60 Years of ABC Saturday Morning TV

[yogimack]

Remember watching all the ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons for the past 60 years because I remember watching all the ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and today because in a couple years to come ABC will turn 60 so we can relive those year of ABC Saturday Morning TV so let's go back in time and remember all the great ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons of the Past!


The 50's
American Bandstand
Matty's Funday Funnies
Rocky and His Friends


The 60's
The Flintstones
Top Cat
The Jetsons
Jonny Quest
The New Casper Cartoon Show
Beany & Cecil
The Bugs Bunny Show
Calvin and the Colonel
The Beatles
Hoppity Hooper
The Porky Pig Show
Milton the Monster
Flukey Luke
Muggy Doo
Fearless Fly
Penny Penguin
The King Kong Show
Tom of T.H.U.M.B
Stuffy Durma
Fantastic Four
Spider-Man
Journey to the Center of the Earth
George of the Jungle
The Adventures of Gulliver
Fantastic Voyage
The Smokey Bear Show
The Cattanooga Cats
The Hardy Boys
Hot Wheels
The Skyhawks


The 70's
The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show
Motormouse & Autocat
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down
Here Come the Double Deckers
The Funky Phantom
The Jackson 5ive
Lidsville
The Osmonds
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
The Brady Kids
Kid Power
Yogi's Gang
Superfriends
Lassie's Rescue Rangers
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
Mission Magic
Schoolhouse Rock
Hong Kong Phooey
The New Adventures of Gilligan
Devlin
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
These Are the Days
The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show
The Lost Saucer
Uncle Croc's Block
The Oddball Couples
Jabberjaw
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour
Krofft Supershow
Junior Almost Anything Goes
The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show
The All New Superfriends Hour
Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics
The ABC Weekend Special
Fangface
Challenge of the Superfriends
Scooby's All Stars
The All New Pink Panther Show
The World's Greatest Superfriends
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
Scooby and Scrappy Doo
Spider-Woman


The 80's
The Superfriends Hour
The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
Thundarr the Barbarian
The Heathcliff & Dingbat Show
The Plastic Man/Baby Plas Super Comedy Show
Laverne & Shirley in the Army
Heathcliff & Marmaduke
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
Scooby-Doo Classics
The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour
The Scooby and Scrappy Doo/Puppy Hour
The Scooby-Doo/Puppy Hour
The Best of Scooby-Doo
The Monchichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
The Pac-Man/Rubik the Amazing Cube Hour
The Littles
The Puppy's Further Adventures
The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show
Menudo on ABC
Scooter Computer and Mr. Chips
The Puppy's Great Adventures
Superfriends the Legendary Super Powers Show
The Mighty Orbots
Turbo Teen
Dragon's Lair
Wolf Rock TV
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
Scary Scooby Funnies
The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour
The Ewoks/Droids Adventure Hour
The Super Powers Team Galactic Guardians
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
Scooby's Mystery Funhouse
ABC Funfit
The Care Bears Family
The Flintstone Kids
The Real Ghostbusters
Pound Puppies
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
The All New Ewoks
The Little Clowns of Happy Town
The All New Pound Puppies
My Pet Monster
Little Wizards
Animal Crack Up's
The New Beany & Cecil Show
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Disney's Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour
Beetlejuice


The 90's
The Wizard of Oz
New Kids on the Block
Little Rosey
Land of the Lost
Darkwing Duck
Hammerman
The Pirates of Dark Water
The Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa
Goof Troop
The Addams Family
Cro
Sonic the Hedgehog
Free Willy
ReBoot
Bump in the Night
The New Adventures of Madeline
Fudge
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
Dumb & Dumber the Animated Series
Disney's Brand Spanking New Doug
Disney's The Mighty Ducks
Street Sharks
Bone Chillers
Gargoyles the Goliath Chronicles
Flash Forward
Nightmare Ned
Disney's Jungle Cubs
Disney's 101 Dalmatians the Animated Series
Disney's One Saturday Morning
Disney's Recess
Disney's Pepper Ann
Science Court
Squigglevision
Disney's Hercules the Animated Series
Sabrina the Animated Series
Disney's Mickey Mouse Works


2000's
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Disney's Lloyd in Space
Disney's The Weekenders
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Disney's Teamo Supremo
Disney's House of Mouse
Mary Kate and Ashley in Action
Lizzie McGuire
Even Stevens
Disney's Fillmore
The Proud Family
Power Rangers: Wild Force
Power Rangers: Ninja Storm
Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
Power Rangers: S.P.D.
Power Rangers: Mystic Force
Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive
Power Rangers: Jungle Fury
Kim Possible
That So Raven
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Phil of the Future
W.I.T.C.H.
The Buzz on Maggie
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
The Emperor's New School
Disney's The Replacements
Hannah Montana
Cory in the House


and there you have it all the ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons of the Past 60 years when we were kids back then from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 80's and today but we always grow up as children when we wake up but I hope all of you will look at all the great ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons from the past 60 years but in a couple years to come ABC will turn 60 in the next couple years to come!

[veemonjosh]

remember watching all the ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons from the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's

Explain to me how you managed to watch the cartoons during the 50's and 60's if you were born in the mid-70's.

[Eric Brown]

In my case, having been born in the 40's and being a "cartoon geek" since age 8, I do remember most of these shows. ABC was only network to regularly offer a preview of their new Saturday Morning line-up, usually on the Friday evening before the Saturday debut. I started taping these prime time preview specials in 1983. I have the '83, and '85 thru 1999 specials. They featured different hosts and gave "snippettes" of the new Saturday morning shows. Interesting viewing.

That's all. THANX

[TheFZAtUGSOnline]

Thats a huge list, considering 'Bandstand and the DC (Disney Channel) shows are live-action (Well, except part of Lizzie, since we have her animated counterpart)... and thanks for noding One Saturday Morning and Disney Saturdays shows in the list, 'Schoolhouse was also a fun show too...

We should think about doing a poster with all the charaters from said listed shows with the ABC logo with a huge banner saying "60 Years in Animation", now that would make my day...

[SF4Ever]

Disney now controls ABC's Saturday morning line-up with its own programming, with The Power Rangers being an exception.

[TheVofSteel]

I think you forgot "Star Wars: Droids" and "Star Wars: Ewoks" in the 80's section.

EDIT: Nevermind, they are there.

[jcorey3]

Disney now controls ABC's Saturday morning line-up with its own programming, with The Power Rangers being an exception.

Disney now controls Power Rangers - think it was part of the deal when they bought the Family Channel.

[SF4Ever]

Disney now controls Power Rangers - think it was part of the deal when they bought the Family Channel.

Thanks for the updated information.

[dth1971]

And you didn't mention the ABC Nutritional/Educational PSA's with "Time for Timer", "The Bod Squad", "Capt'n O.G. Readmore", "Dr. Henry", "Zack of All Trades", and "Computer Critters".

[Brainatra]

Hmm....

First of all, ABC's not 60 years old as a television network---its origins date to the late 40's, but didn't really get into animation until the mid-to-late 50s (with Saturday morning TV not truly taking off until the mid-1960s).

Your list is missing "Rocky and His Friends", which is probably ABC's first major cartoon (excluding the ones that aired on "Disneyland"/any various Walt Disney specials in the 50s)...

[lordsmurf]

Somebody please buy this guy a calculator. :sad:

[Eric Brown]

Jonny Quest Saturday morning re-runs began on CBS in the '67/'68 season. They were never shown on ABC after it's prime time '64/65 season run.

THANX

[Brainatra]

Somebody please buy this guy a calculator. :sad:

Erm, meant that ABC's not 60 years old as an *animation*/Saturday morning broadcaster, oops.

[Jeff Harris]

I don't get how "60 Years of ABC Saturday Morning Programming" is being celebrated when American Bandstand is just a tick over 50.

I mean, by that logic, I've been around in four different decades (the 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s), but I'm only 29.

In my case, having been born in the 40's and being a "cartoon geek" since age 8, I do remember most of these shows. ABC was only network to regularly offer a preview of their new Saturday Morning line-up, usually on the Friday evening before the Saturday debut. I started taping these prime time preview specials in 1983. I have the '83, and '85 thru 1999 specials. They featured different hosts and gave "snippettes" of the new Saturday morning shows. Interesting viewing.*spits out Sun Drop*

You've taped the Saturday Morning Preview Specials since 1983?!?

Amazing. Do you still have the tapes? I mean, my ABC affiliate didn't air the 1992 special because they broadcasted a live speech by President Bush (the first one) at the time. Ever considered archiving 'em on the net?

[CPlanetKwame]

In the 1970's list, you missed Devlin (which goes in-between The New Adventures of Gilligan & Korg, 70,000 BC)!

[yogimack]

The List of all the ABC Saturday Morning Cartoons from the past 60 years



The 50's
American Bandstand
Matty's Funday Funnies
Rocky and His Friends




The 60's
The Flintstones
Top Cat
The Jetsons
Jonny Quest
The New Casper Cartoon Show
Beany & Cecil
The Bugs Bunny Show
Calvin and the Colonel
The Beatles
Hoppity Hooper
The Porky Pig Show
Milton the Monster
Flukey Luke
Muggy Dog
Fearless Fly
Penny Penguin
The King Kong Show
Tom of T.H.U.M.B.
Stuffy Durma
Fantastic Four
Spider-Man
Journey to the Center of the Earth
George of the Jungle
The Adventures of Gulliver
Fantastic Voyage
The Smokey Bear Show
The Cattanooga Cats
The Hardy Boys
Hot Wheels
The Skyhawks



The 70's
The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show
Motormouse & Autocat
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp
Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down
Here Come the Double Deckers
The Funky Phantom
The Jackson 5ive
Lidsville
The Osmonds
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
The Brady Kids
Kid Power
Yogi's Gang
Superfriends
Lassie's Rescue Rangers
Goober and the Ghost Chasers
Mission Magic
Schoolhouse Rock
Hong Kong Phooey
The New Adventures of Gilligan
Devlin
Korg: 70,000 B.C.
These Are the Days
The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape Show
The Lost Saucer
Uncle Croc's Block
The Oddball Couples
The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour
Krofft Supershow
Junior Almost Anything Goes
The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show
The All New Superfriends Hour
Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics
The ABC Weekend Special
Fangface
Challenge of the Superfriends
Scooby's All Stars
The All New Pink Panther Show
The World's Greatest Superfriends
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
Scooby and Scrappy Doo
Spider-Woman



The 80's
The Superfriends Hour
The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show
The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
Thundarr the Barbarian
The Heathcliff and Dingbat Show
The Plastic Man/Baby Plas Super Comedy Show
Heathcliff and Marmaduke
Laverne & Shirley in the Army
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
Scooby-Doo Classics
The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour
The Scooby and Scrappy Doo/Puppy Hour
The Scooby-Doo/Puppy Hour
The Best of Scooby-Doo
The Monchichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show
The Pac-Man/Rubik the Amazing Cube Hour
The Littles
The Puppy's Further Adventures
The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show
Menudo on ABC
Scooter Computer and Mr. Chips
The Puppy's Great Adventures
Superfriends the Legendary Super Powers Show
The Mighty Orbots
Turbo Teen
Dragon's Lair
Wolf Rock TV
The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
Scary Scooby Funnies
The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour
The Ewoks/Droids Adventure Hour
The Super Powers Team Galactic Guardians
The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
Scooby's Mystery Funhouse
ABC Funfit
The Care Bears Family
The Flintstone Kids
The Real Ghostbusters
Pound Puppies
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
The All New Ewoks
The Little Clowns of Happy Town
The All New Pound Puppies
My Pet Monster
Little Wizards
Animal Crack Up's
The New Beany & Cecil Show
The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters
A Pup Named Scooby-Doo
Disney's Gummi Bears/Winnie the Pooh Hour
Beetlejuice



The 90's
The Wizard of Oz
New Kids on the Block
Little Rosey
Land of the Lost
Darkwing Duck
Hammerman
The Pirates of Dark Water
The Wild West C.O.W. Boys of Moo Mesa
Goof Troop
The Addams Family
Cro
Sonic the Hedgehog
Free Willy
ReBoot
Bump in the Night
The New Adventures of Madeline
Fudge
Tales from the Cryptkeeper
Dumb & Dumber the Animated Series
Disney's Brand Spanking New Doug
Disney's The Mighty Ducks
Street Sharks
Bone Chillers
Gargoyles the Goliath Chronicles
Flash Forward
Nightmare Ned
Disney's Jungle Cubs
Disney's 101 Dalmatians the Animated Series
Disney's One Saturday Morning
Disney's Recess
Disney's Pepper Ann
Science Court
Squigglevision
Hercules the Animated Series
Sabrina the Animated Series
Disney's Mickey Mouse Works



2000's
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Disney's Lloyd in Space
Disney's The Weekenders
Disney's Teacher's Pet
Disney's Teamo Supremo
Disney's House of Mouse
Mary Kate and Ashley in Action
Lizzie McGuire
Even Stevens
Disney's Fillmore
The Proud Family
Power Rangers: Wild Force
Power Rangers: Ninja Storm
Power Rangers: Dino Thunder
Power Rangers: S.P.D.
Power Rangers: Mystic Force
Power Rangers: Operation Overdrive
Power Rangers: Jungle Fury
Kim Possible
That So Raven
Lilo & Stitch: The Series
Phil of the Future
W.I.T.C.H.
The Buzz on Maggie
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
The Emperor's New School
Disney's The Replacements
Hannah Montana
Cory in the House



and there you have it the list of all the great ABC Saturday Morning Cartoon Shows from the past 60 years and we can write a letter to ABC so we can make a large banner with all the ABC Saturday Morning Cartoon Characters with the list of all the ABC Saturday Morning Cartoon Show so we can mail it to ABC but we will do our best to make one!

[BartWinkle]

Jonny Quest Saturday morning re-runs began on CBS in the '67/'68 season. They were never shown on ABC after it's prime time '64/65 season run.

THANX
Actually, Jonny Quest did air on ABC Saturday AM at noon in the 1971-72 season.

[Schuyler]

abc had one of the better line ups of saturday morning cartoons.

[ROBOTRON]

:D - Oh man...you mentioned "Uncle Croc's Block"...that brings back memories. Charles Nelson Riley? Unlikely, but it happened and it was the cool "Pee-Wee Herman" like show which was better (in my humble opinion).

lol...Wacky and Packy, the M.A.S.H. parody and the unlucky cat (forgot the name).

[shadowspiderider]

mighty orbots
live action land of lost with seelacks

[DrTooth]

:D - Oh man...you mentioned "Uncle Croc's Block"...that brings back memories. Charles Nelson Riley? Unlikely, but it happened and it was the cool "Pee-Wee Herman" like show which was better (in my humble opinion).

lol...Wacky and Packy, the M.A.S.H. parody and the unlucky cat (forgot the name).

Yeah. Too bad that no one got the reference, or cared, that it was supposed to be a 1950's style Uncle Nutzy's Clubhouse type show (Reference to both mad Magazine and UHF). I'd gather that was the best part of the show.

I was unfortunate enough to pick up a DVD of Wacky and Packy (one of those Discount dollar expired copywrite DVD's BTW) and I will say, it was one of the worst cartoons I've had the misfortune of witnessing ever. Did we really need another Caveman based off of Jackie Gleason? I bet MUSH was funny, though.

Anyway, I'll say what I said about the CBS thread (anyone surprised this said 60 years, when the other was 80 years, predating Television all together?). Long, rich history crushed to dust. Even early 2000's, they still had decent
programming. Now it's reruns of Emperor's new School and Replacements (which I wouldn't mind, if they showed more episodes) and the same Tween com garbage over and over. And it's kicking butt in the ratings too. That's the even sadder part.

Sadly sits in corner, remembering Bump in the Night, the "after these messages, we'll be right back" claymations (I met one of the animators), and various others.

[Viper]

lol...Wacky and Packy, the M.A.S.H. parody and the unlucky cat (forgot the name).The name of the unlucky cat was appropriately named Fraidy Cat. I'm glad I never saw Wacky & Packy. 2 cavemen in NYC? Puh-leez!:yawn:

One thing I don't see in the 70's part of the list is...Captain Caveman & the Teen Angels. In 1979, after Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics ended, they decided to give them their own show with a few new eps. It may have lasted only 6 months, but was still enjoyable.:) My favorite cartoon is still "The Old Caveman & the Sea" which takes place at Miami Beach! I simply love seeing the Teen Angels in gorgeous bikinis!:anime: