The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that was broadcast from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966 on ABC The show was produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions The Flintstones was about a working-class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend The show's continuing popularity rested heavily on its juxtaposition of modern everyday concerns in the Stone Age setting