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Josie and the Pussycats -LRB- formatted as Josie and the Pussy Cats in the opening titles -RRB- is an American animated television series , based upon the Archie Comics comic book series of the same name created by Dan DeCarlo .. Dan DeCarlo. Dan DeCarlo. Josie and the Pussycats. Josie and the Pussycats ( comic ). American. United States. animated television series. animated television series. Archie Comics. Archie Comics. comic book series of the same name. Josie and the Pussycats ( comics ). Produced for Saturday morning television by Hanna-Barbera Productions , sixteen episodes of Josie and the Pussycats aired on CBS during the 1970 -- 71 television season and were rerun during the 1971 -- 72 season .. Josie and the Pussycats. Josie and the Pussycats ( comic ). Hanna-Barbera Productions. Hanna-Barbera. CBS. CBS. Saturday morning television. Saturday morning cartoon. In 1972 , the show was re-conceptualized as Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space , sixteen episodes of which aired on CBS during the 1972 -- 73 season and were rerun the following season .. Josie and the Pussycats. Josie and the Pussycats ( comic ). CBS. CBS. Reruns of the original series alternated between CBS , ABC , and NBC from 1974 through 1976 .. CBS. CBS. ABC. American Broadcasting Company. NBC. NBC. This brought its national Saturday morning TV run on three networks to six years .. Josie and the Pussycats featured an all-girl pop music band that toured the world with their entourage , getting mixed up in strange adventures , spy capers , and mysteries .. Josie and the Pussycats. Josie and the Pussycats ( comic ). pop music. pop rock. On the small-screen , the group consisted of level-headed lead singer and guitarist Josie , intelligent tambourinist Valerie , and air-headed blonde drummer Melody .. small-screen. Television. blonde. blonde. Other characters included their cowardly manager Alexander Cabot III , his conniving sister Alexandra , her cat Sebastian , and muscular roadie Alan .. roadie. roadie. The show , more similar to Hanna-Barbera 's successful Scooby-Doo , Where Are You !. than the original Josie comic book , is famous for its music , the girls ' leopard print leotards -LRB- replete with `` long tails and ears for hats , '' as the theme song states -RRB- , and for featuring Valerie as the first regularly appearing female black character in a Saturday morning cartoon show .. black. African American. Each episode featured a Josie and the Pussycats song played over a chase scene , which , in a similar fashion to The Monkees , featured the group running after and from a selection of haplessly villainous characters .. Josie and the Pussycats. Josie and the Pussycats ( comic ). The Monkees. The Monkees ( TV series )