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Beginning in the mid-1960s, the Saturday-morning timeslot would feature a great deal of series appropriate for children, although most of these were reruns of animated series originally broadcast in prime time and adventure series made in the 1950s, as well as telecasts of older cartoons made for movie theaters. [10]
Here’s a nostalgic look at classic cartoons that once ruled the airwaves. From classics in the 1950s and '60s to more recent favorites from the 1980s and '90s, these toons are sure to bring back ...
ABC Weekend Special is a weekly 30-minute American television anthology series for children that aired Saturday mornings on ABC from 1977 to 1997, which featured a wide variety of stories that were both live-action and animated. [1]
Saturday morning pictures or Saturday morning theatre were film shows put on in British cinemas between the 1920s and 1970s for children. They were shown on Saturday mornings and the price was normally 6d (2½p). At their peak, nearly 2,000 British cinemas put on a Saturday children’s matinee show, but by 1978 this had dropped to 300. [1]
Messick and Butler became the main long-time voice actors of H&B cartoons. [14] The series was set to be the opening and closing acts for a half-hour children's program airing on Saturday mornings. [10] While they had screened the pilot episode prior to broadcast, Hanna later admitted he was nervous as to how the public would respond.
Vortexx was an American Saturday morning children's television programming block that aired on The CW from August 25, 2012 to September 27, 2014. Programmed by Saban Brands, it replaced Toonzai, a block that was programmed by 4Kids Entertainment until its bankruptcy.
The episode "Speed Buggy Went That-a-Way" was featured on the Warner Bros. Presents DVD compilation Saturday Morning Cartoons – 1970's Volume 1 and released on May 26, 2009. [43] As part of the Warner Bros. Home Entertainment's Archive Collection, the complete Speed Buggy series was made available on DVD as a four-disc set. [3]
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