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It is really quite remarkable, when you consider the generally poor animation, wan jokes and endlessly repeated plot line phony spooks mask criminal enterprise undone by meddling kids and their dog although perhaps that is also its appeal. You know where you are with If Scooby is not quite the cultural powerhouse he was back when a van with flowers painted on its side was a groovy thing and a boy might wear an ascot to high school without fear of harm, he is perhaps something more now: an icon with history, living in the collective mind of the generations who have grown up on him. Hugh Laurie has imitated him on the the Vampire kids styled themselves a Scooby Gang, a phrase found handy, professionally, to describe any tight group of diverse characters involved in a dangerous adventure. In this century, the dog and his human companions have starred in two live-action theatrical films; Sunday, a third film, The Mystery on Cartoon Network (which report- edly has yet another animated series on the boards). Written by Daniel and Steven Altiere Teacher: The and directed by Brian Levant(from the two movies), it is no Turn of the but it is a first-rate family film and an excellent, faithful take on rounded out by a surprising amount of human feeling.

It is an story, telling how Scooby met Shaggy, and Velma, Daphne and Fred, back at Coolsville High. (You will have to discount the small-fry series Pup Named Scooby- should.) Someone is trying to scare the students away from the school, and anyone who has seen even three episodes of the old series should be able to work out the last 15 minutes from the first 15. Nevertheless, the film is diverting enough that you may be lulled into overlooking the obvious and into playing along with the game. Scooby-Doo himself is rendered in CGI, less elaborately than in the theatrical films. And while there is something disquieting at times about his semi-dimensional rendering, he is arguably better animated here than in the hand-drawn original, whose signature moves like running in place in the air, to the sound of percussion he replicates, even as hemoves and acts more often like an actual dog.

The humans, too, are less expensive than their big-screen counterparts, who included Freddie Sarah Michelle Gellar and Linda they have been well cast, and make characters out of what have long been characteristics. Nick Palataspresents an especially sweet headed and perpetually hun- gry, as in the cartoon, yet also a socially awkward lonely boy grateful for friends. But Hayley Meltonand Robbie brainy Velma, resourceful Daphne and square- shouldered do splendid workas well. Purists will note that hair is not blond perhaps he began dying it later and that Velma is Asian, though I am prepared to believe she always was. Otherwise, it is business as usual: Shaggy says Velma says Fred suggests that everyone split up to look for clues, though he does getsome push back on that account from Velma and Daphne, who see no reason to take his leadership for granted.

Scooby says, I catch him saying, but he must have, right? (He is played by Frank Welker, the original and continuing voice of the cartoon Fred, and the voice of Scooby-Doo since 2002.) A frightened Scooby jumps into arms, and afrightened Shaggy jumps into arms. (They are the same character, essentially, as different species.) And the unmasked villain grouses, as he must, that he would have gotten away with it if not for those meddling kids and their dog. robert.lloyd@latimes.com Cartoon Network GOOD DOG: Mystery is an excellent family film and a faithful take on that includes a surprising amount of human feeling. REVIEW The Scooby-Doo gang meddles again Cartoon new movie goes back to when Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred met. ROBERT LLOYD TELEVSION CRITIC ProgramNet- work Viewers ProgramNet- work Viewers 1 Got Talent (Tue.) NBC12.81 2 Got Talent 9 p.m.) NBC12.39 3 NCISCBS10.10 4 Two and a Half MenCBS8.46 5 The Big Bang TheoryCBS8.34 ------------------------------------------6 CSI: MiamiCBS7.89 7 Big Brother 8 The Mentalist CBS7.73 9 KitchenFOX7.63 10 WipeoutABC7.62 ------------------------------------------11 NCIS (10 p.m.) CBS7.41 12 CMA Music FestivalABC7.39 13 Criminal MindsCBS7.30 14 Dateline 15 College Football: Alabama vs.

Virginia Tech ABC7.08 ------------------------------------------16 60 MinutesCBS7.05 17 Primetime: CrimeABC6.96 Got Talent: Recap NBC6.96 19 Big Brother 20 CSICBS6.80 ------------------------------------------21 CSI: NYCBS6.60 22 Dateline 23 Law Order: SVU 9 p.m.) NBC6.08 24 Big Brother 25 Got Talent 8 p.m.) NBC5.98 ------------------------------------------26 48 Hours MysteryCBS5.52 27 Law Order: CINBC5.49 28 es Para Siempre (Mon.) UNI5.28 29 es Para Siempre (Wed.) UNI5.17 30 es Para Siempre (Thu.) UNI5.06 ------------------------------------------31 Law Order: Criminal Intent (Mon.) NBC4.85 32 es Para Siempre (Tue.) UNI4.83 33 es Para Siempre (Fri.) UNI4.73 34 So You Think You Can Dance: Special (Wed.) FOX4.72 35 Cold CaseCBS4.63 ------------------------------------------36 How I Met Your MotherCBS4.62 37 How I Met Your Mother (8:30 p.m.) CBS4.60 38 BonesFOX4.57 39 Law Order 40 Funniest Home Videos ABC4.51 ------------------------------------------41 Numb3rsCBS4.50 Dateline (Sun.) NBC4.50 43 Law Order: SVU 44 Crash CourseABC4.46 45 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? FOX4.45 ------------------------------------------46 HouseFOX4.34 47 Cops (8:30 p.m.)FOX4.31 48 The New Adventures of Old Christine CBS4.13 49 Ghost WhispererCBS4.11 50 GleeFOX4.09 ------------------------------------------Cops (9 p.m.) FOX4.09 52 MediumCBS4.07 53 Football Pregame 54 En Nombre del Amor (Mon.) UNI4.02 55 Law OrderNBC3.99 ------------------------------------------56 48 Hours Mystery (9 p.m.) CBS3.97 57 58 Cops (9:30 p.m.) FOX3.95 59 En Nombre del Amor (Wed.) UNI3.89 60 More to LoveFOX3.81 ------------------------------------------61 Primetime: The Outsiders ABC3.68 62 En Nombre del Amor (Tue.) UNI3.66 63 En Nombre del Amor (Thu.) UNI3.64 64 Lie to Me 9 p.m.) FOX3.61 65 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ABC3.57 66 CopsFOX3.54 67 Fall PreviewCBS3.46 68 Anatomy ABC3.37 69 Shark TankABC3.35 70 Shaq Vs.ABC3.29 ------------------------------------------71 Rosa de Guadalupe UNI3.27 72 Law Order: Criminal Intent (Sat.) NBC3.24 73 En Nombre del Amor (Fri.) UNI3.18 74 SouthlandNBC3.08 75 Cristina UNI2.99 ------------------------------------------76 Fringe FOX2.97 77 Aqui Ahora 78 Don Francisco Presenta UNI2.92 79 There Goes the Neighborhood CBS2.91 80 Un Gancho al (Mon.) UNI2.88 ------------------------------------------81 Anatomy 8 p.m.) ABC2.87 Network averages Here is the number of viewers (in millions) that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season. Network Last week Season to date CBS5.939.7 NBC5.76.72 ABC4.667.23 FOX3.837.87 UNI3.213.69 Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Aug. 31-Sept. 5) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish.

Nielsen estimates there are 286 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages 2 and older. View- ership is listed in millions. Got swept the top two spots among prime-time broadcast television shows for the third consecutive week, including drawing the largest Wednesday audience of the summer. Atwo-hour episode featuring performances by 10 of the 20 semifinalists was the most- watched program between Aug.

31 and Sunday, averaging 12.81 million viewers on Sept. 1, according to figures released this week by Nielsen Media Research. The hourlong results show on Sept. 2 was second for the week with 12.39 million viewers, the most for any Wednesday program on television this summer. CBS had each of the next six most-watched programs on broadcast television, making it the most-watched network for the 13th time in the 15 weeks of summer season, averaging 5.93 million viewers.

America watches its city news service PRIME-TIME TV RANKINGS The Mystery Where: Cartoon Network When: 7 p.m. Sunday Rating: TV-PG (may be unsuitable for young children).