Super Sunday (TV series)

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Super Sunday (also called Super Saturday) was a 1980s American animated television series produced by Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions. It was distributed by Claster Television. [1]

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Super Sunday was a half-hour block with four six-minute matinée segments of Jem , Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines , Robotix , and Inhumanoids . [2] It aired on various television stations in syndication on Sunday mornings from October 6, 1985 to October 1986. In markets that the series aired on Saturday, the series was retitled Super Saturday. All four segments were based on Hasbro toy lines.

List

TitleOriginal releaseEpisodes
Jem October 6, 1985 – January 12, 198615
5 (half-hour version)
Robotix October 6, 1985 – January 12, 198615
Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines October 6 – December 1, 19859
Inhumanoids June 29 – October 5, 198615
5 (half-hour version)

History

The block began as Super Week, a five-day tryout that featured the first five chapters of Robotix while beginning Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines.

The series were cycled through, and only two or three of the four different segments appeared in a given episode.

Despite all four shorts being collected into stand-alone made-for-TV movies (as was done with previous Sunbow/Marvel collaborations G.I. Joe and The Transformers), only Inhumanoids and Jem went on to be expanded into independent full-length shows.

Stations

CityStation
Baltimore WMAR 2 [3]
Boston WLVI 56 [4]
Buffalo WUTV 22 [5]
Cape Girardeau KBSI 23
Davenport KLJB 18
Dayton WRGT 45 [6]
Denver KWGN 2
Detroit WXON 20
Houston KTXH 20 [7]
Fort Wayne WFFT 55 [8]
Green Bay WXGZ 32 [9]
Greenville WHNS 21
Hartford WTIC 34 [10]
Indianapolis WTTV 4 [11]
Lincoln KBGT 8 [12]
Los Angeles KCOP 13 [13]
Louisville WDRB 41
Memphis WMKW 30
Minneapolis KMSP 9
Nashville WCAY 30
New York City WPIX 11
Oklahoma City KGMC 34
Orlando WOFL 33 [14]
Pittsburgh WPGH 53 [15]
Poland Spring WMTW 8 [16]
Portland KPTV 12
Rochester WHEC 10 [17]
Shreveport KMSS 33
Spokane KAYU 28 [18]
Springfield KDEB 27 [19]
St. Louis KPLR 11 [20]
Tacoma KSTW 11 [21]
Tampa WFTS 28
Washington, D.C. WTTG 5 [22]

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  12. "Retro: Columbus, NE, June 28, 1986 (day before KMTV & WOWT affilation switch)". Radio Discussions. March 17, 2020.
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  14. "Retro: Orlando; Sun. November 23rd, 1986". Radio Discussions. September 29, 2013.
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