The Space Sentinels: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Space Sentinels (originally titled The Young Sentinels and renamed midway through its only season) is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Filmation which debuted on the American NBC network on September 10, 1977 and ran for thirteen half-hour episodes. The series has been called "ahead of its time" due to its racially diverse cast of main characters. In this series, the Roman mythological figures Hercules and Mercury are joined by Astrea, a character created specifically for the series, to form a superhero team to protect mankind.

Series details

• Title: The Space Sentinels
• Format: Animation
• Language: English
• Genres: Children
• Premiere date: 1977-09-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 1977-12-03
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 20746
• TVDB ID: 72323

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1977-09-10; final listed air date 1977-12-03; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Space Sentinels 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.