TV series

Herbie, the Love Bug

1982 · 1 season

A gentle, silly sitcom comfort watch where a cheeky car nudges a nice romance along, harmless and easy to leave running.

Overview: Herbie the Matchmaker, also known as Herbie, The Love Bug, is a short-lived situation comedy that aired on CBS in the spring of 1982. The series is based on Walt Disney Productions' popular Herbie film series, about a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own. It was cancelled after five episodes and, for the next fifteen years, would mark Herbie's last new appearance in either television or film; Herbie would next return to television in the 1997 film The Love Bug.
How it feels: Light, warm, whimsical and romantic. Brisk and fine in the background.
About: Love, family, found family, friendship
Content: Mild violence. No gore, sexual content or swearing.
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Tone: lightstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
family
found family
friendship
Places: small town
home
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none