This week, . The long-running educational children's program had originally streamed on HBO Max (whꦗich then became Max, and t⛎hen recently and mercifully returned to its former name).
Then, for some reason, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Warner Bros. Discovery decided it… just didn't want to host Sesame Street anymore? It's just the latest example of WBD, under CEO David Zaslav's leadership, exhibiting a bizarre apathy toward some of the most iconic family enter💙tainment ever produced in the United States.
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The Day WB Blew Up The Looney Tunes
Back in March, I took a break from my busy schedule at the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Game Developers Conference to see my good friends Porky Pig and Daffy Duck star in The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Mov♔ie. I was kind of amazed by how good the movie was. Not just because it kept me laughing across the entirety of its 91-minute runtime, but because .
The Day the Earth Blew Up — — was released by Ketchup Entertainment, which purchased it from WB after it was shelved. Waꦜrner Bros. has completely fumbled its Looney Tunes stewardship, axing already completed projects🔜 like Coyote vs. Acme and The Day the Earth Blew Up and .
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Now, WB ജis doing the same thing with Sesame Street, a layup brand. Netflix now has the rights to Sesame Street, and w🗹ill broadcast new episodes and add the old seasons.
Why does Warner Bros. seem so uninterested in t𝓀hese brands that appeal to families? Is it just David Zaslav's personal antipathy? Is there a broader strategy to nuking familiar characters associated with brands that people like?
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Family TV is similarly reliable for streaming services.. I know plenty of parents who will never drop Disney+ because it has the movies and TV sho🌠ws their kids want to watch. How do you get 💖rid of the Bluey machine?
No🔯w that Sesame Street is headed to Netflix, I imagine the strea🍒mer will enjoy the same pull for families who love Elmo, Cookie Monster, and friends. If your kid really likes to watch one particular thing, you're gonna have a hard time getting rid of the streaming service where you can watch that one particular thing. That's the inherent power of Disney+, even without the new content created specifically for it. If you have 100 years of family movie history archived on your streaming service, that's evergreen.
But instead of investing in its existing IP to try to offer the same for families, WB seems to just be giving up on re🐲achin🍒g them altogether. It's . It sold off two Looney Tunes movies to Ketchup Entertainment, and got rid of the Looney Tunes shorts entirely. And it's now shunted Sesame Street to Netflix. What kind of strategy is this?
WB is a two steps forward, two steps back company. This year, it has enjoyed three huge wins. It currently has the and the with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:A Minecraft Movie. It has the number two movie domestically, too, thanks to Sinners which, despite limited overꦚseas appeal, is the number five movie globally. And it just
Not to mention it had the number one movie of 2023 (both and ) with Barbie.
The success of A Minecraft Movie and Barbie suggest that WB does understand how to r𓆉each family audiences. But by ignoring Looney Tunes and Sesame Street, the company is fighting with one hand tied behind i🔯ts back.
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