Saturday, September 10, 1977 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

AaronHandy3 · 09-10-2007, 02:13 PM

30 YEARS AGO TODAY!!!

4 new series from Hanna-Barbera Productions, Incorporated adorn the Saturday Morning network TV schedules, all of which ranged from 60 to 120 minutes:

CBS and NBC had one new 60-minute show each: Skatebirds and C.B. Bears, respectively.

ABC had the most new H-B material that season with The All-New Super Friends Hour (which effectively tackled C.B. Bears) and the only 2-hour Saturday morning cartoon in existence: Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (whose second and third half-hours thrashed Skatebirds).

Dynomite · 09-10-2007, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by AaronHandy3

30 YEARS AGO TODAY!!!

4 new series from Hanna-Barbera Productions, Incorporated adorn the Saturday Morning network TV schedules, all of which ranged from 60 to 120 minutes:

CBS and NBC had one new 60-minute show each: Skatebirds and C.B. Bears, respectively.

ABC had the most new H-B material that season with The All-New Super Friends Hour (which effectively tackled C.B. Bears) and the only 2-hour Saturday morning cartoon in existence: Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (whose second and third half-hours thrashed Skatebirds).

Actually, Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-lympics was the first two-hour Saturday morning cartoon. Ruby-Spears' Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show, also on ABC, became the second in the 1979-80 season, while Warner Brothers' Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show ran for two hours on CBS in the 1981-82 season. Back then, with The All-New Superfriends Hour and Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-lympics dominating the airwaves and getting the ratings, that has got to be the reason why ABC was the no. 1 network on Saturday mornings in the 1977-78 season. The Saturday morning schedules in the 1977-78 season for both CBS and NBC, were relatively weak, compared to ABC's dominant Saturday morning line-up.

unclejohnnybob · 06-04-2008, 04:27 PM

hi, thanks 4 all the great memories

comedyfreak · 06-05-2008, 05:54 AM

Those were the great days of Saturday morning television.

TVFactFan · 06-05-2008, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by comedyfreak

Those were the great days of Saturday morning television.

yeah I was didn't get into until 84, it's a shame I was too young to enjoy the saturday mornings of the fall of 77-lol

comedyfreak · 06-06-2008, 01:43 AM

I absoulutely never missed the sneak peaks specials every September, introducing the new cartoons for the fall. I must have watched cartoons from 8am til noon. What a life, getting up and having cereal with my cartoons and in my PJ's. I hated having to do yardwork after though, I'd love to go back and do it all over again.

70s show watcher · 06-08-2008, 10:28 PM

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Originally Posted by comedyfreak

I absoulutely never missed the sneak peaks specials every September, introducing the new cartoons for the fall. I must have watched cartoons from 8am til noon. What a life, getting up and having cereal with my cartoons and in my PJ's. I hated having to do yardwork after though, I'd love to go back and do it all over again.

me too

friendlydude · 06-25-2008, 04:16 PM

What the heck? Saturday, September 10, 1977 is the day my parents got married! How weird to see that date on here!

09-10-2007, 02:13 PM	#1
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06-06-2008, 01:43 AM	#6
comedyfreak Cheers! Forum Fanatic Join Date: Dec 14, 2005 Location: Sunny California Posts: 11,058	I absoulutely never missed the sneak peaks specials every September, introducing the new cartoons for the fall. I must have watched cartoons from 8am til noon. What a life, getting up and having cereal with my cartoons and in my PJ's. I hated having to do yardwork after though, I'd love to go back and do it all over again.

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friendlydude Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 11, 2008 Location: oxford pennsylvania Posts: 20	What the heck? Saturday, September 10, 1977 is the day my parents got married! How weird to see that date on here!