Big Bad Beetleborgs

Big Bad Beetleborgs (later Beetleborgs Metallix for Season 2) is an American live-action superhero television series by Saban Entertainment and was co-produced with Renaissance-Atlantic Films, Toei Company and Bugboy Productions. Two seasons aired on Fox Kids from September 7, 1996 to March 2, 1998.

Big Bad Beetleborgs
Also known asSaban's Big Bad Beetleborgs
GenreAction/adventure
Comedy horror
Science fiction
Superhero
Tokusatsu
Created byHaim Saban
Shuki Levy
Toei Company
Based onJuukou B-Fighter &
B-Fighter Kabuto
by Toei Company
StarringWesley Barker
Herbie Baez
Shannon Chandler
Brittany Konarzewski
Billy Forester
Vivian Smallwood
Kim Delgado
Elizabeth Z. Lund
Channe Nolen
Christopher Cho
Claudine Barros
Marshal Hilton
Blake Torney
David Fletcher
Joe Hackett
Frank Tahoe
Lina Godouse
Theme music composerJeremy Sweet
Billy Forester
ComposersJeremy Sweet
Barry Trop
Inon Zur
Shuki Levy
Kussa Mahchi
Country of originUnited States
Japan
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes88 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producersHaim Saban
Shuki Levy
Lance H. Robbins
ProducerRobert Hughes
Production locationsCalifornia (Santa Paula & Los Angeles)
Japan (Saitama, Kyoto, Yokohama and Tokyo)
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesSaban Entertainment
Renaissance-Atlantic Films
Toei Company, Ltd.
Bugboy Productions, Inc.
Original release
NetworkFOX (Fox Kids)
ReleaseSeptember 7, 1996 (1996-09-07) 
March 2, 1998 (1998-03-02)

The series adapted combat footage from the Metal Hero tokusatsu-series Juukou B-Fighter (first season) and B-Fighter Kabuto (second season). Unlike its contemporaries, such as Power Rangers, the show had a greater emphasis on sitcom elements, rather than a villain of the week.

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