The New Archies is a children's television cartoon, based upon the long-running Archie comic books and characters. The series, produced by DIC Entertainment and originally airing on NBC, re-imagined Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Jughead Jones, Reggie Mantle, and the other teenage students of Riverdale High School as pre-teens in junior high. Thirteen episodes of the show were produced, which all aired during the show's first and only season in 1987 and were repeated in 1989. A short-lived Archie Comics series was produced bearing the same title and set in the same universe as the animated series. Reruns of the series ran on The Family Channel's Saturday morning lineup, 1991 to 1993 and on Toon Disney from 1998 to 2002.
The New Archies (Season 1)
The Visitor (Episode 1)
Air date: 1987-09-12
Runtime: 15 min
Ballot Box Blues (Episode 2)
Air date: 1987-09-12
Runtime: 15 min
The Last Laugh (Episode 3)
Air date: 1987-09-19
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: Reggie plays tricks on Fangs Foherty during a school gym competition. When Fangs asks Reggie to ask Veronica to go to the dance with him, Reggie impersonates Veronica.
Thief! of Hearts (Episode 4)
Air date: 1987-09-19
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: After seeing Sugar Slayde, Archie, Jughead, Reggie, and Eugene compete against Veronica, Betty, and Amani in a competition to solve a mystery. But their discoveries all lead to Mr. Weatherbee.
I Got To Be Me, Or Is It You? (Episode 5)
Air date: 1987-09-26
Runtime: 15 min
Sir Jughead Jones (Episode 6)
Air date: 1987-09-26
Runtime: 15 min
The Awful Truth (Episode 7)
Air date: 1987-10-03
Runtime: 15 min
Jughead Predicts (Episode 8)
Air date: 1987-10-03
Runtime: 15 min
Future Shock (Episode 9)
Air date: 1987-10-10
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: At a summer function, two children are to be crowned king and queen -- the nominees? Archie and Veronica; Reggie and Betty. All is well until it's revealed that almost all former winners have gone on to marry, and suddenly the gang's dreams are full of unpleasant fantasies of the future.
Stealing The Show (Episode 10)
Air date: 1987-10-10
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: When Betty wins the lead in a school play, a rock opera version of Cinderella, Veronica will stop at nothing until she is the star of the show...and Reggie is more than willing to help her achieve this goal.
Hamburger Helpers (Episode 11)
Air date: 1987-10-17
Runtime: 15 min
Goodbye Ms. Grundy (Episode 12)
Air date: 1987-10-17
Runtime: 15 min
Red To The Rescue (Episode 13)
Air date: 1987-10-24
Runtime: 15 min
Jughead The Jinx (Episode 14)
Air date: 1987-10-24
Runtime: 15 min
Telegraph, Telephone, Tell Reggie (Episode 15)
Air date: 1987-10-31
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: Tired of Reggie being so mean, the gang decides to try and win him over with kindness by throwing him a party. But with everybody acting so strangely around Reggie, he gets the gist of secret plans that don't involve him, and seeks to ruin their fun.
Wooden It Be Loverly (Episode 16)
Air date: 1987-10-31
Runtime: 15 min
Overview: The gang is devastated when the old tree which houses their clubhouse is threatened to be destroyed, and set about trying to save it. They run into difficulties, however, when all their plans of attack are mysteriously thwarted by a secret opposition.
I Was A 12 Year Old Werewolf (Episode 17)
Air date: 1987-11-07
Runtime: 15 min
The Prince Of Riverdale (Episode 18)
Air date: 1987-11-07
Runtime: 15 min
Loose Lips Stops Slips (Episode 19)
Air date: 1987-11-14
Runtime: 15 min
A Change Of Minds (Episode 20)
Air date: 1987-11-14
Runtime: 15 min
Incredible Shrinking Archie (Episode 21)
Air date: 1987-11-21
Runtime: 15 min
Gunk For Gold (Episode 22)
Air date: 1987-11-21
Runtime: 15 min
Jughead's Millions (Episode 23)
Air date: 1987-11-28
Runtime: 15 min
Making Of Mr. Righteous (Episode 24)
Air date: 1987-11-28
Runtime: 15 min
Take My Butler, Please (Episode 25)
Air date: 1987-12-05
Runtime: 15 min
Horray For Hollywood (Episode 26)
Air date: 1987-12-05
Runtime: 15 min
Seasons
Episodes 26