Velma Season 1 - watch full episodes streaming online (2024)

What to know

Velma Season 1 is an adult animated television series created by writer and comedian Charlie Grandy. Velma is based on the much-loved children’s television show Scooby-Doo. Series creator Grandy is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The Office. He is also a frequent collaborator with Mindy Kaling who takes the lead role of Velma in Season 1.

Making up the rest of Mystery Inc. is actor, comedian, and writer Sam Richardson who plays the laid-back Shaggy. Constance Wu voices Daphne Blake who has ‘complicated feelings’ for Velma in Season 1. Lastly, Glenn Howerton plays Fred Jones. The quartet is joined by the likes of Russell Peters, Wanda Sykes, Gary Cole, and Weird Al Yankovic who make up the expanded cast. Velma Season 1 was released on HBO Max on January 12th, 2023.

Production: Timeline, news & updates

Velma was first announced in early 2021 with HBO confirming a ten-episode order of a new comedic origin story for the famous Scooby-Doo character. It was also confirmed that it would star Mindy Kaling who executive produces the show. In May 2022, the first image of the R-rated show was revealed. In August 2022, after an overhaul at Warner Bros., it was confirmed that the animated Velma show was still in production. In October, the series was given an extensive preview at New York Comic Con with the show releasing its first trailer online. The brief teaser involves some meta-commentary about the backlash around Velma not being a white character in this iteration. At the screening of the pilot at NYCC, it was confirmed that the first season would not feature Scooby-Doo as a character given that the show is an origin story. It did however confirm that rest of the cast including Constance Wu, Glenn Howerton, and Sam Richardson. Velma Season 1 was released on HBO Max on January 12th, 2023.