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Scooby-Doo

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Scooby-Doo is an American media franchise built on the animated mystery series developed by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears for the Hanna-Barbera animation studio. Its first series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, debuted on the CBS network on September 13, 1969, and followed a talking Great Dane and four teenage friends who investigate mysteries that usually turn out to have a very unsupernatural explanation. The franchise has since produced numerous further television series across networks including Cartoon Network, Boomerang, and HBO Max, along with direct-to-video animated films, live-action theatrical movies, comic books, and merchandise, and continues to develop new projects such as the live-action series Scooby-Doo: Origins.

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1969 1
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United States 1
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premiered as part of the network's Saturday morning cartoon schedule on September 13, 1969
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Scooby-Doo (Wikipedia)
  • Lead section
    Scooby-Doo (often written as Scooby-Doo!) is an American media franchise created in 1969 by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears through their animated series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, for Hanna-Barbera.
  • In Medium: Television, Article lead sentence
    Scooby-Doo (often written as Scooby-Doo!) is an American media franchise created in 1969 by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears through their animated series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, for Hanna-Barbera.
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