Count Duckula was produced by Filmation and appeared as part of their "Mighty Mouse" and "Heckle and Jeckle" cartoon hour. Count Duckula then reappeared in the 2015 TV Series of Danger Mouse. "Count Duckula" was created by British studio Cosgrove Hall Films as a spin-off from "Danger Mouse". In 1984 Nickelodeon acquired the US broadcast rights to "Danger Mouse", which became a hit for the channel. After a few years, the Nickelodeon management came to Cosgrove Hall wishing to co-produce a new series. After being shown a number of ideas, the then head of Nickelodeon, Geraldine Laybourne, spotted a picture of Count
Animated series The first animated television series was "Crusader Rabbit". Animated sitcoms first appeared in the 1960s, with "The Flintstones" (1960–1966), followed by "The Jetsons" (1962–1987). From 1972 to 1974, Hanna-Barbera produced "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home", an adult-oriented sitcom in the style of "All in the Family". The 1980s and 1990s was a renaissance of the cartoon children's television series and adult's television series. Various broadcast networks and media companies began creating television channels and formats designed specifically for airing cartoon series. Companies that already had these types of formats in place began to revamp their existing models during this