The Care Bears Family
| The Care Bears Family | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Slapstick Fantasy |
| Created by | Linda Denham Elena Kucharik |
| Based on | Care Bears franchise by American Greetings |
| Written by | John de Klein |
| Directed by | David Marshall Jim Craig Joseph Sherman Lawrence Z. Jacobs Laura Shepherd |
| Starring | Jim Henshaw Chris Wiggins John Stocker Terri Hawkes Sunny Besen Thrasher Noam Zylberman Tracey Moore |
| Theme music composer | John Sebastian |
| Opening theme | "Care Bears Countdown" performed by John Sebastian |
| Ending theme | "Care Bears Countdown" (instrumental) |
| Composer | Patricia Cullen |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 49 (78 segments + 1 three-part special) (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Lenora Hume |
| Producers | Michael Hirsh Patrick Loubert Clive A. Smith |
| Animator | Wang Film Productions |
| Running time | 25 minutes |
| Production companies | Nelvana C.B.I.S. Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | Global Television Network |
| Release | September 13, 1986 – November 25, 1988 |
| Related | |
| Care Bears Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot | |
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The Care Bears Family is a Canadian animated television series produced by Nelvana and C.B.I.S. Productions based on the American franchise of the same name, and is the successor series to the American animated series produced by DIC Entertainment. It was originally broadcast from September 13, 1986 to November 25, 1988 on the Global Television Network in Canada. 49 episodes were produced.
The first two seasons were exported to the United States via ABC. However, ABC decided not to air the third season; network officials said they "got killed" in the second season since the people meter was too difficult for preschoolers to operate. ABC ran a number of preschool-oriented cartoons that season, all of which suffered in the ratings. Season 3 instead aired in syndication in the U.S.