Saturday Morning AU Blocks
- Thread starter Otakuninja2006
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TNBC still exists as a weekday afternoon block in the Saturday Morning Live! timeline. Still ends in 2002, though.
official afternoon schedule for the toonami channel (as of 13 December 2000)
4:00PM Percy Jackson and the olympians
4:30PM Gundam Wing
5:00PM Ronin warriors
5:30PM Batman beyond
6:00PM Superman the animated series
6:30PM Batman the animated series
4:00PM Percy Jackson and the olympians
4:30PM Gundam Wing
5:00PM Ronin warriors
5:30PM Batman beyond
6:00PM Superman the animated series
6:30PM Batman the animated series
Well, look on the bright side... at least ITTL, NBC had second thoughts about airing teen shows on Saturday mornings back in 1992, and decided to keep airing cartoons on said mornings, while moving Saved by the Bell and the other teen shows in production to weekday afternoons.
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In honor of the launch of X-Men '97, I thought I'd make it the cornerstone of a Jetix revival.
Monday-Thursday Nights:
5:00 PM: Beyblade Burst QuadDrive
5:30 PM: Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens
6:00 PM: The Owl House
6:30 PM: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Friday Night:
5:00 PM: Bakugan (2023)
5:30 PM: Beyblade Burst QuadStrike
6:00 PM: Hamster and Gretel
6:30 PM: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Saturday Night:
7:00 PM: Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush
7:30 PM: Beyblade X
8:00 PM: X-Men '97
8:30 PM: Star Wars: The Bad Batch
9:00 PM: What If...?
9:30 PM: Akira Toriyama's Sand Land
Monday-Thursday Nights:
5:00 PM: Beyblade Burst QuadDrive
5:30 PM: Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens
6:00 PM: The Owl House
6:30 PM: Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Friday Night:
5:00 PM: Bakugan (2023)
5:30 PM: Beyblade Burst QuadStrike
6:00 PM: Hamster and Gretel
6:30 PM: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Saturday Night:
7:00 PM: Yu-Gi-Oh! Go Rush
7:30 PM: Beyblade X
8:00 PM: X-Men '97
8:30 PM: Star Wars: The Bad Batch
9:00 PM: What If...?
9:30 PM: Akira Toriyama's Sand Land
Timeline 96 toonami channel after noon lineup as of 15 November 2002
4:00PM dragon ball
4:30PM dragon ball z
5:00PM he man and the masters of the universe (2002 series)
5:30PM transformers armada
6:00PM Justice league
6:30PM X men evolution
7:00PM spider man the animated series
7:30PM spider man unlimited
4:00PM dragon ball
4:30PM dragon ball z
5:00PM he man and the masters of the universe (2002 series)
5:30PM transformers armada
6:00PM Justice league
6:30PM X men evolution
7:00PM spider man the animated series
7:30PM spider man unlimited
Credit goes to @MoistLasagna for this. I wish I had thought of this myself, truthfully.
Chapter XCVI: In Which a Mouse Meets an Aardvark
Fall 1996:
8:00: Jungle Cubs
8:30: Arthur
9:00: Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
9:30: Street Sharks
10:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
11:00: Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles
11:30: Bone Chillers
12:00: Flash Forward
12:30: ABC Weekend Special
Winter 1997:
8:00: Jungle Cubs
8:30: Arthur
9:30: Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
10:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
11:00: Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles
11:30: Bone Chillers
12:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
12:30: ABC Weekend Special
Spring 1997:
8:00: Jungle Cubs
8:30: Arthur
9:30: Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
10:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
11:00: Nightmare Ned
11:30: Goof Troop
12:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
12:30: ABC Weekend Special
Fall 1997:
8:00: Jungle Cubs
8:30: 101 Dalmatians: The Series
9:00: Disney's One Saturday Morning (Arthur, Recess, and Pepper Ann)
11:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
12:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
12:30: Science Court
Fall 1998:
8:00: 101 Dalmatians: The Series
8:30: Hercules: The Series
9:00: Disney's One Saturday Morning (Arthur, Recess, and Pepper Ann)
11:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
12:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
12:30: Squigglevision
Spring 1999:
8:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
8:30: Hercules: The Series
9:00: Disney's One Saturday Morning (Arthur, Recess, and Pepper Ann)
11:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
12:00: Mickey Mouse Works
12:30: Squigglevision
Fall 1999:
ABC:
8:00: Arthur
8:30: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
9:00: Disney's One Saturday Morning (Arthur, Recess, and Pepper Ann)
11:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
11:30: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
12:00: Mickey Mouse Works
12:30: Squigglevision
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
4:30: Hercules: The Series
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: Recess
8:00: Pepper Ann
8:30: Sabrina: The Animated Series
Winter 2000:
ABC:
8:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
8:30: Arthur
9:00: Disney's One Saturday Morning (Recess, Pepper Ann, and The Weekenders)
11:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
11:30: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
12:00: Mickey Mouse Works
12:30: Squigglevision
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
4:30: Hercules: The Series
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: Recess
8:00: Pepper Ann
8:30: Sabrina: The Animated Series
Fall 2000:
ABC:
8:00: Madeline (2000)
8:30: Sabrina: The Animated Series
9:00: Arthur
9:30: Arthur
10:00: Recess
10:30: Teacher's Pet
11:00: The Weekenders
11:30: Pepper Ann
12:00: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
12:30: Mickey Mouse Works
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
4:30: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: Recess
8:00: Pepper Ann
8:30: The Weekenders
Winter 2001:
ABC:
8:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
8:30: Pepper Ann
9:00: Arthur
9:30: Arthur
10:00: Recess
10:30: Teacher's Pet
11:00: The Weekenders
11:30: Lloyd in Space
12:00: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
12:30: House of Mouse
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
4:30: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: Recess
8:00: Pepper Ann
8:30: The Weekenders
Fall 2001:
ABC:
8:00: Arthur
8:30: Arthur
9:00: Recess
9:30: Teacher's Pet
10:00: The Weekenders
10:30: Lloyd in Space
11:00: Lizzie McGuire
11:30: Even Stevens
12:00: Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!
12:30: House of Mouse
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
4:30: The Legend of Tarzan
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: Recess
8:00: The Weekenders
8:30: Teacher's Pet
Winter 2002:
ABC:
8:00: Arthur
8:30: Recess
9:00: Teacher's Pet
9:30: The Weekenders
10:00: Teamo Supremo
10:30: Lloyd in Space
11:00: Lizzie McGuire
11:30: Even Stevens
12:00: Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!
12:30: House of Mouse
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
4:30: The Legend of Tarzan
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: The Weekenders
8:00: Teacher's Pet
8:30: Lloyd in Space
I've got ideas for the ABC Kids era, if you want.
Chapter XCVI: In Which a Mouse Meets an Aardvark
Fall 1996:
8:00: Jungle Cubs
8:30: Arthur
9:00: Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
9:30: Street Sharks
10:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
11:00: Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles
11:30: Bone Chillers
12:00: Flash Forward
12:30: ABC Weekend Special
Winter 1997:
8:00: Jungle Cubs
8:30: Arthur
9:30: Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
10:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
11:00: Gargoyles: The Goliath Chronicles
11:30: Bone Chillers
12:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
12:30: ABC Weekend Special
Spring 1997:
8:00: Jungle Cubs
8:30: Arthur
9:30: Mighty Ducks: The Animated Series
10:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
11:00: Nightmare Ned
11:30: Goof Troop
12:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
12:30: ABC Weekend Special
Fall 1997:
8:00: Jungle Cubs
8:30: 101 Dalmatians: The Series
9:00: Disney's One Saturday Morning (Arthur, Recess, and Pepper Ann)
11:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
12:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
12:30: Science Court
Fall 1998:
8:00: 101 Dalmatians: The Series
8:30: Hercules: The Series
9:00: Disney's One Saturday Morning (Arthur, Recess, and Pepper Ann)
11:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
12:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
12:30: Squigglevision
Spring 1999:
8:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
8:30: Hercules: The Series
9:00: Disney's One Saturday Morning (Arthur, Recess, and Pepper Ann)
11:00: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
12:00: Mickey Mouse Works
12:30: Squigglevision
Fall 1999:
ABC:
8:00: Arthur
8:30: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
9:00: Disney's One Saturday Morning (Arthur, Recess, and Pepper Ann)
11:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
11:30: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
12:00: Mickey Mouse Works
12:30: Squigglevision
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
4:30: Hercules: The Series
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: Recess
8:00: Pepper Ann
8:30: Sabrina: The Animated Series
Winter 2000:
ABC:
8:00: The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
8:30: Arthur
9:00: Disney's One Saturday Morning (Recess, Pepper Ann, and The Weekenders)
11:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
11:30: The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
12:00: Mickey Mouse Works
12:30: Squigglevision
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
4:30: Hercules: The Series
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: Recess
8:00: Pepper Ann
8:30: Sabrina: The Animated Series
Fall 2000:
ABC:
8:00: Madeline (2000)
8:30: Sabrina: The Animated Series
9:00: Arthur
9:30: Arthur
10:00: Recess
10:30: Teacher's Pet
11:00: The Weekenders
11:30: Pepper Ann
12:00: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
12:30: Mickey Mouse Works
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
4:30: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: Recess
8:00: Pepper Ann
8:30: The Weekenders
Winter 2001:
ABC:
8:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
8:30: Pepper Ann
9:00: Arthur
9:30: Arthur
10:00: Recess
10:30: Teacher's Pet
11:00: The Weekenders
11:30: Lloyd in Space
12:00: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
12:30: House of Mouse
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Sabrina: The Animated Series
4:30: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: Recess
8:00: Pepper Ann
8:30: The Weekenders
Fall 2001:
ABC:
8:00: Arthur
8:30: Arthur
9:00: Recess
9:30: Teacher's Pet
10:00: The Weekenders
10:30: Lloyd in Space
11:00: Lizzie McGuire
11:30: Even Stevens
12:00: Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!
12:30: House of Mouse
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
4:30: The Legend of Tarzan
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: Recess
8:00: The Weekenders
8:30: Teacher's Pet
Winter 2002:
ABC:
8:00: Arthur
8:30: Recess
9:00: Teacher's Pet
9:30: The Weekenders
10:00: Teamo Supremo
10:30: Lloyd in Space
11:00: Lizzie McGuire
11:30: Even Stevens
12:00: Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!
12:30: House of Mouse
UPN:
Weekdays:
3:00: Arthur
3:30: Recess
4:00: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
4:30: The Legend of Tarzan
Sundays:
7:00: Arthur
7:30: The Weekenders
8:00: Teacher's Pet
8:30: Lloyd in Space
I've got ideas for the ABC Kids era, if you want.
In this instance, it would be through Marc Brown being hands-on with the development of the show to prevent any mishaps through adaptation. I may even consider having Mark Zaslove (absolutely no relation to David Zaslav) on board to handle the beginning of the series, given his work on Winnie the Pooh in the 80s.
But personally, it was thanks to @MoistLasagna imagining it in a PM thread. I actually think Arthur as a Disney cartoon is one of his best ideas, even if we don't agree on how it comes to fruition.
Glad you enjoyed my idea for a Disney’s Arthur! I wanna say that personally, it’s one of my strongest ideas that I’ve ever churned out.
Not only do I enjoy it as a major Disney fan from the 2000s, but having Disney adapt Arthur makes their take on Mary Poppins look like a Uwe Boll production. It just makes that much sense between the studio and the project.
An alternate "what if..." as in, what if Disney ALSO got the rights to the Fox Kids BLOCK as well as the programming? Well, for one, Disney decides to keep the weekday block around, in exchange for ending their (also on weekdays) block on UPN early- in January 2002 as opposed to fall 2003. This includes the knocked-back start time from 3 PM to 2 PM. I'll start with fall 2002 and see where we go from here.
WEEKDAYS:
2 PM: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2:30 PM: Spider-Man
3 PM: Power Rangers Wild Force
3:30 PM: Digimon: Digital Monsters
SATURDAYS
8 AM: Stargate Infinity (E/I)
8:30 AM: Tokyo Pig
9 AM: Power Rangers Wild Force
9:30 AM: Beyblade
10 AM: Medabots
10:30 AM: Digimon: Digital Monsters
11 AM: The Legend of Tarzan
11:30 AM: Shinzo
Meanwhile, on ABC's One Saturday Morning (which does not get rebranded to ABC Kids)...
8 AM: Teamo Supremo
8:30 AM: Recess
9 AM: Fillmore!
9:30 AM: Recess
10 AM: Lizzie McGuire
10:30 AM: The Proud Family
11 AM: Kim Possible
11:30 AM: Lloyd in Space
12 PM: House of Mouse
12:30 PM: NBA Inside Stuff
WEEKDAYS:
2 PM: Buzz Lightyear of Star Command
2:30 PM: Spider-Man
3 PM: Power Rangers Wild Force
3:30 PM: Digimon: Digital Monsters
SATURDAYS
8 AM: Stargate Infinity (E/I)
8:30 AM: Tokyo Pig
9 AM: Power Rangers Wild Force
9:30 AM: Beyblade
10 AM: Medabots
10:30 AM: Digimon: Digital Monsters
11 AM: The Legend of Tarzan
11:30 AM: Shinzo
Meanwhile, on ABC's One Saturday Morning (which does not get rebranded to ABC Kids)...
8 AM: Teamo Supremo
8:30 AM: Recess
9 AM: Fillmore!
9:30 AM: Recess
10 AM: Lizzie McGuire
10:30 AM: The Proud Family
11 AM: Kim Possible
11:30 AM: Lloyd in Space
12 PM: House of Mouse
12:30 PM: NBA Inside Stuff
Cool. I'm shocked Disney didn't dub the other Transformers anime.
Makes sense. By 2002, the only comedy on Disney's One Too was Recess, unless you count the 2002 midseason of The Weekenders and Sabrina, which gets butterflied away here.
Power Rangers and Digimon keep their spaces from the previous season, just moved up an hour, while reruns of Spider-Man promote the then-new movie. I take it Buzz Lightyear "qualifies" as E/I programming?
That's a pretty stacked action lineup, but I can tell 9-11 are the real moneymakers of the newly-managed block. On the plus side, Recess can air on cable a year earlier.
If One Saturday Morning only had two free slots open, I can see why Lloyd in Space and House of Mouse are the two you'd choose. I'd personally have The Weekenders be the 11:30 show, but it ain't my lineup.
But you know what IS my lineup? Imagining Cookie Jar TV on The CW. Credit goes to @Otakuninja2006 for bringing this to my attention. I never would have found that out otherwise:
Summer 2008:
7:00: Will and Dewitt (E/I)
7:30: Mona the Vampire (E/I)
8:00: Magi-Nation (E/I)
8:30: Gerald McBoingBoing (2005) (E/I)
9:00: Tom and Jerry Tales
10:00: The Spectacular Spider-Man
10:30: Johnny Test
11:00: World of Quest
11:30: Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island
Fall 2008:
7:00: Will and Dewitt (E/I)
7:30: Mona the Vampire (E/I)
8:00: Busytown Mysteries (E/I)
8:30: Gerald McBoingBoing (2005) (E/I)
9:00: Magi-Nation
9:30: World of Quest
10:00: Johnny Test
10:30: Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island
11:00: Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (2002) (E/I)
11:30: A Miss Mallard Mystery (E/I)
Fall 2009:
7:00: Will and Dewitt (E/I)
7:30: The Doodlebops (E/I)
8:00: Busytown Mysteries (E/I)
8:30: Noonbory and the Super Seven (E/I)
9:00: Magi-Nation
9:30: The New Adventures of Nanoboy
10:00: Johnny Test
10:30: World of Quest
11:00: Gerald McBoingBoing (2005) (E/I)
11:30: Mona the Vampire (E/I)
Spring 2010:
7:00: The Doodlebops (E/I)
7:30: Doodlebops Rockin Road Show (E/I)
8:00: Busytown Mysteries (E/I)
8:30: Noonbory and the Super Seven (E/I)
9:00: Magi-Nation
9:30: The New Adventures of Nanoboy
10:00: Johnny Test
10:30: World of Quest
11:00: Gerald McBoingBoing (2005) (E/I)
11:30: Mona the Vampire (E/I)
And before you ask about CBS, DiC Kids Network would move there as Cookie Jar's second SatAM programming block for the late 2000s.
Nah, just putting it there. The E/I weekday slot will actually be separate from Fox Kids but syndicated by Disney to Fox stations- I’m thinking Bill Nye. Meanwhile, Buzz Lightyear and Legend of Tarzan were both shows on Disney’s final season on UPN and launch programs for Toon Disney’s version of Jetix. I actually wanted Tarzan on weekdays as well, but I know how much both the Action Block and Jetix loved bringing back shows to cash in on popular movies (which is, spoiler alert, how you see X-Men come back for X2 in 2003), and Buzz has almost twice as many episodes as Tarzan, and Tarzan is a newer show that only premiered “last year”, so I’m fine with having it as a Saturday exclusive for now. Plus, I do see Disney cutting Digimon down to one slot before ending the series.
They’re the money-making time slots in general across all Saturday morning lineups, let’s be real.
Yep. I mean, there’s still ABC, but Disney owning ABC means that shows can air on both ABC and cable at the same time, which can’t be said for UPN.
By the start of fall 2002, House of Mouse still had 26 episodes to air. Lloyd in Space had seventeen. The Weekenders had five, and Disney had already shifted episode premieres to UPN in fall 2001.
I know you brought back Coconut Fred because in the DM we discussed how it was a non-zero possibility Cookie Jar picked it up, but I have loads of questions beside that. Why did Magi-Nation stop being E/I? Why isn’t Nanoboy E/I despite being E/I when it aired on Vortexx? Why are Mona the Vampire E/I and A Miss Mallard Mystery E/I when they WEREN’T E/I when they aired on ThisTV? Why is Gerald McBoing Boing E/I when it aired on a block that partially sold itself on NOT being educational (though you can say the same about Peppa Pig, which Nick Jr. claims is educational, and Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs, which was E/I when it ran on Qubo)? Why did you drop Spectacular Spider-Man earlier than IOTL? Why is the most watched OTA Saturday morning block unearthing stuff from years ago in prime-ish slots? Why are there preschool shows at the beginning of the block and at the end of the block but with the older skewing action shows in the middle? Why, why, WHY?!?