''The New Archie and Sabrina Hour'' (advertised as ''The Archie-Sabrina Show'') is the seventh and final animated series featuring

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banner. The series premiered on

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in September 1977, rebroadcasting segments from ''

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'', as well as brand-new segments featuring ''

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''. The show's format featured three segments per episode: a 15-minute one, a 30-minute one, and another 15-minute one—with the segments separated by songs (two songs per episode) and the first segment invariably featuring and emphasizing Sabrina. Filmation added two new characters into the show: a Latino teenager named Carlos and a robot that Dilton Doiley got from a space center and rebuilt named Q. Carlos only made a few appearances in the comics, beginning in ''

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'' #179 (March 1977). Q was Filmation's nod to ''

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''. At the time, robots were starting to appear everywhere, even on primetime shows. Low ratings caused the hour-long format to be shelved by October. The show was retooled, then divided into separate 30-minute shows: ''The Bang-Shang Lollapalooza Show'' featured

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solving mysteries around Riverdale (each 30-minute segment), while ''Super Witch'' featured Sabrina solving mysteries using her powers (each pair of 15-minute segments); each show featured one song per episode. The low ratings continued, however, and all three shows were gone by the spring of 1978—thus ending the Archie Comics/Filmation partnership. A failed attempt to continue with the Archie Comics franchise led to ''

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'' show in 1981, which would have had the Archie characters as superheroes; however, the rights had lapsed, forcing Filmation to create new superheroes similar to the Archie ones-these heroes became part of the 'Hero High' animated segments along with the 'Shazam' ones. The new segments from this show are listed by

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as ''The Archie and Sabrina Surprise Package''.

Cast

* Dallas McKennon as

Archie Andrews Archibald "Archie" Andrews, created in 1941 by publisher John L. Goldwater and artist Bob Montana in collaboration with writer Vic Bloom,

, Hot Dog,

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Chuck Clayton Charles Clayton is a teenage fictional character published by Archie Comics. Chuck lives in the fictional town of Riverdale, and is the friend of Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Jughead Jones, and other students at Riverdale High School. Chuck fir ...

, Pop Tate,

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, Salem, Ronnie, Clyde, Batso, Goo, additional voices * José Flores as Carlos *

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Moose Mason Marmaduke "Moose" Mason (often referred to as Big Moose) is a fictional character in the Archie Comics universe. He attends Riverdale High School where he is typically depicted as the best athlete but the poorest student. His difficulties with s ...

Dilton Doiley Dilton Donald Doiley is a fictional character in the Archie Comics universe, where he is considered the smartest teenager in Riverdale High School. History Characters resembling Dilton (in appearance and personality) appeared quite early in A ...

, Cousin Ambrose, Hexter, Frankie, Wolfie, Dr. Jekyll and Hyde, Mummy, Hauntleroy, Orville, additional voices *

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Reggie Mantle Reginald "Reggie" Mantle is a fictional teenager in stories published by Archie Comics; he is introduced by writer-artist Bob Montana and John L. Goldwater in ''Jackpot Comics'' #5 (cover-dated Spring 1942). He also appears in CW's '' Riverdale' ...

, Ratso, Q, additional voices *

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Betty Cooper Elizabeth "Betty" Cooper is one of the main characters appearing in American comic books published by Archie Comics. She is the lead guitarist, percussionist and one of the three singers of The Archies. The character was created by Bob Montana an ...

Veronica Lodge Veronica Cecilia Lodge is one of the main characters in the Archie Comics franchise, and is the keyboardist and one of the three vocalists of rock band The Archies. She is from New York but currently resides in the town of Riverdale, with her ...

Miss Grundy Miss Geraldine Grundy is a fictional character of the Archie Comics series. A younger version of Miss Grundy was portrayed by Sarah Habel in '' Riverdale''. Fictional history and character An early version of Miss Grundy appears in ''Jackpot Com ...

Big Ethel Ethel Muggs is a character frequently featured in Archie Comics. She is a student of Riverdale High School, sometimes known to her schoolmates by the nickname Big Ethel, though this nickname has largely fallen out of use since the 1980s. She w ...

Sabrina Spellman Sabrina Victoria Spellman is the eponymous character of the Archie Comics series ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch.'' Sabrina was created by writer George Gladir and artist Dan DeCarlo, and she first appeared in ''Archie's Mad House'' #22 in October 19 ...

, Aunt Hilda Spellman, Aunt Zelda Spellman, Miss Della, Bella La Ghostly, additional voices * Larry D. Mann as Boneapart, additional voices *

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as Drac, Hagatha, Ghoulihand, Icky, additional voices

Episodes

Each hour-long episode was composed of three segments: An Archie short, a Sabrina short, plus a 30-minute Archie episode. Sabrina sometimes appeared in all three cartoons.

Home media

In the 1980s, New Age Video Inc. released two VHS releases of the syndication version of the format, ''Archie's Millions'' and ''Archie and Sabrina the Teenage Witch''. In 2009, the complete series was released on Region 4 DVD in Australia and New Zealand as ''The Archie and Sabrina Surprise Package''.

References

Additional source

* Lenburg, Jeff, ''Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons'', First Edition.

External links

*
Episode index
at the

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