I just watched the CW's Scooby Doo reunion special. It's partly live-action and partly animated, with a cool-looking Mystery Machine van driving through the studio lot. The special appears to be a commercial promotion for a Warner Brothers studio tour, along with appearances from other Hanna-Barbera cartoons that they own. It's not quite as blatant and annoying as the recent Scoob! movie. The host spoke to the Scooby gang as if they were actors who have played the detectives for years and were reuniting on the soundstage where they filmed their old shows. TV clips are interspersed with interviews with actors and other experts who discuss the franchise.
The show has a small mystery about a character dressed up as a Snow Ghost villain haunting the WB studios and scaring people. As the gang investigate, we meet other fictional characters/suspects and eventually one of them turns out to be the villain, when the Snow Ghost is unmasked at the end. There's a laugh track and it's kind of amusing at times. It's mainly just a pleasant hour of nostalgia and fun.
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