The King Kong Show
originally aired on ABC
The King Kong Show is an animated adaptation of the famous film monster King Kong. ABC ran the series in the United States on Saturday mornings between September 10, 1966, and August 31, 1969. In Japan, the first two episodes were combined into a 56-minute special, titled King of the World: The Kong Show, and was broadcast on NET (now TV Asahi) on December 31, 1966. This series was successful enough for Rankin/Bass to extend the Kong franchise to another Japanese company.