Looney Tunes Beats Game of Thrones as Most Popular Show on HBO Max

Okay I genuinely cant stop laughing about this??

HBO Max launched last week with literally THOUSANDS of hours of prestige television. We’re talking Game of Thrones (arguably the biggest show of the last decade), The Sopranos, Sex and the City, Deadwood, and like a million other critically acclaimed dramas.

And what’s the most popular show on the platform?

LOONEY TUNES. BUGS BUNNY IS WINNING.

According to Screen Rant, citing data from Parrot Analytics, the new Looney Tunes Cartoons series was the most in-demand show on HBO Max in its first four days. Not Game of Thrones. Not Friends (which they paid like a gazillion dollars for). CARTOONS.

Digital TV Europe reports that Looney Tunes drew 16.5 times the demand of the average TV show. It even beat out Apple TV+’s big budget sci-fi original See.

The Elmo show came in second, by the way. (The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo, porque apparently thats a thing now and I love it)

ComicBook.com points out the irony here: HBO Max was supposed to appeal primarily to an adult demographic. That was the whole pitch! Sophisticated content for sophisticated viewers willing to pay $14.99 a month!

And then Bugs Bunny showed up and said “Ehh, what’s up, doc?” and absolutely demolished the competition.

This is actually a massive win for WarnerMedia because one of the big concerns was that Disney+ had cornered the family-friendly market. Turns out parents are very interested in showing their kids the same cartoons they grew up with. The streaming wars continue to produce surprising results.

Also the new Looney Tunes is apparently really good?? Like genuinely well-animated and funny??

I’m not saying I watched three episodes instead of finishing work yesterday but I’m not NOT saying that either.