Happy Saturday morning, everyone!

Anyone else remember how awesome and exciting Saturday mornings were as a child of the 80's?

Here's ABC's Fall schedule from 1980:
8:00 am - Superfriends ... (This was before I developed into a "Make Mine Marvel" kind of kid)
9:00 am - Scooby and Scrappy-Doo ... (I'll always love Scooby Dooooo!)
10:00 am - Thundarr the Barbarian ... (super-mega-awesome)
11:00 am - Candlepin Bowling ... (This was just about the time I headed outdoors for adventure)

I was more into CBS for early morning Saturday
9:00 am to 10:30 am - Bugs Bunny / Road Runner
11:30 am - Fat Albert

Yes! The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour! There was soooo much to enjoy.

Sunday mornings were just as great, too. Here's the schedule of a local Boston station from '79. Great times.

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7:30 a.m. - Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch
8:00 - Devlin
8:30 - Jonny Quest
9am - Popeye
9:30 - Top Cat
10:00 - The Jetsons
10:30 - Movie- Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man

I loved the schedules of the 80's and 90's!

NBC had a strong SatAM schedule between 1981 and 1990.
ABC had an okay SatAM schedule until 1995.
CBS had a strong SatAM schedule until 1995.
FOX had an okay SatAM schedule until 1995.
WB had a strong SatAM schedule until 1999 (which was played on Sunday since my WB...now CW affiliate played BOTH FOX and WB SatAm Cartoons).

It seemed that once 1997 hit...the SatAM cartoons just...faded...ohno:ohno:ohno:ohno:ohno:

Saturday morning used to be fun. Now it's all news and politics programs.

And I refuse to watch Nick cartoons---they're crude and dumb.

Saturday morning used to be fun. Now it's all news and politics programs.

And I refuse to watch Nick cartoons---they're crude and dumb.

Ik. In the 90s, Nick was SO much better and into the early 2000s. I particularly love "Hey Arnold!", "Invader Zim", "ChalkZone", "Angry Beavers", "Ahh Real Monsters" and "Doug." I only like "Harvey Beaks" on there nowadays but I don't watch it on their network.

Ik. In the 90s, Nick was SO much better and into the early 2000s. I particularly love "Hey Arnold!", "Invader Zim", "ChalkZone", "Angry Beavers", "Ahh Real Monsters" and "Doug." I only like "Harvey Beaks" on there nowadays but I don't watch it on their network.

Agree.

It seems that Harvey Beaks is a show that looks like a show that has a Gen Y Family. Harvey's parents raise Harvey and their unborn daughter but they still want to have fun.

And today's SatAM cartoons are mostly subpar E/I shows! PBS has some good E/I Shows, but the broadcast stations that are required to have these shows are educational and informative...but are they entertaining?

Why haven't they learned from Mrs. Doubtfire? (There's a great quote that Daniel Hillard says about children's programming...it should be educational yet entertaining)!

Saturday morning used to be fun. Now it's all news and politics programs.

And I refuse to watch Nick cartoons---they're crude and dumb.
They now have animal and nature programs. Those are cool.

The only contemporary cartoons I currently watch are random episodes of Adventure Time, The Venture Bros., and South Park—all of which are extremely different than the animated shows I grew up watching.

That may be why I'm attempting to re-create some of the wonderful morning broadcasts from the 70's and 80's… Force Five, Transformers, Tom & Jerry, Thundercats, The Herculoids, Underdog, Star Blazers, Woody Woodpecker, etc. Watching a couple episodes from any of these programs is the perfect way to begin my Saturday morning.

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This is it. The episode that you've all been waiting for. In this episode, I go into syndication's impact on the networks' Saturday morning schedules, and of course, I delve into what was going on CBS and ABC's Saturday morning schedules in the latter half of the 1980s.

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This is the revamped version of Part One of The Rise and Demise of Saturday Mornings - The 1980s. The new version has two additional segments that were left on the cutting room floor, with the addition of new factoids. In case you have seen the entire episode previously, here are the timestamps for the new segments


SEGMENT 1 - 1:33:40
SEGMENT 2 - 1:51:07


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Here it is. Part 2 of our look into Saturday Mornings during the 1980s. We take a look at what NBC had to offer in the earlier part of the 1980s and the state of television itself going into the latter part of the decade.

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Here it is. I conclude on the latter half of the 1970s when the networks and studios scrambled to create Saturday morning programming. So what was their next move going into the latter half of the 70s and what measures they had taken to make Saturday morning programming more appealing to the watchdog groups and the ACT (https://www.sitcomsonline.com/boards/showthread.php?t=40684)? How did Filmation get into a sticky situation that almost cost them their reputation. And lastly, we will look at what they offered the kids of America to watch. These questions and more will be explored on the conclusion of The Rise and Demise of Saturday Mornings - The 1970s..... Welcome back!

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Welcome back. It's finally time to delve into the era of Saturday morning programming that started it all. Its popularity. The 1970s. Here, we will look at what happened after the 1960s concerning children's programming as a whole. So what was the ACT's course of action and how did they affect Saturday mornings after the great superhero purge of the late 1960s. How did the networks' change the content on their lineups. Also, we will look at the cartoons that were on air. What made these cartoons very different from what was previously offered. These questions and more will be finally answered.

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Welcome back. This is episode 2 of the subseries that delves into the long gone but fondly remembered Saturday mornings. In the episode, we take a look at the 1960s. A time where the networks were just getting started. But along the way, there would be some setbacks. Also, a look into why these cartoons were made in the first place and the backlash these offerings would get.

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This is it. The first episode of this subseries showcases an era when the networks provided kids of America a form of entertainment that made us imagine and dream. This is the 1950s and we delve into the beginnings of Saturday mornings. How it got started, what networks had done to provide that entertainment, the pitfalls and finally, look at the shows kids were watching back then. You might be shocked at how TV was back then. So without further ado, let me present you... the greatest story ever told.

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Here it is. The last installment. Here, I cover NBC's Saturday morning lineup in the latter half of the 1980s. Also, I delve deeper into the effects of syndication's output on Saturday morning lineups.

I remember and I really mi$$ the good days :(

Happy Saturday morning, everyone!

Anyone else remember how awesome and exciting Saturday mornings were as a child of the 80's?

Here's ABC's Fall schedule from 1980:
8:00 am - Superfriends ... (This was before I developed into a "Make Mine Marvel" kind of kid)
9:00 am - Scooby and Scrappy-Doo ... (I'll always love Scooby Dooooo!)
10:00 am - Thundarr the Barbarian ... (super-mega-awesome)
11:00 am - Candlepin Bowling ... (This was just about the time I headed outdoors for adventure)

Obviously you are in Boston!

Not to derail the thread, but candlepin bowling is a big interest of mine, and sadly I cannot play it here in Florida.*

The only live or active candlepin to watch is on YouTube via the Candlepin Bowling Network.

As to the Ssturday morning thing, that was on WCVB 5 in Boston 1958-96. Many 1990s shows have been uploaded on YouTube via a certain Wolfman12395. Enjoy!

[* Candlepin’s GOAT, Tom Olszta, is now retired and living in Naples, FL. He does travel up there occasionally to bowl for charity. I ought to write him and encourage him to build a candlepin center in Naples. I’ll drive the 90 minutes!]

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