In the era before the 1990's , there were 3 networks ,(or 4 after 1986) , but in many markets there were more than 3 Channels. These other channels were most likely unaffiliated (or independent) of a network. They may have been known for airing movies in primetime and you favorite classics. (This is before everything got ruined) One thing they would air is Children's tv programs and the syndication market allowed programs that may have not been able to make to the NBC , CBS, or ABC line ups but before there were Children's channel or before anyone cared about them.
Our look is at 3 programs from Hasbro (yes, the toy company) from the 1980's.
Something about , Hasbro wanted to make TV shows based off their toys (you know to sell toys?) so they hired animation studio Sunbow Entertainment to make them cartoon like. Hasbro would also distribute their own shows through their company, Claster , who also created the 1950's series "Romper Room" (way before Hasbro Brought them) .
The first series of our 3 series from Hasbro is "Jem" or "Jem and the Holagrams" Jem was a production of Hasbro ,Marvel ,and Sunbow. Created by Christy Marx ,the program premiered in 1985 . The show was based on a line of dolls , Hasbro made . Jem was a mixture of hip music videos (cough MTV cough) , soap opera (love triangle , random drama), action and adventure (including bad guys) ; and Science Fiction.
Even Sunday TV was fun ... now it's just infomercials
One of things about this show was probably an influence of the MTV popularity at the time, so each episode had animated music videos that related to stories by the time the show ended there was almost 200 music videos and over 100 unique songs.
There were about 3 produced songs per episodes , all this was unique for a TV series especially an animated one.
We are going to get a song stuck in your head rather you want it to be or not
The TV series itself was about a woman named Jerrica Benton who inherits her Father's music company , though there was an evil man named Eric Raymond (not everybody loves Raymond) who wanted to run the company (you know , he likes money). Jerrica finds out that her Father also had bulit a system called synergy that produces holograms ,and Jerria creates a persona called Jem. She and her friends start a music group that competes against another called the Misfits ran by a rich girl named Pizazz and later a group called the stingers. Jerrica a boy friend named Rio , who also may have a crush on Jem ( checks , to make sure we aren't writing about soaps again)
It was the most watched Children's program in Syndication in 1985 it ran the standard 65 episodes and ended in 1988.
Now stay tuned for G.I Joe : A real American Hero.
Everyone knows, G.I Joe was a toy and a comic book (you know to read with your toy) it was technically mini-series glomped together (why is that not word ,selfie is and that's an awful word) : "G.I Joe : A Real American Hero" ; "G.I Joe : The Revenge of the Cobra (that sounds like a Syfy original movie) , "G.I Joe: The Pyramid of Darkness ", and "G.I Joe Arise , Sepentor, Arise!" (sounds like the 3rd movie of a Cobra series of Syfy original movies). The series started in 1983 in syndication and ran until 1986.
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