Saturday-morning cartoon

noun

One of the animated television series that was typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three" television networks, especially between the mid-1960s and the mid-1990s as a dedicated programming block for the predominantly children's viewing demographic.

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Meanings

nounSaturday-morning cartoon (plural Saturday-morning cartoons)

plural Saturday-morning cartoons

  1. UShistoricalOne of the animated television series that was typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three" television networks, especially between the mid-1960s and the mid-1990s as a dedicated programming block for the predominantly children's viewing demographic.
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