Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)

Sonic the Hedgehog
Also known as	Sonic SatAM[1]
Genre	Action-adventure Drama Science fantasy
Based on	Sonic the Hedgehog by Yuji Naka Naoto Ohshima Hirokazu Yasuhara
Directed by	John Grusd (pilot only) Dick Sebast (season 1) Ron Myrick (season 2)
Voices of	Jaleel White Charlie Adler Mark Ballou Cam Brainard Christine Cavanaugh Jim Cummings Rob Paulsen Bradley Pierce Kath Soucie Cree Summer Frank Welker William Windom
Theme music composer	Noisy Neighbors Michael Tavera
Opening theme	"The Fastest Thing Alive"
Composers	Michael Tavera (season 1) Matt Muhoberac (season 2) John Zuker (season 2)
Country of origin	United States Italy
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (28 segments),[a]
Production
Executive producers	Andy Heyward Robby London
Producers	John Grusd (pilot only) Dick Sebast (season 1) Ron Myrick (season 2)
Editors	Mark A. McNally Sue Odjakjian CK Horness
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production companies	DIC Productions, L.P.[b] Sega of America Reteitalia S.p.A Telecinco
Original release
Network	ABC (United States) Italia 1 (Italy)
Release	September 18, 1993 (1993-09-18) – December 3, 1994 (1994-12-03)
Related
Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog Sonic Underground Sonic X Sonic Boom Sonic Prime
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Sonic the Hedgehog is an animated television series that aired from 1993 to 1994 based on Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog video game franchise. It was produced by DIC Productions, Sega of America, and the Italian studio Reteitalia in association with Telecinco, and is the second of DIC's Sonic cartoons,^[2] following Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog. To distinguish it from other Sonic media, fans commonly refer to the series as "Sonic SatAM", in reference to its Saturday morning timeslot.^[1]

The show features a darker and more dramatic story than the lighter Adventures,^[3] depicting Sonic and a band of freedom fighters battling to overthrow Dr. Robotnik, now a despotic dictator who conquered their home planet Mobius years ago, and rules it as a polluted industrial dystopia.

The program was ^[4] It aired for two seasons with a total of 26 episodes on ABC from September 18, 1993, to December 3, 1994,^[5] and continued in reruns until 1995. A third season was planned, but was shelved when Disney bought ABC, effectively ending the series with a cliffhanger.

Despite its cancellation, a fan following has elevated the series to become a cult hit.^[6] Some original characters of the series later appeared in the 1993 video game Sonic Spinball. The show also inspired the long-running Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series by Archie Comics.

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