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was an American animation studio that dominated North American television animation during the second half of the 20th century. The company was originally formed in 1944 by MGM animation directors

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and live-action director George Sidney as

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Enterprises in order to produce sponsored films and later television commercials.
After MGM shut down its animation studio in 1957,

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Enterprises became

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full-time job, and the company was re-named

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Productions in 1960. Over the next three decades,

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Productions produced many successful cartoon shows, including The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Flintstones, Top Cat, Tom and Jerry, The Yogi Bear Show, The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Wacky Races. In the mid-1980s, the company's fortunes declined somewhat after the profitability of Saturday morning cartoons were eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication.