Hanna-Barbera created The Jetsons as the Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones: the same family sitcom set in the future instead of the Stone Age.
Animated Series· 1962· Sitcom
The Jetsons
by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
The Jetsons: it draws on 2 recorded sources.
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- Space Race
The Jetsons premiered in 1962, at the height of the Space Race, imagining family life in a sky-high city of flying cars.