| The Care Bears (TV series) | |
|---|---|
| Format | Animated children's television series |
| Created by | Linda Denham Elena Kucharik |
| Starring | Billie Mae Richards Jim Henshaw Dan Hennessey Chris Wiggins Melleny Brown Luba Goy Eva Almos John Stocker Tara Strong |
| Country of origin | United States Canada France Japan |
| No. of episodes | 100 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 min. (per episode) |
| Production company(s) | Atkinson Film-Arts (1983 and 1984 specials) DIC Entertainment (Cookie Jar Entertainment) (1985) Nelvana (1986–1988) |
| Distributor | TV syndication: LBS Communications (1985, DiC episodes only) SFM Entertainment (1988, Nelvana episodes only) DVD: 20th Century Fox Television (DiC episodes) Lionsgate (Nelvana episodes) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | United States: Syndication (DIC episodes, 1985) ABC (Nelvana series, 1986–1988) Canada: Global (Nelvana series) |
| Original run | September 14, 1985 – July 25, 1988 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot (2007–2009) |
The Care Bears is an animated television series based on the Care Bears franchise, which aired between 1985 and 1988 in syndication; on the ABC network in the United States; and on Global in Canada. The 1985 episodes were produced by DIC Entertainment; the ABC/Global episodes were made by Toronto's Nelvana studio as The Care Bears Family. This is the only Care Bears series produced by Nelvana; in 2007, Sabella Dern Entertainment produced a revival, Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-Lot.
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The Care Bears live in a faraway place up in the clouds called Care-a-Lot, which constitutes a part of the Kingdom of Caring. With the help of the Cousins and their Buddies, they go all around the world on Missions in Caring whilst Professor Coldheart (DIC episodes), or No Heart (Nelvana episodes), try to thwart their plans.
| Maxine Miller | True Heart Bear |
| Pam Hyatt | Noble Heart Horse |
| Billie Mae Richards | Tenderheart Bear (DIC episodes) Bright Heart Raccoon (Nelvana episodes) |
| Jim Henshaw | Tenderheart Bear (Nelvana episodes) |
| Walker Boone | Bright Heart Raccoon (DiC episodes) |
| Dan Hennessey | Brave Heart Lion, Loyal Heart Dog, Good Luck Bear (DIC episodes) |
| Melleny Brown | Cheer Bear, Birthday Bear, Baby Tugs Bear |
| Bob Dermer | Grumpy Bear |
| Luba Goy | Lotsa Heart Elephant, Gentle Heart Lamb |
| Patricia Black | Share Bear, Funshine Bear |
| Eva Almos | Friend Bear, Swift Heart Rabbit |
| Louise Vallance | Proud Heart Cat |
| Marla Lukofsky | Good Luck Bear (Nelvana episodes), Playful Heart Monkey |
| Pauline Rennie | Cozy Heart Penguin, Treat Heart Pig, Grams Bear |
| Janet-Laine Green | Wish Bear |
| Susan Roman | Champ Bear (Nelvana episodes) |
| Terry Sears | Champ Bear (DIC episodes) |
| Linda Sorenson | Love-a-Lot Bear |
| Laurie Waller-Benson | Bedtime Bear |
| Chris Wiggins | No Heart |
| John Stocker | Beastly |
| Terri Hawkes | Shreeky, Baby Hugs Bear |
| Len Carlson | Professor Coldheart |
| Tony Rosato | Frostbite |
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Canada
(All DiC episodes have been released by UAV; 20th Century Fox has started to reissue them since 2007. The entire series from Nelvana is not yet complete; numbers after each episode [see above] are given as a guide to what can found on each collection. Further, all episodes released on DVD (with the exception of the DIC episodes) are based on the combined syndication package, including "The Land Without Feelings" which was released with two commemorative plushies for the franchise's 25th anniversary.)
The DiC episodes were released under the following volumes.
The DIC episodes have been re-released a third time:
The complete DIC series (with its original opening and closing titles) is now available from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment as a single boxset entitled the "Care-a-lot Collection".
In Production 52x30 Episodes were made in the Nelvana Series, But Fans tend to list the 15 minute stories as separate episodes. Magna DVD Released all 52 Episodes In Chronological Order in 2004 In Australia On 12 Separate DVD Volumes.
The first two DVDs are released by Artisan Entertainment, but the rest by Lionsgate.
In Remote Control: Power, Cultures and the World of Appearances, Barbara Kruger referred to the series as "a veritable position paper, a saccharinely preachy manifesto on 'caring.'"[2]
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