List of Dr. Seuss television specials

This is a list of Dr. Seuss television specials.

Title Original Air Date Director Studio Network
How the Grinch Stole Christmas![1][2] December 18, 1966 Chuck Jones MGM Animation/Visual Arts CBS
Horton Hears a Who![3] March 19, 1970
The Cat in the Hat[4] March 10, 1971 Hawley Pratt DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
The Lorax[5][6] February 14, 1972
Dr. Seuss on the Loose[7] October 15, 1973
The Hoober-Bloob Highway[8][9] February 19, 1975 Alan Zaslove
Halloween Is Grinch Night[9][10] October 28, 1977 Gerard Baldwin ABC
Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You?[11] May 2, 1980
The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat[12] May 20, 1982 Bill Perez Marvel Productions
The Butter Battle Book[13] November 13, 1989 Ralph Bakshi Bakshi Animation TNT
Daisy-Head Mayzie[14] February 5, 1995 Tony Collingwood Hanna-Barbera
Tony Collingwood Productions
The Sneetches November 3, 2025 Bronagh O'Haran Netflix Netflix

References

  1. ^ "'How the Grinch Stole Christmas'– Best Villain Since Old 'Scrooge!'". The Daily Record. December 7, 1966. p. 17. Retrieved September 12, 2025.
  2. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV specials : the complete directory to the first twenty-five years, 1962-1987. Internet Archive. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-8108-2198-9.
  3. ^ Woolery 1989, p. 120.
  4. ^ Woolery 1989, p. 124-125.
  5. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2013). Television specials: 5,336 entertainment programs, 1936-2012 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-7864-7444-8.
  6. ^ Woolery 1989, p. 126-127.
  7. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The encyclopedia of animated cartoons. New York, New York: Facts on File. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-8160-3831-2.
  8. ^ Woolery 1989, p. 126.
  9. ^ a b Terrace 2013, p. 134.
  10. ^ Woolery 1989, p. 119-120.
  11. ^ Woolery 1989, p. 123-124.
  12. ^ Woolery 1989, p. 125-126.
  13. ^ Lenburg 1999, p. 252.
  14. ^ Lenburg 1999, p. 247.