Jackson 5ive | |
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Written by | Romeo Muller William J. Keenan Hal Hackady Lou Silverstone Susan Milburn |
Directed by | Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass |
Starring | Cast |
Theme music composer | The Jackson 5 |
Composer | Maury Laws |
Country of origin | United States United Kingdom |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 23 |
Production | |
Producers | Arthur Rankin, Jr. Jules Bass |
Production companies | Rankin/Bass (copyrighted as Videocraft International) Motown Productions Animation Services Halas & Batchelor Animation Topcraft Estudios Moro |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | September 11, 1971 October 14, 1972 | –
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Jackson 5ive is a Saturday morning cartoon series that aired for two seasons on ABC from September 11, 1971 to October 14, 1972. Produced by Rankin/Bass and Motown Productions, it is a fictionalized portrayal of the careers of Motown recording group the Jackson 5.[1] The series was rebroadcast in syndication in 1984–85, during a period when Michael Jackson was riding a major wave of popularity as a solo artist. It also briefly re-aired in 1999 on TV Land as part of their "Super Retrovision Saturdaze" lineup. The series was animated mainly in London at the studios of Halas and Batchelor, and some animation done at Estudios Moro (Barcelona, Spain) and Topcraft (Tokyo, Japan).