Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Genre
  • Mystery
  • Adventure[1][2]
  • Horror comedy
Created byJoe Ruby
Ken Spears
Developed byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Iwao Takamoto
Fred Silverman
Written by
  • Joe Ruby
  • Ken Spears
  • Bill Lutz
  • Larz Bourne
  • Tom Dagenais
Directed byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Voices of
Theme music composerDavid Mook
Ben Raleigh
Opening theme"Scooby Doo, Where Are You?" performed by
Larry Marks (1969–70)[3]
George A. Robertson Jr. (1970)
ComposerTed Nichols (1969–70)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes41 (list of episodes)
Production
Producers
Running timeapprox. 21 minutes
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 13, 1969 (1969-09-13) –
October 31, 1970 (1970-10-31)
NetworkABC
ReleaseSeptember 9 (1978-09-09) –
December 23, 1978 (1978-12-23)
Related
  • The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972–1973)
  • The Scooby-Doo Show (1976–1978)
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is an American animated comedy television series created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears and produced by Hanna-Barbera for CBS. The series premiered as part of the network's Saturday morning cartoon schedule on September 13, 1969, and aired for two seasons until October 31, 1970. Reruns were broadcast for the 1971 season. In 1978, a selection of episodes from the later animated series Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and The Scooby-Doo Show were aired on ABC under the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! title name, and was released in a DVD set marketed as its third season.[4] It also aired on BBC One in the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1973.[5] The complete series is also available on Boomerang, Max, and Tubi streaming services.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! is the first incarnation of a long-running media franchise primarily consisting of animated series, films, and related merchandise.

  1. ^ "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! [Animated TV Series]". AllMovie. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  2. ^ "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on September 29, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  3. ^ "Super '70s and '80s: "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?"— *Larry Marks, theme song singer, season 1". Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  4. ^ Lenberg, Jeff (2006). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. New York City, New York: Facts of File. ISBN 0-8160-6599-3. pp. 618–619.
  5. ^ "BBC PROGRAMME INDEX". BBC. Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.