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{{Infobox television
| image                = The New Archies title card.webp
| image_size           = 220
| genre                = [[Sitcom]]
| based_on             = {{based on|[[Archie Comics]]||[[John L. Goldwater]]|[[Bob Montana]] (uncredited)|Vic Bloom (uncredited)}}
| developer            = Kimmer Ringwald
| director             = [[Jim Simon (artist)|Jim Simon]]
| starring             = J. Michael Roncetti<br />Michael Fantini<br />Lisa Coristine<br />[[Alyson Court]]<br />[[Sunny Besen Thrasher]]<br />Victor Erdos<br />Colin Waterman<br />[[Marvin Goldhar]]<br />[[Linda Sorenson]]<br />Karen Burthwright<br />Jazzmin Lausanne<br />Greg Swanson
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 13
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = [[Haim Saban]]<br />[[Andy Heyward]]
| producer             = Jim Simon
| runtime              = 22–24 minutes
| company              = [[DIC Entertainment|DIC Animation City]]<br />[[Archie Comics|Riverdale Productions]]<br />[[BVS Entertainment|Saban Productions]]
| network              = [[NBC]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1987|09|12}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1987|12|05}}
}}

'''''The New Archies''''' is an American [[animated sitcom]] produced by [[DIC Entertainment|DIC Animation City]], based upon the characters by [[Archie Comics]]. The series, originally produced for [[NBC]]'s [[Saturday-morning cartoon|Saturday morning schedule]] and broadcast from September 12 to December 5, 1987, depicted the characters of [[Archie Andrews]], [[Betty Cooper]], [[Veronica Lodge]], [[Jughead Jones]], [[Reggie Mantle]], and other students of Riverdale High School as pre-teens in junior high.<ref>{{cite web |author=CHARLES SOLOMON |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-09-ca-8568-story.html |title=Kidvid Reviews: Cartoon Debuts Are All Drawn Out – Los Angeles Times |publisher=Articles.latimes.com |date=1987-10-09 |access-date=2012-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114181027/http://articles.latimes.com/1987-10-09/entertainment/ca-8568_1_cartoon-series/2 |archive-date=14 November 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Archie produced an identically named and themed [[comic book]] series that ran alongside the animated series.

In the series, Veronica uses the dialect of an [[archetype|archetypal]] [[valley girl]]. In the [[The Archie Show|animated series]] produced by [[Filmation]] and the [[Archie Andrews (comics)#Radio|radio show]], she had a southern accent. [[Dilton Doiley]] did not appear on ''The New Archies'', and was replaced by an [[African American]] child named [[List of Archie Comics characters#Eugene|Eugene]]. Eugene's girlfriend [[List of Archie Comics characters#Amani|Amani]] was also introduced in ''The New Archies'', as was Archie's dog, Red.

[[File:The New Archies.jpg|thumb|The characters of ''The New Archies''|right|200px]]

==Cast==
* J. Michael Roncetti as [[Archie Andrews]]
* Lisa Coristine as [[Betty Cooper]]
* [[Alyson Court]] as [[Veronica Lodge]]
* Michael Fantini as [[Jughead Jones]]
* [[Sunny Besen Thrasher]] as [[Reggie Mantle]]
* [[Marvin Goldhar]] as [[Mr. Weatherbee]]
* Colin Waterman as Eugene
* Greg Swanson as Coach
* Karen Burthwright as Amani
* Victor Erdos as Big Moose
* Jazzmin Lausanne as Big Ethel
* [[Linda Sorenson]] as [[Miss Grundy]]

==Episodes==
#"The Visitor" / "Ballot Box Blues" – September 12, 1987: written by Kimmer Ringwald
#"The Last Laugh" / "Thief of Hearts" – September 19, 1987: written by Kimmer Ringwald (The Last Laugh), Jon Cohen (Thief of Hearts)
#"I Gotta Be Me or Is It You?" / "Sir Jughead Jones" – September 26, 1987: written by Jon Cohen (I Gotta Be Me or Is It You?), Kimmer Ringwald (Sir Jughead Jones)
#"The Awful Truth" / "Jughead Predicts" – October 3, 1987: written by Scott Anderson (The Awful Truth), Eleanor Burian-Mohr and [[Jack Hanrahan]] (Jughead Predicts)
#"Future Shock" / "Stealing the Show" – October 10, 1987: written by Scott Anderson (Future Shock), Herb Engelhardt (Stealing the Show)
#"Hamburger Helpers" / "Goodby Ms. Grundy" – October 17, 1987: written by Pat Allee and Ben Hurst (Hamburger Helpers), Herb Engelhardt (Goodby Ms. Grundy)
#"Red to the Rescue" / "Jughead the Jinx" – October 24, 1987: written by Eleanor Burian-Mohr and Jack Hanrahan (Red to the Rescue), Pat Allee and Ben Hurst (Jughead the Jinx)
#"Telegraph, Telephone, Tell Reggie" / "Wooden It Be Loverly" – October 31, 1987: written by Eleanor Burian-Mohr and Jack Hanrahan
#"I Was a 12 Year Old Werewolf" / "The Prince of Riverdale" – November 7, 1987: written by Dennis O’Flaherty
#"Loose Lips Stops Slips" / "A Change of Minds" – November 14, 1987: written by Eleanor Burian-Mohr and Jack Hanrahan (Loose Lips Stops Slips), Gary Greenfield (A Change of Minds)
#"Incredible Shrinking Archie" / "Gunk for Gold" – November 21, 1987: written by Gary Greenfield (Incredible Shrinking Archie), Eleanor Burian-Mohr and Jack Hanrahan (Gunk for Gold)
#"Jughead's Millions" / "Making of Mr. Righteous" – November 28, 1987: written by Gary Greenfield (Jughead’s Millions), Pat Allee and Ben Hurst (Making of Mr. Righteous)
#"Take My Butler, Please" / "Horray for Hollywood" {{sic}} – December 5, 1987: written by Gary Greenfield (Take My Butler, Please), Pat Allee and Ben Hurst (Horray for Hollywood)

== References ==
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{{Portal|1980s}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0176382|The New Archies}}

{{Archie Comics IOM}}
{{Children's programming on NBC in the 1980s}}

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