What's New, Scooby-Doo? | |
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Genre |
Action/Adventure Mystery Comedy |
Created by |
Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
Developed by | Sander Schwartz |
Starring |
Frank Welker Casey Kasem Mindy Cohn Grey DeLisle |
Theme music composer | Rich Dickerson |
Opening theme | "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" performed by Simple Plan |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 3 |
No. of episodes | 42 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) |
Joseph Barbera Sander Schwartz |
Producer(s) |
Chuck Sheetz James Krieg George Doty IV Ed Scharlach |
Running time | 22 minutes |
Production company(s) | Warner Bros. Animation |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
Release | |
Original network | The WB (Kids WB) |
Picture format |
480i/576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Audio format | Dolby Surround |
Original release | September 14, 2002 | – July 21, 2006
Chronology | |
Preceded by | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1991) |
Followed by | Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! (2006–2008) |
External links | |
Website |
What's New, Scooby-Doo? is an American animated mystery comedy series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for The WB television network; it is the ninth incarnation of the Scooby-Doo franchise that began with Hanna-Barbera's Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and the first of such since the previous incarnation, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo, ended in 1991. The series revives the format of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, in which the title character and his companions, Fred Jones; Daphne Blake; Velma Dinkley; and Shaggy Rogers, travel to varying locations solving mysteries; this format is modernized for What's New, Scooby-Doo?, in which the characters utilize technology that did not exist at the time Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! first aired. It is the first television series in the franchise in which Frank Welker, Grey DeLisle, and Mindy Cohn respectively portrayed the voices of Scooby-Doo, Daphne, and Velma; and the final one in which Casey Kasem portrayed Shaggy, having originally quit the role following a dispute regarding the portrayal of the character.
The series premiered on September 14, 2002, and ran for three seasons before ending on July 21, 2006. The title song was performed by Canadian band Simple Plan. Reruns of the series have aired on both Cartoon Network and Boomerang in the United States. It also aired on Teletoon in Canada, and CITV in the United Kingdom.