List of children's animated television series of the 1970s

Last updated August 10, 2024

This is a list of children's animated television series (including internet television series); that is, animated programs originally targeted towards audiences aged 12 and under in mind.

1970s

United States

Title	Genre	Seasons/episodes	Show creator(s)	Original release	Network	Studio	Age rating	Technique
Doctor Dolittle	Cartoon series	1 season, 17 episodes	• David H. DePatie • Friz Freleng • Paul Harrison • Lennie Weinrib	September 12, 1970 – September 2, 1971	NBC	• DePatie–Freleng Enterprises • 20th Century Fox Television	—	Traditional
Groovie Goolies	• Comedy horror • Musical comedy	1 season, 16 episodes		September 12, 1970 – September 17, 1972	CBS	Filmation	TV-G	Traditional
Josie and the Pussycats		1 season, 16 episodes	• Dan DeCarlo • Richard Goldwater	September 12, 1970 – January 2, 1971	CBS	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Sabrina the Teenage Witch	• Comedy horror • Fantasy • Sitcom • Slapstick • Supernatural	1 season, 31 episodes		September 12, 1970 – August 31, 1974	• CBS • Syndicated	• Filmation Associates • The Sabrina Company	—	Traditional
Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down		1 season, 16 episodes	• Lou Scheimer • Norm Prescott	September 12, 1970 – September 2, 1972	ABC	Filmation	—	Traditional
Archie's TV Funnies	Sitcom	1 season, 16 episodes	• John L. Goldwater (comic) • Bob Montana (characters)	September 11, 1971 – September 1, 1973	CBS	Filmation	—	Traditional
Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!		1 season, 16 episodes	• Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 11, 1971 – January 8, 1972	CBS	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
The Jackson 5ive		2 seasons, 23 episodes		September 11, 1971 – October 14, 1972	ABC	• Rankin/Bass Productions • Motown Productions • Halas and Batchelor • Topcraft	TV-G	Traditional
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show		1 season, 16 episodes	• Charles A. Nichols (animation director) • William Hanna • Joseph Barbera	September 11, 1971 – January 1, 1972	CBS	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
The Mouse Factory	Anthology	1 season, 43 episodes	Ward Kimball	January 26, 1972 – March 5, 1973	Syndication	The Walt Disney Company	—	Traditional
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids	• Comedy-drama • Educational	8 season, 110 episodes	Bill Cosby	September 9, 1972 – August 10, 1985	• CBS • First-run syndication	Filmation	TV-Y7	Traditional
Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space		16 episodes		September 9, 1972 – December 23, 1972	CBS	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Sealab 2020		1 season, 13 episodes	Alex Toth	September 9, 1972 – December 2, 1972	NBC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-Y7	Traditional
The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan	Mystery	1 season, 16 episodes	Earl Derr Biggers (character)	September 9, 1972 – December 30, 1972	CBS	Hanna-Barbera Productions	—	Traditional
The Barkleys	Animation	1 season, 13 episodes	• David H. DePatie • Friz Freleng • Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 9, 1972 – September 1, 1973	NBC	DePatie–Freleng Enterprises	—	Traditional
The Brady Kids	Animation	2 seasons, 22 episodes	Sherwood Schwartz	September 9, 1972 – October 6, 1973	ABC	• Filmation • Paramount Television	TV-G	Traditional
The Flintstone Comedy Hour	Comedy	1 season, 18 episodes	• William Hanna • Joseph Barbera	September 9, 1972 – January 26, 1974	CBS	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
The Houndcats		13 episodes	• Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 9, 1972 – December 2, 1972	NBC	DePatie–Freleng Enterprises	—	Traditional
The Osmonds		17 episodes		September 9, 1972 – December 30, 1972	ABC	• Rankin/Bass Productions • Halas and Batchelor	—	Traditional
The Roman Holidays	Animated sitcom	13 episodes		September 9, 1972 – December 2, 1972	NBC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	—	Traditional
Lassie's Rescue Rangers	Animated	1 season, 15 episodes		November 11, 1972 – December 22, 1973	ABC	• Filmation Associates • Wrather Productions (as Wrather Corp.)	TV-G	Ended
Butch Cassidy	Mystery	1 season, 13 episodes		September 8, 1973 – December 1, 1973	NBC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	—	Traditional
Emergency +4	Adventure cartoon	2 seasons, 23 episodes	• Harold Jack Bloom • R. A. Cinader (live-action basis program)	September 8, 1973 – November 30, 1974	NBC	• Fred Calvert Productions • Mark VII Limited • Universal Television	—	Traditional
Goober and the Ghost Chasers	Mystery	1 season, 16 episodes		September 8, 1973 – December 22, 1973	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	—	Traditional
Inch High, Private Eye	• Comedy • Adventure • Mystery	1 season, 13 episodes		September 8, 1973 – August 31, 1974	NBC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Jeannie	Comedy	1 season, 16 episodes		September 8, 1973 – December 22, 1973	CBS	• Hanna-Barbera Productions • Screen Gems • Columbia Pictures Television	—	Traditional
Mission: Magic!	Cartoon series	1 season, 16 episodes		September 8, 1973 – December 22, 1973	ABC	• Filmation • Paramount Television	—	Traditional
Speed Buggy		1 season, 16 episodes		September 8, 1973 – December 22, 1973	CBS	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Star Trek: The Animated Series		2 seasons, 22 episodes	Gene Roddenberry	September 8, 1973 – October 12, 1974	NBC	• Filmation • Norway Productions • Paramount Television Service	TV-Y7	Traditional
Super Friends	• Action • Adventure • Science fiction	16 episodes	• E. Nelson Bridwell • Carmine Infantino • Julius Schwartz (consultants)	September 8, 1973 – December 22, 1973	ABC	• Hanna-Barbera Productions • National Periodical Publications	—	Traditional
The Addams Family	• Animated sitcom • Comedy horror	1 season, 16 episodes	Charles Addams	September 8, 1973 – December 22, 1973	NBC	Hanna-Barbera	—	Traditional
Yogi's Gang	• Adventure • Comedy	15 episodes		September 8, 1973 – December 29, 1973	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	—	Traditional
Devlin	Comedy	16 episodes	• William Hanna • Joseph Barbera	September 7, 1974 – December 21, 1974	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	—	Traditional
Hong Kong Phooey	Comedy	1 season, 16 episodes	• William Hanna • Joseph Barbera	September 7, 1974 – December 21, 1974	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Partridge Family 2200 A.D.	Science fiction	1 season, 16 episodes		September 7, 1974 – March 8, 1975	CBS	• Hanna-Barbera Productions • Columbia Pictures Television	—	Traditional
The New Adventures of Gilligan		1 season, 16 episodes	Sherwood Schwartz	September 7, 1974 – October 18, 1975	ABC	Filmation	TV-G	Traditional
These Are the Days		16 episodes		September 7, 1974 – September 27, 1975	ABC	Filmation	—	Traditional
The U.S. of Archie	• Comedy • Historical	16 episodes	• John L. Goldwater (comic) • Bob Montana (characters)	September 7, 1974 – September 1976	CBS	Filmation	TV-Y7	Traditional
Valley of the Dinosaurs	• Adventure • Action • Drama • Science fiction	16 episodes		September 7, 1974 – December 21, 1974	CBS	Hanna-Barbera Productions	—	Traditional
Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch	• Animation • Adventure • Action • Cartoon series • Science fiction	1 season, 13 episodes		September 7, 1974 – November 30, 1974	NBC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-Y	Traditional
Return to the Planet of the Apes	Animation	13 episodes		September 6, 1975 – November 29, 1975	NBC	• DePatie–Freleng Enterprises • 20th Century Fox Television	—	Traditional
The Great Grape Ape Show	• Animation • Comedy	1 season, 16 episodes		September 6, 1975 – December 13, 1975	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-Y	Traditional
The Oddball Couple	• Children's television series • Animation • Comedy • Cartoon series	1 season, 16 episodes		September 6, 1975 – December 20, 1975	ABC	• DePatie-Freleng Enterprises • Paramount Network Television	—	Traditional
The Tom and Jerry Show	Animated sitcom	16 episodes		September 6, 1975 – December 13, 1975	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	—	Traditional
Clue Club	Animation	1 season, 16 episodes		August 14, 1976 – September 3, 1977	CBS	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Jabberjaw		1 season, 16 episodes	• Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 11, 1976 – December 18, 1976	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle		36 episodes	Edgar Rice Burroughs (characters)	August 14, 1976 – September 6, 1980	CBS	Filmation	—	Traditional
The Mumbly Cartoon Show	Animation	16 episodes		September 11, 1976 – September 3, 1977	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	—	Traditional
The Scooby-Doo Show	• Comedy • Mystery • Adventure	3 seasons, 40 episodes	• Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 11, 1976 – December 23, 1978	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour		16 episodes	• Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 11, 1976 – December 18, 1976	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
The New Adventures of Batman		1 season, 16 episodes		February 12, 1977 – May 28, 1977	CBS	• Filmation • DC Comics • Warner Bros. Television	—	Traditional
Baggy Pants and the Nitwits	Cartoon series	1 season, 13 episodes	Arte Johnson	September 10, 1977 – December 3, 1977	NBC	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises	—	Traditional
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels		3 seasons, 40 episodes	• Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 10, 1977 – June 21, 1980	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
CB Bears	• Animation • Comedy	13 episodes	Charles A. Nichols	September 10, 1977 – December 3, 1977	NBC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	—	Traditional
I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali	Animation	1 season, 13 episodes	• Fred Calvert • Kimie Calvert • John Paxton	September 10, 1977 – December 3, 1977	NBC	Farmhouse Films	—	Traditional
Laff-A-Lympics	• Comedy • Sports	2 seasons, 24 episodes	• Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 10, 1977 – October 28, 1978	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics	Comedy	24 episodes	• Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 10, 1977 – October 28, 1978	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Space Sentinels		13 episodes		September 10, 1977 – December 3, 1977	NBC	Filmation	—	Traditional
The All-New Super Friends Hour	• Adventure • Fantasy • Science fiction	60 episodes	• E. Nelson Bridwell • Carmine Infantino • Julius Schwartz (consultants)	September 10, 1977 – September 2, 1978	ABC	• Hanna-Barbera Productions • DC Comics	—	Traditional
The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour				September 10, 1977 – September 2, 1978	CBS	Filmation	—	Traditional
The New Archie and Sabrina Hour		1 season, 13 episodes		September 10, 1977 – December 3, 1977	NBC	Filmation	—	Traditional
Rickety Rocket		16 episodes		September 1, 1979 – January 1, 1980	ABC	• Ruby-Spears Productions	—	Traditional
The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle	Cartoon series	1 season, 16 episodes		September 8, 1979 – April 8, 1980	CBS	• Filmation • Viacom Productions	TV-Y7	Traditional
Buford and the Galloping Ghost	• Animation • Mystery • Comedy	13 episodes		September 9, 1978 – September 1, 1979	NBC	Hanna-Barbera	—	Traditional
Challenge of the Superfriends	• Adventure • Fantasy • Science fiction • Superhero	2 seasons, 16 episodes	• E. Nelson Bridwell • Carmine Infantino • Julius Schwartz (consultants)	September 9, 1978 – December 23, 1978	ABC	• Hanna-Barbera Productions • DC Comics	TV-Y7	Traditional
Fangface	• Animation • Mystery	2 seasons, 32 episodes	• Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 9, 1978 – September 27, 1980	ABC	Ruby-Spears Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Galaxy Goof-Ups	• Animation • Adventure • Comedy	13 episodes		September 9, 1978 – September 1, 1979	NBC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-Y7	Traditional
Tarzan and the Super 7		1 season, 16 episodes		September 9, 1978 – September 6, 1980	CBS	Filmation	—	Traditional
The All New Popeye Hour	• Animation • Comedy	5 season, 56 episodes		September 9, 1978 – September 5, 1983	CBS	• Hanna-Barbera Productions • King Features Syndicate	TV-G	Traditional
The New Fantastic Four	• Superhero • Action • Adventure	1 season, 13 episodes	• Stan Lee • Jack Kirby	September 9, 1978 – December 16, 1978	NBC	• DePatie–Freleng Enterprises • Marvel Comics Animation	TV-Y7	Traditional
Yogi's Space Race	• Animation • Comedy • Adventure • Sports • Sci-fi • Fantasy	13 episodes		September 9, 1978 – December 2, 1978	NBC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
The New Fred and Barney Show	• Animation • Comedy	2 seasons, 17 episodes		February 3, 1979 – October 20, 1979	NBC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Fred and Barney Meet the Thing	Animation	1 season, 13 episodes		September 8, 1979 – December 1, 1979	NBC	• Hanna-Barbera Productions • Marvel Comics Group	TV-G	Traditional
Casper and the Angels	• Animation • Adventure • Comedy • Sci-fi	13 episodes		September 22, 1979 – December 15, 1979	NBC	• Hanna-Barbera Productions • The Harvey Entertainment Company	—	Traditional
Mighty Man and Yukk		32 episodes		September 22, 1979 – January 5, 1980	ABC	Ruby-Spears Productions	—	Traditional
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo	• Comedy • Mystery • Adventure	1 seasons, 16 episodes	• Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 22, 1979 – January 5, 1980	ABC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
Spider-Woman	• Superhero • Action • Adventure	1 season, 16 episodes		September 22, 1979 – January 5, 1980	ABC	• DePatie-Freleng Enterprises • Marvel Comics Animation	TV-Y7	Traditional
The New Adventures of Flash Gordon		2 seasons, 32 episodes	Alex Raymond	September 22, 1979 – November 6, 1982	NBC	• Filmation • King Features Syndicate	TV-Y7	Traditional
The New Shmoo		1 seasons, 16 episodes	Al Capp	September 22, 1979 – November 15, 1980	NBC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	TV-G	Traditional
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show			• Joe Ruby • Ken Spears	September 22, 1979 – February 28, 1981	ABC	• Ruby-Spears Productions • DC Comics	TV-G	Traditional
The Super Globetrotters	Cartoon	1 season, 13 episodes		September 22, 1979 – December 15, 1979	NBC	Hanna-Barbera Productions	—	Traditional
The World's Greatest SuperFriends	• Adventure • Superhero	8 episodes	• E. Nelson Bridwell • Carmine Infantino • Julius Schwartz (consultants)	September 22, 1979 – September 27, 1980	ABC	• Hanna-Barbera Productions • DC Comics	TV-Y7	Traditional

Co-productions

Title	Genre	Seasons/episodes	Show creator(s)	Original release	Network	Studio	Age rating	Technique
The Funky Phantom	• Comedy • Mystery • Adventure	17 episodes		September 11, 1971 – September 2, 1972	ABC	• Hanna-Barbera Productions • Air Programs International		Traditional

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