The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
Also known asThe New Saturday Superstar Movie
GenreMovie of the week
Country of originUnited States
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes20
Production
Running time45–48 minutes
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 9, 1972 (1972-09-09) –
November 17, 1973 (1973-11-17)
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The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie — retitled The New Saturday Superstar Movie for its second season — is a series of one-hour animated made-for-television films (some of which also contained live action sequences), broadcast on the ABC television network on Saturday mornings from September 9, 1972 to November 17, 1973.[1]

Intended as a version of the ABC Movie of the Week for kids, this series was produced by several production companies — including Hanna-Barbera, Filmation and Rankin/Bass — and mostly contained features based on popular cartoon characters and TV shows of the time, such as Yogi Bear, The Brady Bunch and Lost in Space.[2] Some of the films served as pilots for new TV series.

The theme music and main titles were composed by Steve Zuckerman.

  1. ^ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 2. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1949 through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 55. ISBN 978-1476665993.