The show is set in a comical version of the Stone Age, but has added features and technologies that resemble mid-20th-century suburban America. 9 Films and subsequent television series.In 2013, TV Guide ranked The Flintstones the second-greatest TV cartoon of all time (after The Simpsons). The Flintstones was the most financially successful and longest-running network animated television series for three decades, until The Simpsons surpassed it in 1997. The continuing popularity of The Flintstones rests heavily on its juxtaposition of modern everyday concerns in the Stone Age setting. Producers William Hanna and Joseph Barbera drew inspiration for the show's concept and music from popular cartoons of that time, including The Bugs Bunny Show and Tom and Jerry, as well as from the live-action comedy series, The Honeymooners. The Rubbles are close characters to the Flintstones, including Fred's best friend, Barney Rubble, and his family, Betty Rubble, Bamm-Bamm Rubble and their pet, Hoppy. Also featured are relatives Pearl Slaghoople and Uncle Tex Hardrock. The show follows the lives of Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their pets Dino and Baby Puss, eventually seeing the addition of baby Pebbles Flintstone. It was originally broadcast on ABC from September 30, 1960, to April 1, 1966, and was the first animated series to hold a prime-time slot on television. The series takes place in a romanticized Stone Age setting and follows the activities of the titular family, the Flintstones, and their next-door neighbors, the Rubbles.

The Flintstones is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

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