List of Ruby-Spears productions

This is a list of television series, television specials and animated sequences produced by Ruby-Spears Productions (also known as Ruby-Spears Enterprises).

Most of the pre-1991 library of Ruby-Spears is currently owned by Warner Bros. Television Studios through Warner Bros. Animation.

Television series

Title	Years	Network	Notes	Co-production with	Episodes
Fangface	1978–1979	ABC			24
The Plastic Man Comedy/​Adventure Show Fangface and Fangpuss Mighty Man and Yukk Rickety Rocket	1979–1981			DC Comics (Plastic Man segments)	112
Heathcliff and Dingbat Heathcliff Dingbat and the Creeps	1980–1981			McNaught Syndicate	13
Thundarr the Barbarian					21
Heathcliff and Marmaduke Heathcliff Marmaduke	1981–1982			co-production with McNaught Syndicate and United Features Syndicate	13
Goldie Gold and Action Jack					13
The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/​Puppy Hour Scooby-Doo & Scrappy-Doo Scrappy & Yabba-Doo The Puppy's New Adventures	1982–1983		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	Hanna-Barbera	13
Mork & Mindy/​Laverne & Shirley/​Fonz Hour Mork & Mindy	1982–1983		Mork & Mindy segments written at Hanna-Barbera & animated at Ruby-Spears Laverne & Shirley with the Fonz segments produced by Hanna-Barbera	Hanna-Barbera	27
The Pac-Man/​Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour Rubik, the Amazing Cube	1983–1984		Rubik, the Amazing Cube produced by Ruby-Spears Pac-Man segments produced by Hanna-Barbera	Hanna-Barbera	44
Mister T	1983–1985	NBC			30
Alvin and the Chipmunks	1983–1988		Seasons 1–5 Seasons 6–8 were produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson and later DIC Enterprises)	Bagdasarian Productions	52/102
Saturday Supercade Frogger (1983) Donkey Kong Pitfall! (1983) Q*bert Donkey Kong Junior (1983) Kangaroo (1984) Space Ace (1984)	1983–1985	CBS		Nintendo (Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior segments)	26
The Puppy's Further Adventures	1983–1984	ABC			21
Dragon's Lair	1984				13
Turbo Teen	1984–1985				13
Sectaurs	1985	Syndication	Miniseries		5
It's Punky Brewster	1985–1987	NBC		NBC Studios	26
The Centurions	1986–1987	Syndication	Began as a 5-episode miniseries before becoming a full series in 1986	Nippon Sunrise	65
Lazer Tag Academy	1986–1987	NBC		Worlds of Wonder	13
Rambo: The Force of Freedom	1986	Syndication		Carolco Pictures	65
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos	1986		Miniseries		5
Police Academy: The Series	1988–1989			Warner Bros. Television	65
Superman	1988	CBS		DC Comics	13
Dink, the Little Dinosaur	1989–1990				21
Piggsburg Pigs!	1990	Fox		The Fred Silverman Company and The Sy Fischer Company	13
Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa	1992–1993	ABC	Season 2 only Season 1 was animated by Gunther-Wahl Productions.	Greengrass Productions	13/26
Mega Man	1994–1996	Syndication	Distributed by The Summit Media Group	Ashi Productions	27
Skysurfer Strike Force	1995–1996		Distributed by Bohbot 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	Co-production with
Rose Petal Place	1984	Syndication	David Kirschner Productions
Rose Petal Place: Real Friends	1985

Alvin and the Chipmunks series

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

Other standalone specials

Title	Year	Network	Notes	Co-production with
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	Triple Seven Concepts
Bad Cat	1984	ABC	ABC Weekend Specials
The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas				Heywood Kling Productions and Original Appalachian Artworks
Robo Force: The Revenge of Nazgar		Syndication
The Magic Flute	1994	ABC	ABC Weekend Specials	Greengrass Productions
Jirimpimbira: An African Folktale	1995			Huff-Douglass Productions

Other works

Titles and sequences

Title	Year	Co-production with	Notes
Child's Play	1988	United Artists	Provided animation sequences
Child's Play 3	1991	Universal Pictures

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

• Thundarr the Barbarian: The Complete Series (December 17, 2010) (Ruby-Spears)

2011

• Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos: The Complete Series (April 1, 2011) (Ruby-Spears)
• Mister T: The Complete First Season (May 10, 2011) (Ruby-Spears)
• Dragon's Lair (September 20, 2011) (Ruby-Spears)

2015

• Centurions: Part 1 (July 21, 2015) (Ruby-Spears)

2016

• Centurions: Part 2 (March 15, 2016) (Ruby-Spears)

2017

• Dink, the Little Dinosaur: The Complete Series (October 10, 2017) (Ruby-Spears)