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Ruby-Spears Enterprises is a production company founded by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, both of whom previously worked with Hanna-Barbera Productions. Their work consists mostly of animated TV specials and series. Some of their best-known work include The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy and its subsequent specials and series as well as the Alvin and the Chipmunks series and a couple related specials.

The company started in 1977, when Joe Ruby and Ken Spears decided to start their own production company after working with Hanna-Barbera. Some of their work there included writing for shows like Space Ghost and Dino Boy and The Herculoids before going on to create Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!. Their work as their own studio began immediately, when they got a commitment from ABC for a special and a series before they even opened their doors, a first for an animation company. They went on to produce many specials and series over the next few decades for ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX as well as in syndication.

Ruby-Spears was purchased in 1981 by Taft Broadcasting and became a sister company to Hanna-Barbera. Both companies were purchased by Turner Broadcasting in 1990, which in turn was purchased by Time Warner in 1996. Most shows in the Ruby-Spears library are now distributed by Warner Bros. Television.

[edit] List of Shows

Title	Format	Network	Years
Fangface	Animated action	ABC	1978
Plastic Man	Animated action	ABC	1979–1980
Rickety Rocket	Animated action	ABC	1979–1980
Mighty Man and Yukk	Animated action	ABC	1979–1980
Fangface and Fangpuss	Animated action	ABC	1979–1980
Thundarr the Barbarian	Animated action	ABC	1980–1982
Heathcliff	Animated comedy	ABC	1980–1982
Goldie Gold and Action Jack	Animated comedy	ABC	1981–1982
The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour	Animated comedy	ABC	1982
Mork & Mindy	Animated comedy	ABC	1982–1983
The Puppy's Further Adventures	Animated comedy	ABC	1983–1984
Rubik, the Amazing Cube	Animated action	ABC	1983–1984
Saturday Supercade	Animated action	CBS	1983–1985
Alvin and the Chipmunks	Animated comedy	NBC	1983–1987
Mister T	Animated action	NBC	1983
Turbo Teen	Animated action	ABC	1984–1985
Dragon's Lair	Animated action	ABC	1984–1985
It's Punky Brewster!	Animated comedy	NBC	1985–1988
The Centurions	Animated action	Syndication	1986–1987
Rambo	Animated action	Syndication	1986–1987
Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos	Animated action	Syndication	1986
Sectaurs	Animated action	Syndication	1986
Lazer Tag Academy	Animated action	NBC	1987–1988
Superman	Animated action	CBS	1988
Dink, the Little Dinosaur	Animated children's	CBS	1989–1991
Police Academy	Animated action	Syndication	1989
Piggsburg Pigs	Animated comedy	FOX	1990
C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa	Animated children's	ABC	1993–1994
Mega Man	Animated action	Syndication	1994–1995
Skysurfer Strike Force	Animated action	Syndication	1995–1996