The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972)

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The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie — renamed The New Saturday Superstar Movie in its second season — is a series of one-hour animated TV-movies, broadcast on the ABC television network on Saturday mornings from September 9, 1972, to November 17, 1973. Intended as a "Movie of the Week" for kids, this series was produced by several production companies — including Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, and Rankin/Bass — and mostly contained features based on popular cartoon characters and TV shows of the time, such as Yogi Bear, The Brady Bunch, and Lost in Space. Some of the features served as pilots for new TV shows.

IMDb rating: 7.4 (165 votes)
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1972)

5.99 avg 17 episodes 5.7 → 5.9 59 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Brady Kids on Mysterious Island	5.7	32
2	Yogi's Ark Lark	6.4	89
3	The Mad, Mad, Mad Monsters	6.0	135
4	Nanny and the Professor	7.3	39
5	Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter	6.7	46
6	Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid	6.5	35
7	Oliver and the Artful Dodger: Part 1	5.3	45
8	Oliver and the Artful Dodger: Part 2	6.0	32
9	The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik	4.7	26
10	Lassie and the Spirit of Thunder Mountain	5.8	30
11	Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection	5.0	30
12	The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park	6.3	73
13	Tabitha and Adam and the Clown Family	6.0	33
14	The Red Baron	6.4	31
15	Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies	6.1	97
16	Luvcast U.S.A.	5.7	18
17	That Girl in Wonderland	5.9	36

Season 2 (1973)

5.67 avg 3 episodes 6.1 → 5.7 55 min avg

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Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Lost in Space	6.1	55
2	The Mini-Munsters	5.2	67
3	Nanny and the Professor and the Phantom of the Circus	5.7	26

The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie (1972)

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