HBO Max cuts hundreds of Flintsones, Looney Tunes episodes

Even Bugs Bunny couldn’t evade the inevitable spiral of corporate consolidations and cost-cutting. On Dec. 31, 2022, HBO Max removed hundreds Looney TunesShorts and FlintstonesIt streams episodes. These cuts are approximately half of the episodes. Looney TunesThe library is part of a wider culling of content on streaming services that has mainly focused on family and animation programming.

HBO Max does not feature seasons 16 to 31 of the original. Looney Tunes Shorts were confirmed by Polygon, although seasons 1-15 remain available. Some classics were culled for the deletions. Looney Tunes shorts such as “What’s Opera, Doc?,” “Feed the Kitty,” “Rabbit of Seville,” “Duck Amuck,” and “One Froggy Evening,” Vulture noted. HBO Max also cut the classic seasons 4 through 6. Flintstones.

Variety reports that the cut content was licensed by HBO Max to HBO Max as part of an intra-company agreement, which expired in 2022. One initial report suggestedThe HBO representative told The A.V. that the episode would return to the service. However, he confirmed this to The A.V. Club that the content would not come back to HBO Max any time “soon.”

Warner Bros. has cut costs and the series were among many animated series that will be affected. Discovery. In mid August, HBO Max culled 36 shows and movies from its platform, including Cartoon Network’s beloved Infinity TrainOther cartoons such as OK K.O. Let’s Be Heroes Teen drama and other teen stories Generation. Additional family programming such as the Sesame StreetSpinoff Elmo: The Not-Too Late Show, As well, the length of each piece has been reduced.

After Warner Bros. was merged with Discovery, the company began to cut costs and David Zaslav became CEO. Some shows like Sci-Fi dramas are not suitable for everyone. WestworldFollowing the departure of HBO Max,, is expected to be back on another streaming service.