The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie

1972 · 2 seasons · 22 eps · ★ 9.0 · Animation

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The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie — renamed The New Saturday Superstar Movie in its second season — is a series of one-hour animated TV-movies, broadcast on the ABC television network on Saturday mornings from September 9, 1972, to November 17, 1973. Intended as a "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. Some of the features served as pilots for new TV shows.

Directed by Alex Lovy

Network: ABC

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MovieAnimationAction

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Jonny Quest · 1964

SeriesAction & AdventureAnimation

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Billion Dollar Boner

Billion Dollar Boner · 1960

Billion Dollar Boner

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The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour · 1976

The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour

SeriesAnimationComedy

The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour is a 60-minute package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1976 for ABC Saturday mornings. It marked the first new installments of the cowardly canine since 1973, and contained the following segments: The Scooby-Doo Show and Dynomutt, Dog Wonder.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! · 1969

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

SeriesAnimationMystery

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The Flintstones

The Flintstones · 1960

The Flintstones

SeriesFamilyAnimation

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Yogi's Treasure Hunt

Yogi's Treasure Hunt · 1985

Yogi's Treasure Hunt

SeriesFamilyAnimation

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The Jetsons

The Jetsons · 1962

SeriesAnimationComedy

Meet George Jetson and his quirky family: wife Jane, son Elroy and daughter Judy. Living in the automated, push-button world of the future hasn't made life any easier for the harried husband and father, who gets into one comical misadventure after another!

Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor

Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor · 1967

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Woody Woodpecker

Woody Woodpecker · 1941

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