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Input (English): Context: The Archie Show is a Saturday morning cartoon animated series produced by Filmation . Based on the Archie comic books , created by Bob Montana in 1941 , The Archie Show debuted on CBS in September 1968 and lasted for one season . A total of 17 half - hour shows , each containing two 11 minute segments , were aired . Archie cartoons continued to be aired in various forms until 1978 ., An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title, usually related to one another. These episodes typically share the same main characters, some different secondary characters and a basic theme. Series can have either a finite number of episodes like a miniseries, a definite end, or be open-ended, without a predetermined number of episodes. They can be broadcast on television, shown in movie theatres, released direct-to-video or on the internet. Like animated films, animated series can be of a wide variety of genres and can also have different target audiences, from children to adults., Filmation Associates was a production company that produced animation and live-action programming for television from 1963 to 1989. Located in Reseda, California, the animation studio was founded in 1962. Filmation's founders and principal producers were Lou Scheimer, Hal Sutherland and Norm Prescott., Norman "Norm" Prescott (January 31, 1927  July 2, 2005) was co-founder and executive producer at Filmation Associates, an animation studio he created with veteran animator Lou Scheimer. Born in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, his real name was Norman Pransky. His father Edward was a tailor and a shirt-maker., Subject: the archie show, Relation: director, Options: (A) hal sutherland (B) lou scheimer (C) variety
Output (English): hal sutherland