Popeye: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Popeye started out as a character in the daily comic strip, Thimble Theatre in 1929. In the early 30's Max and Dave Fleischer made him the star of his own cartoon. Bluto, Popeye's rival, will do anything it takes to get Olive Oyl, Popeye's girlfriend. Popeye is always willing to get her out of trouble.

Series details

• Title: Popeye
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1933-07-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 1961-12-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Cartoon Network
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 6 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 7.4/10
• TVMaze ID: 6496
• TVDB ID: 78435

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1933: premiered 1933-07-14; final listed air date 1933-12-29.
• Season 1934: premiered 1934-01-19; final listed air date 1934-12-28.
• Season 1935: premiered 1935-01-25; final listed air date 1935-12-07.
• Season 1936: premiered 1936-01-03; final listed air date 1936-12-25.
• Season 1937: premiered 1937-01-22; final listed air date 1937-12-17.
• Season 1938: premiered 1938-01-21; final listed air date 1938-12-30.
• Season 1939: premiered 1939-01-27; final listed air date 1939-11-03.
• Season 1940: premiered 1940-01-19; final listed air date 1940-12-13.
• Season 1941: premiered 1941-01-10; final listed air date 1941-12-19.
• Season 1942: premiered 1942-01-17; final listed air date 1942-12-25.
• Season 1943: premiered 1943-01-22; final listed air date 1943-12-31.
• Season 1944: premiered 1944-04-21; final listed air date 1944-12-08.
• Season 1945: premiered 1945-01-26; final listed air date 1945-08-24.
• Season 1946: premiered 1946-03-15; final listed air date 1946-08-16.
• Season 1947: premiered 1947-04-25; final listed air date 1947-12-19.
• Season 1948: premiered 1948-01-30; final listed air date 1948-12-31.
• Season 1949: premiered 1949-03-25; final listed air date 1949-12-23.
• Season 1950: premiered 1950-01-27; final listed air date 1950-12-01.
• Season 1951: premiered 1951-01-19; final listed air date 1951-11-16.
• Season 1952: premiered 1952-01-25; final listed air date 1952-10-12.
• Season 1953: premiered 1953-01-30; final listed air date 1953-10-09.
• Season 1954: premiered 1954-01-01; final listed air date 1954-12-10.
• Season 1955: premiered 1955-01-14; final listed air date 1955-12-09.
• Season 1956: premiered 1956-01-13; final listed air date 1957-02-08.
• Season 1957: premiered 1957-02-08; final listed air date 1957-08-09.
• Season 1960: premiered 1960-01-01; final listed air date 1960-10-14.
• Season 1961: premiered 1961-01-01; final listed air date 1961-12-17.

Source and licence

Adapted from Popeye 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.