Cartoon Network Studios

Cartoon Network Studios, formerly known as Hanna -Barbera Cartoons, Inc. is an animation studio founded by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, which for over 40 years producing television cartoons.

Foundation

Hanna and Barbera worked for the first time at the Metro -Goldwyn -Mayer animation studios in 1939. Their first work as a director was a cartoon entitled Puss Gets the Boot ( 1940), considered the birth of the popular cartoon series Tom and Jerry. Hanna, Barbera, and MGM - director George Sidney founded Hanna -Barbera Productions in 1944, while the studio work, and used this company to handle additional projects, such as early television commercials and the first original opening titles of I Love Lucy.

After winning eight Oscars, MGM closed its animation studio in 1957. Hanna and Barbera took over most of the staff in their Hanna -Barbera production. It was in 1957 a full production company. They decided to specialize in television cartoons. Their first studio series was The Ruff & Reddy Show, the premiere of which was in December 1957 on NBC. In order to get enough capital to produce their cartoons, Hanna-Barbera made ​​a deal with Screen Gems Television, a company part of Columbia Pictures, in which the new animation studio got its working capital and Screen Gems distribution rights. The Company had no building of its own until 1963, when the Hanna- Barbera studios at 3400 Cahuenga Blvd. opened its doors in West Hollywood. The partnership between Columbia and Hanna- Barbera ended in 1967, when Hanna and Barbera sold the studio to Taft Broadcasting, but kept their posts.

Television productions

Hanna -Barbera was the first animation studio, the successful animated cartoons produced for television; previously were the cartoons on television usually a repeat of cinema cartoons. On the other hand, worked at Hanna-Barbera and cinema production series: Loopy De Loop, for Columbia Pictures from 1959 to 1965; and the opening credits for the ABC / Screen Gems television series Bewitched (German Bewitched ). Later, Hanna -Barbera used the Bewitched characters as guest stars in the flint.

Many of the television series from Hanna -Barbera were produced and broadcast during prime time. This continued until the early 1970s. Many series like Huckleberry Hound and his friends / Original title: The Huckleberry Hound Show ( and its spin -off, Yogi Bear), Quick and his friends / Original title: The Quickdraw McGraw Show, Top Cat, Jonny Quest, The Jetsons, and especially family Feuerstein ( original title: The Flintstones ) were originally aired in prime time, where they had to compete with comedies, quiz shows and TV movies.

In particular Flintstones had a high audience rating. The episode "The Blessed Event ", First broadcast in the U.S. on 22 February 1963 which was about the birth of Pebbles Flintstone, had the highest rate in the series history.

But Hanna -Barbera conquered the market for animated television series that were sold at several stations, as well as for the series on Saturday morning ( a form of broadcasting in the United States in the 1960s, see Saturday morning cartoon ). The majority of television productions fell to them, and they held that majority for over thirty years. During the 1970s, most U.S. television cartoons of Hanna -Barbera produced.

The main competition was by Filmation, DePatie - Freleng Enterprises and some movies in prime time by Rankin -Bass, Chuck Jones, and Bill Melendezes Peanuts.

Filmography

Cartoons

Under Hanna -Barbera Cartoons, Inc.:

Under Cartoon Network Studios:

  • 2002: The Powerpuff Girls
  • 2008: Underfist: Halloween Bash

Series

Under Hanna -Barbera Cartoons, Inc.:

Under Cartoon Network Studios:

  • 2007: Chowder
  • 2008: The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
  • 2010: Sym -Bionic Titan
  • 2010: Adventure Time with Finn and Jake
  • 2010: Robotomy

Short Films

Under Hanna -Barbera Cartoons, Inc.:

Under Cartoon Network Studios:

  • 2006: Super Myron Brothers
  • 2006: Macaroni Man
  • 2006: Makeover the Top
  • 2006: Cake It to the Limit
  • 2006: The Uninvited
  • 2006: Death of the Party
  • 2007: What's Wrong with Ruth?
  • 2007: Flagship
  • 2008: Sea Sick
  • 2008: Fishmonger
  • 2008: Starry Night
  • 2008: I Flushy My Brushy
  • 2008: The Powerpuff Girls Rule!
  • 2009: The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What, When, Where, Why ... Who Cares?
Spin-off (media) The Quick Draw McGraw Show The Three Musketeers (1973 film) Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School Once Upon a Forest The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas Secret Squirrel Snorks Pound Puppies (2010 TV series) Fantastic Max Captain Planet and the Planeteers Dexter's Laboratory Johnny Bravo Samurai Jack Regular Show A Flintstone Family Christmas Boomerang (TV channel)
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