The Flintstones (1960)
Yabba Dabba Doo!
The misadventures of two modern-day Stone Age families, the Flintstones and the Rubbles.
| Type | TV series |
|---|---|
| First aired | 30 September 1960 |
| Status | Ended, last episode 1 April 1966 |
| Genre | Family, Animation, Comedy |
| Created by | William Hanna and Joseph Barbera |
| Starring | Alan Reed, Mel Blanc and Jean Vander Pyl |
| Seasons | 6 seasons, 166 episodes |
| Episode length | about 25 min |
| Time to watch it all | about 69 hours |
| Rated | TV-G |
| Scores | TMDB users 7.4/10 |
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What kind of watch this is
The Flintstones is a 1960 animated comedy where the Stone Age meets the suburbs. It runs 25 minutes per episode across 6 seasons, totaling 166 episodes. That is 69 hours of stone-age middle management. Created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, it features Alan Reed as Fred, Mel Blanc as Barney, and Jean Vander Pyl as Wilma. The premise is simple: cavemen with jobs, homes, and neighbors. It is a dry look at domestic life, just with a lot more dinosaurs.
What the critics said
Variety was not holding back. The night after the premiere, the trade paper called the debut "a pen-and-ink disaster." That judgment stuck around for decades. Michael Barrier, an animation historian, later labeled it a "dumb sitcom," arguing that childhood fondness does not justify an artistic defense. It is a harsh take for a show that was rerun continuously for five decades. The 1960–61 season earned a reputation as a "vast wasteland," and the series shared that unenviable label. Yet it also became a television classic. Rotten Tomatoes gives the first season a 100% approval rating based on nine reviews, with an average score of 6/10. High praise, low average. The math is a little messy, but the reruns were not.
How it did with audiences
The Flintstones never reported a box office figure in the available data, so we look to the critics and fans instead. TMDB users give it a 7.4 out of 10. It is a solid mark for a show that predates the concept of "binge-watching" by decades. The audience reception is quiet but consistent, which suits a program about a family living in a stone age suburb.
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Sources
- The Flintstones on TMDB — synopsis, cast, ratings and recommendations
- Wikidata Q201358 — review scores, box office and awards (CC0)
- “The Flintstones” on Wikipedia, by its contributors (history) — reception, audience figures and legacy, summarised and adapted here under CC BY-SA 4.0
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