The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie is the umbrella title for hourlong animated telefilms broadcast over ABC on Saturday mornings in 1972 and 1973. It was the first anthology series of first-run animated telefilms produced for a network. Intended as a "movie of the week" for kids, this series was produced by several production companies, including Hanna-Barbera, Filmation and Rankin/Bass. Mostly this series contained features based on popular cartoon characters and TV shows of the time, such as Yogi Bear, the Brady Bunch and Lost in Space. Some of the features served as pilots for new TV shows.

Series details

• Title: The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Premiere date: 1972-09-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 1973-11-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: ABC
• Network country: United States
• TVMaze ID: 62075
• IMDb ID: tt0348892
• TVDB ID: 76698

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1972-09-09; final listed air date 1973-01-13.
• Season 2: premiered 1973-09-08; final listed air date 1973-11-17.

Source and licence

Adapted from The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie 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.