The Looney Tunes are Killing It Over on Tubi

This past August, Warner Bros. punted around the discovery 800 Looney Tunes shortsAbout 200 people were locked up because of thisCultural sensitivity“—on the free streaming service the pipe. What an insult to someone so familiar Characteristics of cartoons There, funnily enough, has been a blessing in disguise.

According to a recent the vulture In the report, Tubi’s head of acquisitions Samuel Horowitz called Tunes “a huge win for us.” In terms of total viewing time, it is among the top 10 best-performing series and is very popular across generations and demographics. Much of this is due to the popularity of older animations Looney Tunes is: Tom and Jerry, The Flintstones, and 1996 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The series is also on Tubi, and Horowitz calls those classic cartoons “one of the biggest fandoms we’ve served on the platform.”

If Tubi has its way, Looney Tunes isn’t going anywhere. The company is in “active discussions” with WBD to ensure it can keep the cartoons there “for quite some time, possibly a few years”. It is also open to new licenses Looney Content or streaming is becoming home Coyote vs. Acme, But still no conversation. as is, Episodes on Tubi are in non-chronological order with ads only playing during shorts, which is a bummer, but at least they look pretty good in HD.

You can thank animation historian Jerry Beck for that, whose restorations were also used for the physical release. These restored versions “look as new as Looney Tunes,” he told Vulture In addition to “getting excited” when people notice the recoveries, he’s happy to tune Tubi properly. “I’m kind of happy [WBD] Removed them from HBO Max and allowed other networks to use them so we could all watch them.”

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