The Lookback
We take another look at past Children's television this time, the CBS Television Network. The Programs looked at here don't have much in common , except the fact they are children's TV shows that aired on CBS. (Are you sure)
1. Garfield and Friends
Garfield and Friends is one of those TV series based on a comic-strip . The Series was based off two "Garfield" by Jim Davis and "U.S Acres" by Jim Davis (The less successful brother strip) The TV series featured characters from both comic strips. It premiered on CBS in 1988 and ran until 1994. (Pretty good for a Cartoon at the time) . The show was broken up into segments : it had 2"Garfield" Quckies , which were based off a Sunday strip of the comic. It had two Garfield stories and Two U.S Acres story 2US.Acres quickies. The End : CBS was in a cutting the budget mood the company that made the show didn't want to do that , so the end happened , even though it had great ratings.
It's Saturday Morning on a Monday Morning , interesting , CBS
2. The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
(Ok Maybe there is a theme) The popular "Peanuts Characters" have been on TV alot but didn't have a TV series until 1983. The Series ran on CBS (of course) for 2 seasons. It was a mixture of non-connecting stories many of them based off the comic strip. It
Closing Credits ,because why not
3. Back to the Future
We have a strange attachment to lesser heard shows (yes we do!) , this one falls in the category of cartoon TV series based off a movie. "Back to the Future" was a popular movie , it even had a 2nd and 3rd one , so why not make a series? ( no answer from me) The series took place after the events in the 3rd movie but in animated form. (Keeps people younger longer) .Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson, Mary Steenburgen and James Tolkan reprised their roles from the original movies. It ran for 2 seasons on CBS (gaining a full 26 episodes) .
Now on VHS ! , Finally something to add for the collection
4.The Tom and Jerry Comedy show ( not an hour)
Tom and Jerry were popular , so CBS had series that started in 1980. Filmation had the rights to the ccharactersand made this series. They made the show slap stick (wonder if that means literally) and Spike ,Tyke , and Nibbles were added back in to the characters life. The series was 2 Tom and Jerry cartoons with Droopy, another popular classic cartoon character, cartoon in the middle. It ran 2 seasons , until 1982. The Next Tom and Jerry series came in 1990 ( 8 years later).
Interesting theme , you know interesting theme
5. Sabrina the Teenage Witch (huh?)
There are two reactions to this , some of you may be very confused and are thinking : CBS aired "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" on Saturday Mornings? How? It was an ABC (later WB) show. Others will have the rarer but correct response : Hey It's the old 1970's animated series based off the Archie comic of the same name. Filmation made the series it aired on CBS from 1971 to 1974 . It was a spin-off of the "Archie Comedy Hour" (one hour of fun) . The Series was known in the first season as "Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies" ( which sounds like a 70's band) then the "Sabrina Comedy hour" (Like the Archie comedy hour but with out the Archie). Season 2 was known as Sabrina Comedy Hour. Anyway, no matter what it was called , the series followed everyone's favorite teenager. We also had the two aunts, Salem the cat, and Harvey. For people who remember the later live action series and animated series ( we talked about those before) , this series was closer based to the original comics. All the other witches including her aunts want her to be bad .
Originally part of the Archie Comedy Hour watch on CBS ! the S means Sabrina
That's our journey ( I want my Money Back) this time, tune in next time when we look at when CBS aired ABC primetime shows on Saturday Mornings in a sneaky move to .... wait that didn't happen.
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