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No.1045987
I've been watching old network promos because I hate myself and want to indulge myself in a nostalgia-induced depression, but now I want to discuss the cartoons that aired around them.
What killed off Saturday morning cartoons? Was it the larger availability of viewable timeslots on cable networks such as Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network to watch cartoons vs the limited timeslots broadcast networks offered? Were the broadcast networks just not getting enough quality shows as old ones ended? Or did they just get canned because shows aimed at older audiences were more profitable on broadcast even without a change in viewership? Which block did you watch the most? What was the one cartoon you couldn't miss when it was on?
I remember watching Kids' WB until all the shows I remember anyone talking about were all moved to Cartoon Network around 2006 or so. I don't even remember what was left on Kids' WB after that. In hindsight, it's not too surprising that 4kids took over the block in 2008.
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No.1045988
Likely a combination of all 3, along with a general decline of cartoons in general, and as I didn't have a favorite block, that I can remember anyways, i'll just say that I watched Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon the most.
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No.1045993
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Guess what's Bruce Timm is doing…
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No.1046005
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No.1046009
>>1045987
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturday-morning_cartoon#Decline
>more first-run syndicated shows which were less restricted
>government regulation made it less profitable
>creation of dedicated channels for children's programming
>recording television became a thing
>more divorces meant more children visiting their fathers on Saturdays
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No.1046109
>>1046009
>more divorces meant more children visiting their fathers on Saturdays
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No.1046117
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No.1046139
>>1046009
>more divorces meant more children visiting their fathers on Saturdays
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No.1046146
>>1046117
>Emergency Awesome
That dude is a cuck.
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No.1046150
>>1046117
>eceleb shilling
Looks like I have another video to flag.
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No.1046163
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No.1046164
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No.1046172
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No.1046229
>>1046150
>Attention whore trying to call out other attention whores.
That's pretty funny.
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No.1046254
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No.1046255
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Sorry for shamelessly promoting myself, but I actually produced two mini documentaries on this very subject.
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No.1046256
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>>1046255
I can't delete
>>1046254
for some reason.
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No.1046259
>>1046254
>>1046255
>>1046256
How embarrassing.
How new too.
Now beg the mods to clean up your mess.
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No.1046385
>>1045987
Does modern WB/CW even mention the water tower anymore? Or is it just a relic of the past like Nickelodeon slime?
>>1046381
Probably. Toy Story used to rarely show humans in their movies because of the limits of CGI back then.
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No.1046651
>>1046109
>>1046139
>more divorces meant more children visiting their fathers on Saturdays
I fail to see how this is relevant to the decline of saturday morning cartoons?
>>1046385
>Implying we can have genuine nostalgia in [current year]+4
it's a relic anon
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No.1046716
>>1046651
>I fail to see how this is relevant to the decline of saturday morning cartoons
Instead of excitingly waking up to watch cartoons, kids would be excitedly waking up to get to hang out with their other parent. The article isn't claiming that it's "the reason" but it's one a a whole lot of things that helped contribute to it.
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No.1046935
>>1046005
Why don't bumpers ever do stuff like this anymore?
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No.1046956
>>1046935
That would take creativity.
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No.1047337
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It's weird seeing old stuff like this I thought I dreamed up.
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No.1047338
>>1045987
>implying Saturday morning cartoons died
>he doesn't watch his favorite Elevated-IQ cartoon on Saturday mornings while eating a bowl of Pickle Rickios
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No.1047348
I didn't watch cartoons much on Saturday due to sports, Cub Scouts, etc. Because I didn't have cable it was hit or miss seeing an episode during the week if I missed its premiere. Getting cable in middle school was a blessing in that regard.
I do wonder though, what do kids watch now if they don't have cable? Are there any networks left on broadcast? Or do they just watch Netflix/Youtube?
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No.1047357
>>1047340
Incredibly so. They are the stupidest people on the planet and probably have some kind of hipster opinion thinking using a TV is gay
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No.1047367
>>1047340
Expecting a redditard to do anything requiring an IQ above 59.
>MUHSIDES!
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No.1047368
>>1047348
Kids have many outlets for watching cartoons these days. watchcartoon dot com is one such outlet, there are many other such sites where you can watch literally hundreds of cartoon series. It's quite impressive, actually, and I've taken to doing that, myself. (I never did lose my love of cartoons and animation.)
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No.1047379
>>1047348
They just go on the Nick and CN apps to watch their favorite cartoons anywhere at anytime.
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No.1047399
>>1047338
>Pickle Rickios
Don't give them ideas.
>>1047340
He wants nostalgia brownie points without any actual effort. He probably thinks he's as cool as this 80s kid by doing that. (Is there an equivalent of this for cool 90s kid?)
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No.1047489
I remember watching Fox Kids and ABC Kids at grandma's every weekend, and CBS kids briefly. (How long did that one last for?) I miss the shows and the cheesy 90s/early 2000s commercials. I miss my grandma more.
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No.1047801
>>1047489
Sorry to hear it anon, may she rest in peace
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No.1047807
>>1047399
Shit's on German TV soon, which means, as always:
>retards starting a Pickle Rick hype literally years after the rest of the world had been through with it
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No.1047870
>>1047807
And the Mulan sauce.
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No.1047882
>>1047399
>is there an equivalent of this for cool 90s kid?
Yes
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No.1048133
>>1047399
>>1047882
What would cool 70s or (early) 00s kid be?
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No.1048161
>>1048133
cool early 00's kid would like Guy Fieri minus the facial hair.
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No.1048827
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Speaking of nostalgia :^)
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No.1060405
>>1045987
Hard to compete against cable networks that didn't have restricted time slots. There was also the FCC regulations regarding educational content which made it difficult to air shows at certain times. Cable didn't have those restrictions.
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No.1069185
The Zeta Project was the greatest spinoff of a spinoff there ever was.
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No.1069186
>>1069185
One thing I caught about Project Zeta was I swear that he was introduced in Batman Beyond if I'm remebering correctly, but then he popped up in Static Shock, and Static Shock had a crossover with TAS Batman, or whatever the second Batman show was called. So he presumably existed in two timelines?
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No.1069189
>>1069186
I think you're a little jumbled up there Anon, I remember 2 times zeta was on batman beyond and 1 time batman beyond was on zeta, and then there's the static shock and batman beyond crossover. But I don't remember static and zeta doing a crossover.
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No.1069190
>>1069189
Yeah you're right. I think I got confused somewhere because I can't find anything with Zeta outside of Batman Beyond and his own show but I could have sworn I saw a static shock crossover with Zeta at some point. Fuckin uh Berenstein yeah, it's their fault. :)
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No.1069199
>>1069190
In all fairness I think static and zeta were handled by the same animators that weren't Bruce Timm
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No.1069325
>space ghost will never introduce WB classic cartoons in the afternoon again
>brak will never sing about highways and food again
>moltar will never get to be in an episode of cartoon planet
>and no one will remember
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No.1069336
>>1069325
We'll remember Anon
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No.1069346
>What killed off Saturday morning cartoons?
This cancerous fuck
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No.1069460
>>1047338
I don't think there's much wrong with smoking weed in and of itself but everything about his set up there seems incredibly impractical. He's outside yet partially bosed in by some reed curtain thing. Any adult male should be able to finish a bowl of cereal in a few minutes easily, less than a minute if you really are about your shit. A bong in and of itself is a nice way to smoke I guess but I haven't used one in years. Glass shit is expensive, requires cleaning, potentially a legal liability depending on the state, and most importantly prone to breaking. The final thing, and most importantly is what the fuck is the dude watching it on. A big phone? A little tablet? Nothing about this is really comfy it all just screams a millennial who overthinks things for appearances sake. The screen does he think his neighbors won't think he's up to anything for an hour each morning or evening going into the little secluded hidey hole on his back porch?
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