1997

== Theatrical Shorts ==
* 26 March - "Pullet Surprise"
* 13 June - "(Blooper) Bunny" premieres on a Cartoon Network broadcast
* 4 November - "From Hare to Eternity"
* 14 November - "Father of the Bird"
== Television ==
* January - Cartoon Network adds the post-July 1948 cartoons that aired on Kids' WB! to their regular rotation.
* 31 January - Animaniacs airs a special two-hour marathon on Cartoon Network.
* The New Daffy Duck Show scheduled to premiere on Kids' WB! as replacement for The Daffy Duck Show. It is scrapped from rotation as a last minute change.
* 1 September - Tiny Toon Adventures airs in reruns on Kids' WB!
* Animaniacs airs its fifth season on Kids' WB!
* Pinky and the Brain and The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries air their third seasons on Kids' WB!
* Road Rovers and Freakazoid! begin airing in reruns on Cartoon Network.
== Videos ==
* 11 March - Space Jam
* 21 October - From Hare to Eternity and Superior Duck
== Video Games ==
* Space Jam
* Taz-Mania 2
== Events ==
* Daffy Duck celebrates his 60th birthday.
== People ==
=== Deaths ===
* 10 January - Sheldon Leonard
* 13 January - Lenard Kester
* 27 February - Harry Love
* 9 April - Bill Roberts
* 24 October - Don Messick
* 25 December - Denver Pyle
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