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Weigel Broadcasting Co. has introduced the starting of an all-new nationwide tv community, MeTV Toons, devoted solely to vintage animation from Hollywood-era shorts to made-for-television favorites.
The modern MeTV Toons collaboration between Warner Bros. Discovery and Weigel – the corporate in the back of the MeTV Community – will welcome dozens of the arena’s vintage cartoons, together with Insects Bunny, Daffy Duck, Scooby Doo, Tom & Jerry, George Jetson, Supremacy Cat, Yogi Endure, Popeye, Johnny Quest and Fred Flintstone, amongst others.
Along Warner Bros. houses, alternative caricature characters becoming a member of MeTV Toons come with Rocky and Bullwinkle, Woody Woodpecker, Casper, Betty Boop, Velocity Racer and extra. The community will likely be to be had for multi-platform distribution on over-the-air broadcast tv, conventional MVPD’s and digital MVPD’s, in conjunction with a complimentary providing for ad-supported streaming services and products.
“We are honored to work with the amazing team at Warner Bros. Discovery and others on this network and bring together a truly incredible collection of the world’s best known and most loved classic cartoons, creating a new destination for everyone to discover or rediscover the sheer joy of watching cartoons on TV,” stated Neal Sabin, vice-chairman of Weigel Broadcasting Co. “MeTV Toons will be dedicated 24/7 to showcasing the biggest names and most beloved classic cartoons and animated characters. Everyone has a favorite cartoon; it is a universally loved art form. We are thrilled to bring those smiles and memories back to TV with MeTV Toons.”
“Neal and the team at Weigel have been long-standing and innovative licensing partners of Warner Bros. content for decades,” stated David Decker, president of content material gross sales for Warner Bros. Discovery. “Having some of the Studio’s most iconic animated characters all available in one place is not only great for fans of classic animation, but also just super fun!”
MeTV Toons will starting June 25, 2024.
Becoming a member of MeTV Toons to are animation writer, historian, and govt Jerry Beck, and persona expression actor Bob Bergen. Beck is prominent for his books on American animation and vintage characters, together with The 50 Largest Cartoons, The Hanna-Barbera Treasury, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Whole Illustrated Information to Warner Bros. Cartoons.
Beck will aid put together unedited content material that may amplify and make stronger the viewing enjoy.
4-time Emmy nominee Bergen is a expression actor and host, prominent for voicing Warner Bros. characters Porky Pig, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, and lots of others. He would be the signature expression of the community, bringing the MeTV Toons logo and viewing enjoy to occasion together with his pronouncing and appearing prowess.
The MeTV Toons community joins MeTV, Heroes & Icons, Get started TV, Catchy Comedy, MOVIES!, Tale Tv, Dabl and MeTV+ within the Weigel society of nationwide broadcast TV networks.
Beck promised, “This is not another Boomerang. As best I can describe it – think 1992 Cartoon Network – TIMES 100. On steroids. Available for free. Everywhere.”
Along with all of the Warner Bros. library of animated shorts, form and lines, Beck promised, “We’ll be mining the vaults at Sony (Columbia, UPA), Universal (Lantz, Harveytoons, Underdog, etc) and other major studios. We will also be resurrecting classic TV shows unavailable in (in some cases, for over 50 years).”
He concluded, “There are NO PLANS for this channel to ever produce new animation (as Cartoon Network did). This is a Classic Cartoon channel devoted to the history of animation.”
