Here's a collection of promos from shows that aired on the Saturday Morning CBS Kids block that lasted in the fall of 97' before being rebranded as the CBS Kidshow in 1998. This block happened during the CBS Welcome Home era.
This was the last CBS Saturday morning lineup that was at least watchable before it fallen downhill for viewership due to several times of getting kids to watch such as Nick Jr. and a lineup for shows for girls in the 2000s, now we just have Docuseries under Litton since maybe 2013 and it primarily sucks to see this network’s Saturday mornings downfall by this point.
In 1997, taking advantage of the tightened Children's Television Act regulations instituted the previous year by the Federal Communications Commission that required broadcasters to carry 3 hours of educational programming each, CBS launched an-"educational/information" Saturday morning lineup for the 1997-98 season, known as Think CBS Kids (which served as both the block's branding and tagline). The block consisted entirely of live-action series (marking the first time that CBS did not feature animated series within its children's lineup) -- including the youth-oriented game show Wheel 2000 (a spin-off of the syndicated game show Wheel of Fortune), which aired simultaneously on the Game Show Network; Sports Illustrated for Kids (a series based on the youth-oriented magazine spun off from Sports Illustrated), The Weird Al Show; Fudge; The New Ghostwriter Mysteries (a reboot of the popular public television series Ghostwriter); and Beakman's World.
Exactly. By the that point my interest in the CBS Saturday line up started to wain on me. I had moved on to the Kid WB line up and continued to watch Fox Kids. 5 years prior NBC did something like this with it's teen sitcoms.
And now in the modern days, Litton Entertainment has got Saturday mornings wayyyy too far by replacing animated programming with live-action E/I programming aiming towards teenagers. But that stops today! Someone needs to do a cover of the popular Pink Floyd song, Another Brick in The Wall Part 2 as a strike against Litton. And yes! Part 2 of Another Brick in The Wall is a protest song that is up against education. But the lyrics will be changed to add relation on bringing back Saturday morning cartoons.
It's so stupid that the government got involved with Saturday Morning Cartoons. I said this in another video. Kids are in school at least 6 hours a day and 5 days a week. What's wrong with one morning where they wake up and just be kids. I am thankful that I was able to experience Saturday Morning Cartoons as a early 90's kid (born in 87). But I just hate that they were taken away partly due to parents and government involvement.
Bad thing is that Weird Al criticized the change of his show to be semi-educational after the CTA got into motion for Saturday mornings for networks, which I agree that he totally didn’t have control on his show which was the major part as to why the show was canceled.
But then, Viacom and CBS split in 2006 and got replaced by my fave Saturday morning block (featuring DiC Entertainment shows), KOL Secret Slumber Party!
In 1997, taking advantage of the tightened Children's Television Act regulations mandated by the Federal Communications Commission that required broadcasters to carry three hours of educational programming each week, CBS launched an all-"educational/informational" Saturday morning lineup for the 1997-98 season, known as Think CBS Kids (which served as both the block's branding and tagline). Prior to this, CBS had been home to hit animated shows like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Garfield & Friends, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures, Back to the Future, Mother Goose and Grimm, Back to the Future, Where's Waldo?, Inspector Gadget after having runs in local syndicated TV stations, and Nickelodeon, Fievel's American Tails, Raw Toonage, Cyber Cops, All-New Dennis the Menace, Cadillacs & Dinosaurs, Beakman's World, Beethoven, The Mask: The Animated Series, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and Project G.e.e.K.e.R.
+Jordan Genesis, I still know and remember seeing promo in 5th grade from 1997 to 1998 while I was the boy scouts. Shows like The Sports Illustrated Kids, Beakman's World, The Weird Al Show, The New Ghost Writer Mysteries, Jep!, and Wheel of Fortune 2000. CBS Storybreak reruns didn't return midseason in 1998. Memories!
In 1997, taking advantage of the tightened Children's Television Act regulations mandated by the Federal Communications Commission that required broadcasters to carry three hours of educational programming each week, CBS launched an all-"educational/informational" Saturday morning lineup for the 1997-98 season, known as Think CBS Kids (which served as both the block's branding and tagline), replacing CBS Kidz. The block consisted entirely of live-action series, marking the first time that CBS did not feature animated series within its children's program lineup. Programs included the youth-oriented game show Wheel 2000 (which aired simultaneously on the Game Show Network), a magazine series based on Sports Illustrated for Kids, The New Ghostwriter Mysteries (a revival of the popular PBS public television series Ghostwriter), the long-running Beakman's World, the second season of Fudge, and "Weird Al" Yankovic's first regular television series, The Weird Al Show. In the News was also briefly revived as part of the Think CBS Kids block, hosted by CBS Radio News Washington correspondent Dan Raviv (in place of original narrators Christopher Glenn and Gary Shepard). At the time, CBS reduced its Saturday morning children's program lineup to three hours, with the launch of the two hour-long CBS News Saturday Morning (which eventually evolved into the Saturday edition of The Early Show). Since 1997, like other networks, the scheduling of CBS's children's programming has varied depending on the CBS station (for example, then-affiliate KTVT in Fort Worth, Texas-now owned-and-operated by CBS-aired the experimental Think CBS Kids block from 9:00 to 11:00 A.M. on Saturdays and 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. on Sundays from 1997 to 1998). Think CBS Kids as a whole suffered from low ratings, resulting in the network canceling all of the shows after four months and even replacing Fudge immediately with reruns of CBS Storybreak in 1998 for the remaining of the season.
Screwed by the Network: All the Executive Meddling meant the block never reached its full potential, and the makers knew it. Not to mention its only advertising was during the Saturday-morning block itself, during holiday specials and on Friday nights.
Cringey Network Project G.e.e.K.e.R. did well in the ratings, but cancellation came because it had the misfortune of airing right before the FCC's new Edutainment Show rules came into effect. CBS tried to pass the show around as an E/I program, but the FCC declined to classify it as such, resulting in CBS not renewing the series for a second season.
@@averymerrick Here's a look an ideal schedule for CBS Kids during the 1997-1998 season. 8:00 AM - Hey Arnold! 8:30 AM - Stickin' Around 9:00 AM - Disney's Recess 9:30 AM - Garfield and Friends 10:00 AM - Ace Venutra: Pet Detective 10:30 AM - Project G.e.e.K.e.R. 11:00 AM - Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation 11:30 AM - Jumanji: The Animated Series 12:00 PM - Beakman's World 12:30 PM - CBS Storybreak
By the time Pee Wee’s Playhouse was canceled that’s when CBS Saturday Morning went downhill! But now, Saturday morning cartoons have gone away of the Dodo! R.I.P 😢
This was the beginning of CBS Saturday morning's downward spiral thanks to the Children's Television Act of 1996. Now you got those crappy Litton shows.
Yeah! I'd picture myself doing a cover of the famous protest song called Another Brick in The Wall Part 2 by Pink Floyd. It'll be like a song to riot Litton against E/I programming and have our Saturday morning cartoons back.
1996-1997 Saturday morning season lineup was the weakest but some shows from that morning are watchable than CBS’ current Saturday morning lineup that Litton has from them.
CBS's Saturday morning lineup in the 1997-98 season averaged an *abysmal* 0.5 rating and a 2 share among kids ages 2-11, compared to a 2.1/9 for The WB, a 3.4/16 for ABC, a 3.5/16 for FOX, and a 4.1/18 for Nickelodeon.
CBS absolutely gutted the show. Yeah, the traditional Weird Al humor was there, but everything felt watered down and heavily desensitized for young audiences with morals forced in. When Barenaked Ladies appeared as a musical, they couldn't even call them by their name.
I'm not a fan of Think CBS Kids and its schedule. I love how Beakman's World stays in the lineup, I love The Weird Al Show, but I was not a fan of all the rest. The only thing I like about Think CBS Kids is the song. It's so catchy and it has a cool dance 90s vibe.
That is why the networks leased the time to outlets that can fulfill the E/I requirements. Litton is on fire these days. They basically have a monopoly on Saturday Morning now. The old three networks have turned to Litton for programing.
@@mackenziewachter2508 Nick Jr on CBS, Nick on CBS, KOL Secret Slumber Party, KEWLopolis, and Cookie Jar TV are the only ones that I grew up watching. Beside, I wasn’t born when this block debuted.
