<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> The Smurfs </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> International title card </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Adventure </Li> <Li> Fantasy </Li> <Li> Children 's </Li> <Li> Slapstick </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Created by </Th> <Td> Pierre `` Peyo '' Culliford </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Directed by </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Bob Hathcock ( Season 1 -- 2 , Season 5 ) </Li> <Li> George Gordon ( Season 1 -- 4 ) </Li> <Li> Rudy Zamora ( Season 1 -- 6 ) </Li> <Li> Carl Urbano ( Season 1 -- 6 , Season 8 ) </Li> <Li> John Walker ( Season 3 -- 4 ) </Li> <Li> Oscar Dufau ( Season 3 -- 4 , Season 9 ) </Li> <Li> Alan Zaslove ( Season 4 -- 5 ) </Li> <Li> Don Lusk ( Season 5 -- 6 , Season 8 -- 9 ) </Li> <Li> Jay Sarbry ( Season 6 -- 9 ) </Li> <Li> John Kimball ( Season 7 ) </Li> <Li> Bob Goe ( Season 7 -- 8 ) </Li> <Li> Paul Sommer ( Season 7 -- 9 ) </Li> <Li> Gerard Baldwin ( Special 2 -- 6 ) </Li> <Li> Ray Patterson ( Special 7 ; also supervising director ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Voices of </Th> <Td> ( See Voices or Characters ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Theme music composer </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mireille Delfosse ( Worldwide version ) </Li> <Li> Hoyt Curtin ( Season 1 -- 8 , U.S. version ) </Li> <Li> Tom Worrall ( Season 9 , U.S. version ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Opening theme </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> `` The Smurfy Way '' ( Worldwide ) </Li> <Li> `` La La Song '' ( Season 2 only , U.S. ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Ending theme </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> `` The Smurfy Way '' ( Instrumental ) </Li> <Li> `` La La Song '' ( Instrumental ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Composer ( s ) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Hoyt Curtin </Li> <Li> Clark Gassman ( Season 9 only ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Country of origin </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> United States </Li> <Li> Belgium </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original language ( s ) </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of seasons </Th> <Td> 9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> No. of episodes </Th> <Td> 256 ( 418 segments ) ( list of episodes ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Production </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Executive producer ( s ) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> William Hanna </Li> <Li> Joseph Barbera </Li> <Li> Freddy Monnickendam ( Season 6 -- 7 ; Special 7 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Producer ( s ) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Gerard Baldwin ( Season 1 -- 3 ; supervising producer , Season 4 -- 5 ; Special 2 -- 6 ) </Li> <Li> Bob Hathcock ( Season 4 -- 6 ) </Li> <Li> Don Jurwich ( Season 7 ; Special 7 ) </Li> <Li> Walt Kubiak ( Season 7 ) </Li> <Li> Paul Sabella ( Season 8 -- 9 ) </Li> <Li> Iwao Takamoto ( creative producer , S01 -- 05 ) </Li> <Li> Associate producers : </Li> <Li> Bob Hathcock ( Season 3 ; Special 5 ) </Li> <Li> Larry Latham ( Special 6 ) </Li> <Li> Charles Grosvenor ( Season 6 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Editor ( s ) </Th> <Td> Gil Iverson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Running time </Th> <Td> 22 minutes </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Production company ( s ) </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Hanna - Barbera Productions </Li> <Li> SEPP International S.A. ( Season 1 -- 7 ) </Li> <Li> Lafig S.A. ( Season 8 -- 9 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Distributor </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Worldvision Enterprises ( 1981 -- 1989 ) </Li> <Li> Great American Broadcasting ( 1989 -- 1991 ) </Li> <Li> Turner Program Services ( 1991 -- 1996 ) </Li> <Li> Warner Bros. Television Distribution ( 1996 -- present ; North America ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Release </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original network </Th> <Td> NBC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Audio format </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Mono ( 1981 -- 1984 ) </Li> <Li> Stereo ( 1984 -- 1989 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original release </Th> <Td> September 12 , 1981 ( 1981 - 09 - 12 ) -- December 2 , 1989 ( 1989 - 12 - 02 ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Chronology </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Related shows </Th> <Td> Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs ( 1965 ) <Ul> <Li> The Smurfs and the Magic Flute ( 1976 ) </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th
how many seasons of the smurfs are there
9