List of Ruby-Spears productions

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This is a list of television series, television specials and title sequences produced by Ruby-Spears Productions (also known as Ruby-Spears Enterprises).

Contents

Most of the pre-1991 library of Ruby-Spears is currently owned by Warner Bros. Television Studios through Warner Bros. Animation.

Television series

TitleYearsNetworkNotesCo-production withEpisodes
Fangface 1978–1979 ABC 24
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show 1979–1981 DC Comics (Plastic Man segments)112
Heathcliff and Dingbat
  • Heathcliff
  • Dingbat and the Creeps
1980–1981 McNaught Syndicate 13
Thundarr the Barbarian 21
Heathcliff and Marmaduke
  • Heathcliff
  • Marmaduke
1981–1982McNaught Syndicate and United Features Syndicate 13
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour 1982–1983
  • The Puppy's New Adventures segments produced by Ruby-Spears
  • Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo and Scrappy & Yabba-Doo segments written at Hanna-Barbera & animated at Ruby-Spears
Hanna-Barbera
Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour
  • Mork & Mindy
1982–1983
  • Mork & Mindy segments written at Hanna-Barbera & animated at Ruby-Spears
  • Laverne & Shirley with the Fonz segments produced by Hanna-Barbera
27
The Pac-Man/ Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour1983–1984
  • Rubik, the Amazing Cube produced by Ruby-Spears
  • Pac-Man segments produced by Hanna-Barbera
44
Mister T 1983–1985 NBC 30
Alvin and the Chipmunks 1983–1988 Bagdasarian Productions 52/102
Saturday Supercade 1983–1985 CBS Nintendo (Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior segments)26
The Puppy's Further Adventures 1983–1984ABC21
Dragon's Lair 198413
Turbo Teen 1984–1985
Sectaurs 1985 Syndication Miniseries5
It's Punky Brewster 1985–1987NBC NBC Studios 26
The Centurions 1986–1987SyndicationBegan as a 5-episode miniseries before becoming a full series in 1986 Nippon Sunrise 65
Lazer Tag Academy 1986–1987NBC Worlds of Wonder 13
Rambo: The Force of Freedom 1986Syndication Carolco Pictures 65
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos 1986Miniseries5
Police Academy: The Series 1988–1989 Warner Bros. Television 65
Superman 1988CBS DC Comics 13
Dink, the Little Dinosaur 1989–199021
Piggsburg Pigs! 1990 Fox The Fred Silverman Company and The Sy Fischer Company13
The Mighty Jungle 1990–1991CBS Silly Symphony Productions 65
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa 1992–1993ABC
  • Season 2 only
  • Season 1 was animated by Gunther-Wahl Productions.
Greengrass Productions 13/26
Mega Man 1994–1996SyndicationDistributed by The Summit Media Group Ashi Productions 27
Skysurfer Strike Force 1995–1996Distributed by Bohbot Productions 26

Television specials

TitleYearNetworkCo-production withNotes
The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy 1978 ABC ABC Weekend Specials
Weep No More, My Lady1979
The Horse That Played Center Field
The Puppy's Great Adventure
The Incredible Detectives
The Puppy's Amazing Rescue 1980
The Trouble with Miss Switch
Scruffy
The Puppy Saves the Circus 1981
Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit 1982
Miss Switch to the Rescue
Beauty and the Beast1983 CBS Triple Seven ConceptsKenner Family Classics
I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special1984 NBC Bagdasarian Productions
Bad CatABC ABC Weekend Specials
Rose Petal Place Syndication David Kirschner Productions
The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas ABC Heywood Kling Productions and Original Appalachian Artworks
Robo Force: The Revenge of Nazgar Syndication
Rose Petal Place: Real Friends 1985David Kirschner Productions
A Chipmunk Reunion NBC Bagdasarian Productions
The Magic Flute 1994 ABC Greengrass Productions ABC Weekend Specials
Jirimpimbira: An African Folktale1995Huff-Douglass Productions

Other works

Titles and sequences

TitleYearCo-production withNotes
Child's Play 1988 United Artists Provided animation sequences
Child's Play 3 1991 Universal Pictures

Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection

The Hanna-Barbera Classics Collection (once called the Hanna-Barbera Golden Collection, later called the Hanna-Barbera Diamond Collection) is a series of two-to-four-disc DVD box sets from Warner Home Video and later by Warner Archive, usually containing complete seasons and complete series of various classic Hanna-Barbera (with MGM Cartoons and Ruby-Spears) cartoons (along with the television movies and specials). The line began in March 2004.

Warner Archive releases

2010

2011

2015

2016

2017