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Golden-age American animated TV milestones: Multiple Choice
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- 01Which long-running 1990s Nickelodeon series (debut 1991) became a milestone for cable-originated animated series popularity?
- 02Which show’s 1960s prime-time success proved that original animated programming could attract adult audiences and advertisers, paving the way for later prime-time cartoons?
- 03Which 1950s syndicated cartoon pair is remembered as an early TV-only studio creation that helped establish television animation production models?
- 04Which animated series, debuting in 1989, became the longest-running American prime-time scripted animated series?
- 05Which series is widely recognized as the first animated series produced specifically for American television (1949)?
- 06Which studio is most associated with the rise of the televised Saturday-morning cartoon block in the late 1950s and 1960s?
- 07Which animated show is credited as the first successful prime-time animated sitcom in the U.S. (premiered 1960)?
- 08Which was the first television series produced by the Hanna-Barbera studio (1957)?
- 09Which 1980s–90s syndicated programming and toy tie-in era is often cited as a major milestone in TV animation commercialization (e.g., shows built around toy lines)?
- 10Which early TV cartoon franchise began as theatrical shorts decades earlier and became a major television staple through package-show broadcasts (e.g., in the 1950s)?