The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
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The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie — retitled The New Saturday Superstar Movie for its second season — is a series of one-hour animated made-for-television films (some of which also contained live action sequences), broadcast on the ABC television network on Saturday mornings from September 9, 1972 to November 17, 1973.[1]
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie | |
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Also known as | The New Saturday Superstar Movie |
Genre | Movie of the week |
Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 20 |
Production | |
Running time | 45–48 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 9, 1972 (1972-09-09) – November 17, 1973 (1973-11-17) |
Intended as a version of the ABC Movie of the Week for kids, this series was produced by several production companies — including Hanna-Barbera, Filmation and Rankin/Bass — and mostly contained features based on popular cartoon characters and TV shows of the time, such as Yogi Bear, The Brady Bunch and Lost in Space.[2] Some of the films served as pilots for new TV series.
The theme music and main titles were composed by Steve Zuckerman.