{"id":128819,"date":"2024-05-03T03:01:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T03:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/metv-toons-brings-warner-bros-classic-cartoons-together-in-national-weigel-broadcasting-network\/"},"modified":"2024-05-03T03:01:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T03:01:35","slug":"metv-toons-brings-warner-bros-classic-cartoons-together-in-national-weigel-broadcasting-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/03\/metv-toons-brings-warner-bros-classic-cartoons-together-in-national-weigel-broadcasting-network\/","title":{"rendered":"MeTV Toons Brings Warner Bros. Classic Cartoons Together In National Weigel Broadcasting Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tWhat\u2019s up, Doc?<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/weigel-broadcasting\/\" id=\"auto-tag_weigel-broadcasting\" data-tag=\"weigel-broadcasting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Weigel Broadcasting<\/a> Co. has introduced the launch of an all-new nationwide tv community,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.metvtoons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MeTV Toons<\/a>, devoted completely to basic animation from Hollywood-era shorts to made-for-television favorites. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe new <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/metv-toons\/\" id=\"auto-tag_metv-toons\" data-tag=\"metv-toons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MeTV Toons<\/a> collaboration between <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/warner-bros-2\/\" id=\"auto-tag_warner-bros-2\" data-tag=\"warner-bros-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warner Bros.<\/a> Discovery and Weigel \u2013 the corporate behind the MeTV Network \u2013  will welcome dozens of the world\u2019s basic cartoons, together with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Scooby Doo, Tom &amp; Jerry, George Jetson, Top Cat, Yogi Bear, Popeye, Johnny Quest and Fred Flintstone, amongst others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tAlongside Warner Bros. properties, different cartoon characters becoming a member of\u00a0<em>MeTV Toons<\/em>\u00a0embrace Rocky and Bullwinkle, Woody Woodpecker, Casper, Betty Boop, Speed Racer and extra. The community might be accessible for multi-platform distribution on over-the-air broadcast tv, conventional MVPD\u2019s and digital MVPD\u2019s, together with a complimentary providing for ad-supported streaming companies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe 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\u2019s 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,\u201d mentioned Neal Sabin, vice-chairman of Weigel Broadcasting Co. \u201cMeTV 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cNeal and the team at Weigel have been long-standing and innovative licensing partners of Warner Bros. content for decades,\u201d mentioned David Decker, president of content material gross sales for Warner Bros. Discovery. \u201cHaving some of the Studio\u2019s most iconic animated characters all available in one place is not only great for fans of classic animation, but also just super fun!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMeTV Toons will launch June 25, 2024.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tJoining MeTV Toons to are animation creator, historian, and government <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jerry-beck\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jerry-beck\" data-tag=\"jerry-beck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerry Beck<\/a>, and character voice actor <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/bob-bergen\/\" id=\"auto-tag_bob-bergen\" data-tag=\"bob-bergen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Bergen<\/a>. Beck is well-known for his books on American animation and basic characters, together with <em>The 50 Greatest Cartoons, The Hanna-Barbera Treasury, Looney Tunes <\/em>and <em>Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to Warner Bros. Cartoons.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBeck will assist produce authentic content material that can develop and improve the viewing expertise. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tFour-time Emmy nominee Bergen is a voice actor and host, well-known for voicing Warner Bros. characters Porky Pig, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, and lots of others. He would be the signature voice of the community, bringing the MeTV Toons model and viewing expertise to life together with his asserting and appearing prowess.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe MeTV Toons community joins MeTV, Heroes &amp; Icons, Start TV, Catchy Comedy, MOVIES!, Story Television, Dabl and MeTV+ within the Weigel household of nationwide broadcast TV networks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tBeck promised, \u201cThis is not another Boomerang. As best I can describe it \u2013 think 1992 Cartoon Network \u2013 TIMES 100. On steroids. Available for free. Everywhere.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tIn addition to your entire Warner Bros. library of animated shorts, sequence and options, Beck promised, \u201cWe\u2019ll 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).\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHe concluded, \u201cThere 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] What\u2019s up, Doc? Weigel Broadcasting Co. has introduced the launch of an all-new nationwide tv community,\u00a0MeTV Toons, devoted completely to basic animation from Hollywood-era shorts to made-for-television favorites. The new MeTV Toons collaboration between Warner Bros. Discovery and Weigel \u2013 the corporate behind the MeTV Network \u2013 will welcome dozens of the world\u2019s basic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":128821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[240,2433,2167,2431,2430,2428,192,2434,2429,697,2432],"class_list":{"0":"post-128819","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-brings","9":"tag-broadcasting","10":"tag-bros","11":"tag-cartoons","12":"tag-classic","13":"tag-metv","14":"tag-national","15":"tag-network","16":"tag-toons","17":"tag-warner","18":"tag-weigel"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}