The New Archies

The New Archies
GenreSitcom
Based on
Archie Comics
by
Developed byKimmer Ringwald
Directed byJim Simon
StarringJ. 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 originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13
Production
Executive producersHaim Saban
Andy Heyward
ProducerJim Simon
Running time22–24 minutes
Production companiesDIC Animation City
Archie Comics
Saban Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 12 (1987-09-12) –
December 5, 1987 (1987-12-05)
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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.

The characters of The New Archies
  1. ^ CHARLES SOLOMON (1987-10-09). "Kidvid Reviews: Cartoon Debuts Are All Drawn Out – Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Archived from the original on 14 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-10-15.