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Mystery Machine
''Scooby-Doo'' is an American media franchise owned by Warner Bros., Warner Bros. Entertainment and created in 1969 by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears through their animated series, ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'', for Hanna-Barbera (which was absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001). The series features four teenagers: Fred Jones (Scooby-Doo), Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, and Shaggy Rogers, and their talking Great Dane named Scooby-Doo (character), Scooby-Doo, who solve mysteries involving supposedly supernatural creatures through a series of antics and missteps, while traveling using a brightly colored van called the "Mystery Machine".CD liner notes: Saturday Mornings: Cartoons' Greatest Hits, 1995 MCA Records and its successor Warner Bros. Animation have produced numerous follow-up and spin-off animated series and several related works, including television specials and made-for-TV movies, a line of direct-to-video films, and two Warner Bros.-produced theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Ruby
Joseph Clemens Ruby (March 30, 1933 – August 26, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer, and music editor. He was best known as a co-creator of the animated ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise, together with Ken Spears. In 1977, they co-founded the television animation production company Ruby-Spears, Ruby-Spears Productions. Ruby would work with Spears and would co-create several other shows including, ''Fangface'', ''Dynomutt, Dog Wonder'' and ''Jabberjaw'' among others. Ruby would meet Spears in 1959 at Hanna-Barbera, when the studio was being interviewed by Life Magazine and the two would start working together on animated shows. Before Ruby founded Ruby-Spears he would work with at several studios including Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and with Sid and Marty Krofft. In 1996, the Ruby-Spears studio closed, and Ruby would keep working with Spears until his retirement in 2002. Ruby died on August 26, 2020. Spears die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spin-off (media)
A spinoff or spin-off is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work. History One of the earliest spin-offs of the modern media era, if not the first, happened in 1941 when the supporting character Throckmorton P. Gildersleeve from the old time radio comedy show '' Fibber McGee and Molly'' became the star of his own program '' The Great Gildersleeve'' (1941–1957). Description A spin-off (also spelled spinoff) is derived from already existing works that focus on more details and different aspects from the original work (e.g. particular topics, characters or events), and includes books, radio programs, television programs, films, video games, or any narrative work in any medium. In genre fiction, the term parallels its usage in television; it is usually meant to indicate a substantial change in narrative viewpoint and activity from that (previous) storyline based on the activities of the series' principal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Herculoids
''The Herculoids'' is an American Saturday-morning animated television series, created and designed by Alex Toth, that was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The show debuted on September 9, 1967, on CBS. Hanna-Barbera produced one season for the original airing of the show, although the original 18 episodes were rerun during the 1968–69 television season, with ''The Herculoids'' ending its run on September 6, 1969. Eleven new episodes were produced in 1981 as part of the ''Space Stars'' show. The plotlines are rooted in science fiction and fantasy. Plot On the planet Amzot (renamed Quasar in the revival), the space barbarian family Zandor, Tara, and son Dorno fight alongside their giant pets—laser dragon Zok, space rhinoceros Tundro, rock ape Igoo, and the shape-shifting duo Gloop and Gleep—to keep their planet safe from invaders. The Herculoids' pets understood human speech and often displayed various emotions. The Herculoids team battled against many different villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Ghost (TV Series)
''Space Ghost'' is an American Saturday-morning cartoon, Saturday-morning superhero fiction, superhero animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Productions, first broadcast on CBS from September 10, 1966, to September 16, 1967, and continued reruns until September 7, 1968. The series was composed of two unrelated segments, ''Space Ghost'' and ''Dino Boy in the Lost Valley''. The series was created by Alex Toth and Television producer, produced and television director, directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Sometimes, it is alternatively called ''Space Ghost & Dino Boy'' to acknowledge the presence of both shows. The ''Space Ghost'' segments were seen again in the 1976 series ''Space Ghost and Frankenstein Jr.'' (which replaced the ''Dino Boy'' segments with the ''Frankenstein Jr.'' ones from fellow Hanna-Barbera show ''Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles''), which aired on NBC from November 27, 1976, to September 4, 1977, after NBC put ''The Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action For Children's Television
Action for Children's Television (ACT) was an American grassroots, nonprofit child advocacy group dedicated to improving the quality of children's television.- Specifically, ACT's main goals were to encourage diversification in children's television offerings, to discourage overcommercialization of children's programming, and to eliminate deceptive advertising aimed at young viewers. The ACT was founded by Peggy Charren, Lillian Ambrosino, Evelyn Kaye Sarson and Judy Chalfen in Newton, Massachusetts, in 1968. It had up to 20,000 volunteer members, eight staff members, and an operational budget of $225,000 by the mid-1980s, but declined financially and to four staff members before disbanding in 1992.Loree Gerdes Bykerk & Ardith Maney, ''U.S. Consumer Interest Groups: Institutional Profiles'' (Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1995), 2–3. About 70% of funds came from the group's membership, while the rest came from foundation grants (e.g. Markle Foundation) and fees from lectures and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consumer Organization
Consumer organizations are advocacy groups that seek to protect people from corporate abuse like unsafe products, predatory lending, false advertising, astroturfing and pollution. Consumer Organizations may operate via protests, litigation, Advertising campaign, campaigning, or lobbying. They may engage in single-issue advocacy (e.g., the United Kingdom, British Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), which campaigned against keg beer and for cask ale) or they may set themselves up as more general consumer List of consumer organizations, watchdogs, such as the Which?, Consumers' Association in the UK. One common means of providing consumers useful information is the independent comparative survey or test of products or services, involving different manufacturers or companies (e.g., ''Which?'', ''Consumer Reports'', etc.). Another arena where consumer organizations have operated is food safety. The needs for campaigning in this area are less easy to reconcile with their traditional methods ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media In mass communication, digital media is any media (communication), communication media that operates in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital content can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, listened to, an ... company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. In 2008, the company sold its founding product, the '' TV Guide'' magazine and the entire print magazine division, to a private buyout firm operated by Andrew Nikou, who then set up the print operation as TV Guide Magazine LLC. Corporate history Prototype The prototype of what would become '' TV Guide'' magazine was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), who was the circulation director of Macfadden Communications Group#Macfadden Publications, MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max (streaming Service)
Max (known in other countries as, and soon to be reverted globally to HBO Max) is an American Video on demand#Subscription models, subscription video on-demand Over-the-top media service, over-the-top Streaming media, streaming service. It is a proprietary unit of List of assets owned by Warner Bros. Discovery#Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming, Warner Bros. Discovery Streaming on behalf of Home Box Office, Inc., which is itself a division of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD). The platform offers content from the List of libraries owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, libraries of Warner Bros., Discovery Channel, Discovery, HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Animal Planet, TBS (American TV channel), TBS, TNT (American TV network), TNT, Eurosport, and their related brands. Max first launched (as HBO Max) in the United States on May 27, 2020. Max is the List of streaming media services#Streaming video on demand, fourth most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service, with 117 milli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scooby-Doo And Guess Who?
''Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Chris Bailey and the thirteenth television series in the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise. The show first premiered on Boomerang's SVOD service on June 27, 2019, before its debut on Cartoon Network on July 8, 2019, and on the Boomerang channel on October 1, 2020. The series later moved to HBO Max, and the remaining episodes of the second season were released on October 1, 2021. Premise Following a similar premise to '' The New Scooby-Doo Movies'', the series focuses on Mystery Inc. as they solve mysteries while encountering and being assisted by various celebrities and fictional characters, including DC Comics and Hanna-Barbera characters. Development When Chris Bailey was directing the independent film '' Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank'', due to its troubled production, he called Sam Register to tell him that he had become available to make a show. They often talked abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boomerang (TV Network)
Boomerang is an American cable television television network, network owned by The Cartoon Network, Inc., a sub-division of the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. The network primarily broadcasts animated programming from the Warner Bros. Animation library, including Warner Bros. Cartoons and Hanna-Barbera productions among others. Boomerang debuted in 1992 as a block programming, programming block on Cartoon Network dedicated to classic animation. The block eventually spun-off into its own separate network in 2000, and by the late 2000s, began airing more modern and contemporary programming, including reruns of List of programs broadcast by Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network original series. A 2015 relaunch aimed to promote Boomerang as a "second flagship" brand alongside Cartoon Network, and saw the network produce its own original programming, with a focus on contemporary Reboot (fiction), reboots of franchises such as ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network (CN) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the Cartoon Network, Inc., a sub-division of the Warner Bros. Discovery Networks division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It launched on October 1, 1992. Founded by Betty Cohen (who was also appointed by Ted Turner as the first president of the network), the channel primarily broadcasts animated television series, mostly children's television series, children's programming, ranging from action to animated comedy. It currently runs from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time Zone, ET/Pacific Time Zone, PT daily, though the sign-off time varies with holidays and special programming. Cartoon Network primarily targets children aged 6 to 12, while its early morning block Cartoonito (American programming block), Cartoonito is aimed at preschool-aged children, and evening block Adult Swim targets teenagers and young adults aged 13 to 34. , Cartoon Network is available to approximately 66 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The CW
The CW Network, LLC (commonly referred to as The CW or simply CW) is an American commercial broadcast television network which is controlled by Nexstar Media Group through a 75% ownership interest. The network's name is derived from the first letters of the names of its two founding co-owners CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Nexstar acquired a 75% controlling stake in the network on October 3, 2022, with Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery ( CBS Entertainment Group and Warner Bros. Television's respective parent companies) each retaining a 12.5% ownership stake. The CW debuted on September 18, 2006 as the successor to UPN and the WB, which had respectively shut down on September 15 and 17 of that year. The CW's first two nights of programming – on September 18, 2006 and September 19, 2006 – consisted of reruns and launch-related specials. The CW marked its formal launch date on September 20, 2006, with the two-hour premiere of the seventh cycle of '' Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
