Discovery yanked hundreds of Looney Tunes episodes at the end of 2022, and later erroneously included the series in its list of titles leaving the pl

If Looney Tunes is the ever-revolving sign switching between Bugs Bunny’s “duck season” and Daffy Duck’s “rabbit season,” Warner Bros. Discovery is the befuddled hunter pulling the trigger on those wascally old shorts.

The original Looney Tunes animated shorts, which ran from 1930 through 1969, have been scrubbed by Warner Bros. Discovery-owned Max.

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Warner Brothers has officially removed its entire catalog of original Looney Tunes shorts from its streaming service, HBO Max. The legendary shorts spanned nearly 40 years, from 1930 to 1969, during what is considered to be a “golden age” for animation — and it should go without saying that they made Warner Brothers what it is today.

It just got a lot harder to go back and watch your favorite Looney Tunes classic episodes thanks to a major streaming removal from Max this month. Looney Tunes is one of Warner Bros. most iconic franchises as the animated shorts helped form a base for the company’s success today.

The move is just the latest to indicate that kids programming isn’t a priority for the streamer. Max is ready to grow up. That may seem like a strange position for the streamer to take, considering the HBO programming that calls the streamer home is synonymous with having an older audience.