Aired: 1954 – 1973
Budget: $3.25 million in total
Perhaps one of the most infamous fictional dogs, Lassie first appeared in a short story by Eric Knight. The Collie was given her own book, called “Lassie Come-Home,” – which essentially landed her the television show “Lassie,” that aired from 1954 to 1973.
The show was followed by a handful of other TV spin-offs, including the animated series, “The New Adventures of Lassie,” which aired in 2014.
The Bugs Bunny Show
Aired: 1962-1971
Budget: $750,000 per episode
One of the biggest animated hits from Warner Bros was none other than "The Bugs Bunny Show." It was mainly composed of cartoons from two different canons, "Looney Toons" and "Merrie Melodies."
The show initially debuted as a primetime half-hour program on ABC in 1960, before it was picked up as an hour-long special. It was best known as a Saturday morning special and was also broadcast on CBS. Unfortunately, it was canceled when Cartoon Network picked up the show's contract.
The Jetsons
Aired: 1962-1963
Budget: $300,000 per episode
A Hanna-Barbera Productions classic, "The Jetsons" was the space-age counterpart to "The Flintstones." The Jetson family lived in the future, in a world that writers in the sixties thought life would look like now. A world with robots, holograms, and aliens.
The original series aired on Sunday night and had twenty-four episodes. "The Jetsons" made history by becoming the first ABC-TV show to be broadcast in color.
The Yogi Bear Show
Aired: 1959-1964
Budget: $125,000 per episode
One of Hanna-Barbera's greatest successes even though its run-time was considerably shorter than other shows, "The Yogi Bear Show" was an animated series that ran for only two seasons. The show told the story of the adventures of Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo Bear, his sidekick.
The show had two segments, Yakky Doodle and Snagglepuss. The show had several spinoffs and movie specials extending beyond the original 33 episodes.
Tom and Jerry
Aired: 1965 - 1972
Budget: $50,000 per episode
The most famous frenemies on-screen may be the notorious cat and mouse duo, Tom and Jerry. The Hanna-Barbera smash-hit was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that created 161 short movies from it.
Though the first series aired in 1940, it was developed into a television show in the sixties. "Tom and Jerry" had many different writers and directors throughout it's running, but regardless of the show's writer, the show was always a hit.