The Point Was Not the Cartoons. It Was the Control There were three channels, ...
One weekly broadcast window turned millions of kids into the same giant, pajama-clad audience.
It's 50 years since Noel Edmonds' 'Swap Shop' became the BBC's first live Saturday morning kids show. Former Radio 1 and Top ...
On Sept. 7, 1985, Star Wars invaded Saturday morning television from a galaxy far, far away. Not with Luke Skywalker. No Darth Vader in sight. Instead, kids got R2-D2 and C-3PO—and a bunch of furry ...
Saturday Morning Television in the 1980s ran on a simple arrangement. Network had four hours to fill, advertisers had toys and cereal to sell, and children had no other option because the alternative ...