduced to a half-hour and renamed The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show.[9] Beginning with its third season, The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show was expanded to a full hour, and the original "This Is It" theme was reintroduced with similar animation as the original, accompanied by the introductory sequence introduced in 1982.[9] Another version of the "This Is It" opening sequence was done in 1992 with different character animations which contained a more goofy look.
Though the program did not qualify for the educational/informational designation, it nonetheless remained on Saturday mornings after the new designation debuted in 1996, one of the few non-E/I programs to survive the rules changes. That same year, ABC was bought by The Walt Disney Company, and The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show was the only non-Disney cartoon to remain on the lineup, due to their contract not being up yet, and was in the first few years of the Disney's One Saturday Morning block starting in 1997 (with the Disney logo omitted from the blocks bumpers during the show). The program was often paired with ABC's in-house Schoolhouse Rock! shorts during this time.
The hour-long Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show remained on the air until 1999, when it was again reduced to a half-hour. In 2000, Warner Bros. made the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies film library exclusive to Cartoon Network, which Time Warner owned as part of the purchase of Turner Broadcasting in 1996. As a result, The Bugs Bunny Show ended its four-decade-long network run, one of the longest runs in the history of United States network television.[9]
Legacy[]
This show is credited for keeping the Warner Bros. cartoons made during the Golden Age of American animation a part of the American consciousness. Indeed, the show ran for more than four decades, and helped inspire animators, comedians, historians, and others who watched Saturday morning television.[10]
The "This Is It" song's fame is such that it has been used elsewhere, such as in the Canadian province of Ontario where it was used in a TV commercial promoting the various performing arts tourist attractions where artists of various disciplines sing separate lines of the song. In "The Opera," an episode from the fourth season of the US sitcom Seinfeld, Jerry sings "This Is It" to Elaine while both characters are waiting outside the theater, causing Elaine to exclaim, "You know it is so sad, all your knowledge of high culture comes from Bugs Bunny cartoons."
When Warner Bros. released its video series "Golden Jubilee", featuring the classic cartoons, the opening sequence shows the Tasmanian Devil maniacally riding a motorcycle down a city street, chased by a police car. He makes a sharp turn into a theater, where the rest of the Looney Tunes are performing to the Bugs Bunny Show tune.
Animated sequences produced for the show[]
A series of short animated scenes were produced for the show, featured "linking" moments during the fictional theater setting of the show. These scenes included:
- A frustrated Daffy Duck bickering on stage with Bugs Bunny. Daffy declares, "Last week you said you were going to introduce me next week!" Bugs replies, "Right...but this isn't next week, is it?" Daffy trips himself up and replies, "You're doggone tootin' is isn't! This is this week! And next week is uhhh...ummm...sheesh!"
- A barking sheepdog wanders into the theater, saying "Which way did he go? Where's the little bunny I saw on TV last week?" Daffy, at this time, has dressed up in a rabbit costume and is on stage pretending to be Bugs. The sheepdog pounces upon Daffy and exclaims, "At last, at last! I have caught a bunny rabbit!"
- Bugs entertains the audience by playing a guitar. An angry Yosemite Sam barges in the theater shouting, "Can't ya see I'm tryin' to sleep?!?", snatches the guitar from Bugs, and snaps all of its strings.
- Bugs demonstrates some cartoon physics, including slow motion, fast speed and "virbrating to a stop."
The show's title sequences and some of these linking material scenes from the original Bugs Bunny Show are included as bonus features on each volume of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection DVD collection (with the exception of Volume 6). As the original color negatives were cut up by CBS and ABC to create later versions of the show, the linking sequences are presented on DVD using a combination of footage from both what's left of the color negatives (some of which were used in later incarnations, thus helping to preserve them) and the black-and-white ABC broadcast prints prepared in the early 1960s.[11]
On the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2, the opening to the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (with the announcer calling it the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour) and two openings to the Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (the 1988 opening and the 1992 opening) were released as special features.
In 2009, an episode of the Bugs Bunny Show was released on the Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Volume 2 set. Saturday Morning Cartoons 1970s Volume 2 includes an episode of the Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show.
Formats[]
Prime Time:
- The Bugs Bunny Show, October 11, 1960 – August 7, 1962 (ABC)
Saturday Mornings:
- The Bugs Bunny Show, Mid/late August/September 8, 1968 (in color starting September 10, 1966) (ABC)
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour, September 14, 1968 – September 4, 1971 (CBS)
- The Bugs Bunny Show, September 11, 1971 – September 1, 1973 (CBS)
- The Bugs Bunny Show, September 8, 1973 - August 30, 1975 (ABC)
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour, September 6, 1975 – November 12, 1977 (CBS)
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show, November 19, 1977 – September 7, 1985 (CBS)
- The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour, September 7, 1985 – September 6, 1986 (ABC)
- The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show, September 13, 1986 – September 2, 2000 (ABC)
Credits[]
- Senior Directors: Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson
- Co-Directors: Hawley Pratt, Gerry Chiniquy, Art Davis, Abe Levitow, Maurice Noble, Alex Lovy, David Detiege, Rudy Larriva, Tom Ray
- Stories, Animation, layouts, and backgrounds: Members of Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Local 839
- Voices: Mel Blanc, June Foray, Arthur Q. Bryan
- Music: Carl W. Stalling, Milt Franklyn, John Seely, William Lava, William L. Hendricks, Walter Greene, Eugene Poddany, Doug Goodwin, Rob Walsh, Quinn Amper, Fred Strittmatter, Dean Elliot
- The Bugs Bunny Show Opening and Closing Theme: "This Is It" by Mack David & Jerry Livingston
- Film Editors: Treg Brown, Hal Geer, Fred Farrell, Chuck McCann, Jim Champin, Lee Gunther
- Producers: Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, David H. DePatie
- Executive Producers: Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, David H. DePatie, William L. Hendricks
See also[]
- Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography
References[]
- ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 98–99. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 163–164. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ↑ Maltin, Leonard (1980, rev. 1987). Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. New York: Plume/Penguin Books. Pg. 274–275.
- ↑ McCorry, Kevin (2007). "The Bugs Bunny Show Page."
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in its Golden Age. New York: Oxford University Press. Pg. 562. ISBN 0-19-516729-5.
- ↑ The Bugs Bunny Show: A Tale of Two Kitties – TV.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 McCorry, Kevin (2007). "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour Page."
- ↑ Beck, Jerry and Will Friedwald, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: The Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, Henry Holt, 1989
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 McCorry, Kevin (2007). "The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show Page."
- ↑ "Looney Tunes on Television", a website dedicated to the Looney Tunes television broadcast history, and maintained by Kevin McCorry and Jon Cooke.
- ↑ Beck, Jerry. "Cartoon Research FAQ". CartoonResearch.com. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
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Studios | Harman-Ising Productions (1930–1933) • Leon Schlesinger Productions (1933–1944) • Warner Bros. Cartoons (1944–1964) • DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (1964–1967, 1979–1980) • Format Films (1965–1967) • Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1967–1969) • Chuck Jones Enterprises (1976–1980, 1994–1997) • Warner Bros. Animation (1980–present) | |
People | Tex Avery • Bea Benaderet • Mel Blanc • Bernard B. Brown • Arthur Q. Bryan
• John Burton • Daws Butler • Bob Clampett • Cal Dalton • Arthur Davis • David H. DePatie • Earl Duvall • Milt Franklyn • Stan Freberg • Friz Freleng • June Foray • Ben Hardaway • Hugh Harman • Ken Harris • William L. Hendricks • Cal Howard • Rudolf Ising • Chuck Jones • Jack King • William Lava • Abe Levitow • Michael Maltese • Frank Marsales • Norman McCabe • Robert McKimson • Tom Palmer • Hawley Pratt • Virgil Ross • Leon Schlesinger • Rod Scribner •Edward Selzer • Norman Spencer • Carl Stalling • Frank Tashlin • Ben Washam | |
Characters | Major characters | Bugs Bunny • Daffy Duck • Elmer Fudd • Foghorn Leghorn • Granny • Lola Bunny • Marvin the Martian • Pepé Le Pew • Porky Pig • Speedy Gonzales • Sylvester the Cat • Taz • Tweety • Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner • Yosemite Sam |
Recurring characters | Babbit and Catstello • Barnyard Dawg • Beaky Buzzard • Beans • Bosko • Buddy • Cecil Turtle • Charlie Dog • Claude Cat • Clyde Bunny • Colonel Shuffle • Conrad the Cat • Cool Cat • Egghead Jr. • Foxy • Goofy Gophers • Goopy Geer • Gossamer • Hector the Bulldog • Henery Hawk • Hippety Hopper • Hubie and Bertie • Hugo the Abominable Snowman • Inki • Marc Antony and Pussyfoot • Merlin the Magic Mouse • Michigan J. Frog • Miss Prissy • Nasty Canasta • Penelope Pussycat • Petunia Pig • Piggy • Playboy Penguin • Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog • Slowpoke Rodriguez • Sniffles • Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier • Sylvester Jr. • The Three Bears • Willoughby • Witch Hazel | |
Shorts | 1929–1939 • 1940–1949 • 1950–1959 • 1960–1969 • 1970–present • Featuring Bugs Bunny • Featuring Daffy Duck • Featuring Sylvester • Featuring Porky Pig • Blue Ribbon reissues • Censored Eleven | |
Television | Compilations | The Bugs Bunny Show • The Porky Pig Show • The Road Runner Show • The Merrie Melodies Show • Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends • Bugs 'n' Daffy |
Originals | Tiny Toon Adventures • Taz-Mania • The Plucky Duck Show • The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries • Baby Looney Tunes • Duck Dodgers • Loonatics Unleashed • The Looney Tunes Show • Wabbit/New Looney Tunes • Looney Tunes Cartoons • Tooned Out • Specials | |
Feature films |
Compilations | The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie • The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie • Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales • Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island • Daffy Duck's Quackbusters • The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame |
Live-action/ animation |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit • Space Jam • Looney Tunes: Back in Action • Space Jam: A New Legacy | |
Made for video | Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation • Tweety's High-Flying Adventure • Baby Looney Tunes' Eggs-traordinary Adventure • Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas • Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run • Teen Titans Go! See Space Jam • King Tweety | |
Documentaries | Bugs Bunny: Superstar • Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons • Chuck Amuck: The Movie | |
Music/Songs | "Camptown Races" • "Dance of the Comedians" • "The Gold Diggers' Song (We're in the Money)" • "Merrily We Roll Along" • "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" • "Powerhouse" | |
Other | Video games |
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Related topics | Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company • Disney's One Too • Disney–ABC Domestic Television • Saturday morning programming on Disney Channel • It's a Laugh Productions • Jambalaya Studios • Disney Television Animation |
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First-run animated series | Mighty Mouse Playhouse (1955–1967) • Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales (1963–1966) • Linus the Lionhearted • The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show • Tom and Jerry (1965–1972) • The Mighty Heroes • =The Underdog Show (last few seasons) • Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles (1966–1968) • Space Ghost and Dino Boy (1966–1968) • The New Adventures of Superman • The Lone Ranger • The Road Runner Show (1968–1971; 1975–1978; 1978–1985) • The Beagles • The Herculoids (1967–1968) • Shazzan • Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor (1967–1969) • The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure • Go Go Gophers • Wacky Races (1968–1970) • The Archie Show (1968–1969) • The Batman/Superman Hour • Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1971) • The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969–1971) • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1972, 1974–1976) | |
First-run live-action series | Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984) • The Magic Land of Allakazam • CBS Children's Film Festival | |
Rebroadcasts | Sky King • The Roy Rogers Show • My Friend Flicka • The Alvin Show • The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin • The Quick Draw McGraw Show • The Jetsons • The Adventures of Lassie • Jonny Quest • The Monkees (1969–1972) | |
Schedules | 1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70 | |
Related programming and topics | Animation in the United States in the television era |
Children's programming on CBS in the 1970s | ||
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First-run animated series | Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines (1969–1971) • The Perils of Penelope Pitstop (1969–1971) • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1970; 1978–1979, as part of ABC's The Scooby-Doo Show) • Sabrina the Teenage Witch • Groovie Goolies • Josie and the Pussycats (1970–1971) • Harlem Globetrotters (1970–1971) • Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! (1971–1974) • The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1969–1972) • Archie's TV Funnies (1971–1973) • The Flintstone Comedy Hour • Bailey's Comets • The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972) • The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1974) • My Favorite Martians • Jeannie (1973–1975) • Speed Buggy • Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–1984) • Partridge Family 2200 A.D. (1974–1975) • Valley of the Dinosaurs (1974–1976) • The U.S. of Archie (1974–1976) • Clue Club (1976–1977) • Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle • The New Adventures of Batman • What's New Mr. Magoo? • The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour • The Robonic Stooges • The All-New Popeye Hour (1978–1983) • Tarzan and the Super 7 • The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle | |
First-run live-action series | Captain Kangaroo (1955–1984) • In the News (1971–1986) • You Are There • CBS Children's Film Festival (1971–1978; 1982–1984) • Shazam! (1974–1977) • The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine • The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show • The Secrets of Isis • Far Out Space Nuts • The Ghost Busters • Ark II • Way Out Games • The Skatebirds (1977–1978) • Space Academy (1977–1979) • Wacko • 30 Minutes (1978–1982) • Jason of Star Command (1978–1981) | |
Rebroadcasts | The Jetsons • The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (1968–1971; 1975–1978; 1978–1985) • The Monkees (1969–1972) • Wacky Races (1968–1970) • The New Adventures of Superman • Jonny Quest • Sylvester and Tweety (1976–1977) | |
Schedules | 1969–70 • 1970–71 • 1971–72 • 1972–73 • 1973–74 • 1974–75 • 1975–76 • 1976–77 • 1977–78 • 1978–79 • 1979–80 | |
Related programming and topics | Animation in the United States in the television era |
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First-run animated series | The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle (1979–81) • The All New Popeye Hour (1978–82, 1983) • Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972–84) • Tarzan and the Super 7 (1978–80) • The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–82) • Drak Pack (1980) • The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour (1980–82) (Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle • The Lone Ranger • The New Adventures of Zorro) • Blackstar (1981–83) • The Kwicky Koala Show (1981) • Trollkins (1981–82) • Gilligan's Planet (1982–83) • Pandamonium (1982–83) • Meatballs & Spaghetti (1982–83) • The Dukes (1983) • The Biskitts (1983–84, 1985) • Saturday Supercade (1983–85) • Dungeons & Dragons (1983–86) • The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (1983–86) • The Get Along Gang (1984–85) • Muppet Babies (1984–92) • Pole Position (1984) • The Berenstain Bears (1985–87) • The Wuzzles (1985) • Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling (1985–87) • Wildfire (1986) • Dennis the Menace (1986–88) • Galaxy High (1986–87, 1988) • Teen Wolf (1986–88) • Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater (1987–88) • Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–89) • Popeye and Son (1987–88, 1989) • The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy (1988–90) • Superman (1988) • Garfield and Friends (1988–94) • Dink, the Little Dinosaur (1989–91) • The California Raisin Show (1989–90) • Rude Dog and the Dweebs (1989–90) | |
First-run live-action series |
Captain Kangaroo (1955–84) • In the News (1971–86) • 30 Minutes (1978–82) • CBS Saturday Film Festival (1971–78; 1982–84) • Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince (1983) • Pryor's Place (1984–85) • Little Muppet Monsters (1985) • CBS Storybreak (1985–87) • Pee-wee's Playhouse (1986–91) • Hey Vern, It's Ernest! (1988–89) | |
Rebroadcasts | The Bugs Bunny Show/Road Runner Show (1975–85) • Shazam! (1980–81) • Speed Buggy (1982, 1988) • Shirt Tales (1984) • Land of the Lost (1985–86) • He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1985) • The Transformers (1987) • Kidd Video (1987–88) | |
Related topics | Garbage Pail Kids • The Young Astronauts • Animation in the United States in the television era • Modern animation in the United States |
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First-run animated series | Rocky and His Friends (1959–64) • The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70) • Hoppity Hooper (1964-1967) • The Beatles (1965–69) • The Porky Pig Show • Milton the Monster (1965–68) • The King Kong Show (1966–69) • Fantastic Four (1967–70) • Spider-Man (1967–70) • Journey to the Center of the Earth (1967–69) • George of the Jungle (1967–70) • The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70) • Fantastic Voyage (1968–70) • The Smokey the Bear Show • The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71) • Hot Wheels (1969–71) • The Hardy Boys (1969–71) • Skyhawks (1969–71) | |
First-run live-action series | Lunch with Soupy Sales (1959–61) • The Magic Land of Allakazam (1962–64) • Discovery (1962–71) • American Bandstand (1957–87) • Shenanigans (1964–65) | |
Rebroadcasts | Top Cat (1962–63) • The Bugs Bunny Show (1962–68) • My Friend Flicka • The Jetsons (1962–64) • Beany and Cecil (1962–88) • Buffalo Bill, Jr. • Annie Oakley • The Magilla Gorilla Show | |
Schedules | 1960–61 • 1961–62 • 1962–63 • 1963–64 • 1964–65 • 1965–66 • 1966–67 • 1967–68 • 1968–69 • 1969–70 | |
Related | Animation in the United States in the television era |
Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1970s | ||
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First-run animated series |
Rocky and Friends (1957-73) • The New Casper Cartoon Show (1963–70) • The Smokey the Bear Show (1969–70) • The Cattanooga Cats Show (1969–71) • Hot Wheels (1969–71) • Skyhawks (1969–71) • The Adventures of Gulliver (1968–70) • Fantastic Voyage (1968–70) • Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down (1970–72) • The Road Runner Show (1971–73) • The Funky Phantom (1971–73) • The Jackson 5ive (1971–73) • The Osmonds (1972–74) • The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972–74) • The Brady Kids (1972–74) • Kid Power (1972–74) • Yogi's Gang (1973–75) • Super Friends (1973–74) • Lassie's Rescue Rangers (1973–75) • Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973–75) • Mission: Magic! (1973–74) • Hong Kong Phooey (1974–75) • The New Adventures of Gilligan (1974–77) • Devlin (1974–76) • These Are the Days (1974–76) • The Tom and Jerry Show (1975–77) • The Great Grape Ape Show (1975–76) • The Oddball Couple (1975–77) • Jabberjaw (1976–78) • The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976–77) • The Mumbly Cartoon Show (1976–77) • The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977–78) • Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (The Scooby-Doo Show) • Laff-A-Lympics • Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels) (1977–79) • Fangface (1978–79) • Challenge of the Super Friends (1978–79) • The All-New Pink Panther Show (1978–79) • The World's Greatest Super Friends (1979–80) • The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk) • Rickety Rocket) (1979–81) • Spider-Woman (1979–80) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80) | |
First-run live-action series |
American Bandstand (1957–87) • Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (1970–72) • Here Come the Double Deckers (1970–72) • Lidsville (1971–73) • Curiosity Shop (1971–73) • Make a Wish (1971–76) • Korg: 70,000 B.C. (1974–75) • The Lost Saucer (1975–76) • Uncle Croc's Block (1975–76) • The Krofft Supershow (1976–78) • Bigfoot and Wildboy (Dr. Shrinker • Electra Woman and Dyna Girl • Magic Mongo • Wonderbug) • Junior Almost Anything Goes (1976–78) • Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81) • ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) • Kids Are People Too (1978–82) | |
Rebroadcasts | George of the Jungle (1967–70) • Bewitched (1972–73) • Jonny Quest (1970–72) • H.R. Pufnstuf (1972–73) • The Monkees (1972–73) • The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1972) • The Roman Holidays (1972) • Speed Buggy (1976) • Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1978) • The Bugs Bunny Show (1973–75) | |
Schedules | ||
Related topics | Animation in the United States in the television era |
Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1980s | ||
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First-run animated series |
The World's Greatest Super Friends (1979–80) • The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (Mighty Man and Yukk) • Fangface • Rickety Rocket) (1979–80) • Spider-Woman (1979–80) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–80) • Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1977–80) • Super Friends (1980-82) • The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980–82) • Richie Rich (1980–84) • Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (shorts) (1980–82) • Thundarr the Barbarian (1980–82) • The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show (1980–82) • Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981–82) • Goldie Gold and Action Jack (1981–82) • Pac-Man (1982–84) • The Little Rascals (1982–84) • Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (1982–83) • The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982–83) • The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982–84) • Monchhichis (1983–84) • Rubik, the Amazing Cube (1983–84) • The Littles (1983–86) • Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984–85) • Mighty Orbots (1984–85) • Turbo Teen (1984–85) • Dragon's Lair (1984–85) • Wolf Rock TV (1984-85) • The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show/The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1983–85) • Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985–90) • Ewoks (1985–87) • Droids (1985–86) • The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985–86) • The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985) • Pound Puppies (1986–88) • The Care Bears Family (1986–88) • The Flintstone Kids (1986–88, 1989) • The Real Ghostbusters (1986–91) • My Pet Monster (1987–88) • Little Clowns of Happytown (1987-88) • Little Wizards (1987-88) • The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil (1988) • The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) • A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–91) • Beetlejuice (1989–92) | |
First-run live-action series |
ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) • American Bandstand (1957–87) • Animals, Animals, Animals (1976–81) • Kids Are People Too (1978–82) • Menudo on ABC (1983–85) • ABC Funfit (1985) • ABC Fun Facts (1988) | |
Rebroadcasts | The Best of Scooby-Doo (1983–84) • The Bugs Bunny Show (1985–2000) • Scary Scooby Funnies (1984–85) • Scooby's Mystery Funhouse (1985–86) • Pink Panther and Sons (1986) • The Wuzzles (1986–87) | |
Related | Animation in the United States in the television era • Modern animation in the United States |
Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company in the 1990s | ||
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First-run animated series |
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–91) • Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1989–90) • The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) • Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters (1986–91) • Beetlejuice (1989–92) • The Wizard of Oz (1990–91) • Little Rosey (1990–91) • New Kids on the Block (1990–91) • Darkwing Duck (1991–93) • Hammerman (1991–92) • The Pirates of Dark Water (1991–92) • Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (1992–94) • Goof Troop (1992–93) • The Addams Family (1992–95) • Cro (1993–95) • Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993–95) • Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–95) • Free Willy (1994–95) • ReBoot (1994–96) • Bump in the Night (1994–96) • The New Adventures of Madeline (1995) • Dumb and Dumber (1995–96) • What-a-Mess (1995–96) • Brand Spanking New! Doug (1996–2001) • Mighty Ducks (1996–97) • Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles (1996–97) • Jungle Cubs (1996–97) • Quack Pack (1996–97) • Nightmare Ned (1997) • 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–98) • Recess (1997–2004) • Pepper Ann (1997–2000) • Science Court (1997–2000) • Hercules (1998–99) • Mickey Mouse Works (1999–2001) • Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999–2001) | |
First-run live-action series |
Animal Crack-Ups (1987–90) • ABC Weekend Special (1977–97) • Land of the Lost (1991–92) • CityKids (1993–94) • Fudge (1995–96) • Hypernauts (1996) • Bone Chillers (1996–97) • Flash Forward (1996–97) | |
Rebroadcasts | Pee-wee's Playhouse (1991-94) • Back to the Future (1993–95) • The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1985–2000) • DuckTales (1997) | |
Related | Disney's One Saturday Morning • Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990) • Modern animation in the United States |