The Disappearance Of Saturday Morning

StormLiongStormLiong Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
edited August 2005 in Off-Topic
<div class="IPBDescription">old article but interesting</div> Its an old article (2003) but for those that are curiously to what ever happened to the the Saturday Mornings of the 80s and early 90s, this article gives the general gist of things.

Full Article: <a href='http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=article&article_no=1751' target='_blank'>http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=article&article_no=1751</a> An excerpt is below:
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->In a time not so long ago, Saturday mornings were indicative of one and only one pastime for children — watching cartoons. Throughout the '70s and '80s, the broadcast networks ABC, CBS and NBC dominated the Saturday morning airwaves by inundating children with cartoons. Cartoons on these networks used to earn ratings of more than 20 million viewers. Today, network Saturday morning cartoons only exist on ABC Kids, FOX Kids and Kids’ WB!, the latter two networks either did not exist or did not air cartoons two decades ago. Current successful cartoons on FOX Kids or Kids’ WB! can garner a mere two million viewers. That statistic does not even take into consideration that the population of children in the U.S. has increased by approximately ten percent over the last 20 years. Due to this precipice in viewers, network cartoons are left struggling to make money while advertisers remain befuddled without a mainstream channel to promote new toys and products to children. Why have children stopped tuning in on Saturday mornings to network cartoons and what are the ramifications of this change?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    Good. Keep the little wackos away from the TV; it's not helping at all.
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    What happened to Saturday mornings was the death of the great Spielberg cartoon epics. Saturday morning cartoons reached their peak when Animaniacs, Freekazoid, and Pinky And The Brain were all on the air at the same time. No other cartoon since (and very few before) has managed to match their quality. Simple as that.
  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    sorry but samurai pizza cats was the pinnacle of saturday mornings for me :p
  • DiscoZombieDiscoZombie Join Date: 2003-08-05 Member: 18951Members
    I'm with allurhive :\

    the advent of the Power Rangers foretold the end of good saturday morning programming...
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-AllUrHiveRblong2us+Aug 5 2005, 02:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (AllUrHiveRblong2us @ Aug 5 2005, 02:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What happened to Saturday mornings was the death of the great Spielberg cartoon epics. Saturday morning cartoons reached their peak when Animaniacs, Freekazoid, and Pinky And The Brain were all on the air at the same time. No other cartoon since (and very few before) has managed to match their quality. Simple as that. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Yeah I'm going with this. Definitely...
  • SupernornSupernorn Best. Picture. Ever. Made. Ever. Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7608Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-AllUrHiveRblong2us+Aug 5 2005, 08:55 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (AllUrHiveRblong2us @ Aug 5 2005, 08:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> What happened to Saturday mornings was the death of the great Spielberg cartoon epics. Saturday morning cartoons reached their peak when Animaniacs, Freekazoid, and Pinky And The Brain were all on the air at the same time. No other cartoon since (and very few before) has managed to match their quality. Simple as that. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Indeed. Those were indeed interesting times.
  • StormLiongStormLiong Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
    Well as the article states, the main reason for the fall of Saturday Morning is because kids can now have Saturday Morning cartoons 24/7.

    Saturday Mornings have been mass produced <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
  • reasareasa Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8010Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-StormLiong+Aug 5 2005, 03:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (StormLiong @ Aug 5 2005, 03:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Well as the article states, the main reason for the fall of Saturday Morning is because kids can now have Saturday Morning cartoons 24/7.

    Saturday Mornings have been mass produced <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Interestingly enough this same problem plagues news networks today.

    Gone are the days of the major network evening news powerhouses with respected reliable journalism.

    Now we have 24/7 mass produced, simulcasted, half-assed crap.
  • Cold_NiTeCold_NiTe Join Date: 2003-09-15 Member: 20875Members
    edited August 2005
    Yeah News was so much better consolidated under the authority of people like Peter Jennings or Jim Lehrer.

    ::EDIT::
    I know exactly what you mean Pardzh, I think most of us here do.
  • pardzhpardzh Join Date: 2002-10-25 Member: 1601Members
    Yeah dude, I kinda miss sitting in front of the TV with a bowl of cereal every Saturday morning.

    Goddamn television is going down the crapper.
  • StormLiongStormLiong Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-pardzh+Aug 5 2005, 04:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (pardzh @ Aug 5 2005, 04:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Yeah dude, I kinda miss sitting in front of the TV with a bowl of cereal every Saturday morning.

    Goddamn television is going down the crapper. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    That is why we have the internet. Hehe
  • lolfighterlolfighter Snark, Dire Join Date: 2003-04-20 Member: 15693Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Aug 5 2005, 10:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Aug 5 2005, 10:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sorry but samurai pizza cats was the pinnacle of saturday mornings for me <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Best TMNT parody ever.
  • DrSuredeathDrSuredeath Join Date: 2002-11-11 Member: 8217Members
    I bet it's because the TV executive put all the good anime for late night instead. Gahh what's wrong with American TV, I watched Fist of the North Star at 8:30 AM when I was a kid.
  • reasareasa Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8010Members, Constellation
    I don't know about you guys but I stopped watching TV in the morning all together when they took Beast Wars Transformers off the air.
  • StormLiongStormLiong Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Aug 5 2005, 04:57 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Aug 5 2005, 04:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't know about you guys but I stopped watching TV in the morning all together when they took Beast Wars Transformers off the air. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Was that when it finished? Or that the TV channel just toof it off air half way through the story?
  • reasareasa Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8010Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-StormLiong+Aug 5 2005, 05:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (StormLiong @ Aug 5 2005, 05:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Aug 5 2005, 04:57 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Aug 5 2005, 04:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't know about you guys but I stopped watching TV in the morning all together when they took Beast Wars Transformers off the air. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Was that when it finished? Or that the TV channel just toof it off air half way through the story? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I don't remember I kinda stopped watching once that Manta Ray guy started hanging around, he was such a tool.

    Still it's the principle of the thing.
  • StormLiongStormLiong Join Date: 2002-12-27 Member: 11569Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Aug 5 2005, 05:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Aug 5 2005, 05:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-StormLiong+Aug 5 2005, 05:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (StormLiong @ Aug 5 2005, 05:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Aug 5 2005, 04:57 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Aug 5 2005, 04:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't know about you guys but I stopped watching TV in the morning all together when they took Beast Wars Transformers off the air. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Was that when it finished? Or that the TV channel just toof it off air half way through the story? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I don't remember I kinda stopped watching once that Manta Ray guy started hanging around, he was such a tool.

    Still it's the principle of the thing. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ah! That is another reason why Saturday Mornings went down the crapper. Because network TV will just not stop the act of dropping series midway through their storyline. At least finish the darn story arc before cancelling it.
  • SnidelySnidely Join Date: 2003-02-04 Member: 13098Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Aug 5 2005, 03:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Aug 5 2005, 03:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sorry but samurai pizza cats was the pinnacle of saturday mornings for me <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ha ha ha, I remember <a href='http://samcats.ytmnd.com/' target='_blank'>that</a>.
  • OttoDestructOttoDestruct Join Date: 2002-11-08 Member: 7790Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-StormLiong+Aug 5 2005, 05:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (StormLiong @ Aug 5 2005, 05:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Aug 5 2005, 05:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Aug 5 2005, 05:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-StormLiong+Aug 5 2005, 05:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (StormLiong @ Aug 5 2005, 05:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Aug 5 2005, 04:57 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Aug 5 2005, 04:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't know about you guys but I stopped watching TV in the morning all together when they took Beast Wars Transformers off the air. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Was that when it finished? Or that the TV channel just toof it off air half way through the story? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I don't remember I kinda stopped watching once that Manta Ray guy started hanging around, he was such a tool.

    Still it's the principle of the thing. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ah! That is another reason why Saturday Mornings went down the crapper. Because network TV will just not stop the act of dropping series midway through their storyline. At least finish the darn story arc before cancelling it. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I saw the entire series while it was aired on TV, at least twice. Though I might have watched it in syndication through another channel.
  • reasareasa Join Date: 2002-11-10 Member: 8010Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Snidely+Aug 5 2005, 05:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Aug 5 2005, 05:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Aug 5 2005, 03:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Aug 5 2005, 03:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sorry but samurai pizza cats was the pinnacle of saturday mornings for me <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ha ha ha, I remember <a href='http://samcats.ytmnd.com/' target='_blank'>that</a>. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Please...dear...God...tell me that’s not the actual theme song for that show...

    They take a swipe at the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...this shouldn't anger any rational person but I'm slightly annoyed now.
  • AllUrHiveRblong2usAllUrHiveRblong2us By Your Powers Combined... Join Date: 2002-12-20 Member: 11244Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Snidely+Aug 5 2005, 05:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Aug 5 2005, 05:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Aug 5 2005, 03:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Aug 5 2005, 03:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sorry but samurai pizza cats was the pinnacle of saturday mornings for me <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ha ha ha, I remember <a href='http://samcats.ytmnd.com/' target='_blank'>that</a>. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Is it sad that recognise all the voices in that song from other cartoons?
  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    Hrm... I used to watch it back when Animaniacs (We are animaniacs, we have paid by play contracts.) Pinky and hte Brain and a couple other shows were on. It started really dwindling though when they made the second mutation of Power Rangers and the first set of POKEMAN. Not to Mention u-g-o or however it's spelled.


    Yeah, Saturday mornings have been shot the hell out of.
  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Aug 5 2005, 02:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Aug 5 2005, 02:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Good. Keep the little wackos away from the TV; it's not helping at all. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Kids are still waking up on saturday mornings and instead of cartoons they're seeing political rhetoric.
  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Aug 5 2005, 06:03 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Aug 5 2005, 06:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-TychoCelchuuu+Aug 5 2005, 02:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Aug 5 2005, 02:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Good. Keep the little wackos away from the TV; it's not helping at all. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Kids are still waking up on saturday mornings and instead of cartoons they're seeing political rhetoric. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->


    Quiet, left-winged liberal scum, or eat my ICBM of Freedom!
  • GeminosityGeminosity :3 Join Date: 2003-09-08 Member: 20667Members
    uh they didn't take the mickey out of TMNT... they took the mickey out of almost <b>everything</b> and it was rivetting stuff too XD

    If we had to talk about classis though I'd have to include stuff like pole position, cities of gold, ulysses, jayce and the wheeled warriors and though lots of people probably haven't seen it; "technoman" (it's called tekkaman blade in japan).
    Now those were good stuff :3

    Oh and I used to get up super early on saturdays to catch pokemon on sky one and that was only about a few years ago ^^;


    The spielberg/WB/whatever were ok, I wasn't THAT blown away by them. Around that time I instead looked forward to my saturday dosage of the wonderfully dark, and at the time new, batman cartoon :p
  • SkySky Join Date: 2004-04-23 Member: 28131Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-Snidely+Aug 5 2005, 06:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Aug 5 2005, 06:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Aug 5 2005, 03:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Aug 5 2005, 03:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sorry but samurai pizza cats was the pinnacle of saturday mornings for me <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ha ha ha, I remember <a href='http://samcats.ytmnd.com/' target='_blank'>that</a>. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    What...cracked....up.....writer....came....up......with.....that......
  • UltimaGeckoUltimaGecko hates endnotes Join Date: 2003-05-14 Member: 16320Members
    When I was a little kid we watched good cartoons. You know, the really crappily-drawn ones like He-Man, Heathcliff and Captain Bucky O'Hare (his shoes came with a watch - a <i>watch</i>!). Then there ware also the cool Sonic cartoons for a while there (at least in the early 90s, the one where Sonic is black and it's drawn nice, not the other less fun one <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> ). The problem with them for me was...they had way too many commercials.


    I mean, it's like 15 minutes of cartoon for Sonic. But I'll have to agree, Power Rangers was the downfall of early morning kids' television. Jesus, even when I was 12 I hated that damn show. It was like Barney-quality action for people twice as old.

    Animaniacs was probably the best though; except for those stupid shorts with the dog saving the little kid, I hated those - too predictable and boring. Tiny Toons was good too; still have "How I spent my summer vacation" on tape.
  • NumbersNotFoundNumbersNotFound Join Date: 2002-11-07 Member: 7556Members
    <!--QuoteBegin-OttoDestruct+Aug 5 2005, 05:19 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (OttoDestruct @ Aug 5 2005, 05:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-StormLiong+Aug 5 2005, 05:09 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (StormLiong @ Aug 5 2005, 05:09 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Aug 5 2005, 05:06 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Aug 5 2005, 05:06 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-StormLiong+Aug 5 2005, 05:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (StormLiong @ Aug 5 2005, 05:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Aug 5 2005, 04:57 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Aug 5 2005, 04:57 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't know about you guys but I stopped watching TV in the morning all together when they took Beast Wars Transformers off the air. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Was that when it finished? Or that the TV channel just toof it off air half way through the story? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I don't remember I kinda stopped watching once that Manta Ray guy started hanging around, he was such a tool.

    Still it's the principle of the thing. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ah! That is another reason why Saturday Mornings went down the crapper. Because network TV will just not stop the act of dropping series midway through their storyline. At least finish the darn story arc before cancelling it. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I saw the entire series while it was aired on TV, at least twice. Though I might have watched it in syndication through another channel. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    From what I remember the network started making the creators stuff extra characters in for merchandise tie-ins. Then it just went downhill.

    Beastwars rocked so hard. The video game did not.
  • CForresterCForrester P0rk(h0p Join Date: 2002-10-05 Member: 1439Members, Constellation
    <!--QuoteBegin-Snidely+Aug 5 2005, 06:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Snidely @ Aug 5 2005, 06:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-Geminosity+Aug 5 2005, 03:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Geminosity @ Aug 5 2005, 03:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> sorry but samurai pizza cats was the pinnacle of saturday mornings for me <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Ha ha ha, I remember <a href='http://samcats.ytmnd.com/' target='_blank'>that</a>. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    ... That incredibly flaming man just sang "Who do you call when you want some pepperoni??!".....
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