Editor’s note: this review of HBO Max’s animated series Velma contains spoilers. When Velma premiered on HBO Max this past week, it became the streamer’s most-watched animated series debut ever.

There shall be no Scooby Doo in HBO Max’s Velma, the Velma Dinkley origin series created by Mindy Kaling. The show is following in the footsteps of review-bombed shows like Amazon’s The Boys (because ...

MINDY KALING: (As Velma Dinkley) My name is Velma Dinkley. And this is my origin story. CHANG: But HBO Max's new series "Velma" has drawn criticism, including from fans put off by some of the more ...

HBO Max's NSFW animated series Velma sparked a huge backlash among viewers and Scooby-Doo fans, but there are some diamonds in the rough to be found. When you purchase through links on our site, we ...

Charlie Grandy's R-rated adaptation has more jokes than mysteries, but the all-star cast delivers for the HBO Max animated comedy. Velma Dinkley (Kaling) grew up loving mysteries, but all of that ...

"Scooby Doo" (2002).Warner Bros. Sarah Michelle Gellar talked about scenes cut from 2002's "Scooby-Doo" on "Watch What Happens Live." "There was an actual kiss between Daphne and Velma that got cut," ...

During a time when Warner Bros Discovery has been axing shows left and right — especially animated ones — it seemed like Velma‘s fate is already sealed. From Episode 1, the Scooby-Doo spinoff from ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. News and opinion about video games, television, movies and the internet. Two more episodes of Velma aired on HBO Max this week, ...