Animation historian Jerry Beck tells IndieWire about how cavalier programming decisions have hurt Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes.

Warner Bros. Discovery, under CEO David Zaslav , has done it again, this time wiping the original Looney Tunes shorts from Max. You know, those legendary and hilarious cartoons that defined animation from 1930 to 1969?

Acme," one of the high-profile films that Warner Bros. shelved back in 2022 as part of its merger shake-up with Discovery, may soon be sold to a different studio - Ketchup Entertainment, the same company that bought the rights to "The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.