Baby Looney Tunes
| Baby Looney Tunes | |
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| Genre | Comedy |
| Based on | Looney Tunes by Warner Bros. |
| Developed by | Sander Schwartz |
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| Opening theme | "The Baby Looney Tunes Way" by Lisa Silver and Patty Way |
| Ending theme | "The Baby Looney Tunes Way" (Instrumental) |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 53 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer | Sander Schwartz |
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| Running time | 22 minutes |
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| Release | September 16, 2002 – April 20, 2005 |
Baby Looney Tunes is an American animated television series depicting toddler versions of several Looney Tunes characters. It was produced by Warner Bros. Animation as its first preschool animated series. 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.
The show premiered as a full series on September 16, 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 and also on Boomerang from 2005 to 2009, and again from 2015 to 2016. Reruns on Boomerang continued for some time until mid-2020. 53 episodes were produced.
In 2003, a series of direct-to-video puppet films were produced, aimed at infants and toddlers in addition to the main series’ preschool audience. The series was likely an attempt by Warner Bros to compete with the Walt Disney Company’s Baby Einstein series of videos, which was a multimillion-dollar hit at the time; the difference is that the Baby Looney Tunes DVDs used a popular music soundtrack and real-life situations in contrast to Baby Einstein’s use of classical music and simple close-ups of toys. Two films were released, Baby Looney Tunes: Musical Adventures and Baby Looney Tunes: Backyard Adventures, featuring the same voice cast as the TV series. The films were never released on DVD. However, Baby Looney Tunes: Musical Adventures became available on HBO Max and Tubi later on. Baby Looney Tunes: Backyard Adventures was formerly available on Binge in Australia.
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.
The series is broadcast in the United States on the MeTV Toons over the air channel.