 ABC · CTV · and around the world | |
| US premiere | 18 September 1993, ABC (Super Sonic) |
| Last new episode | 3 December 1994, ABC (The Doomsday Project) |
| ABC reruns | Until the first week of June 1995 |
| Canada | CTV, 18 September 1993 – 2 September 1995 |
| UK | Channel 4 from 16 October 1994; later The Children’s Channel, POP and ITV2 |
| US cable | USA Network, USA Action Extreme Team, June 1997 – January 1998 (edited) |
| Today | MeTV Toons (from 21 September 2026); WildBrain’s official YouTube channel |
SatAM is perhaps best-known for airing on ABC in the United States of America, but it also aired on several other channels around the world after its initial run in the 1990s. This page will list the full history of all channels that have aired it at one point or another in the past.
North America
In North America, SatAM first aired as an ABC network cartoon from September 18, 1993, until June of 1995. In Canada, it ran on the CTV network, typically alongside ABC. In areas where there were no CTV affiliates, the show ran on independent stations.
United States
- ABC (18 September 1993 – 3 December 1994; reruns until 3 June 1995)
- USA Network, edited reruns in the USA Action Extreme Team block (June 1997 – January 1998 according to Wikipedia; Luke’s list said 1996–1997)
- Netflix (streaming from 2012, per Sonic Retro)
- Starz (reruns from 2 September 2016)
- MeTV Toons (from 21 September 2026)
Canada
- CTV (18 September 1993 – 2 September 1995)
- ATV, now CTV Atlantic (same dates)
- CTV Northern Ontario/MCTV (same dates)
- CHMI-TV’s MTN Kid’s Club (Winnipeg, Manitoba)
ABC launched the show at 9:00 a.m. Eastern on 18 September 1993, a morning after its preview special showed a few minutes of Super Sonic. Season 2 moved to 8:30 a.m. – where, as Luke wrote in our cancellation article, Fox kept scheduling Mighty Morphin Power Rangers against it. In Canada, CTV kept the show for one last summer, ending on 2 September 1995, three months after ABC.
Every US Air Date
ABC aired the episodes in a different order from the one used on the DVDs and in our guide. Here is the order in which they premiered. The code is each episode’s place in our guide.
Season 1 (1993)
| First aired | Episode | Our guide |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Sep 1993 | Super Sonic | S01E06 |
| 25 Sep 1993 | Sonic Boom | S01E02 |
| 2 Oct 1993 | Sonic and Sally | S01E03 |
| 9 Oct 1993 | Hooked on Sonics | S01E09 |
| 16 Oct 1993 | Ultra Sonic | S01E04 |
| 23 Oct 1993 | Sonic’s Nightmare | S01E10 |
| 30 Oct 1993 | Warp Sonic | S01E11 |
| 6 Nov 1993 | Harmonic Sonic | S01E08 |
| 13 Nov 1993 | Sonic and the Secret Scrolls | S01E05 |
| 20 Nov 1993 | Sub-Sonic | S01E12 |
| 27 Nov 1993 | Heads or Tails | S01E01 |
| 4 Dec 1993 | Sonic Past Cool | S01E13 |
| 11 Dec 1993 | Sonic Racer | S01E07 |
Season 2 (1994)
| First aired | Episode | Our guide |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 1994 | Game Guy | S02E01 |
| 17 Sep 1994 | Sonic Conversion | S02E02 |
| 24 Sep 1994 | No Brainer | S02E03 |
| 1 Oct 1994 | Blast to the Past, Part 1 | S02E04 |
| 8 Oct 1994 | Blast to the Past, Part 2 | S02E05 |
| 15 Oct 1994 | Fed Up with Antoine / Ghost Busted | S02E06 |
| 22 Oct 1994 | Dulcy | S02E07 |
| 29 Oct 1994 | The Void | S02E08 |
| 5 Nov 1994 | The Odd Couple / Ro-Becca | S02E09 |
| 12 Nov 1994 | Cry of the Wolf | S02E10 |
| 19 Nov 1994 | Drood Henge | S02E11 |
| 26 Nov 1994 | Spyhog | S02E12 |
| 3 Dec 1994 | The Doomsday Project | S02E13 |
Dates as given by Sonic Retro and Wikipedia; where Sonic Wiki Zone differs, the Season 1 and Season 2 pages list the differences.
Europe
SatAM also aired initially on Channel 4 and The Children’s Channel, before airing on POP and ITV2 in England. In Continental Europe, the show aired on various networks, becoming quite popular in the European countries.
United Kingdom
- Channel 4 (16 October 1994 – 30 June 1996)
- The Children’s Channel
- POP (2004–2006)
- ITV2
Ireland
- RTÉ Two (Season 1 from December 1994)
Sweden
- TV3 (Viasat) (1995–1998)
Spain
- Telecinco (1993–1994), which also co-produced the show with Italy’s Reteitalia
Other Regions
SatAM also aired in South Korea, Japan, Asia, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Australia, becoming very popular in the land down under. While its popularity may have since faded from the Asia-Pacific region, SatAM was still on the air in Brazil on SBT when this page was first written.
| Country or region | Channel |
|---|---|
| Australia | Network TEN (Season One only, 1995) |
| Asia | Disney Channel Asia (1998–2000) |
| Taiwan | Disney Channel |
| Malaysia | TV2 (1995–1997) |
| South Korea | SBS (1995) |
| New Zealand | TV2 |
| Japan | TV Tokyo (JOTX, 1993–1995) |
| Brazil | SBT (from 2001) |
Dates outside North America come from Luke’s original list and fan sources. We have not been able to confirm all of them independently – if you have a listing or a recording, let us know.
Where SatAM Airs Today
- MeTV Toons (US): began airing the show on 21 September 2026.
- Other services: Wikipedia lists Pluto TV and YouTube in the US (as of 2020), the Shomi service in Canada until it closed in November 2016, Spacetoon in the Middle East and North Africa (2004 – May 2015), Italia 1 in Italy and TA-DAA! in Malaysia (from 15 March 2021).
- WildBrain on YouTube: every episode of both seasons, free, on WildBrain’s official channels – each of our episode pages embeds the official upload.
- Paramount+: carried the series after CBS All Access became Paramount+ in 2021; availability varies by country.
- DVD: NCircle’s two-disc The Complete Series (2023); the 2007 Shout! Factory set has the extras.
Broadcaster Logos
The channel logos from Luke’s original page, as he collected them.
- ABCUnited States
CTVCanada- Network TenAustralia (1991–1999 logo)
Disney ChannelAsia and Taiwan (2014 logo)
TV2as shown on Luke’s page
TV TokyoJapan
More SatAM on Sonic Scene
- SatAM: the series pageHistory, characters, cast and credits.
- Season 1 (1993)All 13 episodes, characters and the Vault model sheets.
- Season 2 (1994)All 13 episodes, from Game Guy to The Doomsday Project.
- Why SatAM was cancelled
- The fabled SatAM game
- Ben Hurst memorial
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources in November 2026.
- Luke, ‘SatAM: Sonic Airing History’ (Sonic Scene) – the channel list
- Sonic Retro, ‘Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)’ broadcast history and episode list (Wayback copies), citing TV Guide and 1993 Usenet listings
- Wikipedia, ‘Sonic the Hedgehog (TV series)’ (air dates; reruns and international distribution: CTV summer run, USA Network, Starz, Shomi, Spacetoon, Italia 1, TA-DAA!, MeTV Toons)
- MeTV Toons show page
- Logos: Luke’s original page (sonicscene.net/images/cartoons/broadcasters/)