Hanna-Barbera

Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc.

Final logo, used from 1988 to 2001.
The Hanna-Barbera headquarters in Los Angeles in the 1990s. The "swirling star" logo on the right was designed by Saul Bass in 1979.
Formerly	H-B Enterprises (1957–1959) Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. (1959–1992) H-B Production Co. (1992–1993)
Company type	In-name-only unit of Warner Bros.
Industry	Film Animation Television
Predecessor	MGM Cartoons
Founded	July 7, 1957; 67 years ago (1957-07-07)
Founders	William Hanna Joseph Barbera George Sidney
Defunct	2001; 23 years ago (2001)
Fate	Absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation
Successors	Studio: Cartoon Network Studios Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe (In-name-only) Warner Bros. Animation Library: Warner Bros. Television Studios (through Warner Bros. Animation) (except licensed properties)
Headquarters	Kling Studios, Hollywood, California, U.S. (1957–1960) Cahuenga Boulevard, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S. (1960–1998) Sherman Oaks Galleria, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, U.S. (1998–2001)
Products	Theatrical feature films Television films Television series Theatrical short films Commercials Direct-to-video entries Television specials
Owner	Screen Gems Television (18%, 1957–1966) Turner Broadcasting System (1991–1993, 50%; 1993–1996, 100%) Apollo Global 1991–1993, 50%)
Parent	Taft Broadcasting (1966–1987) Great American Broadcasting (1987–1991) Turner Entertainment (1993–1996) Warner Bros. Animation (1996–2001)
Divisions	Hanna-Barbera Australia (1972–1988) Wang Film Productions (50%, 1978–1990s) Cartoon Network Studios (1994–2000) Bedrock Productions (1990)

Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. (/bɑːrˈbɛərə/ bar-BAIR-ə)^[1][2] (founded and formerly known as H-B Enterprises, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. and H-B Production Co.) was an American production company, which was active from 1957 until its absorption into Warner Bros. Animation in 2001. Founded on July 7, 1957 by Tom and Jerry creators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera along with George Sidney,^[3] it was headquartered at the Kling Studios from 1957 to 1960, then on Cahuenga Blvd from 1960 to 1998 and subsequently at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in Sherman Oaks from 1998 to 2001.

Notable productions that the studio produced included The Huckleberry Hound Show, the Yogi Bear franchise - 1961 to 1994, the Flintstones franchise - 1960 to 1996, the Scooby-Doo franchise - 1969 to 2001, The Smurfs and the opening credits of Bewitched. With these cartoons, Hanna-Barbera have may usurped Disney as the most successful animation studio in the world, with its characters becoming ubiquitous across different types of media and myriad consumer products.^[4][5][6]

By the 1980s, however, the studio's fortunes were in decline, as the profitability of Saturday-morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication. Taft Broadcasting acquired Hanna-Barbera in 1966 and retained ownership until 1991. It was in this year when Turner Broadcasting System acquired the studio,^[7] using the back catalog to establish Cartoon Network the following year.^[8][9][10]

By the time Hanna died in 2001, Hanna-Barbera as a standalone company was folded into Warner Bros. Animation. The name continues to be used for copyright, marketing and branding purposes for former properties now produced by Warner Bros.