The Care Bears

The Care Bears was an animated television series based on the best-selling toy line, the Care Bears. Episodes of the series ran between 1985 and 1988 on various networks and in syndication. This is the only Care Bears series produced by Nelvana, although Sabella Dern Entertainment produced the series revival, Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot. DiC Entertainment, produced the first 22 episodes which were syndicated from September 1985 on throug... more

The Care Bears was an animated television series based on the best-selling toy line, the Care Bears. Episodes of the series ran between 1985 and 1988 on various networks and in syndication. This is the only Care Bears series produced by Nelvana, although Sabella Dern Entertainment produced the series revival, Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot. DiC Entertainment, produced the first 22 episodes which were syndicated from September 1985 on through 1986. DiC subcontracted the animation of these episodes to Nelvana. Then, starting on September 13, 1986, Canadian animation company Nelvana, who had made the first two movies in 1985 and early 1986, took over with a spin-off called, The Care Bears Family, which ran on ABC's Saturday-morning line-up until July 20, 1988. These episodes were also aired on Global in Canada until around the early to mid 2000s. In fall 1988, both the DIC and Nelvana produced episodes (along with two TV specials by Atkinson Film-Arts) were combined with new... less