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
The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) collaborations with HBO include the co-production of the Gervais/Merchant series "Extras" together with the BBC, as well as Gervais's "Out of England" stand-up comedy special. The first preview clip of the series was shown on "Late Show with David Letterman", in November 2009. The episode "Knob at Night" was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) at the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards. Each season of "The Ricky Gervais Show" consists of 13 episodes. The series premiered in the United States on 19 February 2010 on HBO. The second season started on