The Hobbit, an animated version of the story produced by Rankin/Bass, debuted as a television movie in the United States in 1977.
A Soviet 1985 television play Сказочное путешествие мистера Бильбо Беггинса Хоббита ("The Fantastic Journey of the Hobbit Mr. Bilbo Baggins") aired on the Leningrad TV Channel.