Nostalgia programming has always been an important part of TV’s strategy — and appeal. Early series were reboots and remakes of popular radio programs, while variety shows harkened back to vaudeville.
The "Animaniacs" cartoon series was known for its irreverent, 4th-wall-breaking humor, but the final episode appeared to end with the characters' violent deaths, leaving fans shocked. "Animaniacs" was ...
The new “Animaniacs,” premiering on Hulu 27 years after it first debuted and in a world where the iconic WB water tower recently got an HBO Max makeover, is well aware of what its preemptive critics ...
Because it's 2020, the new Animaniacs theme song includes a line in which the characters proclaim they are "Gender balanced, pronoun neutral, and ethnically diverse." It's just one sign that the ...
Tom Ruegger wanted no part of a Tiny Toon Adventures spin-off. The animation vet had created the Tiny Toons — kids inspired by the original Looney Tunes characters, now learning comedy from Bugs Bunny ...
The “Animaniacs” cartoon series was known for its irreverent, 4th-wall-breaking humor, but the final episode appeared to end with the characters’ violent deaths, leaving fans shocked. “Animaniacs” was ...
Meet the voice-over actors who have played Yakko, Wakko, Dot and Pinky and the Brain for nearly 30 years. By Dave Itzkoff They’re the actors on “Animaniacs” who help bring to life its cast of ...
One of two space-loving songs on this list, "The Planets" is admittedly a simple song that loses some of its educational cred by ending on a Uranus joke. But for children who are just starting to ...
Animaniacs is a well-loved show from the 1990s, so TV rules state that it was only a matter of time before TV execs fed the internet's endless hunger for nostalgia by rebooting it. Twenty-two years ...