Saturday TV in the 80s
Video games (Pac-Man), toys that became cartoons and other fads (Smurfs, G.I.Joe, Transformers), as well as a wave of "regressed" characters as children, or having children of their own…(Muppet Babies, Pink Panther and Sons)
all pointed toward an uncertain future. The proliferation of weekday
afternoon syndicated original programming coupled with the arrival of
cable TV spelled imminent doom for a rapidly eroding Saturday
morning…Then, we were Saved By the Bell… |
