Things shifted when Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel showed up. Cartoons weren't just a Saturday thing anymore. The specialness didn't disappear overnight, but it started spreading out across the ...

Cereal bowl in hand, sunlight streaming through blinds, the television warming up. For Gen X, Saturday mornings meant pure freedom: no school, no responsibilities, just animated adventures and Sugar ...

35 years ago today, and then again five years later, Saturday mornings were changed everywhere for an entire generation of kids who got to sit down and watch a ton of cartoons over the weekend.

Saturday mornings had a specific feeling. You'd wake up before your parents, pour cereal straight into the bowl without measuring, and park yourself in front of the TV. Nobody had to tell you what to ...