Atom Ant (segments)
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- This article is about the segments. For other uses, see Atom Ant.
| Atom Ant | |
|---|---|
 The style used for each episode's title card. | |
| Network | NBC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Original release | October 2, 1965—October 15, 1966 |
| Starring | Howard Morris Don Messick |
| Producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Music composed by | Ted Nichols |
| Writer(s) | Tony Benedict Warren Foster Dalton Sandifer Michael Maltese |
| Director(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Animation director(s) | Charles A. Nichols |
Atom Ant is a series of animated segments as part of The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming debuting. It ran from 1965 to 1966, airing 26 episodes that spanned two seasons.
The entire series is available on DVD.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Ted Nichols, who was credited as musical director.
Episodes
| Episode | Original air date |
|---|---|
| 1x01 | October 2, 1965 |
| 1x02 | October 9, 1965 |
| 1x03 | October 16, 1965 |
| 1x04 | October 23, 1965 |
| 1x05 | October 30, 1965 |
| 1x06 | November 6, 1965 |
| 1x07 | November 13, 1965 |
| 1x08 | November 20, 1965 |
| 1x09 | November 27, 1965 |
| 1x10 | December 4, 1965 |
| 1x11 | December 11, 1965 |
| 1x12 | December 18, 1965 |
| 1x13 | December 25, 1965 |
| 1x14 | January 1, 1966 |
| 1x15 | January 8, 1966 |
| 1x16 | January 15, 1966 |
| 1x17 | January 22, 1966 |
| 1x18 | January 29, 1966 |
| 1x19 | February 5, 1966 |
| 1x20 | February 12, 1966 |
| 2x01 | September 10, 1966 |
| 2x02 | September 17, 1966 |
| 2x03 | September 24, 1966 |
| 2x04 | October 1, 1966 |
| 2x05 | October 8, 1966 |
| 2x06 | October 15, 1966 |
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: October 2, 1965 on NBC
- Canada: October 2, 1965
- United Kingdom and Ireland: October 4, 1965 at 5:25 pm on ITV
Cast
- Howard Morris (season 1) and Don Messick (season 2) as Atom Ant
