The Berenstain Bears (1985 TV series)

The Berenstain Bears
The main shot from the opening, showing all four main characters.
GenreChildren's series
Comedy
Based onBerenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Developed byJoe Cates
Directed byBuzz Potamkin
Creative directorChris Cuddington
Voices of
Opening theme"We Are The Berenstain Bears"
Ending theme"We Are The Berenstain Bears" (instrumental)
ComposerElliot Lawrence
Country of originAustralia
United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes26 (list of episodes)
Production
ProducerBuzz Potamkin
EditorRobert Ciaglia
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesThe Joseph Cates Company
Southern Star/Hanna-Barbera Australia
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 14, 1985 (1985-09-14) –
December 6, 1986 (1986-12-06)
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The Berenstain Bears Show (also known as "The Berenstain Bears") is an animated children's television series based on the children's book series of the same name by Stan and Jan Berenstain, produced by Southern Star/Hanna-Barbera Australia.[1] It aired in the United States from September 14, 1985, to December 6, 1986[2] on CBS with 26 half-hour episodes (or 52 11-minute shorts) produced. Reruns of the show would continue to air on the network until September 5, 1987.[3] Each show consisted of two episodes, the first being an adaptation of one of the books, the second being an original story.

The series was nominated in 1987 for a Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming; it was also nominated that year for a Humanitas Prize in the category of Non-Prime Time Children's Animated Show.

A second Berenstain Bears series aired on Treehouse TV from 2002 to 2003 and on PBS Kids from 2003 to 2004.

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 77–78. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ US Copyright Office Registration No. PA0000898325 / 1998-09-14
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 133–134. ISBN 978-1476665993.