Hulu Unveils Plans for Animaniacs Reboot

Hulu has teamed up with Amblin Television and Warner Bros. Animation to create and debut a brand-new version of the hit animated franchise Animaniacs, with the revival receiving a two-season straight-to-series order from the streaming service.

Steven Spielberg will return as executive producer of the series, with Sam Register, the president of Warner Bros. Animation and Warner Digital Series, and Amblin Television Co-Presidents Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank also serving as executive producers. The show, which is produced by Amblin Television in association with Warner Bros. Animation, will be the first Hulu original made for families. New episodes are due to debut in 2020.

In addition, Hulu and Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution have inked a new deal that makes Hulu the exclusive streaming home for the complete library of all 99 episodes of the Emmy-winning original Animaniacs, which premiered in 1993, as well as Pinky and the Brain, Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain and the complete Tiny Toon Adventures collection.

“We cannot wait to work with Steven Spielberg and the entire Amblin and Warner Bros. teams to bring more sketches, catchphrases, songs and laughs from the Animaniacs to kids and adults everywhere,” said Craig Erwich, the senior VP of content at Hulu. “Now one of the most beloved, inventive and funny animated franchises in history, Animaniacs and its cast of witty characters can live on, on Hulu. This marks yet another big move for us as we continue our efforts to be the number one streaming destination for premium animated content.”

“I am so pleased and proud that Animaniacs will have a home at Hulu,” noted Spielberg. “Together with Warner Bros., we look to bring new audiences and longtime fans into this wild world of Yakko, Wakko, and Dot. I am also excited that the full library of Animaniacs and Tiny Toon Adventures episodes are included in the deal.”

Register added: “Yakko, Wakko and Dot have been waiting impatiently inside the water tower, and now their hilarious brand of animated chaos will be unleashed—again! We’re incredibly excited to be partnering with Amblin and Hulu for new episodes of Animaniacs, filled with endless laughs—and ongoing plots for world domination by Pinky and the Brain. Parents who grew up with the cartoon now have new episodes to share with their own families.”