Nostalgia programming has always been an important part of TV’s strategy — and appeal. Early series were reboots and remakes of popular radio programs, while variety shows harkened back to vaudeville.

Note: this is a spoiler-free review of Animaniacs Season 1, which premieres on Hulu on Friday, November 20. Hulu made five of the initial 13 episodes available to critics ahead of release. Because the ...

As if 2020 wasn’t brimming with enough chaotic energy, the Animaniacs have returned. The original series, which debuted in 1993 as part of an effort to challenge the Disney Afternoon animated ...

Tonally, Animaniacs is all over the place. Segments of episodes shift and veer wildly from minute to minute, with Pinky and the Brain somehow serving as the show’s anchor point. No matter what else is ...