Baby Looney Tunes

Baby Looney Tunes
GenreComedy
Based onLooney Tunes
by Warner Bros.
Developed bySander Schwartz
Voices of
Theme music composer
  • Lisa Silver
  • Patty Way
Opening theme"The Baby Looney Tunes Way" by Lisa Silver and Patty Way
Ending theme"The Baby Looney Tunes Way" (Instrumental)
Composers
  • Steve Bernstein
  • Julie Bernstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons4
No. of episodes53 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerSander Schwartz
Producers
  • Tom Minton
  • Gloria Yuh Jenkins (seasons 1–3)
  • Ron Myrick (season 4)
Editors
  • Mark McNally (seasons 1–3)
  • Julie Anne Lau (season 4)
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network
ReleaseSeptember 16, 2002 (2002-09-16) –
April 20, 2005 (2005-04-20)
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Baby Looney Tunes is an American animated television series depicting toddler versions of several Looney Tunes characters.[1] It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation as its first preschool animated series.[2] The series focused on real world problems and morals that children may relate to, such as sharing, understanding emotions, and playing with others. The Looney Tunes babies first live with Granny, but starting in the fourth season, were cared for by babysitter Floyd, Granny's nephew.[3]

The show premiered as a full series on September 7, 2002, and ran on WB stations from 2002 to 2003. The show moved to Cartoon Network in 2002 (by following suit nine days later on September 16) where it remained until ending on April 20, 2005. It aired in reruns on Cartoon Network from 2005 to 2009, and again from 2015 to 2016. Then it began airing on Boomerang in the U.S. in 2015 but stopped airing reruns in mid 2020. 53 episodes were produced.[4]

In 2003, a series of direct-to-video puppet films were produced, aimed at infants and toddlers. Two films were released, Baby Looney Tunes: Musical Adventures and Baby Looney Tunes: Backyard Adventures, featuring the same voice cast as the TV series.[5] The films were never released on DVD. However, Baby Looney Tunes: Musical Adventures became available on HBO Max and Tubi later on.[6][7] Baby Looney Tunes: Backyard Adventures was formerly available on Binge in Australia.[8]

The series aired reruns again on the American version of Cartoonito on Cartoon Network starting on September 13, 2021, being the first show to air on that block.

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 54. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  2. ^ "Baby Looney Toons- TV.com". Tv.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
  3. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 105–106. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  4. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 58. ISBN 9781476672939.
  5. ^ "The Bugs Bunny Video Guide - the Looney Tunes Video History". Archived from the original on February 9, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  6. ^ Foutch, Haleigh (June 7, 2020). "HBO Max: Every Movie & TV Show Confirmed for the Streaming Service". Collider. Archived from the original on February 27, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
  7. ^ "Baby Looney Tunes: Musical Adventures (2003)". Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021 – via tubitv.com.
  8. ^ "Baby Looney Tunes: Backyard Adventures | WATCH ON BINGE". Archived from the original on June 6, 2021. Retrieved June 6, 2021.