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“Regular Show” warned us about the dangers of streaming eight years before David Zaslav canceled Max’s show

Under the CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery David Zaslavs Continuing the content deletion campaign, animation fans mourn the destruction of Planet Nielsen.

In case Zaslav's reputation in the cartooning community wasn't already low enough, the controversial executive's regime made a surprising and stealthy move this week that sparked outrage across numerous online fandoms. According to the latest updates to the Max streaming library, seven Cartoon Network shows have disappeared from the premium streaming service Ben 10, Steven Universe, The 2016 Powerpuff Girls revival, Amazing world of Gumball, We expose bears, Chowder And Regular show All were removed from service without a “leaving soon” announcement.

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Now, with the entire entertainment industry clearly in decline following the peak of streaming, it appears that no television series — no matter how popular or endlessly cited — is safe from the content cuts that have become company-wide policy under Zaslav's leadership. However, fans of JG Quintel's popular, offbeat animated sitcom Regular show I have to admit they should have seen this coming and grabbed a few DVDs:

Unfortunately the blow is from Regular show and other popular animated comedies from the streaming library is just the latest move in Zaslav's unrelenting hostility towards animation fans. When Zaslav canceled the already completed and already acclaimed film Coyote vs AcmeFans of classic Warner Bros. cartoons (and numerous filmmakers) lobbied to convince Warner Bros. Discovery to allow the film's director, Dave Green, to court other distributors. But even though Netflix, Amazon and Paramount made offers for the film, Zaslav rejected the sale and opted for the tax cut instead.

Then, last August, Zaslav made the move close the classic cartoon streaming service Boomerang. Ironically, when Warner Bros. announced that Boomerang would be shutting down its servers for good, it tried to portray the move as a customer-friendly consolidation, writing, “Starting September 30th, you can watch fan-favorite Boomerang shows alongside Max.”'s complete catalog of cult series, hit films, fresh originals, breaking news and family favorites The Amazing World of Gumball, Teen Titans go!, Lego Batman and more!” As mentioned above, The Amazing World of Gumball was one of the shows that Max quietly took off the air this week.

When Warner Bros. Discovery has taken down the entire Cartoon Network website The same month they announced the end of Boomerang, the writing was on the wall that despite everything, Zaslav's PR department might claim the Max catalog does'It won't be cartoon friendly for much longer. Now that the selection is narrowing and subscription prices are higher than ever, that's it'It's time for fans of every animated series to invest in high-definition, Zaslav-free physical media, just as Nielsonians would have wanted.

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