The Looney Tunes Show


 * ''This article is about the 2011 animated series. For the 2001 anthology series, see The Looney Tunes Show (2001 TV Series)

The Looney Tunes Show is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros Animation. It is the twelfth Looney Tunes series based off the theatrical shorts that ran from 1930 to 1969 in the golden age of animation. It ran from 2011 to 2014, spanning 52 episodes across 2 seasons.

Looney Tunes is modernized for a new audience as Bugs Bunny now lives in a suburban home alongside his roomate Daffy Duck and their neighbors Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, Lola Bunny and many more.

The series would also bring back Merrie Melodies as well as air Road Runner and Wile E Coyote shorts in between episode but the latter was fizzled out in Season 2

The series would be proceeded by the direct to video film Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run and Wabbit: A Looney Tunes Production in 2015.

Development
The series began life as Laff Riot, an unaired pilot made in 2009, which would be the last time Joe Alaskey's would voice Daffy Duck before passing away in 2016. He would be replaced by Jeff Bergman in the actual series.

The pilot was immediately rejected by Warner Bros and the team would retool the pilot in order for it to be regreenlit, which it was in 2011. The series aired on May 3, 2011 alongside Regular Show and MAD.

Aftermath
The series was cancelled on August 31, 2014 after not being well received by Warner Bros Executives. This would also be the last time June Foray would voice Granny before passing away in 2017.

Music
The theme song "The Merry Go Round Broke Down" was carried over from the theatrical shorts, originally composed by Carl Stalling and rearranged by Andy Sturmer.

Episodes
"Season of the Turtle" and "Sit Down" are also part of the Merrie Melodies series but were not packaged with any episode.

Cast

 * Jeff Bergman as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety. Sylvester, and Foghorn Leghorn
 * Kristen Wiig as Lola Bunny
 * Fred Armisen as Speedy Gonzalez
 * Bob Bergen as Porky Pig
 * Maurice LaMarche as Yosemite Sam
 * June Foray as Granny

Release
Premiere dates are in order of release
 * United States: May 3rd, 2011 on Cartoon Network.
 * United Kingdom: May 3rd 2011 on Boomerang.

Legacy
As mentioned before, the series was followed by a direct to DVD film called Looney Tunes Rabbits Run, serving as a kinda finale to the series.

While the series wasn't popular in it's original run, In later years, the show would gain a cult following and is praised by fans for it's portrayal of the Looney Tunes cast, with some wishing the personalities of the characters from the show stayed the same in later variations, mainly Lola.