1960's - 1970's

Post Man Pat - 
Postman Pat was a British stop motion animation aired in 1981 and produced by Woodland Animation. It is aimed at young children for them in primary school or nursery. It is about a post man in a small village. It was first aired on BBC1 in 1981. Its first series was so successful along with the several TV specials and second series was created with 13 more episodes which was produced by the same people again in 1996. In 2004 a new series of Postman Pat was created but produced by Cosgrove Hall which had many aspects of the original series. But in this series Pat is no longer sponsored by Royal Mail like previously so he has became an employee of a fictional Special Delivery Service.

Scooby Doo - 

Scooby Doo was an American animated cartoon created by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The original series 'Scooby-Doo, Where are you !' was created for Hannah Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears in 1969. This Saturday morning cartoon series featured four teenagers - Fred Jones, Faphne Blake, Velma Dinkley and Norville 'Shaggy' Rogers. They also has a talking brown Great Dane which was called Scooby Doo. They solve mysteries involving supernatural creatures. The first series was very successful, Hanna-Barbera and its successor Warner Brothers Animation have produced a number of spin off animated series and similar work included specials and telefilms. Warner Bros also produced two feature films. Scooby Doo was originally aired on CBS from 1969 till 1976 when it moved to ABC. The show was aired till it was canceled in 1986 and presenting a spin off featuring the characters as children, A Puppy named Scooby Doo from 1988 till 1991. Town new Scooby Doo series, What's new, Scooby Doo? and Shaggy and Scooby Doo get a clue! This was aired as a part of a Kids Warner Bros and the Warner Bros network and until its successor The CW network since 2002 till 2008. The most recent Scooby Doo Series 'Scooby Doo! Mystery incorporated which aired on cartoon network from 2010 till 2013. Repeats of the old Scooby Doo Series are broadcasted often on Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the USA and other Countries. Finally in 2013 TV Guide ranked Scooby Doo the fifth Greatest TV cartoon of all time.

Tom and Jerry - 

Tom and Jerry is a series of theatrical animated cartoon films created byWilliam Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, centering on a rivalry between a cat (Tom) and a mouse (Jerry) whose chases includeslapstick comedy. Hanna and Barbera ultimately wrote, produced, and directed 114 Tom and Jerry shorts at the MGM cartoon studio in Hollywoodfrom 1940 to 1957. The original series is notable for having won sevenAcademy Awards, tying with Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies as the theatrical animated series with the most Oscars. A longtime television staple, Tom and Jerry has a worldwide audience and has been recognized as one of the most famous and longest-lived rivalries in American cinema.

MGM released an additional 13 entries in 1961 produced by Rembrandt Films led by Gene Deitch in central Europe. Chuck Jones' Sib-Tower 12 Productions produced another 34 entries between 1963–1967, creating a total of 161 theatrical entries.

Tom and Jerry resurfaced in made-for-television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Filmation Studiosstarting in the 1970s. The feature-length film Tom and Jerry: The Movie was released in 1992, and was followed by their first made-for-television short Tom and Jerry: The Mansion Cat for Boomerang. The most recent Tom and Jerry theatrical short,The Karate Guard, (2005) was written and co-directed by Barbera.

Time Warner (via its Turner Entertainment division) currently owns the rights to Tom and Jerry: Warner Bros. handles distribution. Since the merger, Turner has produced Tom and Jerry Tales for The CW's Saturday morning "The CW4Kids" lineup, and several Tom and Jerry direct-to-video films in collaboration with Warner Bros. Animation.