Overview
- Broadcasts begin February 2 at 8 p.m. PT with a weeklong showcase of 45 Bugs Bunny shorts running through February 7.
- More than 750 shorts are included, opening with Tex Avery’s 1940 A Wild Hare, widely regarded as Bugs Bunny’s first official appearance.
- Programming will pair selected cartoons with thematically related feature films, with some shorts billed as TCM Premieres.
- Ongoing rotation will continue beyond February featuring characters such as Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, and Wile E. Coyote.
- The move follows Max’s removal of 256 shorts in late 2022 and 255 more the following year as licenses lapsed and strategy shifted.