The Berenstain Bears: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Berenstain Bears incorporates three central learning areas: family and community, emotional development and choices & decision-making. Each episode focuses on an ordinary, everyday situation or "challenge" that young children may encounter in the home, with friends, in the community or at school (like jealousy, peer pressure, a new neighbor, a bad grade – or lack of "quality" family time). A path to resolving this common problem is provided as Brother and Sister (and viewers) see the consequences of the choices and decisions that they make. As each storyline progresses, family members interact to reveal solutions to conflicts and illustrate valuable life lessons.

Series details

• Title: The Berenstain Bears
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy, Children
• Premiere date: 1985-09-14
• Final broadcast date listed: 1986-12-06
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: CBS
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12074
• IMDb ID: tt0233033
• TVDB ID: 72502

Cast and credited roles

• Ruth Buzzi — Mamma Bear
• Brian Cummings — Papa Q. Bear
• David Mendenhall — Brother Bear
• Christina Lange — Sister Bear
• Frank Welker — Raffish Ralph
• Josh Rodine — Cousin Freddy

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1985-09-14; final listed air date 1985-12-07; episode order: 26.
• Season 2: premiered 1986-09-13; final listed air date 1986-12-06; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Berenstain Bears 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.