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
51st Primetime Emmy Awards Falco not only became the first actress from a Cable network (HBO) to win Lead Actress, Drama series, she became the first person from any Cable TV show series, to win a Major Acting award. (Though David Clennon did win for only a guest performance in HBO's "Dream On" in 1993). The real winner of the night was television writer David E. Kelley. Kelley was the creator and head writer for both series champions, "Ally McBeal" and "The Practice". This accomplishment has not been matched since. 51st Primetime Emmy Awards The 51st Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September