# Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
**Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?** is an American animated mystery-comedy series in which the Mystery Inc. gang, Fred, Daphne, Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby-Doo, solves a monster-of-the-week mystery in each episode alongside celebrity guests and fictional characters. Produced by [Warner Bros. Animation](https://www.edgepedia.org/warner-bros-animation), it is the thirteenth incarnation of the [Scooby-Doo](https://www.edgepedia.org/scooby-doo) franchise and a revival of the guest-star formula of *The New Scooby-Doo Movies* (1972–73). It premiered on Boomerang's streaming service on June 27, 2019 and concluded on October 1, 2021, after two seasons and 52 episodes.[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) • [2](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/umc.cmc.18a7401ycr41ybx0a8b08eggj)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Run | Premiered June 27, 2019 (Boomerang streaming); finale October 1, 2021; 2 seasons, 52 episodes[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) • [3](https://www.max.com/au/en/shows/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/s2/5763db58-03f7-43ab-97ca-bcc117a93e4a) |
| Premise | The gang joins celebrity guests, who voice themselves, to solve mysteries[2](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/umc.cmc.18a7401ycr41ybx0a8b08eggj) |
| Voice cast | Frank Welker (Fred Jones/Scooby-Doo), Grey Griffin (Daphne Blake), Matthew Lillard (Shaggy Rogers), Kate Micucci (Velma Dinkley)[2](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/umc.cmc.18a7401ycr41ybx0a8b08eggj) |
| Production | Warner Bros. Animation; executive producer Sam Register; producer Chris Bailey; director Mike Milo[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) • [2](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/umc.cmc.18a7401ycr41ybx0a8b08eggj) |
| Style | Retro format emulating Hanna-Barbera's 1969–1978 art, animation, and sound design, with the original outfits and personalities[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) |
| Rating | Originally TV-PG, the first in the franchise with that rating, later re-rated TV-Y7[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) |
| Distribution | Boomerang streaming, then Cartoon Network; remaining season-two episodes moved to HBO Max on October 1, 2021[4](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/scooby-doo-and-guess-who) • [1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) |
## Premise and format
In each episode, the Mystery Inc. gang teams up with celebrity guests and fictional characters.[4](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/scooby-doo-and-guess-who) The roster ranges from comedians like [Whoopi Goldberg](https://www.edgepedia.org/whoopi-goldberg), to singers like Sia, to scientists like [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://www.edgepedia.org/neil-degrasse-tyson).[4](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/scooby-doo-and-guess-who) The premiere episode, "Revenge of the Swamp Monster!" (June 27, 2019), has the gang meet basketball star [Chris Paul](https://www.edgepedia.org/chris-paul) at a Florida golf tournament fundraiser, where Shaggy has come to caddy so that the "Assist King" can save a local school from closing.[5](https://watch.boomerang.com/shows/scooby-doo-franchise/series/scooby-doo-series/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/227/volume-1) • [6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8456094/episodes/?season=1)
The mysteries keep the classic ghost-and-monster plot twists and clue searching of the original series, but the gang now uses modern tools such as tablets, smartphones, and wi-fi in their sleuthing.[4](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/scooby-doo-and-guess-who) Episodes run about 22 minutes and carry a TV-PG rating on US platforms.[2](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/umc.cmc.18a7401ycr41ybx0a8b08eggj)
## Production and development
The series was produced by Warner Bros. Animation, with Sam Register as executive producer and Chris Bailey as producer; Mike Milo directed, and Vishnu Athreya, Jay Bastian, and Diana Theobald are also credited as producers.[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) • [2](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/umc.cmc.18a7401ycr41ybx0a8b08eggj) The voice cast comprises [Frank Welker](https://www.edgepedia.org/frank-welker) as Fred Jones and Scooby-Doo, Grey Griffin as [Daphne Blake](https://www.edgepedia.org/daphne-blake), Matthew Lillard as [Shaggy Rogers](https://www.edgepedia.org/shaggy-rogers), and Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley.[2](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/umc.cmc.18a7401ycr41ybx0a8b08eggj)
News of the show broke twice: [Matthew Lillard](https://www.edgepedia.org/matthew-lillard), the voice of Shaggy, leaked it in a social media announcement on July 19, 2017, and Warner Bros. formally announced it in May 2018.[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) Visually and aurally, the show deliberately imitates the [Hanna-Barbera](https://www.edgepedia.org/hanna-barbera) house style of 1969 to 1978, keeping the original outfits and personalities of the five leads rather than redesigning them.[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) It was originally rated TV-PG, the first Scooby-Doo series to carry that rating, and was later re-rated TV-Y7.[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F)
## Episodes, distribution, and guest stars
The series ran for two seasons, 52 episodes in total, with the second season comprising 26 episodes.[3](https://www.max.com/au/en/shows/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/s2/5763db58-03f7-43ab-97ca-bcc117a93e4a) • [7](https://iview.abc.net.au/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who) It began streaming on Boomerang's subscription service on June 27, 2019 and also aired on [Cartoon Network](https://www.edgepedia.org/cartoon-network).[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) • [4](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/scooby-doo-and-guess-who) On September 29, 2021, it was announced that the series would move to [HBO Max](https://www.edgepedia.org/hbo-max), and the remaining second-season episodes were released there on October 1, 2021.[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) The season-two finale, "The Movieland Monsters!", closes the run with the gang helping [Carol Burnett](https://www.edgepedia.org/carol-burnett) beta test her new virtual reality Movieland world.[7](https://iview.abc.net.au/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who)
**Guest roster.** Season 1 featured, among others, Chris Paul, Sia, Halsey, Ricky Gervais, Kenan Thompson, Bill Nye, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and [Mark Hamill](https://www.edgepedia.org/mark-hamill), alongside fictional characters including [Steve Urkel](https://www.edgepedia.org/steve-urkel), Batman, Sherlock Holmes, the Flash, and Wonder Woman. Season 2 added Cher, Carol Burnett, Jason Sudeikis, Gigi Hadid, and Morgan Freeman.[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) One late-season episode, "A Haunt of a Thousand Voices!" (October 1, 2021), made the guest format self-referential: Daphne takes the gang to meet her famous friend, voice actor Frank Welker.[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8456094/episodes/?season=1) According to the fan-maintained Scoobypedia, Mel Brooks and Dolly Parton were approached as guests but were unable to appear, and an episode originally featuring the band KISS was changed late in production.[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F)
## Comparison with other Scooby-Doo series
The celebrity-guest premise descends from the franchise's own history. *Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!* (1969–1970) occasionally featured famous figures of its day, including Davy Jones, Sonny and Cher, and even Batman and Robin, and *The New Scooby-Doo Movies* (1972–73) built entire episodes around guest teams.[4](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/scooby-doo-and-guess-who) • [1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) *Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?* is explicitly a revival of that 1972–73 formula, but with contemporary guests and modern technology in place of the era's celebrity cameos.[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F) • [4](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/scooby-doo-and-guess-who)
The series takes on a retro format, emulating the 1969–1978 Hanna-Barbera art, animation, and sound style, with the original character designs and personalities, keeping the classic look of the franchise.[1](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F)
## Reception and international availability
The premiere episode holds an IMDb user rating of 6.8/10 from 246 votes.[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8456094/episodes/?season=1) Warner Bros. lists the first season on disc and digital under the genres Animation, Crime/Mystery, and Family.[8](https://www.warnerbros.com/tv/scooby-doo-and-guess-who-season-1)
Internationally, the series aired on the BBC's CBBC channel in the United Kingdom, where iPlayer lists the first episode at 21 minutes, slightly under the 22-minute US listing.[9](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00326wb) • [2](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/umc.cmc.18a7401ycr41ybx0a8b08eggj) In Australia it is carried on ABC iview and on Max, which lists the complete run as 2 seasons and 52 episodes.[7](https://iview.abc.net.au/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who) • [3](https://www.max.com/au/en/shows/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/s2/5763db58-03f7-43ab-97ca-bcc117a93e4a)
## References
1. [Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Scoobypedia | Fandom](https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scooby-Doo_and_Guess_Who%3F)
2. [Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? – Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/umc.cmc.18a7401ycr41ybx0a8b08eggj)
3. [Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? | Max](https://www.max.com/au/en/shows/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/s2/5763db58-03f7-43ab-97ca-bcc117a93e4a)
4. [Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? – Common Sense Media](https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/scooby-doo-and-guess-who)
5. [Scooby Doo! And Guess Who? – Boomerang](https://watch.boomerang.com/shows/scooby-doo-franchise/series/scooby-doo-series/scooby-doo-and-guess-who/227/volume-1)
6. [Episode list – Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? (IMDb)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8456094/episodes/?season=1)
7. [Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? – ABC iview](https://iview.abc.net.au/show/scooby-doo-and-guess-who)
8. [WarnerBros.com | Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?: Season 1](https://www.warnerbros.com/tv/scooby-doo-and-guess-who-season-1)
9. [CBBC – Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?](https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00326wb)
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