They would later air this way in syndication weekday afternoons in the 1980’s. The 16 existing episodes were now divided in half and ran in 2 parts. The series was dropped from the Saturday morning schedule in 1975, but returned in the fall 1977. This series aired in reruns the following season in 1974, this time at 11:00 AM. In the meantime, Hanna Barbera began production on a revamped version of the show. These episodes were edited to half-hour versions. To begin with, the original sixteen episodes of the series were rebroadcast as a mid-season replacement, running from Februto September 3, 1977. However, interest in superheroes among ABC's prime time viewers, especially with the success of The Six Million Dollar Man (Janu– March 6, 1978) and the live-action Wonder Woman series (Novem– September 11, 1979) caused the network to pursue reviving the Super Friends. At this point, the series was cancelled and did not appear on the fall lineup for 1974.

This first run of Super Friends, consisting of sixteen one hour episodes that were rerun several times, concluded on August 24, 1974. This season also included occasional cameos by other heroes like Plastic Man, Flash and Green Arrow. Natural disasters triggered by human (or alien) activity were often shown, and environmental themes featured strongly in the program. Their base of operation was called the Hall of Justice, where they responded to TroubAlerts and information supplied by Colonel Wilcox (a government liaison to the SuperFriends during emergencies).Ĭonflicts are often ultimately resolved with the antagonists persuaded to adapt more reasonable methods to achieve their aims with the assistance of the heroes. Inspired by the Scooby-Doo gang, the trio-or at least its human members-were depicted as detectives and/or superheroes in training. In addition to the superheroes, eager young hero trainees Wendy Harris, Marvin White, and Wonder Dog (who interestingly could 'reason' and 'talk') were along for adventures. Superman, Batman and Aquaman had each previously appeared in their own animated series produced by Filmation. It was narrated by Ted Knight and it featured well known DC characters Superman, Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman and Aquaman. SuperFriends debuted on the ABC Network on Septemon Saturday mornings in the 9:00 AM timeslot for 60 minutes. “Super Friends” was the first season of the SuperFriends series.

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