CBS 1965 Saturday Morning Cartoon Lineup

Promo for the 1965-66 CBS-TV Saturday Morning Cartoon Lineup. Cartoons include Heckle and Jeckle, Tennessee Tuxedo, Mighty Mouse, Mighty Mouse, Linus the LionHearted, Tom and Jerry, and Quick Draw McGraw.

[@skingerskanger]

The cartoons my PARENTS watched on Saturday mornings!

[@ftsjr]

As a child, I loved Heckle & Jeckle, Tennessee Tuxedo and Mighty Mouse. I still do.

[@R.M.MacFru]

You didn't like Quick Draw?! 🤯

[@pennysanchez7656]

@S D Baba Looey, of course.

[@TooleManTV]

Some of these were new at the time, but Heckle and Jeckle had been around for ever, and Tom and Jerry, too. Guess it proves that cartoons are timeless.

[@sacredcowmusicjukebox]

Saturday mornings before infomercials and Japanese anime cartoons took over. It was fun being a kid back then !

[@dougshoemaker7733]

The 1960's was the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons.

[@chewybunz]

+Doug Shoemaker Definitely 1970s! Although a few of the action-adventure programs of the late 60s were much better than "Superfriends", which I loved anyhow.

[@dougshoemaker7733]

+chewybunz I like the 1960's cartoons better than the 1970's cartoons because near the end of the 60's people complained to the networks about the violence that kids watched. The networks started making non-violent cartoons and by the end of the 70's cartoons were neutered.

[@chewybunz]

+Doug Shoemaker I know precisely what you mean. In the late 1960s, many parents - presumably mothers - did raise a ruckus about violence in kids TV. This led to the cancellation of programs like "Space Ghost", "The Herculoids", "The Fantastic 4", and eventually, the removal of Jonny Quest reruns from the schedule. JQ was actually the most hated, but ironically, that show was originally developed for prime time. Superheros vanished from Saturday morning, and didn't re-appear until 1973's "Superfriends", which was corny and pro-social. However, by the end of the decade, the tide was turning. The depiction of conflict in "Superfriends" became closer to what you'd see in DC's Justice League comic series, and JQ returned to the lineup. Also, "Flash Gordon" debuted. Clearly, that show was trying to attract the huge STAR WARS audience, and featured plenty of action. I would argue that the massive success of the George Lucas film helped bring action/adventure back to Saturday mornings.

[@michaela.mccracken4461]

One reason of the big three networks' cancellation of Superheroic sci-fi cartoon shows in the late 60's was the mystery solving, comedy, "Scooby-Doo, Where are you?".

[@Lisa-di1wi]

Oh yes! When Saturday mornings were just for the kids. Nowadays, on Saturday mornings, it's just simply news shows, lifestyle shows, and the educational children's shows that the broadcast stations have to air by order of the FCC or else they would lose their licenses.

[@tomservo56954]

CBS bought the Terrytunes animation studio and inventory, so MIGHTY MOUSE had been a staple on the Saturday schedule since 1955. Interestingly, HECKLE AND JECKLE aired on CBS during the 1956-57 season, and not brought back until 1965-66. Three years later, NBC would have a two-season run of the magpies.

[@525Lines]

The old Tom & Jerry's are still worth watching!

[@fromthesidelines]

That may have been the 1966-'67 line-up in your area, 'cary'- but nationally, it was this [all times Eastern]: 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO 9:00 MIGHTY MOUSE AND THE MIGHTY HEROES 9:30 THE UNDERDOG SHOW 10:00 FRANKENSTEIN JR. AND THE IMPOSSIBLES 10:30 SPACE GHOST AND DINO BOY 11:00 THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN 11:30 THE LONE RANGER 12:00 THE ROAD RUNNER SHOW 12:30 THE BEAGLES {I know, because I was there!} ;) 1:00 TOM & JERRY

[@sincityq]

I grew up with these.

[@RandolphAgarn1]

yep l was there, i was 5 years old and glued to the set

[@lindaeasley4336]

My earliest cartoon watching memories were of Heckle and Jeckle. Tom and Jerry and Mighty Mouse at the age of 4 in 1965 . 👍 Those killjoys who were instrumental in ending Saturday cartoons would be horrified to know that I'm sure 😂

[@JohnPatterson-kz8jr]

Brings memories of growing up in Freeport in the 60's😅😊

[@yes350yes]

Im older than some of you but I remember the lineup being more like starting off with Roy Rogers, Gene autrey or Hoppy, , ruff and reddy , space cadets, sky king and captain midnight. Of course all this coming on after the test pattern went off.

[@fromthesidelines]

This was the network's Saturday morning lineup [all times are Eastern]: 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO 9:00 THE HECKLE & JECKLE CARTOON SHOW 9:30 TENNESSEE TUXEDO AND HIS TALES 10:00 MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE 10:30 LINUS THE LIONHEARTED 11:00 TOM & JERRY ["classic" MGM cartoons] 11:30 QUICK DRAW McGRAW [repeat- originally syndicated] 12:00 SKY KING [repeat- originally syndicated] 12:30 THE ADVENTURES OF LASSIE [repeat] 1:00 MY FRIEND FLICKA [repeat] 1:30 CBS SATURDAY NEWS

[@TheAnubis57]

Thank you. I remember them all.

[@wmbrown6]

What happened to 1:30 P.M. after the evening "CBS Saturday News with Roger Mudd" was introduced in early 1966?

[@altfactor]

I believe that besides the MGM theatrical cartoons, that the 1965 "Tom and Jerry" TV series also featured several brand-new made for TV shorts produced by Chuck Jones.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Wow! “Tennessee Tuxedo” was on at 9:30 AM. I wasn’t even born when it was on. This was at the time, CBS Saturday Morning cartoons went to color, because people in their homes and apartments had their color TV sets to watch a certain cartoons that are in color.

[@michaela.mccracken4461]

Calling all kids! Calling all kids! Keep an eye on for these two birds! One calls himself Heckle. The other, Jeckle. They're a pair of real comedians! There's another bird following them! The world's funniest penguin! He goes under the name of Tennessee Tuxedo! In the same neighborhood, is an extraordinary mouse. He's fast moving and high flying, he's, Mighty Mouse! Now approaching the jungle, we come to the domain of, Linus The Lionhearted, definitely the one to meet. Let's face it kids, He's the King! Tom and Jerry turn up everywhere! You can't miss 'em! Visit them right after Linus! Join Quick Draw McGraw, and coral yourselves some western fun! There's your tour kids. Six Cartoons, in color, Each Saturday Morning!

[@jasondelarosa2044]

Normajean McCracken Nice lyrics.

[@wmbrown6]

I.I.N.M., the voiceover was Gaylord Avery out of New York.

[@tomservo56954]

Working under Silverman at the time was the man who would go on to turn Disney from merely a cultural icon to the 800-pound media gorilla it is today, Michael Eisner.

[@SMCalif1956]

I sure remember this promo when CBS first ran it. Our family had just relocated from Riverside CA to Macon GA and saw it on WMAZ.

[@TooleManTV]

That was the only station in Macon in '65, wasn't it? Talk about a monopoly!

[@SMCalif1956]

@@TooleManTV Yep, it was. It was primarily CBS but also had shows from NBC and ABC (both regularly piped in from Atlanta). Now Macon has regular affiliates from all the broadcast networks.

[@altfactor]

"Quick Draw McGraw" had been syndicated for a number of years prior to 1965; I suspect Hanna-Barbera probably made new "Quick Draw" episodes for the 1965-66 CBS run.

[@fromthesidelines]

Not really. The last of the first-run "Quick Draw" episodes was syndicated in 1962. While Kellogg's continued to sponsor repeats of the series in syndication through 1966, selected episodes were also seen on CBS {with a co-sponsor besides Kellogg's}.

[@samoyed81966]

Although CBS had aired "Quick Draw McGraw in 1965. In 1966, Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles and Space Ghost and Dino Boy were the first two Hanna-Barbera cartoon series to be aired on CBS.

[@EddieKyteABCDEFG12345678910]

@@samoyed81966 Do you remember The Banana Splits Adventure Hour?

[@samoyed81966]

@@EddieKyteABCDEFG12345678910 I do remember The Banana Splits Adventure Hour. It aired on NBC in 1968.

[@EddieKyteABCDEFG12345678910]

@@samoyed81966 That's amazing!

[@SMCalif1956]

Our family had just moved from California to Georgia when this line-up started on CBS. Every Saturday we were watching the CBS cartoons except at 10:30, when we switched to the Beatles on ABC.

[@fromthesidelines]

That's why "LINUS" [10:30am] and "LASSIE" [12:30pm] repeats flip-flopped each other's time periods in early 1966. It didn't matter......"LINUS" moved to ABC the following season (in repeats), and all live-action repeats [including "LASSIE"] were jettisoned in favor of a mostly "all-superhero" line-up {including "SPACE GHOST", "FRANKENSTEIN JR. AND THE IMPOSSIBLES" and "THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN"} the following fall.

[@samoyed81966]

You enjoyed The Beatles cartoon series in 1965 until 1966 when Space Ghost and Dino Boy had beat The Beatles cartoon series which were on at 10:30.

[@SMCalif1956]

We still watched the Beatles in '66 and even '67 when it moved to 12 Noon. In '68 it moved to Sundays at 9:30 AM and did not clear our market.

[@samoyed81966]

@@SMCalif1956 Maybe because you still liked The Beatles while many kids watched Space Ghost.

[@michaelfranklin4276]

Amazing how in two years (1965-1967) the Saturday morning cartoons would morph and change into action figure heroes. I think sometimes that the war in Vietnam, believe it or not, and the anti war movement had an influence on the drastic change over of the cartoons at this time. Long live the Herculoids!

[@andyb811]

Saturday morning TV was da bomb back in the day.

[@thahman187]

I wasn't born until 3 years later, but to see this just brings what TV used to be and what it should be, especially Saturday Morning.

[@doloreshuntoon7698]

Oh, wow! The Tennessee Tuxedo Show!

[@fromthesidelines]

"TENNESSEE TUXEDO AND HIS TALES"

[@Musicradio77Network]

@@fromthesidelines Yep! “Siresounds” uploaded the entire 70 episodes of “Tennessee Tuxedo” is on its channel. I’ll give you the link. kzbin.info/aero/PLGOy9-V5Ae8NQLfcyYjuIXlX3oxy-fXcF

[@richardburkard9839]

"See! See See! Tennessee Tuxedo!"

[@chapolincrack]

Yes, that penguin who tries but can't succeed-o

[@cynthiapickett7403]

The early days of Saturday morning cartoons!

[@AllRequired]

First time I've seen this logo animation without it zooming back inward.

[@raynardabraham7831]

I could be wrong but I think another reason cartoons are gone from Saturday morning is because of the Children's Television Act of 1990 , meaning networks had to air a least 3 hours of educational programming , which also might ban shows like this.

[@robbiefarabee6954]

I don't think that it would be banned. Most likely move to another time slot if this still airs today.

[@OliveOyl12590]

I think the real reason Saturday Morning cartoons are gone was because the network affiliates weren't getting paid for any of the time they carried network programming in general. The owned and operated network stations had to carry all of the network's programming before they could air any local interest or syndicated programming. Sadly, the Saturday Morning lineup evaporated the same way game shows, soap operas and other network programming disappeared and were replaced with syndicated garbage, talk shows like Springer and Maury, as well as those ridiculous court shows. Oddly enough the networks probably make more money producing syndicated programming than they do trying to come up with a decent primetime lineup.

[@eevee6828]

Ahh I miss the old Tom and Jerry

[@driver3464]

Those were the days

[@tomservo56954]

In 1963, Chuck Jones and a group of former Warner Brothers staff were hired by M-G-M to make new theatrical TOM AND JERRY cartoons. In addition, they won an Oscar for the animated short subject THE DOT AND THE LINE, and created the studio's only animated (with some live action) feature, THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH.

[@Musicradio77Network]

That was after Gene Deitch did the Tom & Jerry cartoons from 1961 until 1963 for MGM and Rembrandt Films. Gene Deitch was formerly at Terrytoons where he did the later Tom & Jerry cartoons prior to Chuck Jones.

[@mikec7176]

We watched these cartoons EVERY Saturday morning while eating a dry bowl of ceral because we didnt want to put powdered milk on it ! Lol Good times!!

[@fromthesidelines]

The full Saturday morning schedule {all times Eastern}: 8:00 CAPTAIN KANGAROO* 9:00 THE HECKLE AND JECKLE CARTOON SHOW 9:30 TENNESSEE TUXEDO AND HIS TALES 10:00 MIGHTY MOUSE PLAYHOUSE 10:30 LINUS THE LIONHEARTED 11:00 TOM AND JERRY 11:30 QUICK DRAW McGRAW 12:00 SKY KING* (R) 12:30 ADVENTURES OF LASSIE* (R) 1:00 MY FRIEND FLICKA* (R) 1:30 CBS SATURDAY NEWS *in black and white (R) repeat

[@JJJBRICE]

Mr. Grauman ,viewers always has great , spot on information .

[@fromthesidelines]

"THE BUGS BUNNY SHOW" was still on ABC's Saturday morning schedule in the 1965-'66 season, 'cary', as well as 1966-'67. "LINUS THE LIONHEARTED" wasn't an "infomerical", it was a cartoon show that happened to feature icons from various Post cereals {General Foods, the makers of Post, sponsored and owned the show}, with commercials carefully separated from the stories themselves [Linus, Sugar Bear, So-Hi, Rory Raccoon, et. al. DIDN'T tell kids to buy their cereals DURING their cartoons].

[@HerbWalker]

OLD Looney Tunes are STILL the very BEST cartoons......Tweety, Sylvester, Fog Hor Leg Horn............"I say ,I say BOY"!!!!

[@prettycureworkship3241]

Heckle And Jeckle : 1 Hour Tennessee Tuxedo : 1 Hour Mighty Mouse : 1 Hour Linus The Lionhearted : 30 Minutes, Because Sponsor Tom And Jerry : 2 Hour Quick Draw McGraw : 30 Minutes

[@fromthesidelines]

All of them were 30 minute shows on the CBS schedule.

[@antoniod]

This is from the year Fred Silverman became CBS' Saturday Morning Honcho.

[@fromthesidelines]

Fred was already in charge of CBS' Saturday morning schedule, beginning in the fall of 1963. On the advice of several advertisers, he expanded the number of cartoons from a two hour block in September 1963, to three hours in September 1964. Finally, in September 1966, he eliminated the last of the live action repeats {"SKY KING", "LASSIE", "MY FRIEND FLICKA"}, and programmed four and a half hours of wall-to-wall cartoons from 9am(et) through 1:30pm [most of them had "superhero" themes]. "CAPTAIN KANGAROO" was the last "live" show on their Saturday schedule {8am(et)}.

[@revueguy]

@fromthesidelines "SKY KING" also fell victim to the all-superhero cartoon shows. The same could be said for "FURY" over at NBC.

[@MultiAnimationdude]

The first part "calling all kids, calling all kids" makes this sound like a wanted ad.

[@Rickswars]

In color each Saturday morning would make my little brothers and sisters wake me up to turn on the tv, it had to warm up for a minute, and dangerous for them to touch, lol.

[@fromthesidelines]

And this was the first season CBS' Saturday morning schedule was presented in COLOR {with the exception of the black and white repeats from 12-1:30pm(et), and "CAPTAIN KANGAROO"}

[@Musicradio77Network]

Barry I. Grauman And then "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" went color by 1965, and it was their final season after its 10-year run since it debuted in 1955. The opening, bumpers and closings were in color since it was in black & white.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Wow! I wish I was around for that.

[@larganvidip9603]

feel sad for kids today having to suffer through junk like the Doodle Bops

[@luisreyes1963]

Even worse, when the networks gave up on Saturday morning cartoons in favor of news & dull educational programs.

[@wturner777]

@@luisreyes1963 And it's all because of the FCC mandating 3 hours minimum of educational/informative BS to broadcast networks. It's no wonder cable networks and streaming services have the advantage.

[@Gloryzuki]

0:37 The only thing I came here for.

[@fromthesidelines]

In January 1966, because of the sudden popularity of ABC's "THE BEATLES" at 10:30, "LINUS" and "LASSIE" swapped time periods, to no avail. It was because of increased competition from ABC [and, to an extend, NBC] that Fred Silverman, who was in charge of programming the Saturday morning schedule, decided to jettison the live-action repeats and "older' series [like "HECKLE & JECKLE", "TENNESSEE TUXEDO" and "QUICK DRAW McGRAW"] in favor of an animated "all-superhero" lineup the following fall....

[@kurttoy5035]

I was disappointed when I saw "Lassie" repeats instead of "Linus" after "Mighty Mouse".

[@samoyed81966]

As far as I remember, nine months later on September 1966. "Space Ghost and Dino Boy" had beat out "The Beatles".

[@SimbasGuardWT]

Neat Promo.

[@Neville6000]

But they would come back in a big way in the '70's and early to mid 2000's.

[@jwilliams7554]

Could that announcer be more enthusiastic?😄

[@kawaiipuppies925]

He sounds so dead inside and is "why the fuck am I am doing this job? I don't get paid enough for this bullshit, I quit"

[@yes350yes]

Oh I forgot mighty mouse was in there too.

[@joansmith6092]

From the 1960s,don't Mighty Mouse- DON'T advertise GLEEM toothpaste (always hated that stuff).

[@user-nz2vl5ge2i]

CBS Saturday Mornings

[@waffleliberty89]

0:42 Solid Serenade (1946)

[@SteveSparx]

Man, I was 5, I remember this shit

[@altfactor]

@TooleMan87 I believe some of the "Tom And Jerry" shorts shown on CBS in 1965/66 were made specifically for TV by Chuck Jones. And a few of the "Heckle and Jeckle" episodes broadcast in the 1965/66 season were made for showing in theatres from 1959 to 1961, and probably were on TV for the first time. But everything else promoted in this spot probably had aired on CBS before.

[@DwighttFrye]

Think this was the last year that Saturday morning cartoons were really worth watching.Think in 1966,they came out with all this Herculoids,Shazzam,Moby Dick,animated Lone Ranger and Superman type bullshit.And starting in '66,new cartoons had to present a positive social message.Was enough to make me puke,even as a kid.

[@Musicradio77Network]

DwighttFrye This was when Saturday mornings were started to change. Both "Mighty Mouse Playhouse" and "Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon Show" ended a year later when it was replaced by "Mighty Mouse and the Mighty Heroes", and it didn't last that long until the show was canceled by fall of 1967. The rest of the Terrytoons library are sold to syndication, and on theatrical reissues by 1971 after the studio's founder Paul Terry and animator Art Bartsch has passed away, and then shutting down the entire New Rochelle studio forever, and never looked back.

[@fromthesidelines]

When CBS Films was spun off into VIACOM in 1971, they decided it wasn't worth keeping the Terrytoons studio open, as they weren't creating new cartoons or series {they produced a few commercials, here and there, with a skeleton crew}, and closed it for good. Bill Weiss continued to work for VIACOM as the executive in charge of the Terrytoons library until his retirement.

[@SteveCarras]

The music sounds like a Capitol/John Seely needledrop track [which for the last would make sense.]

[@607rocket]

Hear I come to save the day...

[@Neville6000]

So then, if you hate the superhero shows so much, you should be loving funny shows like Spongebob Squarepants, Johnny Test, etc.

[@chrismunguia7574]

What about The Alvin Show?

[@jasondelarosa2044]

Uh, don't you think you typed Mighty Mouse twice?

[@firefish4418]

Cbs ajánló

[@firefish4418]

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