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Boomtown. (1956 TV series) Boomtown was a children's show on WBZ-TV in Boston, Massachusetts that ran Saturday and Sunday mornings from 1956 through 1974, and was hosted by singing cowboy Rex Trailer . Trailer was hosting a children's series in Philadelphia for Westinghouse; when the series lapsed in 1956, Trailer was given a choice of two ...
Saturday-morning cartoon. " Saturday-morning cartoon " is a colloquial term for the original animated series and live-action programming that was typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three" television networks. The genre was a tradition from broadly the mid-1960s to mid-2010s; [1] over time its ...
Underdog (TV series) Underdog. (TV series) Underdog, also known as The Underdog Show, is an American Saturday morning animated television series that ran from October 3, 1964, to March 4, 1967, [1] starting on the NBC network until 1966, with the rest of the run on CBS, under the primary sponsorship of General Mills, for a run of 62 episodes ...
Time for Timer is a series of seven short public service announcements broadcast on Saturday mornings on the ABC television network starting in 1975. The animated spots feature Timer, a tiny cartoon character who is an anthropomorphic circadian rhythm, the self-proclaimed "keeper of body time." [1] The series was produced by the cartoon studio ...
Zach Weinersmith. Zachary Alexander Weinersmith (born Weiner; March 5, 1982) [1] is an American cartoonist and writer, best known for his webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC). Outside of SMBC, he has worked on a sketch comedy series, a podcast, and multiple other webcomics.
NBC abandoned Saturday morning cartoons like Alvin and the Chipmunks and The Smurfs on Sept. 12, 1992. (Courtesy Everett Collection) (Everett Collection) On This Day: September 12, 1992
SCTV. Saturday Night Live. The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and featuring Martin Short 's fictional character Ed Grimley (with Short reprising his role as Grimley). [ 1] The show aired on NBC from September 10 to December 3, 1988 for a single season ...
In 2002, Fat Albert was placed at number 12 on TV Guide's list of the 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time. [16] In 2020, Joyce Slaton of Common Sense Media argued that the series is an "old-school cartoon...[with] strong positive messages." She noted that while the show's themes like kidnapping, racism, and child abuse may cause parents ...