The Bugs Bunny
Show

©Warner Brothers
The Bugs Bunny Show was a long-running
American
television
anthology series hosted by
Bugs Bunny, that was mainly composed of
Looney Tunes and
Merrie Melodies cartoons made between
1948 and
1963. The show originally debuted as a primetime
ABC program in
1960, with newly produced wraparound segments
done by the
Warner Bros. animation staff, including
Chuck Jones,
Friz Freleng, and
Robert McKimson. The wraparounds were produced
in color, but the original broadcasts of the show were in
black-and-white
Broadcast History
The format and exact name of the show changed frequently
after it began reruns on Saturday morning starting in
1962:
The Bugs Bunny Show, October 11, 1960 - September
8, 1968 (
ABC)
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour, September 14,
1968 - September 4, 1971 (
CBS)
The Bugs Bunny Show, September 11, 1971 -
September 1, 1973 (CBS)
The Bugs Bunny Show, September 8, 1973 - August
30, 1975 (ABC)
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