The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show is a 60-minute Saturday morning animated package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on ABC from November 8, 1980 to November 7, 1981. The program contained segments of "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo" and "Richie Rich". The "Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo" shorts represents the sixth show in which Scooby-Doo appears. This was the only Hanna-Barbera package series for which "Scooby-Doo" was given second billing and also notable for Richie Rich's debut in animation. With the exception of the "Richie Rich Gems", each episode featured three Scooby-Doo segments and three Richie Rich segments between them.
Scooby-Doo the predominantly skeptic oriented formula to that of most television dealing with paranormal themes, and considered that an adult analogue to "Scooby-Doo" would be a great public service. "Scooby-Doo" has maintained a significant fan base, which has grown steadily since the 1990s due to the show's popularity among both young children and nostalgic adults who grew up with the series. Several television critics have stated that the show's mix of the comedy-adventure and horror genres was the reason for its widespread success. As Fred Silverman and the Hanna-Barbera staff had planned when they first began producing the series, "Scooby-Doo"s ghosts,