Jem: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This fabulous 80's cartoon was every little girls dream come true. Jerrica Benton's father has left her a very special gift. It's Synergy, a holographic projection system that can create illusions of anything, anywhere, anytime. Jerrica uses Synergy to create Jem, her alter ego and the lead singer of Jem and The Holograms to save her father's company: Starlight Music. This popular cartoon series chronicles this band's adventures as well as their arch rivals The Misfits and their friends The Stingers. The music of these three groups is definately the highlight of the show. Jem is a "truly outrageous" cartoon with a message of love, friendship, ambition, and rock-n-roll.

Series details

• Title: Jem
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Adventure
• Premiere date: 1985-10-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 1988-05-02
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: USA Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 5.5/10
• TVMaze ID: 4053

Cast and credited roles

• Samantha Newark — Jem / Jerrica Benton
• Cathianne Blore — Aja Leith
• Bobbi Block — Roxanne "Roxy" Pelligrini
• Michael Sheehan — Rio Pacheco
• Cindy McGee — Shana Elmsford
• Patricia Alice Albrecht — Phyllis "Pizzazz" Margaret Gabor
• Charlie Adler — Eric Raymond
• Cathianne Blore — Kimber Denton
• Susan Blu — Mary "Stormer" Phillips
• Marlene Aragon — Synergy
• Britta Phillips — Jem (singing voice)
• Cindy McGee — Lela

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1985-10-06; final listed air date 1987-03-15; episode order: 5.
• Season 2: premiered 1987-09-21; final listed air date 1988-01-12; episode order: 21.
• Season 3: premiered 1988-02-02; final listed air date 1988-05-02; episode order: 39.

Source and licence

Adapted from Jem on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.