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Animation until his death in 2006.Īs of 2017, the studio exists as an in-name-only unit used to market properties and productions associated with the Hanna-Barbera library, specifically its 'classic' works. Cartoon Network Studios continued the projects for the channel's output. Animation, in which Hanna-Barbera would absorb into before Hanna died in 2001. Turner merged with Time Warner in 1996 and the studio became a subsidiary of Warner Bros. After Turner purchased the company, Hanna and Barbera continued to serve as creative consultants and mentors. In late 1991, the studio was purchased from Taft (by then named Great American Broadcasting) by Turner Broadcasting System, who used much of its back catalog to program its new channel, Cartoon Network. Hanna-Barbera's fortunes declined in the mid-1980s when the profitability of Saturday morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication. Most of the shows Hanna and Barbera created revolved around close friendship or partnership. Many of Hanna-Barbera's cartoons were distributed and seen worldwide in over 175 countries in 45 languages around the world. The two men and their company yielded over 3,500 half hours of animated programming for network and syndication and 31 television movies, 48 television specials, 12 theatrical films, 48 theatrical shorts and 25 direct-to-video features were also produced by the studio. The pair was also inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1993. For their achievements, Hanna and Barbera together won seven Academy Awards, eight Emmy Awards, a Governors Award, a Golden Globe Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Hanna-Barbera is known for creating a wide variety of popular animated characters and for 3 decades, the studio produced a succession of cartoon shows, including The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, Wacky Races, Scooby-Doo and The Smurfs. It is officially considered the very first major animation studio to successfully produce cartoons exclusively for television. In late 1966, it was sold to Taft Broadcasting and spent two decades as its subsidiary. It was founded in 1957 by former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer animation directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera (creators of Tom and Jerry) and live-action director George Sidney in partnership with Screen Gems, a TV unit of Columbia Pictures. (simply known as Hanna-Barbera and also referred to as H-B Enterprises, H-B Production Company and Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.) was an American animation studio that dominated American television animation for over three decades in the mid 20th century.

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