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This article is about the television show. For the film adaptation, see The Flintstones (film).

The Flintstones
Genre	Sitcom Slapstick
Format	Animated series
Created by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Directed by	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Voices of	Alan Reed Jean Vander Pyl Mel Blanc Bea Benaderet Gerry Johnson Don Messick John Stephenson
Theme music composer	Hoyt Curtin[1]
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	6
No. of episodes	166 (List of episodes)
Production
Producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Running time	Various
Production company(s)	Hanna–Barbera Productions
Distributor	Screen Gems (original) Warner Bros. Television Distribution (current)
Broadcast
Original channel	ABC Cartoon Network Boomerang[2]
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Audio format	Monaural
Original run	September 30, 1960 – April 1, 1966
Chronology
Followed by	The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show

The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that was broadcast from September 30, 1960, to April 1, 1966, on ABC. The show was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. The Flintstones was about a working-class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend.
The show's continuing popularity rested heavily on its juxtaposition of modern everyday concerns in the Stone Age setting.^[3][4] The Flintstones was the most financially successful network animated franchise for three decades, until The Simpsons debuted.^[5]

Contents 1 Overview 1.1 Technology 1.2 "Stone-age" names 2 Characters 2.1 The Flintstones 2.2 The Rubbles 2.3 Other characters 3 Voice actors 3.1 Voice cast 4 Episodes 5 Music 6 Production history 7 Reception 7.1 Nielsen ratings