"Family Guy" Creator to Revive "Flintstones" for Fox

Yabba dabba doo, the Flintstones are headed back to television! Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane will put a modern spin on the classic cartoon about the prehistoric Flintstone family, Fred and Wilma, and their neighbors, Barney and Betty Rubble, Fox television announced on Monday.

"The very first cartoon character I drew at age two was Fred Flintstone," MacFarlane said in a statement.

"So it's appropriate that events have come full circle, allowing me to produce the newest incarnation of this great franchise. Plus, I think America is finally ready for an animated sitcom about a fat, stupid guy with a wife who's too good for him.”

Though much of the cartoon will remain the same, MacFarlane expects to add a lot of modern updates, taking into account “the animal version of the iPod” and things like that.

Kevin Reilly, Fox entertainment president, said the network is excited about bringing the Flintstone characters to a "whole new generation."

"Fox has long been home to iconic families like the Simpsons and the Griffins, so I have no doubt that the Flintstones and the Rubbles are going to fit right in on our air," Reilly said.

Production for the Flintstones will begin this fall, while the show will premiere sometime in 2013. 

Americans first met the Flintstones in the 1960s, and the popular cartoon has inspired multiple television specials, videogames, and three Hollywood movies.

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