Around the World in Eighty Days (1972)

Adventure · Animation · Comedy

Around the World in 80 Days is an animated television series that lasted one season of sixteen episodes, broadcast during the 1972-1973 season by NBC. It was the first Australian-produced cartoon to be shown on American network television. Leif Gram directed all sixteen episodes, and the stories were loosely adapted by Chester "Chet" Stover from the novel by Jules Verne.

IMDb rating: 7.7 (326 votes)
Episode average: 7.9 +0.2 vs IMDb
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 1 season indexed

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Seasons

Season 1 (1972)

7.89 avg 16 episodes 7.6 → 8.1 22 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Episode #1.1	7.6	20
2	Episode #1.2	8.0	17
3	Episode #1.3	7.8	17
4	Episode #1.4	8.1	16
5	Episode #1.5	7.8	16
6	Episode #1.6	8.2	16
7	Episode #1.7	7.8	16
8	Episode #1.8	7.8	15
9	Episode #1.9	7.7	13
10	Episode #1.10	7.8	13
11	Episode #1.11	7.4	13
12	Episode #1.12	7.9	13
13	Episode #1.13	7.4	12
14	Episode #1.14	8.4	11
15	Episode #1.15	8.4	11
16	Episode #1.16	8.1	11