The Bugs Bunny Show
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Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck in opening
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| Genre | Animated-Anthology |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
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| Producer(s) | Friz Freleng Chuck Jones |
| Running time | Various; 22 to 66 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
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ABC (1960–67, 1973–75, 1985–2000) CBS (1967–73, 1975–85) |
| Picture format | Filmed color: (1960–62) broadcast: B&W (1960–72); color (1973–2000) |
| First shown in | United States |
| Original release | October 11, 1960 – September 2, 2000 |
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| Related shows | The Porky Pig Show, The Road Runner Show |
The Bugs Bunny Show is an animated television anthology series hosted by Bugs Bunny, that was mainly composed of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons released by Warner Bros. between August 1, 1948 and the end of 1969. The show originally debuted as a primetime half-hour program on ABC in 1960, featuring three theatrical Warner Bros. Cartoons with new linking sequences produced by the Warner Bros. Cartoons staff.
After two seasons, The Bugs Bunny Show moved to Saturday mornings, where it remained in one format or another for nearly four decades. The show's title and length changed regularly over the years, as did the network: both ABC and CBS broadcast versions of The Bugs Bunny Show. In 2000, the series, by then known as The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show, was canceled after the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies libraries became the exclusive property of the Cartoon Network family of cable TV networks in the United States. Reruns of The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show were aired on the Canadian channels Teletoon and Teletoons sister channel, Teletoon Retro.
The original Bugs Bunny Show debuted on ABC prime time on October 11, 1960, airing on Tuesdays at 7:30 PM EST, under the sponsorship of General Foods (Post cereals, Tang, etc.). Newly produced linking segments were done for each episode by the Warner Bros. animation staff. Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng produced, directed, and created the storyboards for the earliest of these, with Robert McKimson later taking over the direction while Jones and Freleng continued producing and writing. The wraparounds were produced in color, although the original broadcasts of the show were in black-and-white.
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