Needs more Canadian shows, Canada ruled the 90 kids show scene.
What they took from us
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Domino@quokk.au 25 minutes ago
a_g_marut@lemmy.world 58 minutes ago
I saved newspaper TV sections from most of the 1990s. Here’s what was on broadcast network TV on Saturday, April 15, 1995:
ABC CBS FOX NBC PBS 6:00 Cro The New Adventures of Mother Goose Bullwinkle Name Your Adventure 6:30 Fudge Bullwinkle State Newsmakers 7:00 The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show Jack Hanna’s Animal Adventures G.I. Joe Today Sesame Street 7:30 Beakman’s World The Baby Huey Show 8:00 Sonic the Hedgehog The Little Mermaid Animaniacs Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 8:30 Free Willy Beethoven Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Barney & Friends 9:00 Tales from the Cryptkeeper Aladdin Eek!stravaganza News Sesame Street 9:30 Reboot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Adventures of Batman & Robin Martha Stewart Living 10:00 The New Adventures of Captain Planet Iron Man Spider-Man California Dreams To the Contrary 10:30 Paid Programming Fantastic Four The Tick Saved by the Bell: The New Class Firing Line 11:00 Paid Programming Gladiators 2000 X-Men Saved by the Bell: The New Class Washington Week in Review 11:30 Paid Programming Mutant League Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? Sweet Valley High Wall $treet Week I assume that where there is no listing, that half hour is a continuation of the previous half hour’s programming, except at 6 am, in which case I assume that station was off the air.
MrNesser@lemmy.world 39 minutes ago
Fun fact Saturday morning cartoons took a nose dive when regulations on advertising to children started getting tighter.
Most of these cartoons/series were developed or funded by toy companies
LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 10 minutes ago
I wonder if it started that way at first. Did TMNT get developed because of toy companies or was just just a mutually lucrative venture? Did it start earlier? Like Lone Ranger and Buck Rodgers type stuff? Interesting to think about for me.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
For a decade that 8am to 12pm slot on Saturdays was back to back gold.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 hour ago
I used to get up early on Saturdays rather than sleeping in so that I could watch cartoons.
GreenShimada@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Up until 4am playing Nintendo, up at 8:45 already late for cartoons. 10/10, would be child again.
binarytobis@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Batman TAS is unbelievably good. Gets a little better every time I rewatch it.
FatVegan@leminal.space 2 hours ago
I love that show so much. So much care went into it. The deatails and everything. I read that they used black paker and inked to bright part, to give it that distinct look. Very complicated and or expensive.
Chaotic_Altruist@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Sabrina was on Friday nights though, so I get why she’d be freaked out to still exist on Saturday morning
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 45 minutes ago
I remember back in first grade being able to watch Power Rangers when I got home. On Thursdays we would get out early and I could watch Bobby’s World right before. Those were simpler times.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
As someone who started watching Saturday morning cartoons in the 1960’s, I can definitely say the mid 90’s was peak cartoon.
hOrni@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Is anybody else of the opinion, that only Power Rangers are unwatchable now? The rest holds up.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
No, they were also unwatchable then
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 3 hours ago
The power rangers theme song slaps though
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
The first two seasons are evergreen (because of the Zyuranger and Dairanger footage).
It was diminishing returns from then on.
Archangel1313@lemmy.ca 3 hours ago
Hahaha! The 90’s were absolute shit compared to the 80’s. Saturday morning was EPIC!!
titanicx@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
I still get this. Streaming is great, and it doesn’t end with an infomercial.
Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Wait, TMNT was still on in the ’90s?
TachyonTele@piefed.social 17 minutes ago
Its still on in the ‘20s
phar@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
It ran for ten seasons my dude. The majority of its run was in the 90s
Zachariah@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
TIL
Cowabunga!
jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
I tried to relive some of my childhood by downloading some older cartoons, like Duck Tales and Darkwing Duck. They are not as good as I remember :(
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 1 hour ago
I don’t think it’s the cartoons being “not as good”, rather it’s that they aren’t geared towards adults.
jaybone@lemmy.zip 1 hour ago
Obviously. But I feel like they would have scratched some nostalgia itch.
protist@retrofed.com 2 hours ago
Where’s Ren and Stimpy on this list?
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 2 hours ago
I feel like it was an afternoon or evening show?
krisevol@lemmy.zip 3 hours ago
These shows are still available to watch.
noxypaws@pawb.social 3 hours ago
I’m still angry at Power Rangers for taking over Sonic the Hedgehog’s Saturday morning timeslot. That show was infinitely better than Power Rangers.
Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
I remember watching Battletech and Bots Master. Good times.
sheridan@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
They also played reruns in the early mornings and late afternoons.
obinice@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Assuming your family had the money to pay for the fancy TV channels that got these shows, otherwise good luck it’s just the 4 regular terrestrial channels and reruns of Thunderbirds and Danger Mouse xD
Vegan_Joe@piefed.world 1 hour ago
All of these came on basic airwave stations in my area. (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX, UPN, WB, PBS, etc.,).
It wasn’t until later that they were syndicated and played on cable TV.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Me, when Tommy Oliver was in the intro: “YES!!”
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 2 hours ago
Bruh. We are so good.
einlander@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
No ‘One Saturday Morning’?
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 1 minute ago
Not to mention Sabrina the Teenage Witch!