The second show is called Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and it stars Kiernan Shipka in the leading role. She wears her blonde hair in a sporty ponytail and she usually wears sneakers everywhere she goes. Single-disc DVD compilations featuring four episodes each were released in 2004. [3], The show revolves around 17-year-old vocalist/rhythm guitarist Archie Andrews and his teen-age pals from Riverdale High School including: his best friend and food fiend drummer Jughead Jones, wise-cracking bassist Reggie Mantle, beautiful, spoiled-rich girl vocalist/keyboardist Veronica Lodge, and attractive, blonde, girl-next-door tomboy vocalist/lead guitarist/percussionist Betty Cooper. The Archies were a totally fictitious group derived from this cartoon series. Recurring Roles. The Archie Show. The Archie Show utilized a laugh track, the first such example of the colloquially-titled Saturday morning cartoons. It was produced by Filmation, and broadcast on ABC in 1975–76. The characters have continued through multiple comic variations and cartoon series, and are now a … Based on the Archie Comics, created by Bob Montana in 1941, The Archie Show aired Saturday mornings on CBS from September 1968 to August 1969. The show's main composer Ray Ellis would later work on other Filmation projects (using the name of his wife, Yvette Blais). Ethel Muggs is a character frequently featured in Archie Comics. Josie and the Pussycats are a great part of the Archie comic books! In the comic books, all they focus on is making great music and remaining close friends within their band. It focused on the character of Archie Andrews while he struggled to figure out who he wanted to date. Hero High (1981) was planned to be part of The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! Erickson criticized the humor that was described as "executed in a fragmented fashion" and "made doubly obvious by the overuse of a canned laughtrack." Main The Archie Show Cast. The Archie Show (also known as The Archies) is an American musical sitcom television series produced by Filmation for CBS.Based on the Archie Comics, created by Bob Montana in 1941, The Archie Show aired Saturday mornings on CBS from September 1968 to August 1969, when it was replaced by an hour-long version, The Archie Comedy Hour. In the cartoons, Veronica is shown playing a large keyboard instrument styled after the X-66, a then-current top-of-the-line organ made by the Hammond Organ Company. The Archies had a real-life #1 hit single in 1969 with their song, "Sugar, Sugar", written by Jeff Barry and Andy Kim. Dilton Doiley is still a good friend of Archie's, as well as the rest of the gang so that means he isn't the worst-- he's just a smarty-pants who has a lot to say all of the time. He is the rhythm guitarist and one of the three singers of the fictional band The Archies. It was produced by Savage Studios Ltd. and Hartbreak Films in association with DIC Productions, L.P., which was owned by Disney at the time. Nevertheless, she is still best friends with Veronica! Genius Entertainment released the Sabrina The Teenage Witch segments from that season on DVD as part of their own set on April 29, 2008.