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The original Looney Tunes animated shorts, which ran during the golden age of animation from 1930 through 1969, have been scrubbed by Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Max.
Deadline confirmed with a representative that the original shorts are no longer on Max. This is part of a new plan whereby the streamer will prioritize adult and family programming.
Children’s programming, such as Looney Tunes and Sesame Street before it, doesn’t fare as well and is no longer viewed as a priority.
Other spinoff versions of Looney Tunes remain on the service, including six seasons of 2020’s Looney Tunes Cartoons, two seasons of 2015’s New Looney Tunes (the third season and some episodes from Season 1 are not available), two seasons of 2002’s Baby Looney Tunes, 2021’s four-episode scripted podcast Looney Tunes Presents: Bugs and Daffy’s Thanksgiving Road Trip, two seasons of 2023’s Tiny Toons Looniversity and its corresponding 42-minute Tiny Toons Looniversity: Spring Break special (though its winter spinoff is not streaming), five seasons of 1995’s The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries and two seasons of 2022’s Bugs Bunny Builders.
This marks a departure from previous maneuvers: In 2023, Max clarified that the classic cartoon was not leaving the platform after an erroneous list of titles being removed in December included the program on it.
“Looney Tunes was included in error as a title leaving the platform. This is not the case and the show will continue streaming on Max,” a statement read at the time.
The decision is not a surprising one, as children’s animation has long seen a steady decline.
Last year, the parent company shuttered Cartoon Network’s website, just a week after its Boomerang streaming service — which aired mostly classic cartoons from Warner Bros. Animation library — shut down.…..
Original ‘Looney Tunes’ No Longer Available On Max
The original Looney Tunes animated shorts, which ran from 1930 through 1969, have been scrubbed by Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Max.deadline.com
The bit about children's programming not faring as well is not true, it's just the line Zaslav has been pushing. He has a long standing hatred of animation for whatever reason and wants to be rid of it.
