Terry and the Pirates (TV series)

Terry and the Pirates
John Baer as Terry Lee.
GenreAdventure
Written byFrank Burt
Milton Caniff
Oliver Crawford
Norman S. Hall
Arthur Pierson
Lou Rusoff
Barney A. Sarecky
Directed byLew Landers
Arthur Pierson
StarringJohn Baer
Jack Reitze
William Tracy
Sandra Spence
Gloria Saunders
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes18
Production
Executive producerH. Alexander MacDonald
ProducerWarren Lewis
CinematographyWilliam E. Snyder
EditorsRobert Golden
Maurice Wright
Running time30 mins.
Original release
NetworkSyndication
ReleaseJune 26 (1953-06-26) 
November 21, 1953 (1953-11-21)

Terry and the Pirates is an American adventure series based on Milton Caniff's comic strip that was telecast from June 26 to November 21, 1953. The syndicated series ran for 18 episodes and was produced by Don Sharpe Enterprises. Canada Dry Ginger Ale was the show's original sponsor.

A version of Terry and the Pirates debuted on WABD-TV in New York City on November 25, 1952, broadcast on alternate Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Dougfair Productions was the packager, and Official Films was the distributor. Dick Irving was the director, and John and Gwen Bagni were the writers.