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- This article is about the TV series. For other uses, see The Jetsons (disambiguation).
The Jetsons is an animated TV sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera (H-B). It originally aired on ABC in prime-time between 1962 and 1963, then in syndicated markets between 1985 to 1987.
It was the Space-Age counterpart to The Flintstones, who lived in the Stone-Age, where life was assisted by dinosaurs and birds, where as The Jetsons lived in a far-off future utopia, with robots and other fantastical gadgets eased everyday lives. The humour of it, though, was that they still found life difficult.
The series is largely about middle-class George Jetson and the everyday (and sometimes over the top) problems his boss, Cosmo Spacely, gives him, despite his usual and rather mundane routine of pushing a button to get Spacely's factory working. He also deals with family life, having to fulfill the needs and expectations of wife and children. He also has to deal with an overly loving pet dog and snappy robot maid. The first season tried to reach an adult audience with its prime-time slot, while the 80s "reboot" attempted to appear more to the younger generation with a more casual time slot during the day, with more focus on gadgets and aliens (although it never strayed too far from its original premise).
Aside from the 80s revival of new episodes, two TV movies were made, including The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones and Rockin' with Judy Jetson, with a seemingly final appearance in the theatrical Jetsons: The Movie, released by Universal Pictures in 1990. Twenty-seven years later in 2017 (with Hanna-Barbera having been absorbed into Time Warner in the late 1990's), Warner Bros. Animation produced the direct-to-video film, The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania.
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who also composed and arranged the theme song, with lyrics written by Joseph Barbera and William Hanna. The lyrics consist of four verses:
Meet George Jetson,
His boy, Elroy,
Daughter, Judy,
Jane, his wife
Episodes
| Episode | Number | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| "Rosey the Robot" | 1x01 | September 23, 1962 |
| "A Date with Jet Screamer" | 1x02 | September 30, 1962 |
| "Jetson's Nite Out" | 1x03 | October 7, 1962 |
| "The Space Car" | 1x04 | October 14, 1962 |
| "The Coming of Astro" | 1x05 | October 21, 1962 |
| "The Good Little Scouts" | 1x06 | October 28, 1962 |
| "The Flying Suit" | 1x07 | November 4, 1962 |
| "Rosey's Boyfriend" | 1x08 | November 11, 1962 |
| "Elroy's TV Show" | 1x09 | November 18, 1962 |
| "Uniblab" | 1x10 | November 25, 1962 |
| "A Visit from Grandpa" | 1x11 | December 2, 1962 |
| "Astro's Top Secret" | 1x12 | December 9, 1962 |
| "Las Venus" | 1x13 | December 16, 1962 |
| "Elroy's Pal" | 1x14 | December 23, 1962 |
| "Test Pilot" | 1x15 | December 30, 1962 |
| "Millionaire Astro" | 1x16 | January 6, 1963 |
| "The Little Man" | 1x17 | January 13, 1963 |
| "Jane's Driving Lesson" | 1x18 | January 20, 1963 |
| "G.I. Jetson" | 1x19 | January 27, 1963 |
| "Miss Solar System" | 1x20 | February 3, 1963 |
| "Private Property" | 1x21 | February 10, 1963 |
| "Dude Planet" | 1x22 | February 17, 1963 |
| "TV or Not TV" | 1x23 | February 24, 1963 |
| "Elroy's Mob" | 1x24 | March 3, 1963 |
| "Elroy Meets Orbitty" | 2x01 | September 16, 1985 |
| "Rosie Come Home" | 2x02 | September 17, 1985 |
| "Solar Snoops" | 2x03 | September 18, 1985 |
| "Judy's Birthday Surprise" | 2x04 | September 19, 1985 |
| "SuperGeorge" | 2x05 | September 20, 1985 |
| "Family Fallout" | 2x06 | September 23, 1985 |
| "Instant Replay" | 2x07 | September 24, 1985 |
| "Fugitive Fleas" | 2x08 | September 25, 1985 |
| "S.M.A.S.H." | 2x09 | September 26, 1985 |
| "One Strike, You're Out" | 2x10 | September 30, 1985 |
| "Mother's Day for Rosie" | 2x11 | October 1, 1985 |
| "S'No Relative" | 2x12 | October 2, 1985 |
| "Dance Time" | 2x13 | October 3, 1985 |
| "Judy Takes Off" | 2x14 | October 7, 1985 |
| "Winner Takes All" | 2x15 | October 9, 1985 |
| "The Mirrormorph" | 2x16 | October 11, 1985 |
| "The Cosmic Courtship of George and Jane" | 2x17 | October 14, 1985 |
| "High Moon" | 2x18 | October 15, 1985 |
| "Hi-Tech Wreck" | 2x19 | October 17, 1985 |
| "Little Bundle of Trouble" | 2x20 | October 18, 1985 |
| "Elroy in Wonderland" | 2x21 | October 22, 1985 |
| "The Swiss Family Jetson" | 2x22 | October 23, 1985 |
| "Rip-Off Rosie" | 2x23 | October 24, 1985 |
| "Fantasy Planet" | 2x24 | October 28, 1985 |
| "Space Bong" | 2x25 | October 30, 1985 |
| "Haunted Halloween" | 2x26 | October 31, 1985 |
| "Astro's Big Moment" | 2x27 | November 1, 1985 |
| "Jetsons' Millions" | 2x28 | November 4, 1985 |
| "The Wrong Stuff" | 2x29 | November 5, 1985 |
| "The Vacation" | 2x30 | November 7, 1985 |
| "Team Spirit" | 2x31 | November 11, 1985 |
| "Future Tense" | 2x32 | November 12, 1985 |
| "Far-Out Father" | 2x33 | November 13, 1985 |
| "Dog Daze Afternoon" | 2x34 | November 15, 1985 |
| "Grandpa and the Galactic Goldigger" | 2x35 | November 19, 1985 |
| "Robot's Revenge" | 2x36 | November 20, 1985 |
| "To Tell the Truth" | 2x37 | November 22, 1985 |
| "Boy George" | 2x38 | November 25, 1985 |
| "Judy's Elopement" | 2x39 | November 27, 1985 |
| "The Century's Best" | 2x40 | November 29, 1985 |
| "A Jetson Christmas Carol" | 2x41 | December 13, 1985 |
| "Crime Games" | 3x01 | October 19, 1987 |
| "ASTROnomical I.Q." | 3x02 | October 21, 1987 |
| "9 to 5 to 9" | 3x03 | October 23, 1987 |
| "Invisibly Yours, George" | 3x04 | October 27, 1987 |
| "Father/Daughter Dance" | 3x05 | October 29, 1987 |
| "Clean as a Hound's Tooth" | 3x06 | November 2, 1987 |
| "Wedding Bells for Rosey" | 3x07 | November 4, 1987 |
| "The Odd Pod" | 3x08 | November 6, 1987 |
| "Two Many Georges" | 3x09 | November 10, 1987 |
| "Spacely for a Day" | 3x10 | November 12, 1987 |
