The Addams Family readership and did not want it associated with characters who could be seen on television by just anybody. After Shawn's 1987 retirement, the characters were welcomed back to "The New Yorker". The Addams Family's first animated appearance was on the third episode of Hanna-Barbera's "The New Scooby-Doo Movies", "Scooby-Doo Meets the Addams Family" (a.k.a. "Wednesday is Missing"), which first aired on CBS Saturday morning, September 23, 1972. Four of the original cast (John Astin, Carolyn Jones, Jackie Coogan, and Ted Cassidy) returned for the special, which involved the Addamses in a mystery with the Scooby-Doo gang. The Addams Family characters
Addams Family Reunion market. Because of the underwhelming commercial performance of "Addams Family Values", as well as the death of Raul Julia, who had played Gomez Addams, Paramount Pictures ultimately decided not to produce a third film, resulting in Saban deciding to reboot the series. "Addams Family Reunion" was coproduced by Saban with Warner Bros. The two studios planned to produce a new series called "The New Addams Family", and intended to produce a two hour pilot film for the series, which eventually became "Addams Family Reunion"; Saban planned to premiere the film on a cable network owned by the company before releasing