• Air date: 14 Sep '85 26 episodes
      The Berenstain Bears is an Australian-American co-produced animated television series based on Stan and Jan Berenstain's Berenstain Bears children's book series, produced by DIC Entertainment, Hanna-Barbera and Southern Star Productions. It aired on the United States from September 14, 1985 until March 7, 1987 on CBS with over 52 11-minute episodes in 26 half-hour shows produced. Each show consisted of two episodes, the first being an adaptation of one of the books, the second being an original story. The series was nominated in 1987 for a Daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Performer in Children's Programming; it was also nominated that year for a Humanitas Prize in the category of Non-Prime Time Children's Animated Show. Reruns aired briefly on TLC's Ready Set Learn block from September 28 to November 13, 1998 when a contract dispute forced TLC to pull the show off the schedule. During the early 2000s, reruns were later seen as part of a kids' programming block from DiC Entertainment on the...
  • List of Episodes (26)
    • 1. The Messy Room

      14 Sep '85
      Brother and Sister's room is a mess, and Mam Bear's solution is to throw everything unnecessary out, but Papa Bear stops her, offering a different solution. Brother and Sister Bear learn a proper technique to clean up their rooms efficiently and quickly.
    • 2. The Terrible Termite

      21 Sep '85
      Raffish Ralph gathers up a vicious team of Termites, and uses them to sell termite insurance scam, after destroying other bear's property. And the first Bear who was attacked was Papa Bear, and Brother and Sister Bear pursure in trying to bring Ralph to justice.
    • 3. Go Fly A Kite

      28 Sep '85
      Papa Bear makes such a big kite for the kite flying contest that it carries him away and into a hang-gliding contest.
    • 4. The Trojan Pumpkin

      05 Oct '85
    • 5. The Spooky Old Mansion

      12 Oct '85
    • 6. The Fly Away Pizza

      19 Oct '85
    • 7. The Giant Bat Cave

      26 Oct '85
    • 8. The Wild Wild Honey

      02 Nov '85
    • 9. The Neighborly Skunk

      09 Nov '85
      After the Woodchuck family moves out of a nearby burrow, the Berenstain Bears despair of having good neighbors when the Beaver and Rabbit families reject the home and it subsequently falls into disrepair. Pa, Brother, and Sister Bear are skeptical when a skunk moves into the dilapidated burrow, but Mama Bear insists the Berenstain family help the skunk fix up his new home. As it turns out, Brother Bear soon discovers that it's very beneficial to have a skunk as a friend.
    • 10. The Missing Pumpkin

      16 Nov '85
    • 11. Too Much Birthday

      23 Nov '85
      Sister's big, noisy sixth-birthday party is considered, ""Too Much Birthday"", and her sympathetic parents help her realize the true importance of having a birthday.
    • 12. To the Rescue

      30 Nov '85
      Papa Bear tries to help three scouts earn their rescue merit badges, but the only one he can find that needs rescuing is himself.
    • 13. The Soccer Star

      07 Dec '85
    • 14. Shoot the Rapids

      14 Dec '85
    • 15. The Knight to Remember

      18 Jan '86
    • 16. The Super Duper Bowl

      25 Jan '86
    • 17. The Not So Buried Treasure

      01 Feb '86
    • 18. The Condemned Backscratcher

      08 Feb '86
    • 19. Kong for a Day

      15 Feb '86
    • 20. Blaze a Trail

      22 Feb '86
    • 21. No Girls Allowed

      13 May '86
      Sister Bear can run faster, climb higher, and hit a ball farther than the boys, and she gloats over it. So Brother Bear and his friends build a clubhouse for boys only, and when Sister discovers this, she plans a terrible revenge on the boys.
    • 22. The Missing Dinosaur Bones

      13 May '86
      McGreedy Weasel and Raffish Ralph hypnotize Bigpaw Bear into attacking Bear Town. But, Brother and Sister break the spell in a flash. They know you can't make someone do something they really don't want to do!
    • 23. The Spookiest Pumpkin

      13 May '86
    • 24. The Dancing Bees

      20 May '86
    • 25. Learn About Strangers

      27 May '83
      After Papa Bear explains about the rules with strangers, Brother decides to only talk to strangers with radio-controlled airplanes and Sister is suddenly scared of everything, viewing all strangers as ominous. But soon, Moma brins some reassuring common sense to the problem, and resolve the children's disputes.