[4] The main characters of the show are 17-year-old vocalist/rhythm guitarist Archie Andrews and his teen-age pals from Riverdale High School, including his best friend and food fiend drummer Jughead Jones; wise-cracking bassist Reggie Mantle; attractive, blonde, girl-next-door tomboy vocalist/lead guitarist/percussionist Betty Cooper; beautiful, spoiled-rich girl vocalist/keyboardist Veronica Lodge; and Jughead's English sheepdog Hot Dog.

Other characters in the show included Mr. Weatherbee, Miss Grundy, Dilton Doiley, Moose Mason, Pop Tate, Mr. Lodge, and Coach Kleats.

The concept of the show was presented to CBS daytime programming executive, Fred Silverman, with several comic books.

The main voice cast included Dallas McKennon, John Erwin, Jane Webb, and Howard Morris.

[4] Don Messick was also part of the show, temporarily replacing Howard Morris for the episode "Beauty Is Only Fur Deep".

[4] The team of writers consisted of Bob Ogle, Chuck Menville, Len Janson, Jim Ryan, Bill Danch, and others.

The writing involved the concepts of dancing, singing, dating, high school, and youth problems for its appeal to young teenagers.

The Archie Show was designed to emulate the live-action series The Monkees by including rock music into each episode.

[4] With vocals provided by Ron Dante and Toni Wine, the fictional group released a series of real-life albums and singles.

[7][8] The Archie Show debuted its first episode on September 14, 1968, on CBS at the 10 a.m. (EST) timeslot, competing with reruns of The Flintstones and Spider-Man.

[10] Currently, Universal Pictures owns the rights to most Filmation programs, including the Archies franchise, since its purchase in 2016.

Erickson criticized the humor that was described as "executed in a fragmented fashion" and "made doubly obvious by the overuse of a canned laugh track.

Previous animated series that used laugh tracks, such as The Flintstones and The Jetsons, were broadcast during prime time with the target audience being adults.

[14] Genius Entertainment released the Sabrina The Teenage Witch segments from that season on DVD as part of their own set on April 29, 2008.

[16][17] The New Archie and Sabrina Hour was subsequently divided into The Bang-Shang Lalapalooza Show and Super Witch during its original network run.