Return to the Planet of the Apes
| Return to the Planet of the Apes | |
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DVD cover of Return to the Planet of the Apes
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Animation Adventure Action Cartoon series Science Fiction |
| Based on | Characters created by Pierre Boulle |
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| Theme music composer | Dean Elliott |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
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| Running time | 24 minutes without commercials |
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| Distributor | 20th Television |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Audio format | Mono |
| Original release | September 6 – November 29, 1975 |
Return to the Planet of the Apes is an animated series, by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises in association with 20th Century Fox Television, based upon Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle. Boulle's novel had previously inspired five films and a TV series, beginning with the 1968 film Planet of the Apes starring Charlton Heston. Unlike the film, its sequels, and the 1974 live action TV series, which involved a primitive ape civilization, Return to the Planet of the Apes depicted a technologically advanced society, complete with automobiles, film, and television; as such it more closely resembled both Boulle's original novel and early concepts for the first Apes movie which were changed due to budgetary limitations in the late 1960s.
Produced following the last of the big-screen features and a short-lived live-action television series, this series was among the last Planet of the Apes projects for several years following a number of comic books from Marvel Comics (August 1974 – February 1977) and a series of audio adventures from Power Records in 1974. Aside from a number of comic book series published by Malibu Comics in the early 1990s, the next project based upon Boulle's concepts would be Tim Burton's reimagining in 2001.
Along with the second film Beneath the Planet of the Apes, this is one of only two original Planet of the Apes productions in which Roddy McDowall was not involved.
Airing on NBC, the series premiered on September 6, 1975 and was broadcast until September 4, 1976, although only thirteen episodes were produced. The series aired Saturday mornings at 11:00 AM Eastern/10:00 AM Central.
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