Series creator Tom Ruegger isn’t back, with Family Guy veteran Wellesley Wild taking over as showrunner. The Hulu reboot, ordered for two seasons, is an interesting mixture of continuity and overhaul.

In addition to the core skits featuring the anarchic Warner siblings, Animaniacs featured a revolving cast of secondary sketch characters, dominated by Pinky and the Brain, but featuring the memorable likes of Slappy Squirrel, the Goodfeathers, and Buttons and Mindy. Animation as something of a follow-up to Tiny Toon Adventures (which ran its own 98 episodes from 1990 to 1992 and is, of course, getting its own reboot), Animaniacs was packed with crazily diverse pop culture references, clever songs and general zaniness. Produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. (Hi, Netflix seasons of Arrested Development!) No, the new Animaniacs is just the sort of minor disappointment that makes you go, “I know I used to enjoy this show … Heh, that was kinda funny … Now why aren’t I laughing more?”Īs a reminder, Animaniacs ran for 99 episodes between 19, first on Fox and then on The WB. (Hi, Fuller House!) Nor is it the sort of disappointing reboot that forces you to unavoidably devalue a show you previously loved.

This definitely isn’t the sort of disappointing reboot that makes you angry about the general state of television. What follows in the five episodes from the season cherrypicked and sent to critics is an innocuous disappointment. Unfortunately, the first episode is as good as this reboot of Animaniacs gets.

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