This February, MeTV Toons – the only TV network destination dedicated exclusively to classic animation – launches ‘The House of Hanna-Barbera,’ a new weekday and Sunday-afternoon programming block showcasing the enduringly popular cartoons of the legendary Hanna-Barbera animation studio. Featured characters include Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Secret Squirrel, Snagglepuss, Pixie and Dixie, Wally Gator, Touché Turtle and many, many more. MeTV. Toons welcomes the block with a special three-hour, primetime sneak peek on Sunday, February 16 from 8-11pm ET/PT, before “The House of Hanna-Barbera” lands in its regular Monday-Friday timeslot of 11am-1pm ET/PT, beginning on Monday, February 17. The block will also air regularly on Sunday afternoons from 1-3pm ET/PT beginning on February 23.

William Hanna and Joseph Barbera are two of the most highly esteemed names in the world of animation, and their studio output is widely regarded as among the most prolific and successful in animation history. After spending decades with MGM creating the Academy Award-winning Tom and Jerry cartoons, the duo founded their own studio in 1957, Hanna-Barbera, and then quickly came to dominate cartoons on television. The Hanna-Barbera Studio produced hundreds of animated series during its 67-year run, introducing many beloved characters that have become permanent pop-culture icons.

“These cartoons are the cream of the crop,” says animation historian Jerry Beck (author of The
Hanna Barbera Treasury). “The characters are the backbone of the studio – the personalities, the character designs, the whole Hanna Barbera aesthetic. The lines, written by their top writers, formerly of Warner Bros. and Disney, with quotes we all remember: ‘How much is that gorilla in the window’, ‘Touche away!’, ‘I hate those meeces to pieces!’ These cartoons are filled with the voices that became the soundtrack of our childhood. Daws Butler, Mel Blanc, June Foray, Don Messick on and on – the theme songs by Hoyt Curtin – all classic. The H and B cartoons became the inspiration for other artists and future studios, and pretty much all television animation that followed. And here’s the best news – they are still funny. In fact, they seem to have gotten better over time – I’m laughing at jokes that went way over my head when I saw them as a kid.”

‘The House of Hanna-Barbera’ Sneak Peek on MeTV TOONS
Special primetime Sneak Peek airs Sunday, Feb. 16 from 8-11pm ET/PT

MeTV Toons welcomes ‘The House of Hanna-Barbera’ to the network with this special
primetime sneak peek featuring over 20 back-to-back classic shorts including favorites
Magilla Gorilla, Atom Ant and Squiddly Diddly.

‘The House of Hanna-Barbera’ Weekdays on MeTV TOONS
Regular two-hour weekday block airs 11am-1pm ET/PT beginning Monday, Feb. 17.

‘The House of Hanna-Barbera’ Sunday Afternoons on MeTV TOONS
Regular two-hour Sunday afternoon block airs from 1-3pm ET/PT beginning Sunday, Feb. 23.

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Lauren Ashton

Lauren Ashton is a Los Angeles-based writer. She has also taught stop-motion animation and film history since 2020, and holds a BFA in Acting from The California Institute of the Arts. Lauren has previously worked with Walt Disney Imagineering, and since graduating from CalArts, she has worked at Spellbound Inc. (a YouTube Production Company), Gnomon School of Animation, and written plays and sketch comedy for various theaters.

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