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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]
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]
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 ...
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.
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]
King Leonardo and His Short Subjects (also known as The King and Odie Show) is an American Saturday-morning animated television series that aired on NBC from October 15, 1960 to December 23, 1961; the original Short Subjects package last aired on the network on September 28, 1963, when new segments of The King & Odie and The Hunter aired as part of Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales.
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
Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor is an American Saturday-morning animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions that ran on CBS from September 9, 1967 to January 6, 1968, airing in reruns until September 6, 1969. [1] Despite Moby's name coming first, he had only one short per half-hour episode, sandwiched between two with Mightor. [2]