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Premiering August 17 on #AdultSwim and streaming next day on HBO Max!

Adventure Time is notably the first and only Cartoon Network show this year to get an extension

Recent content licensing renewals at HBO Max US

- Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Moral Orel, and Black Dynamite, originally set to leave on 8/31/2025, have been extended through 9/1/2026
- Adventure Time, originally set to leave on 10/1/2025, has been extended through 10/1/2026

Image from Total Drama Island episode "Circling the Drain," featuring Damien

TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND season 2 episode 10: "Circling the Drain" is now streaming on HBO Max! #CartoonNetwork

Series page for "Let's Go Bananas" on HBO Max. Description reads: "Three silly and diverse families share lives, loves, triumphs and tantrums in tales told by their funny and fabulous kids."

"LET'S GO BANANAS" is now streaming on HBO Max! The first thirteen episodes are available to watch. #Cartoonito

Movie page for "Kung Fu Panda 2" on HBO Max. Description reads: "Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a new weapon, but first the Dragon Warrior must deal with his past."

"KUNG FU PANDA 2" is now streaming on HBO Max!

Internationally, HBO Max continues to stream 'Courage the Cowardly Dog' and 'What's New, Scooby-Doo?' in Latin America, Asia, and Australia.

In the US, the complete series of 'Courage the Cowardly Dog' can be bought on DVD and digital. The complete series of 'What's New, Scooby-Doo?' is streaming on Tubi and can be bought on DVD and digital.

The following series left HBO Max in the US last night (7/31):

Courage the Cowardly Dog
What's New, Scooby-Doo?

The following movies left HBO Max in the US last night (7/31):

Madagascar
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
How to Train Your Dragon
Rio
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted
Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love

'The Yogi Bear Show' is up now, 'Looney Tunes' is being added on August 15, according to Tubi's PR.

Official HBO Max trailer for "RICK AND MORTY" Season 8, streaming September 1! #AdultSwim

On the Warner Bros. side, the executive leadership is staying pretty much the same as it is now. On the Discovery side, it looks like Gerhard Zeiler (currently President of WBD International) is becoming Chief Content Officer, potentially with oversight of Cartoon Network/Adult Swim.

Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the names of the two companies it will be splitting into in mid-2026: the Streaming and Studios company will be called "Warner Bros." and the Global Networks company will be called "Discovery Global." ir.wbd.com/news-and-eve...

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The TV movie event premieres August 30 on #CartoonNetwork and streams next day on HBO Max

First images from "IYANU" Season 2, currently in production and set to premiere in 2026 on #CartoonNetwork and HBO Max. #SDCC

Teaser trailer for "IYANU: THE AGE OF WONDERS." The TV movie event, set 500 years before the events of the main series, follows Dara and Ishe, young warriors who must stop the coming Age of Darkness. Premiering August 30 on #CartoonNetwork and streaming next day on HBO Max!

At today’s “Iyanu’s Journey: The Next Chapter” panel at San Diego Comic-Con, Cartoon Network, HBO Max and Lion Forge Entertainment revealed the next evolution of their breakout animated hit Iyanu.
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Article text: "We don’t need to rehash the sordid back-and-forth, but suffice it to say that as far back as March, Matt/Trey and the current Paramount guys thought they had a $1 billion, 10-year deal with HBO Max and a path to another nonexclusive arrangement with Paramount+. The HBO Max deal was actually at the longform papering stage. But Ellison and his deputy Jeff Shell blocked it, as was their right, and later started negotiating their own version of a preferred, lower-stakes deal. (Two sources who spoke with Ellison during this time say he spent a good deal of their conversations complaining about McCarthy and Hill-Edgar; I doubt either is getting invited to Lanai any time soon.) Ellison initially offered South Park only a three-year extension for Paramount+, per one source familiar with the talks. Matt and Trey, via their lawyer Kevin Morris, went nuclear, claiming Ellison was repeatedly trying to lower the market value of South Park so he could exploit it more cost-effectively on the platform he owns, even if it meant less money for Park County, Paramount’s 50-50 joint venture with Matt/Trey. Litigator Bryan Freedman got involved, and a wild period of screaming phone calls, threatening letters, and cameos from Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery executives ensued. Ted Sarandos courted Ellison at Sun Valley with a $275 million-a-year exclusive offer, and David Zaslav and his HBO Max team were trying as late as last weekend to get nonexclusive rights (and to include a settlement of litigation over South Park “specials” in the deal), with Matt and Trey even offering to contribute $60 million to bridge the gap."

Article text: "Ellison, advised by Shell and incoming TV chief Cindy Holland, ultimately decided to keep South Park to himself, though he could still sublicense part of the library to other platforms. The global Paramount+ deal is valued at $300 million a year for five years. Plus, after initially telling Morris that he didn’t even want to discuss a renewal of the Stone/Parker overall deal, which isn’t up until 2027, Ellison agreed to a $250 million-a-year extension for five years. Morris also wanted a huge advance, partly because the guys had taken out a loan from Carlyle that needed to be repaid. Ari Emanuel got involved (he advises Ellison, and WME reps Matt and Trey), and they settled on a compromise of a faster recoupment instead. That paved the way for a deal to be announced Wednesday and the now-famous episode to air as planned that night. All 26 seasons of South Park will disappear from HBO Max on August 5, and Ellison will see if a property that has consistently performed on whatever service that hosts it, including HBO Max over the past five years, will help Paramount+ lure and retain subscribers. South Park is the 20th-most-watched streaming show of 2025 through June, according to Nielsen, with close to 10.5 billion minutes viewed on HBO Max. For context, Friends (17th place) amassed 11.4 billion minutes, and the most-streamed show on the platform, The Big Bang Theory, generated 16.6 billion minutes watched. And neither of those shows is producing 10 new episodes a year for the next five years."

Puck has more info on the negotiations. Parker, Stone, and the current Paramount leadership had been planning since March for a $1B, 10 year-deal with HBO Max (and another, nonexclusive arrangement with Paramount+), but were ultimately blocked by Shell & David Ellison. puck.news/how-did-para...

Image from Total Drama Island episode "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do," featuring Caleb

TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND season 2 episode 9: "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" is now streaming on HBO Max! #CartoonNetwork

Snippets of the "Cartoon Cartoons Animated Shorts Showcase" #SDCC panel from Warner Bros. TV's Instagram story

Cole Escola Joins ‘Margie Claus’ Cast with Melissa McCarthy – Animation Magazine Warner Bros. Pictures Animation is bringing Christmas in July to theater fans with the news that  Cole Escola has joined the cast of its upcoming animated holid

Melissa McCarthy and Cole Escola have been cast as the leads in "MARGIE CLAUS," coming to theaters Christmas 2027 from Warner Bros. Pictures Animation. The film is being directed by Kirk DeMicco ("Vivo") and produced by Michelle Wong ("KPop Demon Hunters"). www.animationmagazine.net/2025/07/cole...

‘Rick & Morty’ Lands A Presidential Spinoff At Adult Swim Keith David, who voices the President of the USA in Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty, is getting his own spinoff.

"President Curtis" is co-created by 'Rick and Morty' executive producers Dan Harmon and James Siciliano. Voice cast includes Keith David, Stephanie Beatriz, and Jim Rash. deadline.com/2025/07/rick...

Adult Swim has ordered "PRESIDENT CURTIS," a spin-off of 'Rick and Morty.' The new series will follow the commander-in-chief and his quirky staff as they navigate a range of crises, including interdimensional diplomacy, paranormal investigations, and unexplained phenomena. #SDCC

Image from Care Bears: Unlock the Magic Specials episode "The No Heart Games"

The sixth and final CARE BEARS: UNLOCK THE MAGIC special: "The No Heart Games" is now streaming on HBO Max! #Cartoonito

IYANU is headed to Comic-Con International with BIG reveals!

The minds behind the hit Cartoon Network show #Iyanu are back with a prequel-movie first look, fresh Season 2 teases, and surprises you need to be there to see!

#SDCC #Nigeria #animation #BlackSky #LionForge

Season 1B of "IYANU" is coming to HBO Max on August 31! #CartoonNetwork

Season 1C of "SILLY SUNDAYS" is coming to HBO Max on August 29! #Cartoonito

Season 1C of "TOAD AND FRIENDS" is coming to HBO Max on August 24!

Season 1 of "WOMEN WEARING SHOULDER PADS" is coming to HBO Max on August 18! #AdultSwim