What if NBCUniversal kept the rights of Hanna-Barbera in 1995?

## Changes

* Universal will acquire Turner Entertainment (including Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network and Adult Swim) on September 16th, 1995.
	+ Most of Cartoon Network's shows will be co-produced by Universal Animation Studios.
	+ *The New Woody Woodpecker Show* will aired on Cartoon Network instead of Fox Kids.

* After William Hanna's death on March 22nd, 2001, Hanna-Barbera will be absorbed into Universal Animation Studios.
	+ Walter Lantz Productions and Hanna-Barbera will merge with Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda etc. would be part of the Hanna-Barbera family, with *Tom and Jerry*, *Droopy* and other pre-1986 MGM cartoons being incorporated into the *Woody Woodpecker* franchise.

* Woody Woodpecker became not only an American cultural icon and the official mascot of Universal Studios, but also one of the most recognizable characters in the world, being as remembered as Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny.
* Due to *Scooby-Doo* and *Tom and Jerry* being owned by Universal, Warner Animation Group would focus more on original ideas.
* When Universal bought PolyGram in 1998, Lacey Productions will be a division of Hanna-Barbera.
	+ *The Powerpuff Girls* will be produced by Lacey Productions and Universal Cartoon Studios.

* Cartoon Network will serve as Universal's animation cable channel.

### NBCUniversal would acquire Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on October 30th, 2009.

* To promote the merger, NBCUniversal created a promotional poster with Woody Woodpecker dressed as James Bond while spoofing the gun barrel sequence with a subtitle saying "My name is Woodpecker. Woody Woodpecker".
	+ On March 26th, 2010:
		- United Artists would permanently close down, making *Hot Tub Time Machine* its last film.
			* United Artists Media Group would be known as NBCUniversal Media Group.
		- The 2020 relaunch of American International Pictures, the 2013 relaunch of Orion Pictures, Orion TV Productions, Inc. and the 2018 relaunch of Orion Classics wouldn't exist.
		- MGM Television would be folded into Universal Television.
		- MGM's animation divisions would be folded into Universal Animation Studios.
		- MGM Home Entertainment would be folded into Universal Studios Home Entertainment.
		- MGM Distribution Co. would be folded into Universal Pictures, meaning that United Artists Releasing wouldn't exist.
		- MGM's name would only be used for the MGM movie studio owned by Universal.
			* Most of films and shows starting with *Zookeeper* and *Vikings* would be produced without involvement of any MGM assets.
				+ As a result, all MGM-produced films that isn't based on any of its franchises such as *The Pink Panther*, *James Bond*, *Rocky*, *RoboCop*, *Stargate*, *Hannibal*, *Legally Blonde*, *The Addams Family* and *Spaceballs* or remakes starting with *Zookeeper* are instead produced by Spyglass Entertainment as they wouldn't close down in 2012, and wouldn't rebrand as Spyglass Media Group in 2019, with *Sherlock Gnomes* being its only animated film.
			* Universal Studios would have lots of care for the franchises MGM owns.
		- MGM's assets would be separated from MGM, and all would be owned by Universal.
		- MGM and their film and TV divisions would no longer be copyrighted, as Universal would handle all the copyright.
	+ The post-1986 MGM, post-1952 United Artists and post-1982 Orion Pictures catalogues would now be owned by NBCUniversal.
		- However, its pre-1986 catalog would still be owned by Universal Studios through Turner Entertainment.
		- *The Pink Panther*, *The Inspector*, *Roland and Rattfink*, *The Ant and the Aardvark*, *Tijuana Toads*, *The Blue Racer*, *Hoot Kloot*, *The Dogfather*, *Misterjaw* and *Crazylegs Crane* will be incorporated into the *Woody Woodpecker* franchise and would be part of the Hanna-Barbara family.
		- *The Addams Family* animated films would've been produced by Universal Animation Studios as the company's first stop motion films and they would be heavily altered.
	+ Future *James Bond* media is now branded as *James Bond 007* in preparation for the upcoming recast after Daniel Craig's departure starting with *No Time to Die*.
	+ LightWorkers would be Universal's Christian entertainment division, similar to Sony's Affirm Films.
	+ Epix wouldn't exist, since Paramount, as well as MGM and Lionsgate, would keep its first-run film output agreement with Showtime.
		- However, Lionsgate would still move later on its first-run film output agreement to Starz.
	+ Most of its content would be available on Peacock.
	+ Several iconic MGM movies are brought back as new takes on such media.
	+ The 2010 *Clash of the Titans* film and *A Christmas Story 2* wouldn't exist due to their negative reception.
	+ *A Christmas Story Christmas* would be produced by Universal Pictures and Turner Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures as a theatrical film instead of Warner Bros. Pictures, Legendary Pictures and Turner Entertainment as a HBO Max-exclusive film.
	+ *A Christmas Story Live!* is instead produced by Universal Television.