HBO Max Removes 15 Seasons of Classic LOONEY TUNES Cartoons
By Movieguide® Staff
Warner Bros. Discovery recently pulled hundreds of episodes of classic LONNEY TUNES shorts as well as several THE FLINTSTONES episodes.
The purge of over 15 seasons of the LOONEY TUNES library came after the end of a licensing agreement between HBO Max and Warner Bros.
According to Variety, the first 15 seasons of LOONEY TUNES will remain on the streaming platform and the removed content will be available to stream elsewhere.
Variety reported:
Since Discovery’s acquisition of WarnerMedia to form Warner Bros. Discovery, the company has made a series of content cutbacks aimed at reducing expenses. That has included canceling HBO Max original series “Minx” (reversing the Season 2 renewal) and HBO’s “The Nevers.” Earlier in the year, HBO Max had expunged multiple exclusive film titles and original series and 200 older “Sesame Street” episodes. All told, WBD said last month, the company could incur content impairment and development write-off charges of up to $3.5 billion as the result of the merger.
Movieguide® previously reported on the pending merge of HBO with Discvoery+:
Warner Bros. Discovery’s streaming service HBO Max recently announced that it would remove 36 titles from the platform.
According to an HBO spokesperson, the change in the HBO Max catalog is in preparation for the platform’s eventual merge with Warner Bros. Discovery’s other streaming service, Discovery+.
“As we work toward bringing our content catalogs together under one platform, we will be making changes to the content offering available on both HBO Max and discovery+,” HBO Max wrote in a statement. “That will include the removal of some content from both platforms.”
The recent announcement saw the most considerable number of titles removed, including 20 original HBO Max shows like the Sesame Street spinoff, THE NOT-TOO-LATE SHOW WITH ELMO, and “a select group of ‘Sesame Street’ specials.”
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