Nightmare Ned (TV series)

Nightmare Ned
GenreComedy horror
Created by
  • Terry Shakespeare
  • G. Sue Shakespeare
  • David Molina
Based onNightmare Ned by
Terry Shakespeare
G. Sue Shakespeare
Developed byWalt Dohrn
Voices of
Theme music composerSteve Bartek
ComposerSteve Bartek
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes12 (25 segments)
Production
Executive producers
  • Terry Shakespeare
  • G. Sue Shakespeare
  • David Molina
ProducerDonovan Cook
Running time22 minutes approx.
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseApril 19 (1997-04-19) 
July 5, 1997 (1997-07-05)

Nightmare Ned is an American animated television series which ran from April 19 to July 5, 1997, on ABC. The show was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and Creative Capers Entertainment, and created by Terry Shakespeare, G. Sue Shakespeare, and David Molina of Creative Capers Entertainment. The show was based on and developed alongside the computer game of the same name, but the show ended up being completed before the video game was released.

Nightmare Ned focuses on the life of Ned Needlemeyer (voiced by Courtland Mead), an 8-year-old boy who deals with his daily problems through dark yet quirky nightmares. The show received mixed reviews from critics. It aired only once and was never re-released, being described as a "great oddity of the Disney Studio's television output" which was "largely disowned". As of June 2019, all episodes have been found by third parties and unofficially uploaded to YouTube.