This is a list of television series, television specials and title 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. (except Rambo: The Force of Freedom, It's Punky Brewster and Piggsburg Pigs!)
Television series Title Years Network Notes Co-production with EpisodesFangface 1978–1979 ABC 24The 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 Syndicate13 Thundarr the Barbarian21 Heathcliff and Marmaduke Heathcliff Marmaduke 1981–1982 McNaught Syndicate and United Feature Syndicate13 Goldie Gold and Action Jack 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 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-Barbera27 The Pac-Man/Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour Rubik, the Amazing Cube1983–1984 Rubik, the Amazing Cube produced by Ruby-Spears Pac-Man segments produced by Hanna-Barbera44 Mister T 1983–1985 NBC30 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 Sectaurs 1985 Syndication Miniseries 5 It's Punky Brewster 1985–1987 NBC NBC Studios 26 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 Saban Entertainment 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 1993–1994 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
Title Year Network Co-production with Notes The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy 1978 ABC ABC Weekend Specials Weep No More, My Lady 1979 The Horse That Played Center Field The Puppy's Great Adventure The Incredible Detectives The Puppy's Amazing Rescue 1980 The Trouble with Miss Switch Scruffy The Puppy Saves the Circus 1981 Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit 1982 Miss Switch to the Rescue Beauty and the Beast 1983 CBS Triple Seven Concepts Kenner Family Classics I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special 1984 NBC Bagdasarian Productions Bad Cat ABC ABC Weekend Specials Rose Petal Place Syndication David Kirschner Productions The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas ABC Heywood Kling Productions and Original Appalachian Artworks Robo Force: The Revenge of Nazgar Syndication A Chipmunk Reunion 1985 NBC Bagdasarian Productions Rose Petal Place: Real Friends Syndication David Kirschner Productions The Magic Flute 1994 ABC Greengrass Productions ABC Weekend Specials 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)
2011 Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos: The Complete Series (April 1, 2011) Mister T: The Complete First Season (May 10, 2011) Dragon's Lair (September 20, 2011)
2015 Centurions: Part 1 (July 21, 2015)
2016 Centurions: Part 2 (March 15, 2016)
2017 Dink, the Little Dinosaur: The Complete Series (October 10, 2017)
Blu-ray releases 2021 Thundarr the Barbarian: The Complete Series (March 16, 2021) (Ruby-Spears)