The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series)

The Spectacular Spider-Man
Also known as	The Spectacular Spider-Man: Animated Series
Genre	Superhero Action Adventure
Based on	Spider-Man by Stan Lee Steve Ditko
Developed by	Greg Weisman Victor Cook
Written by	Greg Weisman Kevin Hopps Matt Wayne Andrew Robinson Randy Jandt Nicole Dubuc
Directed by	Victor Cook Jennifer Coyle Dave Bullock Troy Adomitis Dan Fausett Kevin Altieri Michael Goguen
Voices of	Josh Keaton Lacey Chabert James Arnold Taylor Daran Norris Vanessa Marshall Joshua LeBar Alanna Ubach Clancy Brown Alan Rachins
Theme music composer	The Tender Box
Opening theme	"The Spectacular Spider-Man Theme"
Ending theme	"The Spectacular Spider-Man Theme" (instrumental)
Composers	Kristopher Carter Michael McCuistion Lolita Ritmanis
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	26 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers	Stan Lee Craig Kyle Eric S. Rollman
Producers	Victor Cook (season 1) Diane A. Crea
Editors	Ralph A. Eusebio Bruce King
Running time	22–23 minutes
Production companies	Adelaide Productions Culver Entertainment Marvel Entertainment Sony Pictures Television [a]
Original release
Network	The CW (season 1) Disney XD (season 2)
Release	March 8, 2008 (2008-03-08) – November 18, 2009 (2009-11-18)
Related
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Ultimate Spider-Man Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
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The Spectacular Spider-Man^[b] is an American superhero animated television series produced by Sony Pictures Television based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, and developed by Greg Weisman and Victor Cook. In terms of overall tone and style, the series is based primarily on the Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr. era of The Amazing Spider-Man, with a similar balance of action, drama and comedy as well as a high school setting. However, it also tends to blend material from all eras of the comic's run up to that point in addition to other sources such as the Ultimate Spider-Man comics by Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, as well as Sam Raimi's Spider-Man film trilogy.^[1]

The Spectacular Spider-Man was jointly produced by Culver Entertainment, Adelaide Productions and Marvel Entertainment. It premiered on March 8, 2008, during the Kids' WB programming block of The CW. The series aired its second season on Marvel's sister network Disney XD in the United States and ended its run on November 18, 2009. The entire series was broadcast in Canada on Teletoon. Although a total of five seasons consisting of 65 episodes was initially intended in addition to various direct-to-video films connecting each season, the series was canceled before production could begin on the planned third season, due to legal problems between Disney (who had entered an agreement to acquire Marvel during the show's run) and Sony Pictures Television (the series' distributor and parent of Adelaide Productions), who had relinquished the rights to produce television content under 45 minutes using Spider-Man and associated characters ahead of their acquisition, while retaining all production and distribution rights to the series.

The series received critical acclaim, with praise for its faithful portrayal of the titular protagonist (along with the supporting characters and villains), the writing, and the unique character designs and art style. The series' iteration of Spider-Man made a return in the 2023 film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, with Josh Keaton reprising the role.

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