Captain Planet and the Planeteers is an
American animated environmentalist television program created by
Ted Turner and
Barbara Pyle,
produced by Pyle, Nicholas Boxer, Andy Heyward and Robby London, and developed by Pyle, Boxer, Heyward, London, Thom Beers, Bob Forward, Phil Harnage and Cassandra Schafhausen. The series was produced by
Turner Program Services and
DiC Entertainment and it was broadcast on
TBS from September 15, 1990 to December 5, 1992.
A
sequel series,
The New Adventures of Captain Planet, ran for three seasons and was produced by Turner Broadcasting and
Hanna-Barbera. The original run of the second series was from September 11, 1993 through May 11, 1996.
Both series continue today in
syndication.
The program is a form of
edutainment and advocates
environmentalism.