‘Looney Tunes’ Episodes Pulled From HBO Max - TVLine

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Looney Tunes is the latest casualty of HBO Max’s room culling.

The streamer has pulled Seasons 16-31 of the animated bid from its service, which amounts to 256 shorts ranging from 1950 to 2004, Vulture reports. The tract notes that HBO Max chose not to renew its licence for the Warner Bros. shorts aft it expired astatine the extremity of 2022.

Looney Tunes is the astir caller amusement to go a unfortunate of Warner Bros. Discovery’s cost-cutting efforts astatine HBO Max. Since aboriginal December, the streamer has cancelled FBoy Island, Legendary, Minx (which had been renewed for, and astir completed accumulation on, Season 2) and Love Life. Meanwhile, cancelled HBO dramas The Nevers, Westworld and The Time Traveler’s Wife were among the contented pulled from HBO Max’s library, arsenic were Raised by Wolves, Finding Magic Mike and Head of the Class. Warner Bros. Discovery plans to store the titles to free, ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) services specified arsenic Pluto TV, Tubi and Peacock.

The Looney Tunes quality was archetypal reported by the Twitter relationship @thecartoonnews.

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