When DC Comics characters appear in animation, they usually share hour shows with each other ie: The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure 1967 or the New Batman/Superman Adventures 1997.
However, there was one time when a DC character ran with non DC titles on Saturday morning TV. During the late 1970's, the 1977 Filmation series, the New Adventures of Batman series ran alongside Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle and the Super 7 series. I can't help but wonder how they were able to pull that off other than the fact that Filmation did nothing else DC related at that time. Batman usually runs alongside other DC Heroes, so I find it odd that we had the Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour in 1977 and in 1980, we had Batman and the Super 7 on NBC, not to mention this Batman series was the closing segment of Tarzan and the Super 7 on CBS in 1978 & 1979. Because of these original arrangements, I like to watch the 1977 Batman with Tarzan & Super 7 episodes. Brings back memories.
Now keep in mind, I'm not talking about two individual shows in the same hour. I'm actually referring to an official variety show title. From what I can recall, we never had anything like the Superman/Lone Ranger Hour or anything else like that. DC characters tend to stick together in this sense.
I imagine doing something like that would be impossible today without legal issues. Anyone have any guesses or theories on how this was possibly done back then? I'm just curious.
Cheers.
However, there was one time when a DC character ran with non DC titles on Saturday morning TV. During the late 1970's, the 1977 Filmation series, the New Adventures of Batman series ran alongside Tarzan: Lord of the Jungle and the Super 7 series. I can't help but wonder how they were able to pull that off other than the fact that Filmation did nothing else DC related at that time. Batman usually runs alongside other DC Heroes, so I find it odd that we had the Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour in 1977 and in 1980, we had Batman and the Super 7 on NBC, not to mention this Batman series was the closing segment of Tarzan and the Super 7 on CBS in 1978 & 1979. Because of these original arrangements, I like to watch the 1977 Batman with Tarzan & Super 7 episodes. Brings back memories.
Now keep in mind, I'm not talking about two individual shows in the same hour. I'm actually referring to an official variety show title. From what I can recall, we never had anything like the Superman/Lone Ranger Hour or anything else like that. DC characters tend to stick together in this sense.
I imagine doing something like that would be impossible today without legal issues. Anyone have any guesses or theories on how this was possibly done back then? I'm just curious.
Cheers.
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