sgtninjago 2,190 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Last weekend was the final hoorah for Saturday morning cartoons, after dominating weekend kids programming since the 1960s.The CW became the final network to cut cartoons from their Saturday morning lineup last Saturday, replacing their programming block called “The Vortexx†with five hours of family-oriented, non-animated TV called “One Magnificent Morning.†Shows that have come and gone like Ghostbusters, The Jetsons, Pepper Ann, Ducktales, Scooby Doo, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have all been relegated to our collective nostalgia. Though cartoons dominated the morning time slots from the 1960s to the 1980s, sometimes bringing in more than 20 million viewers, it all began to change when NBC swapped cartoons for teen comedies like Saved By The Bell in 1992, the Washington Post reported. ABC and CBS soon followed, and in 2008, Fox ended their cartoon run for infomercials. By 2003, cartoons were bringing in just 2 million viewers, a huge drop from 20 years before. Rest of the article, http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/today-was-the-first-day-without-saturday-morning-cartoons-in#3zj0ze6 Such a sad state at how Saturday morning programing has become. While I know things will change at some point, you wish better for such things. My best memories were from shows during Saturday Welp trip down memory lane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yY1APu1qS_E Among the shows I watched during Saturday mornings Power Rangers TMNT X-men Batman Transformers Spiderman Tiny Toons Animaniacs List goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamayam 1,081 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Used to watch dragonball on the weekends. Good time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferris Bueller 151 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I remember waking up early on Saturdays to watch Digimon on Fox Kids. What do kids like these days anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matro 1,438 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Rest in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minoacid 1,120 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I remember watching Power Ranger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah ☆ 4,630 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Tragic. Saturdays were always a blessed day for me as a child. I'd spend all morning watching cartoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnykyute 2,248 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Pokemon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee 9,628 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I used to watch Fox Box/Fox Kids/4KidsTV, and sometimes Kids WB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shineerox 2,063 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Tragic. Saturdays were always a blessed day for me as a child. I'd spend all morning watching cartoons. I could've sworn I heard my heart breaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starfire. 1,317 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I remember watching Power Rangers, X-men, and Batman all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KissontheW1nD 5,731 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Well, I can't say I'm surprised with some of these cartoons coming out nowadays.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAUCY 44,499 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Well, I can't say I'm surprised with some of these cartoons coming out nowadays.... or the lack of cartoons coming out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgtninjago 2,190 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Share Posted October 6, 2014 I used to watch Fox Kids/4KidsTV, and sometimes Kids WB. The gateway to Pokemon, Digimon and Yugioh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehmy 1,931 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 It's just a lack of cartoons on network channels. Most families in America have extra cable channels dedicated solely to cartoons and/or record cartoons for their children using dvr/tivo (does tivo even exist anymore?). Still, this brings back some memories. I still sing that "I'm just a bill" song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee 9,628 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 The gateway to Pokemon, Digimon and Yugioh I started following Pokemon in 2006 while it was still airing on that channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeYaWithYou 4,415 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Fox Box was my shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitaraMVP 1,107 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 saturday mornings were the best. I would wake up early to watch cartoons, switching between networks, and to eat cereal. Then go outside to play a little bit then back in time to watch pokemon at 10:30am. I did hella stuff saturday mornings lol now, i see my younger cousins at that age and they just sleep in. times are just changing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Bae 3,000 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Saturday cartoons were my life Pokemon, Sonic, Pucca, Digimon, Beyblade, Yu-Gi-Oh!.... me and my brothers would watch them every morning and we'd talk about them all the time. Now that we're all older though, we watch movies. I like them almost as much, but it's not as nostalgic I already feel my heart breaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
エメラルドK 696 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I used to watch Mew Mew Power, Winx Club, Yu-Gi-Oh, TMNT, Magical Doremi on 4Kids Baby Looney Toons, The Batman, Mucha Lucha, Ozzy & Drix (!!!) , Static Shock, Scooby Doo, Teen Titans, Jackie Chan Adventures, and Xiaolin Showdown on KidsWB. And I'm sure there so much more I missed ;A; I loved waking up Saturday mornings and used to be upset if I missed something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee 9,628 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 So I'm looking up the old shows I remember watching in Fox Box days and.. Cubix (Korean: í빅스; retitled 로보짱 í빅스 for the KBS broadcast; subtitled Robots for Everyone in the United States) is a South Korean animated television series created by Cinepix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...... 3,962 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Pirates of Dark Water X-Men: Animated SeriesJohnny QuestMighty Max Tin Tin Ducktales Darkwing DuckTMNTNever Ending StoryAladdinTales from the CryptkeeperBobby's WorldSpiderManBatman Pepper AnnI could list al night off top tbh.... Those all pop immediately into my head when i think Saturday Morning Cartoons...Those are good memories i share with my brother...waking up early, eating breakfast, and watching morning cartoon blocks...It's sad that this is a tradition that has come to a close. I'm sort of glad to have been of a generation that took part in the tradition For the older people... do any of you remember this show? It randomly popped into my head as i compiled this list. I swear i haven't thought about this show in probably closer to two decades: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knyen008 249 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 .... I feel bad for the kids of today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRS Chaebol 196 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 And I'm sure there so much more I missed ;A; I loved waking up Saturday mornings and used to be upset if I missed something. Pokemon! But FOR REAL. I remember going to school the following Monday and everyone would be talking about the episode I missed and I'd just be lost and being kids back then.. kids would BRAG about how good the episode was and I or others would get made fun of for not knowing what was going on. Kids these days have it so easy, they on their OWN iPads, iPhones, electronics can just search it up on the web + YouTube to find things to watch. Struggle for us back then cause once you miss something you miss it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skibop!! 8,585 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 I remember watching Kirby and Fighting Foodons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsmithlikespudding 441 Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 It's called the internet + japanese anime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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