What were your favorite Saturday afternoon television shows as a child?

[Skeptic1959]

Growing up in the 1970s, Saturday mornings were awesome for television. I had a lot of favorites from Saturdays but also during the week. For starters, these were the first that come to mind as favorites:

(Speed Racer!)

(Rocky and Bullwinkle!)

(H.R. Puffinstuff)

 

[Uncensored2008]

My Parents never let us watch TV before dark. I was 12 before we even had a TV.

 

[Rambunctious]

 

[Skeptic1959]

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Great show!

 

[Skeptic1959]

Still love this show to this day:

And I never missed ONE episode of this show:

 

[AFrench2]

Pokemon
Men in Black
Batmen Beyond
Gargoyles
SWAT Cats

 

[JLW]

The OP nails it, especially with Johnny Quest.

Also:

Scooby-doo before they jumped the shark with Scrabby-doo.

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

 

[JOSweetHeart]

I never watched anything on Saturday afternoon, but I loved Garfield and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on Saturday morning. I also loved the show named Fudge that went for one season in 1995-1996. It was based on the Judy Blume children's book character.

God bless you and Judy always!!!

Holly

 

[Devils_Advocate]

The Bozo Show...

 

[evenflow1969]

Growing up in the 1970s, Saturday mornings were awesome for television. I had a lot of favorites from Saturdays but also during the week. For starters, these were the first that come to mind as favorites:

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You hit all mine except for Shazam.

 

[Jets]

 

[Moonglow]

In the olden days cartoons were off by 9am on Saturday..

 

[Harry Dresden]

Ramar of the jungle......
Soupy Sales
Leave It To Beaver

 

[harmonica]

Jonny Quest -Saturday morning - was the best--M16s/Turu/etc!!!!!
..Speed Racer was on during the week-evenings-the MAMMOTH Car--hahahhahahhahahaahah
--also Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot--I liked the finger missiles!!!!!!!!!

 

[impuretrash]

Pokemon
Men in Black
Batmen Beyond
Gargoyles
SWAT Cats

And here I thought the old fogies here with their shitty low budget 70s cartoons had it bad. Yikes.

 

[meaner gene]

Growing up in the 1970s, Saturday mornings were awesome for television. I had a lot of favorites from Saturdays but also during the week. For starters, these were the first that come to mind as favorites:

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I hate to point out the title of this thread

What were your favorite Saturday afternoon television shows as a child?

You're posting saturday morning shows.

By early afternoon TV was no longer for kids.

This is the Saturday morning TV lineup of 1966. Can anything top it?

Take a moment to revisit your childhood by looking at all the cartoons broadcast on Saturday mornings in 1966. There are some real classics in here!

www.metv.com

ABC

10AM - The Porky Pig Show
10:30AM - The Beatles
11AM - The New Casper Cartoon Show
11:30AM - The Magilla Gorilla Show
12PM - The Bugs Bunny Show
12:30PM - Milton the Monster
1PM - The Adventures of Hoppity Hooper
1:30PM - The New American Bandstand

CBS

8AM - Captain Kangaroo
9AM - The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show
9:30AM - Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
10AM - Mighty Mouse Playhouse
10:30AM - Linus the Lionhearted
11AM - Tom and Jerry
11:30AM - Quick Draw McGaw
12PM - Sky King
12:30PM - The Adventures of Lassie
1PM - My Friend Flicka


NBC
9AM - The Jetsons
9:30AM - The Atom Ant Show
10AM - The Secret Squirrel Show
10:30AM - The Underdog Show
11AM - Top Cat
11:30AM - Fury

 

[impuretrash]

Growing up in the 1970s, Saturday mornings were awesome for television. I had a lot of favorites from Saturdays but also during the week. For starters, these were the first that come to mind as favorites:

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I hate to point out the title of this thread

What were your favorite Saturday afternoon television shows as a child?

You're posting saturday morning shows.

By early afternoon TV was no longer for kids.

This is the Saturday morning TV lineup of 1966. Can anything top it?

Take a moment to revisit your childhood by looking at all the cartoons broadcast on Saturday mornings in 1966. There are some real classics in here!

www.metv.com

ABC

10AM - The Porky Pig Show
10:30AM - The Beatles
11AM - The New Casper Cartoon Show
11:30AM - The Magilla Gorilla Show
12PM - The Bugs Bunny Show
12:30PM - Milton the Monster
1PM - The Adventures of Hoppity Hooper
1:30PM - The New American Bandstand

CBS

8AM - Captain Kangaroo
9AM - The Heckle and Jeckle Cartoon Show
9:30AM - Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales
10AM - Mighty Mouse Playhouse
10:30AM - Linus the Lionhearted
11AM - Tom and Jerry
11:30AM - Quick Draw McGaw
12PM - Sky King
12:30PM - The Adventures of Lassie
1PM - My Friend Flicka


NBC
9AM - The Jetsons
9:30AM - The Atom Ant Show
10AM - The Secret Squirrel Show
10:30AM - The Underdog Show
11AM - Top Cat
11:30AM - Fury

Unless Tom and Jerry & Porky Pig show were reruns of classic 1930s cartoons, the only good thing on this list is Top Cat.

 

[meaner gene]

Unless Tom and Jerry & Porky Pig show were reruns of classic 1930s cartoons, the only good thing on this list is Top Cat.

You had a lot of Hanna Barbara cartoons. Which were partial to full animation, as opposed to the full animation classics like Bugs Bunny. The later japanese cartoons were partial animation, you could tell because only one character talked or moved at the same time.

 

[impuretrash]

Unless Tom and Jerry & Porky Pig show were reruns of classic 1930s cartoons, the only good thing on this list is Top Cat.

You had a lot of Hanna Barbara cartoons. Which were partial to full animation, as opposed to the full animation classics like Bugs Bunny. The later japanese cartoons were partial animation, you could tell because only one character talked or moved at the same time.

Most Hanna Barbara stuff was either mediocre or just plain terrible. Although I feel nostalgic fondness for Scooby doo, it hasn't aged well at all....but The Flintstones, Top Cat & Yogi Bear are still funny to this day. I NEVER liked The Jetsons.