Looney Tunes Cartoons is an American animated television series developed by Pete Browngardt and produced by Warner Bros.

[1] The series made its worldwide debut at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on June 10, 2019,[2] and premiered on HBO Max on May 27, 2020.

[3][4] In 2017, after Peter Browngardt finished Uncle Grandpa for Cartoon Network, he met with Audrey Diehl, the creative executive at Warner Bros., at a lunch meeting.

They discussed a project in which he was not interested, and as they wrapped up lunch, Pete said, "You know, what I really want to do is to direct a Looney Tunes short".

The style of the series is reminiscent of the classic Looney Tunes shorts, primarily those by Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, and Arthur Davis.

The series brought most of the Looney Tunes together under one roof, reintroducing Bugs Bunny, Daffy, Tweety, Sylvester, Porky, The Gremlin, Elmer Fudd, The Gashouse Gorillas, Yosemite Sam, Granny, Marvin the Martian, Doctor Quack, Beaky Buzzard, Mama Buzzard, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Cecil Turtle, Sam Sheepdog, Ralph Wolf, the Fly, Cicero Pig, Taz, Gossamer, Dr. Frankenbeans, Witch Hazel, Petunia Pig, the French Horse, Rocky and Mugsy, Clancy Cop, the Russian Dog, the Rich Lady, Foghorn Leghorn, Barnyard Dawg, The Weasel, Hector the Bulldog, the Dead End Kid, the Judge, Pete Puma, Hubie, Bertie, Claude Cat, Fred Sheepdog, George Wolf, Gruesome Gorilla, Mrs.

Gruesome Gorilla, Miss Prissy, Marc Anthony, Pussyfoot, Sylvester's drinking buddies, K-9, Charlie Dog, the Three Bears, and Ralph Phillips to a brand new audience.

[13] Producers included copious amounts of cartoon violence and Acme Corporation weaponry, but excluded any depictions of firearms in the first season; Elmer Fudd, for example, used different non-firearm weapons (e.i.

[18] Jim Soper stated in May 2021 that the series had wrapped up its first 1000 minutes worth of content, with the remaining episodes to be released on HBO Max at later dates.

[20] On July 22, 2022, it was announced that a Halloween special titled Bugs Bunny’s Howl-O-Skreem Spooktacula and a new season would be released.

[25] On June 16, 2023, a stop-motion short titled "Daffy in Wackyland" was announced to premiere at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival on the following day.

[28][29] On September 21, 2023, an event in celebration of Warner Bros.' 100th anniversary was announced to take place at the Animation Is Film Festival on October 22, which includes a Q&A and screenings of "Daffy in Wackyland" and several unreleased shorts.

[44] On April Fools Day, ACME Night aired a marathon of selected shorts with segments of Bugs Bunny pulling pranks on illusionist Kevin Parry.