The Care Bears | |
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Original title card for the DIC episodes
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Created by |
Linda Denham Elena Kucharik |
Starring |
Billie Mae Richards Jayne Eastwood Janet Laine-Green Luba Goy Eva Almos Melleny Brown Dan Hennessey Pauline Rennie Patrice Black Laurie Waller Benson Bob Dermer Jim Henshaw Chris Wiggins Terri Hawkes Sunny Besen Thrasher Noam Zylberman Tracey Moore |
Country of origin |
United States France Canada |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 60 (list of episodes) |
Production company(s) |
Atkinson Film-Arts (1983 and 1984 pilot/specials) DIC Entertainment (1985) LBS Communications (1985) Nelvana (1986–1988) Mill Creek Entertainment (DIC series) (2013–present) Lionsgate Home Entertainment (Nelvana series) (2002–present) |
Release | |
Original network |
United States: Syndication (DIC series, 1985) ABC (Nelvana series, 1986–1988) |
Audio format |
Mono (DIC) Stereo (Nelvana) |
Original release | September 14, 1985 | – December 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, The CBN Family Channel from 1988 to 1990, The Family Channel from 1990 to 1997 (DIC episodes only) and from 1990 to 1998 (Nelvana episodes only) in the United States. The 1985 episodes were produced by DIC Entertainment and LBS Communications; the ABC episodes were made by Nelvana under the name 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.
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 Evil villains such as Professor Coldheart (DIC episodes), and Lord No Heart (Nelvana episodes), try to thwart their plans.
Season 1
Season 2
Season 3
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Germany
Italy
Poland
Netherlands
Spain
Ireland
Australia
New Zealand
Latin America
Brazil
All episodes from the DiC series were originally released on DVD in Region 1 between 2004 and 2006 by UAV Entertainment. They released all 22 episodes in 7 volume collections entitled Celebration, Dreamland, Forever Friends, Land of Enchantment, Starry Skies, Tenderheart Tales and Fun in the Sun.