The Care Bears is an animated television series based on the
Care BearsThe Care Bears are characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on greeting cards. The original artwork for the cards was painted by artist Elena Kucharik. In 1983, Kenner turned the Care Bears into plush teddy bears...
franchise, which aired between 1985 and 1988 in
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; on the
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in the United States; and on
GlobalGlobal Television Network is an English language privately owned television network in Canada, owned by Calgary-based Shaw Communications, as part of its Shaw Media division...
in Canada. The 1985 episodes were produced by
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; the ABC/Global episodes were made by Toronto's
NelvanaNelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
studio as The Care Bears Family. This is the only
Care BearsThe Care Bears are characters created by American Greetings in 1981 for use on greeting cards. The original artwork for the cards was painted by artist Elena Kucharik. In 1983, Kenner turned the Care Bears into plush teddy bears...
series produced by Nelvana; in 2007, Sabella Dern Entertainment produced a revival,
Care Bears: Adventures in Care-a-LotCare Bears: Adventures in Care-a-lot is an animated television series by SD Entertainment and Cookie Jar Entertainment that premiered on CBS's KEWLopolis line-up on September 15, 2007, and is designed to be an immediate follow up to the movie Care Bears: Oopsy Does It!...
.
The Care Bears live in a faraway place up in the
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s called Care-a-Lot, which constitutes a part of the Kingdom of Caring.
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