Saturday Morning TV

[pkffrom724]

So much for weekday programming. What are the networks' plans for kids' cartoons and other programming? Does ABC plan on adding another hour to GMA Saturday? I also understand most of the 'toons have went to cable anyway. TV is changing so much everyday. Maybe all the nets will scale back and go 3 hours per week with the E/I rule.

 

[bhayes1016]

So much for weekday programming. What are the networks' plans for kids' cartoons and other programming? Does ABC plan on adding another hour to GMA Saturday? I also understand most of the 'toons have went to cable anyway. TV is changing so much everyday. Maybe all the nets will scale back and go 3 hours per week with the E/I rule.

Eventually that's what will happen...they'll only carry what's required by the FCC, and it'll be stuff rehashed from their cable partners (CBS-Nick, ABC-Disney, NBC-Discovery).

 

[MarcB]

Actually NBC (along with sister network Telemundo and Quasi-Sister Network ION) have deals with QUBO.

 

[anotherguyTN]

And CBS changed to DIC last year.

 

[MBird]

Saturday Morning TV is terrible.

I miss Bugs Bunny/Road Runner, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Weekend Special, and all the other classics I grew up on. Even re-runs of The Smurfs would be a positive step. Some of that QUBO stuff is atrocious.

My own children watch the CBS rehash of Nick Jr. and DIC programming, or switch to PBS and watch the week's worth of DragonTales and Curious George. Does anyone else dislike the fact that Cartoon Network and Toon Disney are so Japanimated now? I just don't care for the anime, and it's every freaking where!

 

[FilmCritic3K]

Saturday Morning TV is terrible.

Yes, it is.

Does anyone else dislike the fact that Cartoon Network and Toon Disney are so Japanimated now? I just don't care for the anime, and it's every freaking where!

Amen. Once again, I defer to the always astute Mystery Science Theater 3000. In an episode, a young boy is watching anime on television. Mike sums things up brilliantly...

"Why, here's something else Satan created...Japanimation!"

 

[MarcB]

1. Cartoon Network should show only cartoons 24/7/365. Cartoons from the 60s-90s.

2. They should convert Boomberang to show a network that only shows Japanimation 24/7/365.

3. They should blow-up Headline News and convert it to Adult Swim 24/7/365.

 

[Garrett]

Saturday Morning TV is terrible.

I miss Bugs Bunny/Road Runner, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Weekend Special, and all the other classics I grew up on. Even re-runs of The Smurfs would be a positive step. Some of that QUBO stuff is atrocious.

My own children watch the CBS rehash of Nick Jr. and DIC programming, or switch to PBS and watch the week's worth of DragonTales and Curious George. Does anyone else dislike the fact that Cartoon Network and Toon Disney are so Japanimated now? I just don't care for the anime, and it's every freaking where!

Well, CW's Kid's WB comes close to what was traditional, and it seems to do well. They tap into Cartoon Network's library and since they also own what was Hanna Barbara, they pretty much have variations of all the familiar names, such as Loonatics Unleased, Legion of Justice, Scooby Doo, Batman, etc. So it's not all bad...

Of course you can't beat the classics!

 

[ssetta]

I miss the old days of Saturday Mornings on WGBH back when they used to show 3 episdoes of Sesame Street, back-to-back. They would rerun the episodes that ran earlier in the week.

 

[Garrett]

Hey, remember when Oscar was Orange and Big Bird only had a couple of feathers on his head?

 

[jojo_collins]

Hey, remember when Oscar was Orange and Big Bird only had a couple of feathers on his head?

Hell, I remember when Mr. Snuffleupagus was just a snuf!!! Damn, I did not know his first name was Aloysius (damn, that's too much snuff!!!! I need SA-Snuff Anonymous!!!)

 

[ssetta]

That was only during the first season of the show, before my time. I was talking about in the 80s and early 90s.