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Is The Karate Kid coming back?

The Karate Kid (1989–1989) on NBC

The answer: Concluded December 16, 1989.
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Network / streamer
NBC
Premiered
September 9, 1989
Ended
December 16, 1989
Runtime
~30 min per episode
1season
13episodes

About The Karate Kid

"The Karate Kid" is an animated series which debuted on NBC's Saturday morning lineup. It starred Joey Dedio, Robert Ito, and Janice Kawaye. It is based on the Karate Kid series of films.

The episodes typically followed a similar formula: Mr. Miyagi would obtain a lead on the shrine's location in some exotic corner of the world. Daniel and Taki would follow up on it, and in the process encounter some villains who had either obtained or were seeking to obtain the shrine for their own evil purposes. After engaging, and of course, defeating the villains, Daniel would come within a hair's breadth of retrieving the shrine, only to have it escape from his grasp by random chance (for example, drifting away after being tied to a bunch of balloons, or being swept into the ocean) thus ensuring that the search would continue into the next episode.

The Karate Kid episode schedule

13 aired

Aired · 13

DateEp.Title
December 16, 1989 S1·E13 A Little World of His Own
December 9, 1989 S1·E12 The Gray Ghosts
December 2, 1989 S1·E11 The Hunt
November 18, 1989 S1·E10 East Meets West
November 11, 1989 S1·E9 Walkabout
November 4, 1989 S1·E8 The Return of the Shrine
October 28, 1989 S1·E7 Over the Rainbow
October 21, 1989 S1·E6 All the World His Stage
October 14, 1989 S1·E5 The Paper Hero
September 30, 1989 S1·E4 The Tomorrow Man
September 23, 1989 S1·E3 The Homecoming
September 16, 1989 S1·E2 The Greatest Victory
September 9, 1989 S1·E1 My Brother's Keeper

The Karate Kid cast