Space Stars

Space Stars
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Genre
Directed by
Voices of
Narrated byKeene Curtis
Theme music composerHoyt Curtin
ComposerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes11 (66 segments)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Oscar Dufau
  • Gerald Baldwin
Running time60 minutes
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 12, 1981 (1981-09-12) –
January 8, 1982 (1982-01-08)
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Space Stars is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated program block produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September 12, 1981, to January 8, 1982.[1]

Space Stars was narrated by Keene Curtis and featured five cartoon segments each week:[2]

  • Space Ghost (2 segments, 6 minutes each)
  • The Herculoids (1 segment, 10 minutes)
  • Teen Force (1 segment, 7 minutes)
  • Astro and the Space Mutts (1 segment, 7 minutes)
  • Space Stars Finale (1 segment, 7 minutes)

The cartoons would occasionally cross over into one another. Space Ghost and The Herculoids both had their own respective series in the 1960s. Teen Force and Astro and the Space Mutts were both new segments, although the Astro character was the family dog from The Jetsons.[3]

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 571–572. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 771–772. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  3. ^ TV Guide Guide to TV. Barnes and Noble. 2004. pp. 590. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.