This series started out as Hanna-Barbera's updated version of The Jetsons, where Elroy was now a teenager, and Judy now had a steady job as an ace reporter. But CBS discarded the idea, deciding to make an animated series of The Partridge Family instead, which saw the family propelled into the future. The series featured two new characters: Veenie (Keith's venusian friend) and Marion (Laurie's martian friend). Danny had a pet robot dog named Orbit.