The Beatles (TV series)

The Beatles, also called The Beatles Cartoon, is an animated television series that presents cartoon versions of the English rock band of the same name. It debuted in the United States on the ABC network on 25 September 1965, and new episodes kept airing until 21 October 1967, after which the programme continued in reruns until 7 September 1969. In all, thirty-nine episodes were produced. The series was shown on Saturday mornings, first at 10:30 AM Eastern time and, from the third season in 1967, at noon, while the reruns of 1968 and 1969 moved to Sunday mornings. Each episode takes its name from a Beatles song, with a plot built on that song's lyrics and the song itself played during the story. The series came back to television later, being rerun on MTV in 1986 and 1987 and on The Disney Channel from 1989. It is recorded as the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real, living people.