Question about Hanna Barbera properties:What shows do Time Warner actually own?

[John Dorian]

Aside from Scooby Doo, Flintstones, and other known properties, do TW in any chance own Gravedale High? Or does NBC?

Or.....

Ed Grimley
Shazzan
The TV rights to Pound Puppies?
Challenge of The Gobots
Monchhichis
Wildfire
Don Coyote
These were The Days
Young Robin Hood
Wheelie and The ChopperBunch
The Hagar The Horrible Show
The Addams Family Series
The Roman Holidays
Goober and The Ghost Caspers
Delvin
Inch High
Bill and Ted's First Season

Even some of us retired people wants to know who owns shows so TW can possibly put it on DVD.

If anybody know, please post.

[Emperor Fred]

I believe for the most part, Time Warner owns any show that Hanna Barbera or Ruby Spears produced - except for those shows that are tied to an existing property owned by a different company.

I found this out a number of years ago when TV Land ran a short-lived block of Saturday Morning cartoons owned by their parent company Viacom. Among them was the H-B produced Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, which belongs to Viacom since Happy Days is their property. They also ran the Filmation-produced Brady Kids and Star Trek Animated for the same reasons. I'd never thought about it before, but obviously it makes sense. So the Bill & Ted series is likewise owned by MGM.

Most of the other shows you listed there have run on Cartoon Network at one time or another, so its pretty safe to assume they're owned by WB. However, in some cases a DVD release may be held up due to different companies fighting over their share of the pie. Example: it took an unusually long time to get the classic Popeye cartoons released on DVD thanks to tough negotiations with Popeye's comic strip publisher. The same situation might also befall Hagar and possibly the Addams. And toy companies could easily hinder the DVD release of shows like Pound Puppies, Monchichis, and (especially?) GoBots.

[Darklordavaitor]

Ed Grimley
Was on CN for a while, so I'd say yes.

Shazzan
I believe so, yes.

The TV rights to Pound Puppies?
Don't remember it on there, but I do remember Droopy mentioning them in the Pulp Fiction parody promo, so probably.

Challenge of The Gobots
I'm not too sure, I just hope not.

Monchhichis
Did HB even make this?

Wildfire
Probably

Don Coyote
Never heard of it.

These were The Days
Most likely

Young Robin Hood
Do they?

Wheelie and The ChopperBunch
Yes, I think so.

The Hagar The Horrible Show
Didn't KFS make this?

The Addams Family Series
The 90's most likely, not too sure about the 70's.

The Roman Holidays
Pretty sure they do, they just don't show it.

Goober and The Ghost Caspers
Yes they do.

Delvin
Yes.

Inch High
One I'll never want to see agian, but yes.

Bill and Ted's First Season
I don't think so.

I'm doing this out of memory. Did I get any right, guys?

[John Dorian]

Or Gravedale High? I'd bet WB owns this.






Midnight Patrol?

[Emperor Fred]

I don't see any reason why WB wouldn't own Gravedale, but TVShowsOnDVD says NBC (Universal) owns it, so who knows? Midnight Patrol was co-produced with a British company, but again I don't see why not.

PS: GoBots is H-B, so is Don Coyote, and Young Robin Hood was a Cinar(Cookie Jar)/H-B co-pro.

[Tobias]

The t.v. rights for Go-Bots and Pound Puppies should belong to WB, but Tonka (or whatever company it is now) holds the licensing rights for both.

Back in the 80's, while HB made the Pound Puppies series, Tri-Star made the Pound Puppies & The Legend of Big Paw feature film with no input from HB whasoever, which explains why only the voices of Whopper and Bright eyes made it into the movie, not to mention the drastically different character designs.

[Kolbar]

Hanna-Barbera discussion really belongs in the Boomerang forum...

[John Dorian]

Edited.

[Jeff Harris]

Ed Grimley
Shazzan
The TV rights to Pound Puppies?
Wheelie and The Chopper Bunch
Monchhichis
Don Coyote
These Are The Days
The Roman Holidays
Goober and The Ghost Chasers
Devlin
Inch HighAll owned by the good folks at Hanna-Barbera.

WildfireIt's kind of complicated. Hanna-Barbera's Austrailian unit got bought by their partner in the endeavor, Southern Star. Southern Star also owns the original Bernstein Bears, so it's possible that Southern Star also owns Wildfire.

Challenge of The GobotsHasbro. They own the property. They own the show. Hasbro also owns the bigger Transformers property. Guess which one they'll show more?

Young Robin HoodCookie Jar Entertainment (formerly Cinar) owns the series, which they animated and produced.

The Hagar The Horrible ShowKing Features. They own everything involving that franchise.

The Addams Family SeriesAlthough the characters aren't owned nor licensed by Hanna-Barbera (The Lady Colton owns the franchise and Paramount is the property's licensor), both series are owned by the studio.

Bill and Ted's First SeasonBoth seasons are owned by MGM.

[John Dorian]

Well, do they own Gravedale High, or NBC?


How about Midnight Patrol?

[Dr.Pepper]

Ed Grimley
Shazzan
Pound Puppies
Challenge of The Gobots
Monchhichis
Wildfire
Don Coyote
These were The Days
Young Robin Hood
Wheelie and The ChopperBunch
The Hagar The Horrible Show
The Addams Family Series
The Roman Holidays
Goober and The Ghost Caspers
Delvin
Inch High
Bill and Ted's First Season
Ones in bold I know for sure they have the rights to.

[hobbyfan]

[quote=John Timmons;2598074]Aside from Scooby Doo, Flintstones, and other known properties, do TW in any chance own Gravedale High? Or does NBC?

Or.....

Ed Grimley

That's Martin Short's creation, so he probably owns the rights to the show.

Shazzan

Another show in need of updating. TW owns this.

The TV rights to Pound Puppies?
Challenge of The Gobots

Tonka Toys, which may or may not have been another company absorbed by Hasbro, made both toys, so whomever the rights holder is has these.

Wildfire
Don Coyote
These were The Days
Young Robin Hood
Wheelie and The ChopperBunch

All H-B/TW properties.

The Hagar The Horrible Show

King Features

The Addams Family Series

Sony

The Roman Holidays

TW

Goober and The Ghost Caspers

Sony, because of Partridge Family tie-ins.

Delvin
Inch High

TW

Bill and Ted's First Season

Sony or TW.

[dth1971]

Sony should release the Goober/Partridge Family team up episodes on one of the Partridge Family season DVD sets.

[John Dorian]

No one knows who owns Midnight Patrol?

[Tobias]

Time Warner owns Midnight Patrol, it was produced for the Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera back in the late 80's, along with Fantastic Max, Don Coyote and Young Robin Hood.

[John Dorian]

But Young Robin Hood is owned by Cookie Jar Entertainment. And, do Time Warner really owns Midnight Patrol? I've never saw it on Cartoon Network nor Boomerang, I think ,I'm still working on my ownership skills.:D

[dth1971]

But Young Robin Hood is owned by Cookie Jar Entertainment. And, do Time Warner really owns Midnight Patrol? I've never saw it on Cartoon Network nor Boomerang, I think ,I'm still working on my ownership skills.:D

Why hasn't Cookie Jar given the green light for a DVD of the Young Robin Hood cartoon yet? All other Cookie Jar/Cinar produced shows - Bunch of Munsch, Country Mouse and City Mouse Adventures, Legend of White Fang, Stop the Smoggies, Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Paddington Bear, Little Lulu Show, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Caillou, Flight Squad, Zooboomafoo, Wimzie's House, Mona the Vampire, Big Garage, Hugo the Movie Star, Arthur, and Postcards from Buster - have DVD releases.

Doubtful if Cinar's Adventures of the Little Koala and/or Busy World of Richard Scarry will be released on DVD since both are Viacom/Paramount property.

[John Dorian]

Time Warner owns Midnight Patrol, it was produced for the Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera back in the late 80's, along with Fantastic Max, Don Coyote and Young Robin Hood.


They came in 1991, I think.

[Steve Carras]

Here's what who owns what.:cool:

Sony/TriStar/Columbia:
"Jeannie"
"Partridge"
"Goober" (well,it DOES include a few PARTRIDGES in a SCARE tree! :p )


Paramount:
"Charlotte's Web"
"Happy Days"
"Laverne and Shirley"

Archie:
"Josie and the Pussycats"

MGM/Orion:
"Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (as someone else has said)
"Sinbad, Jr."

Globetrotters,LLC.(?):
"The Harlem Globetrotters"

Sepp SA:
"Smurfs"
"Snorks"

The Berenestein Family:
"The Berenstain Bears"

Larry Harmon Productions:
"Laurel and Hardy"

RKO Radio pictures/Jomar productions:
"The Adventures of Abbott and Costello" :cool:

Heatter-Quigley:
"The Wacky Races"
"The Adventures of Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines"


Ironically, of course,Time Warner owns these pre-TW-accquisition-of-HB properties :p (in other words, already owned or produced years BEFORE the accquisition ESPECIALLY the SECOND!:p )
"Superman"
"The Dukes of Hazzard"(the live WB series was a bit like Quick Draw cartoons with HB effects)
"Tom and Jerry"
"Wonder Woman"

[Jeff Harris]

Minor corrections about your list, Steve:

Sony/TriStar/Columbia:
"Jeannie"
"Partridge"
"Goober" (well,it DOES include a few PARTRIDGES in a SCARE tree! :p )Goober is 100% owned by Hanna-Barbera. The Partidge crossovers is not unlike the Jeannie crossover on The New Scooby-Doo Movies.

Archie:
"Josie and the Pussycats"Although Archie Comics owns the characters and the rights to make any new productions featuring the characters, Josie and the Pussycats (the series) is 100% owned by Hanna-Barbera.

Globetrotters,LLC.(?):
"The Harlem Globetrotters"Strangely, CBS owned the series and assumed the rights to the show, thus the Paramount Television logo at the end of the show during its brief TV Land run many years ago.

Therefore, rights to this show is owned by CBS Paramount Television.

Sepp SA:
"Smurfs"
"Snorks"Hanna-Barbera owns North American rights to both shows as well as Foofur, the other Sepp SA co-pro.

The Berenestein Family:
"The Berenstain Bears"Again, same deal with Josie, although the original party owns the characters, rights to THIS version of the franchise is owned by Southern Star Productions, as their logo was prominent in DiC's recent syndie run of the series a few years ago.

Heatter-Quigley:
"The Wacky Races"
"The Adventures of Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines"Don't forget The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.

But truth be told, I think Heatter-Quigley sold their stake in the characters to TimeWarner some time ago since their name is missing from the recent Wacky Races series and will likely be missing from next year's new series.

Yeah, you've heard it here first: New Wacky Races in 2008 courtesy of Warner Bros. Animation.

Ironically, of course,Time Warner owns these pre-TW-accquisition-of-HB properties:
"Tom and Jerry"Turner Entertainment owns the characters and has a stake in all productions based on the characters.

But strangely, Turner doesn't own DiC's serie adaptation of the MGM Wizard of Oz, which Turner does own.

More clarification:

- Although the Ed Grimley character is owned by Martin Short (and the Count Floyd characer is owned by Joe Flatterly), The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley is owned by Hanna-Barbera, who distributed the series and co-produced the series with the late [colossal] pictures.

- The Adventures of The Little Koala is owned by Viacom.

- Midnight Patrol is owned by Entertainment Rights, the international London-based group that also owns the libraries and characters of Filmation, UPA, Harvey, Total Television, pre-Hobbit Rankin-Bass, Little Golden Books, and scattered others. Methinks ER bought Sleepy Kids PLC and this property in perpetuity.

- Tonka is owned by Hasbro Toys, as is every brand Tonka owned.

- Gravedale High was co-produced by Hanna-Barbera and NBC Productions and distributed by NBC Productions. Therefore, the series is owned by NBC Universal.

[Kolbar]

They're making a new Wacky Races cartoon? Are they going to use the same characters or are they going to replace all them with more hip, modern characters? Oh, the horror! :ack:

[Jeff Harris]

They're making a new Wacky Races cartoon? Are they going to use the same characters or are they going to replace all them with more hip, modern characters? Oh, the horror! :ack:The C21 Media article didn't say. It did an interview with Sander Schwartz last month before he left his duties at WBA who essentially admitted that all of Warner's current development slate is essentially products based on their fareweather (read: older and classic) properties, mainly the classic Looney Tunes (and the article explicitly says classic), Hanna Barbera and DC Universe libraries.

Here's a quote from the article:

On the comedy side, the studio is looking at some of its properties that continue to perform well, such as Wacky Races and Penelope Pitstop, and working to develop more series based on those properties.

"We've had original content and we will have again," says Schwartz. "But at the moment, the odds are just too great and it's too hard to break through."Then it goes on about new media products, yadda, yadda, yadda, blah, blah, blah.

[snowpeck]

NBC owns Gravedale High, evidenced by this link: http://www.nbcuni-international.com/catalog.cgi?section=youth&subsection=youth

They also own the animated It's Punky Brewster, and Kissyfur.


Greg

[hobbyfan]

Don't forget The Perils of Penelope Pitstop.

But truth be told, I think Heatter-Quigley sold their stake in the characters to TimeWarner some time ago since their name is missing from the recent Wacky Races series and will likely be missing from next year's new series.

Yeah, you've heard it here first: New Wacky Races in 2008 courtesy of Warner Bros. Animation.



Ehhh? "Recent" Wacky Races series, Jeff? When? The closest thing they've had to a revival was a parody done for Dexter's Lab a few years back, aside from Fender Bender 500 (Wake, Rattle, & Roll, 1990).

As memory serves me so well, H-Q only co-produced Wacky Races w/H-B. They weren't given credit for either Penelope Pitstop or Dastardly & Muttley, the 2 spinoffs, so I'm guessing they sold the rights to H-B in '69.

[Jeff Harris]

Ehhh? "Recent" Wacky Races series, Jeff? When? The closest thing they've had to a revival was a parody done for Dexter's Lab a few years back, aside from Fender Bender 500 (Wake, Rattle, & Roll, 1990).I know about Fender Bender 5000. I was thinking about the recent Wacky Races VIDEO GAME and the upcoming new series at the same time. I mistyped.

Since, you know, that was the only recent Wacky Races production to be made. And Heatter-Quigley's name wasn't present there either.


As memory serves me so well, H-Q only co-produced Wacky Races w/H-B. They weren't given credit for either Penelope Pitstop or Dastardly & Muttley, the 2 spinoffs, so I'm guessing they sold the rights to H-B in '69.The characters were co-owned by HB and HQ until the mid-90s. I'm still curious why they never produced the game show Wacky Races was supposed to be connected to. Oh well.

Even the official CN website mentioned that. The last time both shared ownership was during that season when Cartoon Network sponsored a Wacky Races NASCAR car.

[Brainatra]

The characters were co-owned by HB and HQ until the mid-90s. I'm still curious why they never produced the game show Wacky Races was supposed to be connected to. Oh well.



I'm guessing either it was too expensive to produce and/or the tighter regulation of kids' TV taking place in the late 60's (tighter advertising limits, limits on violence, etc.). That, and once the show was finished being first run, a game show would be pointless, as (attentive) kids could already know the winner of each race... ;-)

[dth1971]

I'm guessing either it was too expensive to produce and/or the tighter regulation of kids' TV taking place in the late 60's (tighter advertising limits, limits on violence, etc.). That, and once the show was finished being first run, a game show would be pointless, as (attentive) kids could already know the winner of each race... ;-)

And it would have involve betting possibly...

[Jeff Harris]

I'm guessing either it was too expensive to produce and/or the tighter regulation of kids' TV taking place in the late 60's (tighter advertising limits, limits on violence, etc.). That, and once the show was finished being first run, a game show would be pointless, as (attentive) kids could already know the winner of each race... ;-)Actually, the show wasn't for kids, but, rather, adults. And the race was supposed to be halved or something.

But I guess kids would have thought it was a show for them, so, hey, it became a show for kids.

[John Dorian]

Sorry for bringing a Semi-old thread up again, but how about the Ruby-Spears shows?


I know Hanna-Barbera and most of the R-S library was purchased by Turner in 1991.



Well.....here are the show that I already know that's owned by Time Warner:




Alvin And The Chipmunks
Mr. T
Chuck Norris:Karate Kommandos
Dink, The Little Dinosaur
Fangface??
Police Academy (WB owns the property)
Plastic Man?????
The Centurions
Thundarr The Barbarian?


And some I know that's NOT owned by Time Warner:
C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa
Beauty and The Beast
Bad Cat
Skysurfer Strike Force
Rambo
It's Punky Brewster
Heathcliff
Marmaduke


And some I don't know:
Piece by Piece
Mega Man
Lazer Tag Academy
Rickety Rocket
The Magic Fluke
Piggsburg Pigs!
Other Ruby Spears Toons I don't know.








And some other Hanna Barbera series:

Fantastic Max
Seabert
Popeye and Son




And, although I know about The 50 Peanuts TV Specials and Show being licensed/owned by WB in 2008, can someone tell me what other TW Cartoon properties that's not Warner Bros./ Hanna Barbera/Ruby Spears/CN Studios related?

Thanks.

[Kolbar]

And, although I know about The 50 Peanuts TV Specials and Show being licensed/owned by WB in 2008, can someone tell me what other TW Cartoon properties that's not Warner Bros./ Hanna Barbera/Ruby Spears/CN Studios related?Time Warner also owns all of the post-1974 Rankin/Bass library with specials like "The Year Without a Santa Claus" and such.

And where does the original "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" come into play. Warner owns it now, but who originally made it?

[greg!]

What about the Dumb & Dumber cartoon they produced?

[John Dorian]

What about the Dumb & Dumber cartoon they produced?



That's TW owned, but it was also with New Line Television (another TW company), which produced the 1994 movie.




In fact, New Line, BKN and Film Roman (animation) produced The Mask and Warner Bros., Morgan Creek and Nelvana Limited produced Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, both in 1995. Dumb and Dumber was also 1995. And these shows were all based off Jim Carrey's previous movies.

[Super Leviathan]

And where does the original "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" come into play. Warner owns it now, but who originally made it?

It was made and owned by M-G-M Televsion (where Chuck Jones was working at the time; Hence the Tom and Jerrys made by him), and it became Warner's when they bought out Turner (who bought the MGM library, including The Grinch)

[hobbyfan]

And where does the original "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" come into play. Warner owns it now, but who originally made it?

Chuck Jones produced Grinch for MGM.

[Jeff Harris]

Sorry for bringing a Semi-old thread up again, but how about the Ruby-Spears shows?For the record, whatever your name is, there are two Ruby-Spears studios. Current Ruby-Spears is working on new independent production, with most of their recent titles released by BKN. The pre-Turner library is largely owned by Turner with a few exceptions (Rambo is owned by BKN) and, not so surprisingly, part of the the Hanna-Barbera library. This includes:

Mr. T
Chuck Norris:Karate Kommandos
Dink, The Little Dinosaur
Fangface
Plastic Man (although the character is owned by DC Comics, the series is owned by Turner)
The Centurions
Thundarr The Barbarian
Rickety Rocket
The Puppy's Greatest Adventures
Piggsburg Pigs

Alvin and the Chipmunks and Police Academy are two unique cases. Alvin became a part of the Warner library when they bought syndication rights to the Ruby-Spears seasons and a part of the DiC-produced seasons. Police Academy and 1988's Superman were made by Ruby-Spears for Warner Bros. Entertainment, therefore, Warner Bros. Entertainment is the holder of those titles.

And some I know that's NOT owned by Time Warner:
C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa
Skysurfer Strike Force
Rambo
It's Punky Brewster
Heathcliff
MarmadukeActually, two of the three Heathcliff shows made in the 80s, Heathcliff and Marmaduke and that Heathcliff show paired off with those horror-inspired characters, are owned by Time Warner. The only Heathcliff series NOT owned by them is the more familiar DiC-produced series with Cats & Company (aka Riff-Raff and the Alley Cats).

Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa is owned by DiC, picked up when they acquired some of Capital City/ABC's animated titles when they got spun off from Disney, including Bump in the Night, What A Mess, and a few others.

Punky Brewster is owned by NBC Universal, Skysurfer Strike Force, Rambo, and the first Mega Man series are all owned by Bohbot Kids Network (BKN). Laser Tag Academy, I believe, is owned by DiC now.

Fantastic Max is owned by Hanna-Barbera. Popeye and Son, although they're ashamed that they made it, is owned by King Features, just like all the other Hanna-Barbera-made Popeye shows.

Seabert isn't from Hanna-Barbera, but Sepp did distribute it to America without them. It's French. I assume the series is still owned by the producers, not Hanna-Barbera.

Can someone tell me what other TW Cartoon properties that's not Warner Bros./ Hanna Barbera/Ruby Spears/CN Studios related?Like Kolbar said, the post-1974 Rankin-Bass library with the exception of their most recent production, Santa Baby.

They also own titles from Seven Arts, including Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero and Marine Boy (but not Batfink . . . weird), HBO Animation titles like Ralph Bakshi's Spicy City, Todd McFarlane's Spawn, and Happily Ever After, and other titles through their subsidaries like Baby Blues, The Oblongs, and Mission Hill.

[John Dorian]

Damn it, I knew I forgot about Rankin/Bass. Thanks Kolbar.



And thanks, Jeff. And it's John Dorian.


And now: 2 last questions by me in this thread:


Even though Warner Bros. TV and NBC Universal TV (Universal Television at the time, now Universal Media Studios), both co-produced the short lived 1993 Family Dog series with Amblin Entertainment, and Nelvana Limited for animation, who exactly owns the series? I'm assuming that NBC Universal owns Family Dog because of FD appearing in Amazing Stories and MCA Universal HV releasing Family Dog on VHS in 1994, I don't know. Maybe NBC Universal and Warner Bros. Entertainment has co-ownership of the show. I don't want to be wrong now.




And does HBO have ownership in the 1995-1999 Little Lulu show? Or does Cookie Jar Entertainment?

[Mark The Shark]

So the 1977 repackage series "Fred Flintstone And Friends" cannot be shown today (not that there is a rabid demand for it). This was a weird compilation series originally distributed by Columbia Pictures Television, consisting of segments from:

Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm (now owned by WB)
The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972 version) (now owned by WB)
Goober And The Ghost Chasers (now owned by WB)
The Partridge Family In Outer Space (still owned by Sony)
Jeannie (still owned by Sony)
Yogi's Gang (now owned by WB)

This seems like a really odd selection of shows, but I think somehow, Columbia/Screen Gems was the common denominator. (Partridge Family, I Dream Of Jeannie, and evidently some stake in the Flintstones and Yogi Bear characters at the time. The Partridge kids also appeared on "Goober.")

But I think back then, Columbia still had the TV distribution rights for "The Flintstones," "The Jetsons," "Jonny Quest," "Top Cat" (?) and most of the pre-1965 short cartoons (Huck, Yogi, QDM, Magilla, Potamus, Wally, etc.)

[John Dorian]

Sorry for the bump, once again, I checked my resources, and Wildfire is indeed owned by WB/Turner.



So, who owns Trollkins? Turbo Teen?

I know Sectaurs is owned by WB/Turner.

[Jeff Harris]

So, who owns Trollkins?Time Warner (by way of Hanna-Barbera). They created the property to cash in on the popularity of both The Smurfs and The Dukes of Hazzard.

Turbo Teen?Time Warner (by way of the "old" Ruby-Spears). It's an awful show that could easily have been the inspiration behind Ranma 1/2. Sure, I doubt Ms. Takahashi looked at every episode, but the slight similarities between the protagonists of both properties (both transform into different forms via hot and cold water) is something noteworthy. And Ranma 1/2 is a way, way, way, way, way, way . . .

I know Sectaurs is owned by WB/Turner.Nope.

Sectaurs is owned by Hasbro.

Let me explain.

Coleco owned and licensed the property, including the animated series. By the end of the 1980s, the company went belly up. Hasbro bought out the licenses and properties owned by Coleco in 1989.

A group of investors recently bought back the Coleco name to make video game consoles, but that's another conversation.

Where was I? Oh yeah.

. . . way, way, way, way, way better show than Turbo Teen ever was.

[John Dorian]

Ok, a couple more questions and you can wrap this bad boy up.


Is Rubik: he Amazing Cube owned by WB/Turner?

Does Warner Bros. have a stake the 1993 Family Dog series?


Do they (HBO) own 1995's The Little Lulu Show, or does Entertainment Rights (Classic Media)?


Is Hanna Barbera's Jokebook owned by WB/Turner Entertainment? Or is it owned by its creators?



Is the 1987 Paddington Bear series owned by WB/Turner?



I think SuperTed is owned by someone else.

[Jeff Harris]

Is Rubik: he Amazing Cube owned by WB/Turner?Yes. As is the Pac-Man animated series which it was paired with. That one's from Ruby-Spears, mind you, and it is in the family.

Does Warner Bros. have a stake the 1993 Family Dog series?They did at the time (they were co-producers), but the series is outright owned by NBC Universal.

Do they (HBO) own 1995's The Little Lulu Show, or does Entertainment Rights (Classic Media)?While the property is owned by Entertainment Rights, the series is co-owned by ER and Cookie Jar (nee CINAR).

Is Hanna Barbera's Jokebook owned by WB/Turner Entertainment? Or is it owned by its creators?What the heck is Jokebook?

Is the 1987 Paddington Bear series owned by WB/Turner?Yes. Although they've only aired the Christmas episode only for a number of years.

I think SuperTed is owned by someone else.The property is owned by the Welsh Fourth Channel Authority, controllers of S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru [Channel 4 Wales]).

And now, because nobody asked for it, here's a fun fact:

Both SuperTed and Fantastic Max were creations of Mike Young, a Welsh-born animator also responsible for Midnight Patrol, Voltron: The Third Dimension, and recently Pet Alien, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and Bratz.

[hobbyfan]

And now, because nobody asked for it, here's a fun fact:

Both SuperTed and Fantastic Max were creations of Mike Young, a Welsh-born animator also responsible for Midnight Patrol, Voltron: The Third Dimension, and recently Pet Alien, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and Bratz.

Young also gave us Butt-Ugly Martians.

[John Dorian]

What the heck is Jokebook?



Jokebook was a short lived What A Cartoon! like show on NBC in 1982, with cartoons from students/foreign films. 3 episodes aired, but the last four were never shown.

[Jeff Harris]

Young also gave us Butt-Ugly Martians.And heaven knows I've been trying to forget. A postnote on that series: it marked the final acting performance of the late Robert Urich. His character wasn't half bad though.

[SF4Ever]

A several footnotes:

Animated incarnations of Fonz & the Happy Days Gang, Laverne & Shirley in the Army and Mork & Mindy, produced by Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears, respectively, are properties of CBS Broadcasting, Inc(formerly Paramount Television, Inc.). Same deal with the 1970 version of The Harlem Globetrotters but the 1973 movie Charlotte's Web is still the property of Paramount Pictures Corp(feature film division still run by Viacom).

[John Dorian]

I know Warner Bros. Animation produced 3 South for MTV, but who's the owner? It could be MTV.


And I know Cartoon Network Studios produces Transformers Animated with Hasbro and distribution by CN, but who's the real owner? I know Paramount has the DVD rights to TA, but who's the owner of the show? I'm betting CN.

[hobbyfan]

What the heck is Jokebook?

Short-lived NBC series in the 80's.

[Jeff Harris]

I know Warner Bros. Animation produced 3 South for MTV, but who's the owner? It could be MTV.Warner Bros. owns international rights to the show while Viacom (via MTV Networks) owns regional rights. Not unlike how Nelvana owns international rights to Clone High and Undergrads while Viacom owns US rights to both series.

And I know Cartoon Network Studios produces Transformers Animated with Hasbro and distribution by CN, but who's the real owner? I know Paramount has the DVD rights to TA, but who's the owner of the show? I'm betting CN.Hasbro owns the worldwide rights to the Transformers property the series is based on (Tomy/Takara owns the underlying property), Hasbro and Cartoon Network Studios owns the actual production, and Entertainment Rights owns the global distribution rights (including the home video rights, which they licensed to Paramount).

[Ioz]

Anybody know what is up with HB's The Pirates of Dark Water? I wonder what the chances of it getting out on DVD in the near future are. I thought releasing it when the Pirates of the Carribean movies were out would have been a good time.

[Jeff Harris]

Anybody know what is up with HB's The Pirates of Dark Water? I wonder what the chances of it getting out on DVD in the near future are. I thought releasing it when the Pirates of the Carribean movies were out would have been a good time.You'd think so, but apparently, Warner Bros. didn't. Numerous Hanna-Barbera titles aren't on DVD right now, and some will likely never be on the format. The higher-profile properties like Scooby-Doo and The Flintstones come first, so you're likely going to see Scooby and Scrappy-Doo on DVD long before Buford and the Galloping Ghost or CB Bears. You'll probably see The Flintstones Comedy Show before you'll see something like Inch High, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Skatebirds, Storybreak, or Wildfire.

I'm still waiting for season collections of Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Fantastic Max, SuperTed, The Addams Family (both of 'em), SWAT Kats and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as well.

[JVipond]

I'm still waiting for season collections of Yogi's Treasure Hunt, Fantastic Max, SuperTed, The Addams Family (both of 'em), SWAT Kats and The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as well.

I still hope to see DVD collections of Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Jana of the Jungle, the 1980s Little Rascals (once that series' ownership issues are resolved) and possibly Galtar and the Golden Lance.