The Real Reason Why Saturday Morning Cartoons Disappeared
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cpUDtW1cV8



- in the 1990's, New govt regulations limiting the amount of commercials during kids shows, thus limiting profit.



- news + sports shows were cheaper to produce than cartoons.

plus they can have more commercials because it's not a kids show.

win/win for the networks



- ratings for sat morning cartoons went down due to cable TV and channels that do cartoons 24/7.





the 5min youtube video explains a few other reasons



RIP Smurfs, Thundercats, GI Joe, Transformers

http://watchcartoonsonline.eu/the-sm...full-episodes/



https://www.amazon.com/ThunderCats-O.../dp/B005C8DB7E



etc. . . without vouching for the reliability or quality of the sites, a quick googling shows the cartoons you remember are probably all still viewable online, in some cases for free. If .fed regulation f*cked up saturday morning cartoons, that's just one more reason we need a 10th Amendment Commission!

Cartoons were killed by the same thing that kills everything else good... money and the desire for more no matter how much you have.