Their very first success was Tom and Jerry, centering around the madcap comical adventures of a cat and a mouse. Having worked at other studios since the early 1930s, they solidified an eight decade working partnership.

William Denby 'Bill' Hanna and Joseph Roland 'Joe' Barbera met at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) studio in 1937, while working at its animation division. History Tom and Jerry and birth of a studio (1937–1957) Since then, the Hanna-Barbera name has been used primarily for marketing and copyright purposes. After Hanna died in 2001, Hanna-Barbera as a standalone company was folded into Warner Bros. Turner later merged in 1996 with Time Warner (currently Warner Bros. Taft Broadcasting acquired Hanna-Barbera in 1966 and retained ownership until 1991 when Turner Broadcasting System acquired the studio, using the back catalog to establish Cartoon Network the following year. The profitability of Saturday-morning cartoons was eclipsed by weekday afternoon syndication after the studio's fortunes declined by the 1980s. It produced many successful television shows, including The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Flintstones, The Yogi Bear Show, Top Cat, The Jetsons, Jonny Quest, Wacky Races, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and The Smurfs, winning Hanna-Barbera a record-breaking eight Emmy Awards while new feature-length movies and specials were made. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) to close its in-house cartoon studio, and was formerly headquartered on Cahuenga Boulevard from 1960 until 1998 and at the Sherman Oaks Galleria in Sherman Oaks, both in Los Angeles, California. Hanna-Barbera ( / ˈ h æ n ə ˈ b ɑːr b ɛər ə/ BAR-bair-ə) was an American animation studio and production company that was active from 1957 until it was absorbed into Warner Bros.

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