List of Ruby-Spears productions explained

This is a list of Ruby-Spears productions, including television series in animation and live-action.

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

Main list

Television series

TitleYearsNetworkNotesProductionsEpisodes
Fangface1978–1979ABC24
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show 1979–1981co-production with DC Comics (Plastic Man segments)112
Heathcliff and Dingbat
  • Heathcliff
  • Dingbat and the Creeps
1980–1981co-production with McNaught Syndicate13
Thundarr the Barbarian1980-198121
Heathcliff and Marmaduke
  • Heathcliff
  • Marmaduke
1981–1982co-production with McNaught Syndicate and United Features Syndicate13
Goldie Gold and Action Jack1981-198213
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
co-production with Hanna-Barbera13
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
co-production with Hanna-Barbera27
The Pac-Man/Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour 1983–1984
  • Rubik, the Amazing Cube produced by Ruby-Spears
  • Pac-Man segments produced by Hanna-Barbera
co-production with Hanna-Barbera44
Mister T 1983–1985 NBC30
Alvin and the Chipmunks 1983–1988 52/102
Saturday Supercade
  • Frogger (1983)
  • Donkey Kong
  • Pitfall! (1983)
  • Q*bert
  • Donkey Kong Junior (1983)
  • Kangaroo (1984)
  • Space Ace (1984)
1983–1985co-production with Nintendo (Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior segments)26
The Puppy's Further Adventures 1983–1984 ABC 21
Dragon's Lair 1984 13
Turbo Teen 1984–1985 13
Sectaurs 1985 (mini) 5
It's Punky Brewster 1985–1987 NBC 26
The Centurions 1986 (mini), 1986–1987 Syndication 65
Lazer Tag Academy 1986–1987 NBC 13
1986 Syndication 65
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos 1986 (mini) 5
Police Academy: The Series 1988–1989 65
Superman 1988 CBS 13
Dink, the Little Dinosaur 1989–1991 21
Piggsburg Pigs! 1990–1991 co-production with The Fred Silverman Company and The Sy Fischer Company 13
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa 1993–1994 ABC
  • Season 2 only
  • Season 1 was animated by Gunther-Wahl Productions.
13/26
Mega Man 1994–1996 Syndication 27
Skysurfer Strike Force 1995–1996 26

Television specials

The Puppy series

TitleYearNetworkNotes
The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy 1978 ABC Weekend Specials
The Puppy's Great Adventure 1979
The Puppy's Amazing Rescue 1980
The Puppy Saves the Circus 1981

Miss Switch series

TitleYearNetworkNotes
The Trouble with Miss Switch 1980 ABC Weekend Specials
Miss Switch to the Rescue 1982

Rose Petal Place series

TitleYearNetworkProductions
Rose Petal Place 1984 co-production with David Kirschner Productions
Rose Petal Place: Real Friends 1985

Alvin and the Chipmunks series

TitleYearNetworkProductions
I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special 1984 co-production with Bagdasarian Productions
A Chipmunk Reunion 1985

Other standalone specials

TitleYearNetworkNotesProductions
Weep No More, My Lady 1979 ABC Weekend Specials
The Horse That Played Center Field
The Incredible Detectives
Scruffy 1980
Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit 1982
Beauty and the Beast 1983 Kenner Family Classics co-production with Triple Seven Concepts
Bad Cat 1984 ABC Weekend Specials
The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas co-production with Heywood Kling Productions and Original Appalachian Artworks
The Magic Flute 1994 ABC Weekend Specials co-production with Greengrass Productions
Jirimpimbira: An African Folktale 1995 co-production with Huff-Douglass Productions

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

The Complete Series (December 17, 2010) (Ruby-Spears)

2011

2015

2016

2017