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Highly Anticipated Looney Tunes-Inspired Series "Loonatics Unleashed" Debuts As #1 Broadcast Kids' Series in America
September 22, 2005

Warner Bros. Animation's All-New Series Soars To #1 Among Key Demos and Ignites Kids' WB!'s 2005-2006 Broadcast Season

Sherman Oaks, CA and Burbank, CA - "Loonatics Unleashed," the highly anticipated new Looney Tunes-inspired series from Warner Bros. Animation debuted on the #1 kids' broadcaster, Kids' WB!, on Saturday, September 17, with soaring ratings as the #1 ranked Saturday morning broadcast series in the U.S. among the key demographic of Kids 2-11 (2.7/11).

The high-action adventure series also captured the #1 broadcast spot among Girls 2-11 (2.6/10) and the #2 post in Boys 2-11 (2.9/11), Kids 6-11 (3.3/13), Boys 6-11 (4.1/16), Girls 6-11 (2.6/10), leading the network to a powerhouse launch into the 2005-2006 broadcast season.

"Loonatics Unleashed" takes viewers seven hundred years into the future, the year 2772, to meet the ensemble cast of six heroes who are descendants of the Looney Tunes. Living in the perpetual twilight of Acmetropolis, where supernatural phenomena are the norm, our team becomes imbued with super powers after a massive meteor knocks Earth off its axis. Sharing the same irreverent, sharp-edged wit as their forefathers, and banding together to become the Loonatics, we've got: Ace Bunny (descendant of Bugs Bunny), Lexi Bunny (descendant of Lola Bunny), Danger Duck (descendant of Daffy Duck), Slam Tasmanian (descendant of Tasmanian Devil), Rev Runner (descendant of Road Runner) and Tech E. Coyote (descendant of Wile E. Coyote), who are joined by Zadavia, the mysterious organizer of the Loonatics who sends the team out on their missions. Together they are unstoppable, boasting special skills, unique abilities and a firm sense of justice. Want to save the world?.... all in the Loonatics!

Headlining the ensemble cast for this innovative animated television series from Warner Bros. Animation are Emmy Award-winning Rob Paulsen (Steven Spielberg Presents Pinky & The Brain, Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs), Emmy Award-nominated Kevin Michael Richardson (The Batman, The Matrix Revolutions), Charlie Schlatter (Diagnosis Murder, Ferris Bueller), Jason Marsden (Spirited Away, Static Shock), Candi Milo (ˇMucha Lucha! , Dexter's Laboratory) and newcomer Jessica DiCicco (The Buzz on Maggie).

"Loonatics Unleashed" also features the guest voice talents of Academy Award-nominated Michael Clarke Duncan (Sin City, The Green Mile), Emmy Award-winning Tim Curry (The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Scary Movie 2), Vivica A. Fox (Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Missing), Florence Henderson (The Brady Bunch), Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants, The Batman) and Phil LaMarr (Pulp Fiction, Mad TV).

"Loonatics Unleashed" is produced by award-winning studio Warner Bros. Animation under the guidance of executive producer Sander Schwartz, Emmy Award-nominated producer Ron Myrick, story editor Rick Copp, art directors Christian Tremblay and Yvon Tremblay and creative executives Christopher Keenan and Megan Casey. This high action, comedy-adventure series airs on Kids' WB! , the #1 broadcast network for kids, at 10:30 a.m. ET (9:30 a.m. PT).

Contact Info:
Rita Cooper
Director, Worldwide Public Relations
Warner Bros. Consumer Products
(818) 954-3821
rita.cooper@warnerbros.com

Janice Aguilar-Herrero, Kids' WB! Publicity
818-977-6056

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