| Hot Wheels | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Animated series |
| Created by | Fred Crippen Eddie Smardan Ken Snyder |
| Voices of | Bob Arbogast Melinda Casey Casey Kasem Albert Brooks Susan Davis Nora Marlowe Michael Rye |
| Theme music composer | Mike Curb |
| Composer | Jack Fascinato |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 17 (34 segments) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Kenneth C.T. Snyder |
| Producers | Fred Crippen Eddie Smardan Ken Snyder |
| Camera setup | I |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Ken Snyder Properties Pantomime Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 6, 1969 – September 4, 1971 |
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Hot Wheels is a thirty-minute Saturday morning cartoon series broadcast on ABC from 1969 to 1971, under the primary sponsorship of Mattel Toys.[1] The show took pains to stress that it was "pro-safety", contrasting the safe and responsible behavior of the series' racing-club protagonists with the reckless behavior of their rivals.[2]
The show was criticized by the Federal Communications Commission, which considered it a half-hour commercial for toy cars. ABC contested the charge, saying that there was no prior commitment to Mattel, and that Hot Wheels cars were never advertised during the program. The network was backed up by the National Association of Broadcasters, and the show remained on the ABC schedule for two seasons.[2]