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

Most of the original pre-1991 library of R-S Enterprises is currently held by Warner Bros. Discovery's Warner Bros. Television Studios thru Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Bros. Family Entertainment.

Main list

Television series

Title Years Network Notes Productions Episodes
Fangface 1978–1979 ABC 24
The Plastic Man Comedy/​Adventure Show 1979–1981 ABC co-production with DC Comics (Plastic Man segments) 112
Heathcliff and Dingbat
  • Heathcliff
  • Dingbat and the Creeps
1980–1981 ABC co-production with McNaught Syndicate 13
Thundarr the Barbarian 1980-1981 ABC 21
Heathcliff and Marmaduke
  • Heathcliff
  • Marmaduke
1981–1982 ABC co-production with McNaught Syndicate and United Features Syndicate 13
Goldie Gold and Action Jack 1981-1982 ABC 13
The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/​Puppy Hour 1982–1983 ABC
  • 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-Barbera 13
Mork & Mindy/​Laverne & Shirley/​Fonz Hour
  • Mork & Mindy
1982–1983 ABC
  • 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-Barbera 27
The Pac-Man/​Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour 1983–1984 ABC
  • Rubik, the Amazing Cube produced by Ruby-Spears
  • Pac-Man segments produced by Hanna-Barbera
co-production with Hanna-Barbera 44
Mister T 1983–1985 NBC 30
Alvin and the Chipmunks 1983–1988 NBC co-production with Bagdasarian Productions 52/102
Saturday Supercade 1983–1985 CBS co-production with Nintendo (Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior segments) 26
The Puppy's Further Adventures 1983–1984 ABC 21
Dragon's Lair 1984 ABC 13
Turbo Teen 1984–1985 ABC 13
Sectaurs 1985 (mini) Syndication 5
It's Punky Brewster 1985–1987 NBC co-production with NBC Studios 26
The Centurions 1986 (mini), 1986–1987 Syndication co-production with Nippon Sunrise 65
Lazer Tag Academy 1986–1987 NBC co-production with Worlds of Wonder 13
Rambo: The Force of Freedom 1986 Syndication co-production with Carolco Pictures 65
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos 1986 (mini) Syndication 5
Police Academy: The Series 1988–1989 Syndication co-production with Warner Bros. Television 65
Superman 1988 CBS co-production with Warner Bros. Television 13
Dink, the Little Dinosaur 1989–1991 CBS 21
Piggsburg Pigs! 1990–1991 FOX 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.
co-production with Greengrass Productions 13/26
Mega Man 1994–1996 Syndication distributed by The Summit Media Group, co-production with Ashi Productions 27
Skysurfer Strike Force 1995–1997 Syndication distributed by Bohbot Productions, co-production with Ashi Productions 26

Television specials

The Puppy series

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

Miss Switch series

Title Year Network Notes
The Trouble with Miss Switch 1980 ABC ABC Weekend Specials
Miss Switch to the Rescue 1982

Rose Petal Place series

Title Year Network Productions
Rose Petal Place 1984 Syndication co-production with David Kirschner Productions
Rose Petal Place: Real Friends 1985

Alvin and the Chipmunks series

Title Year Network Productions
I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special 1984 NBC co-production with Bagdasarian Productions
A Chipmunk Reunion 1985

Other standalone specials

Title Year Network Notes Productions
Weep No More, My Lady 1979 ABC ABC Weekend Specials
The Horse That Played Center Field
The Incredible Detectives
Scruffy 1980
Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit 1982
Beauty and the Beast 1983 CBS Kenner Family Classics co-production with Triple Seven Concepts
Bad Cat 1984 ABC ABC Weekend Specials
The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas co-production with Heywood Kling Productions and Original Appalachian Artworks
Robo Force: The Revenge of Nazgar Syndication
The Magic Flute 1994 ABC 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

2011

2015

2016

2017