In the glory days of the Saturday morning cartoon, translated to be from about 1966 to sometime in the 80s, a handful of studios dominated the network schedules from year to year. Eventually, names like Hanna-Barbera, Sid & Marty Kroftt, DePatie-Freeleng and Rankin-Bass became as common to see on the screen as the characters they created. Add to that list an animation and live-action studio that presented two faces: one of quality storytelling, characters and imagination, and another of mass-produced, limited animation.

I speak of Filmation Studios. From 1966 to 1988, this studio produced dozens of cartoons and live action series and paved the way for a number of genres that are still remembered to this day. It also gave us a number of talented artists and writers that went on to bigger and better things. Today, we take a look at this studio, which gave us The Archies, Jason of Star Command and He-Man.

Here are the new TV DVDs, in stores tomorrow.

• Deadwood - Season 3
• Diagnosis Murder - Season 2
• Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries - Season 2
• Jesse Stone: Night Passage and Jesse Stone: Death in Paradise
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List - Season 1
• Masters of Horror - The Screwfly Solution
• The Office - Season 1 and Season 2 set
• The Practice - Vol. 1
• The Rat Patrol - Season 2
• Red Shoe Diaries - Season 1 Limited Edition
• Walker, Texas Ranger - Season 3
• Welcome Back, Kotter - Season 1
• What's Happening Now - Season 1