The New Archies | |
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Genre | Sitcom |
Based on | |
Developed by | Kimmer Ringwald |
Directed by | Jim Simon |
Starring | J. Michael Roncetti Michael Fantini Lisa Coristine Alyson Court Sunny Besen Thrasher Victor Erdos Colin Waterman Marvin Goldhar Linda Sorenson Karen Burthwright Jazzmin Lausanne Greg Swanson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 13 |
Production | |
Executive producers | Haim Saban Andy Heyward |
Producer | Jim Simon |
Running time | 22–24 minutes |
Production companies | DIC Animation City Archie Comics Saban Productions |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | September 12 December 5, 1987 | –
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The New Archies is an American sitcom produced by DIC Animation City, based upon the characters by Archie Comics. The series, originally produced for NBC's Saturday morning schedule and broadcast from September 12 to December 5, 1987, depicted the characters of Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, and other students of Riverdale High School as pre-teens in junior high.[1]
Archie produced an identically named and themed comic book series that ran alongside the animated series.
In the series, Veronica uses the dialect of an archetypal valley girl. In the animated series produced by Filmation and the radio show, she had a southern accent. Dilton Doiley did not appear on The New Archies, and was replaced by an African American child named Eugene. Eugene's girlfriend Amani was also introduced in The New Archies, as was Archie's dog, Red.