The Flintstones as children, and yet others featuring Fred and Barney encountering Marvel Comics superhero The Thing and Al Capp's comic strip character The Shmoo – have appeared over the years. The original show also was adapted into a live-action film in 1994, and a prequel, "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas", which followed in 2000. Unlike its sister show "The Jetsons" (the two shows appeared in a made-for-TV crossover movie in 1987), the revival programs were not widely syndicated or rerun alongside the original series. In 2011, it was announced "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane would be reviving "The Flintstones" for
57th Primetime Emmy Awards tributes to ABC-TV anchor Peter Jennings (who died seven weeks earlier) presented by rival anchors Dan Rather and Tom Brokaw, and to talk show host Johnny Carson (who died on January 23, 2005) by close friend and "Late Show" host David Letterman. Also, the show featured "Emmy Idol", five segments in which famous TV stars performed popular TV theme songs in a format like "American Idol". "Everybody Loves Raymond" became the first comedy to have its final season win the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series since "Barney Miller" in 1982. The CBS comedy series also tied for the