[mhking]

Well, let's see. As opposed to having to wait until Saturday morning for cartoons, the kids can get 'em 24/7, thanks to Nickelodean, Disney Channel, Toon Disney, Nick Toons, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, ABC Family and whoever else decides to show cartoons (and that's not even counting anime)...

Is there any wonder that kids are getting away from the old Saturday morning tradition?

[RayChuang88]

As opposed to having to wait until Saturday morning for cartoons, the kids can get 'em 24/7, thanks to Nickelodean, Disney Channel, Toon Disney, Nick Toons, Cartoon Network, Boomerang, ABC Family and whoever else decides to show cartoons (and that's not even counting anime)...

That is absolutely correct. Before the 1990's, the only place you could see cartoons were on Saturday mornings or on syndicated blocs of cartoon programming from around 0600 to 0900 hours in the mornings and 1400 to 1700 hours in the afternoon in weekdays. Now, with the fact most cable systems carrying at least Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, you can get cartoons effectively 24 hours per day. (Toon Disney and Boomerang are not yet common on cable systems but you can get them on even basic DirecTV and Dish Network satellite packages.)

Because of that rapid proliferation, the whole idea of Saturday morning cartoons has just become obselete. The future of Saturday morning programming for younger viewers will be more emphasis on live programming like the Discovery Kids bloc on NBC.