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Hanna-Barbera created 'Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!' partly to address network fears that what type of children's cartoon was encouraging real-world violence?
Answer
Action-adventure cartoons
In the late 1960s, following public concern about violence in children's programming, CBS asked Hanna-Barbera to develop a less intense alternative to its action-adventure shows, resulting in the comedic mystery format of Scooby-Doo.
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Scooby-Doo was created partly because networks worried that action cartoons caused violence, so the show added a talking dog to reduce intensity.
Other options people guess
- Educational puzzle cartoons
- Musical variety cartoons
- Slapstick comedy shorts
Topics
- scooby-doo
- hanna-barbera
- 1960s
- animation-history
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