Editing The Jetsons (section)

==Legacy==
William S Higgins writing for ''[[The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction]]'' noted that the show "has become a popular [[Metonymy|metonym]] for 'the future'. While satirizing Space Age notions of a better tomorrow, the series seems also to have visually codified expectations of the future to a great many viewers: when the twenty-first century arrived, complaints that flying cars and jet packs were missing often mentioned ''The Jetsons''.".<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=SFE: Jetsons, The |url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/jetsons_the |access-date=2023-10-28 |website=sf-encyclopedia.com}}</ref>

The show influenced the turn-of-the-millennium show ''[[Futurama]]'', which made a number of references to ''The Jetsons'', or reused its tropes.<ref name=":0" />

[[Boomerang (TV network)|Boomerang]] has aired reruns of the show since April 1, 2000. [[Cartoon Network]] aired the show from 1992 to 2004 and returned the series October 2012.{{citation needed|date=July 2015}} Also, some of the 1980s episodes were available for viewing on [[In2TV]] prior to its shutdown; these episodes were later moved to the online version of [[Kids' WB]].{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} Also the first two seasons of ''The Jetsons'' are available to download on Sony's [[PlayStation Network]], Apple's [[iTunes Store]] and at the [[Xbox Live Marketplace]].{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} The Kids' WB website eventually shut down in 2015, however, the Kids' WB episodes can still be streamed, thanks to much of the website being preserved by the Internet Archive's [[Wayback Machine]].

''[[Forbes]]'' magazine valued Spacely Sprockets at $1.3 billion, on its "The 25 Largest Fictional Companies" list.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/2007/12/10/largest-fictional-companies-oped-books-fict1507-cx_mn_de_1211company_slide_26.html?thisSpeed=15000 |title=In Pictures: The 25 Largest Fictional Companies |work=Forbes |date=December 10, 2007 |access-date=2010-07-11 |first1=Michael |last1=Noer |first2=David M. |last2=Ewalt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821041722/http://www.forbes.com/2007/12/10/largest-fictional-companies-oped-books-fict1507-cx_mn_de_1211company_slide_26.html?thisSpeed=15000 |archive-date=August 21, 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The original cartoon series had several devices that did not exist at the time but subsequently have not only been invented but are in common usage: a [[Flat panel display|flatscreen]] [[television]], [[newspaper]] on a [[computer]]-like [[computer monitor|screen]], a [[computer virus]], [[Videotelephony|video chat]], a [[tanning bed]], home [[treadmill]] and more.<ref>{{Cite episode |title=21st Century Brands |url=http://www.cbc.ca/undertheinfluence/season-3/2014/05/24/21st-century-brands-1/ |access-date=June 7, 2014 |series=Under the Influence |series-link=Under the Influence (radio documentary series) |first=Terry |last=O'Reilly |network=CBC Radio One |date=May 24, 2014 |season=3 |number=21 |time=time 2:07 |transcript=Transcript of the original source |transcript-url=http://www.cbc.ca/undertheinfluence/season-3/2014/05/24/21st-century-brands-1/ |quote=The series had lots of interesting devices that marveled us back in the 60s. In episode one, we see wife Jane doing exercises in front of a flatscreen television. In another episode, we see George Jetson reading the newspaper on a screen. Can anyone say computer? In another, Boss Spacely tells George to fix something called a "computer virus." Everyone on the show uses video chat, foreshadowing Skype and Face Time. There is a robot vacuum cleaner, foretelling the 2002 arrival of the iRobot Roomba vacuum. There was also a tanning bed used in an episode, a product that wasn't introduced to North America until 1979. And while flying space cars that have yet to land in our lives, the Jetsons show had moving sidewalks like we now have in airports, treadmills that didn't hit the consumer market until 1969, and they had a repairman who had a piece of technology called... Mac. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140608190711/http://www.cbc.ca/undertheinfluence/season-3/2014/05/24/21st-century-brands-1/ |archive-date=June 8, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In January 2009, [[IGN]] listed ''The Jetsons'' as the 46th best animated television series.<ref name="Top 100 animated series">{{cite web|title=Top 100 animated series|website=IGN|url=http://uk.tv.ign.com/top-100-animated-tv-series/46.html|access-date=2010-10-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504003541/http://uk.tv.ign.com/top-100-animated-tv-series/46.html|archive-date=2010-05-04}}</ref>