2 Stupid Dogs - how did it originally air?

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How did "2 Stupid Dogs" originally air? Did it air in syndication first, or in TBS, or both at the same time? And did they air in half hour format (2 episodes of "2 Stupid Dogs" plus one "Secret Sequirrel") or by one short as a time? There were 39 episodes of "Stupid Dogs," which means no even number of episodes being made.

Also, did they just rerun all 13 "Secret Squirrel" segments in 2SD's second season?
 
I don't know about cable, but it aired in syndication in its first copyright year. The squirrel was not part of the show, and there were no real half-hour episodes--you just got three Stupid Dogs cartoons at random. There was also a cold opener that I think was dropped when the squirrel was added.
 
I remember it first being syndicated Sunday mornings on Fox. I'm not sure about the cold openings as I only saw the 2 Stupid Dogs/Secret Squirrel episodes.
 
I remember it airing on the pre-WB channel 23 on Sunday mornings as one of the last shows to be part of the Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera show before it's demise. I remember Secret Squirrel being the middle short in the show, then disappearing the next season so 3 2SD eps aired.

Then, I don't know how they aired it in it's final year in your area, but they aired the show on Wednesday mornings here, with Jetsons, Scooby Doo, Swat Kats, and Captain Planet filling out the other four days.
 
I remember it running on one of Turner's stations a long time ago, I think TBS.

But for some odd reason they would air the opening of the show 6 or 7 times in a row, or in teh middle of the show they would show the opening again.

I have no idea why this occured
 
2 Stupid Dogs, along with Swat Kats, the New Adventures of Captain Planet, and another show, were apart of the 'Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera', a longtime Sunday morning staple that died toward the late 90's. I believe those three shows, as well as the Jetsons and Scooby Doo, depending on which area you lived in, were the last shows on that block before it was cancelled altogether.
 
Not quite. Captain Planet was never part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera for the simple fact that it wasn't Hanna-Barbera. Rather, it was a co-production of H-B, DIC Entertainment and TBS Productions.

2 Stupid Dogs premiered simultaneously in syndication and on SuperStation TBS on September 12, 1993, usually airing on Sunday mornings, as it did where I lived (Baltimore). On TBS, it was part of their Sunday Mornings In Front of the Television block.
 
Some how I doubt that.

Namely cause they just kept running the theme over and over and over and over instead of acctaully showing an episode.

Plus it could/would lead people to believe either someone at the station screwed up, or there was a problem with the transmission.
 
Whoever made it, it was still aired in the two hour HB block on Sunday mornings. I forget what the fourth show was that was aired with CP, 2SD and Swat Kats, though during that season. It might have been Pirates of Dark Water.
 
The first season was made up of 13 episodes with 2 Dogs cartoons and a Super Secret Secret Squirrel cartoon in between.

The second season only featured 13 new cartoons, usually at the top of the show, with the season 1 Dogs cartoons rounding out the half hour and dropping Secret Squirrel.

Also, the original run of the series (seen in syndication and on TBS) featured Gary Owens-narrated segments "Today on 2 Stupid Dogs" and "2 Stupid Facts," the latter of which was dropped for season 2. Those were pretty funny in their own right, but you never see them on 2 Stupid Dogs broadcasts these days.
 
I used the TV.com list for that. They had "Return" airing before "Strikes Back."

Never heard about those other segments. The show desperately needs a DVD release with those "Today on..." and "Facts" restored.
 
Well, TV.Com is incorrect. The "Red" shorts aired in this order:

-Red
-Red Strikes Back
-Return of Red

"Return" finished everything up. It was the only short when the characters came to the proper fairy tale, all the business with Granny and the Wolf was resolved and Red and the dogs didn't get eaten or slaughtered at the end. It wouldn't have made any sense to air "Red Strikes Back" after "Return of Red". TV.Com isn't always right.
 
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