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==Broadcast==
Produced by [[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros]], ''Batman: The Animated Series'''s episodes are typically 22 minutes in length and occupy half-hour [[Broadcast programming|time slots]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.yidio.com/show/batman-the-animated-series |title=Batman: The Animated Series |language=en |access-date=2024-07-18 |via=[[Yidio]]}}</ref> Season 1 included a total of 65 episodes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Riesman |first=Abraham Josephine |date=2022-11-11 |title=An Oral History of ‘Batman: The Animated Series’ |url=https://www.vulture.com/article/oral-history-batman-the-animated-series.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |language=en}}</ref>
After the series produced its 65th episode, the minimum required for syndication, Fox Network executives ordered a second season of 20 more episodes. This was later reduced to airing weekly on Saturday mornings. The second season, which featured Robin more prominently, was retitled ''The Adventures of Batman & Robin'' in the title credits. This run of episodes included two new opening sequences and ending credits.<ref>{{cite news|title= ''Batman: The Animated Series'' – Volume 4|work= DVD Talk|url= https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/19231/batman-the-animated-series-volume-4/|access-date=August 16, 2010}}</ref> In 1997, following the end of Fox Kids' five-year exclusive broadcast contract, the series began airing in reruns on [[The WB Network]]'s children's block [[Kids' WB]]. Later that year, ''[[The New Batman Adventures]]'' premiered on Kids' WB, airing alongside ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'' as part of an hour-long program titled ''[[The New Batman/Superman Adventures]]''.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |edition=2nd |pages=114–122}}</ref>
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