History Creator / OneSaturdayMorningAndABCKids

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In 1997, WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon was running its last leg and dropped the branding, and Creator/{{Disney}} had bought out ABC two years prior and revised their Saturday morning line-up (notably dropping ''WesternAnimation/SonicTheHedgehogSatAM'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}'' in the process). Peter Hastings, a former writer of ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'', had just fled to them from Creator/WarnerBros out of his frustration with the ExecutiveMeddling happening to the latter cartoon, so he was put in charge of coming up with a new Saturday morning block for ABC. The idea he came up with (as seen in the block's intro sequence) was that the weekdays are represented as buildings, and the building for Saturday is a special one, where it is like "five hours of summer once a week", according to the theme song.[[note]]Ironically, most of the cartoons created for the block would tend to take place at school, due to an FCC regulation calling for more educational programming for children and most TV writers thinking this meant "let's make animated kids-in-school sitcoms".[[/note]] It was called Disney's One Saturday Morning (the "one" being the building's address number). This also marked the first time children's programming that ABC had an overall theme since the 1970s (with the "Funshine Saturday" brand).[[note]]Otherwise, the block mainly had the famous claymation bumpers used from 1988 to 1993, when they were replaced with bumpers themed after one of the series airing (the 1993-94 and 1994-95 seasons had ''WesternAnimation/BumpInTheNight'', while the 1995-96 season had ''Literature/WhatAMess''); the 1996-97 season, which served as the transitional period, had bumpers with the toy soldiers from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' and also marked the arrival of several Disney-sourced programs, including ''Doug'' (see below) and ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries''.[[/note]]

-->--''One Saturday Morning'' ThemeSong

The ''other'' cartoon [[UsefulNotes/BlockProgramming block]] of [[TheNineties the 1990s]] to be created by Disney, running on Creator/{{ABC}} under the name Disney's One Saturday Morning from September 13, 1997 to September 7, 2002, then ABC Kids from September 14, 2002 to August 27, 2011.

* ''Mickey Mouse Works'' and ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse''

** As far as legal streaming is concerned, ''Doug'', ''Recess'', ''Pepper Ann'', ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'', ''Teacher's Pet'', ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'', and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' are available on Creator/DisneyPlus (as are series that reran on the block), while ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' can be seen on [=YouTube=] directly from current owner Creator/WildBrain, and on Creator/PlutoTV. The rest are currently unaccounted for, though. (A selection of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts are on Creator/{{Max}} and the Boomerang service, shorn of any ''Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show'' branding.)

** As far as legal streaming is concerned, ''Doug'', ''Recess'', ''Pepper Ann'', ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'', ''Teacher's Pet'', ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'', and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' are available on Creator/DisneyPlus (as are series that reran on the block), while ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' can be seen on [=YouTube=] directly from current owner Creator/WildBrain, and on Creator/PlutoTV. The rest are currently unaccounted for, though. (A wide selection of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts are on Creator/{{Max}} and the Boomerang service, shorn of any ''Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show'' branding.)

** As far as legal streaming is concerned, ''Doug'', ''Recess'', ''Pepper Ann'', ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'', ''Teacher's Pet'', ''101 Dalmatians: The Series'', and ''Lilo & Stitch: The Series'' are available on Creator/DisneyPlus (as are series that reran on the block), while ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' can be seen on [=YouTube=] directly from current owner Creator/WildBrain, and on Creator/PlutoTV. The rest are currently unaccounted for, though. (A wide selection of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' shorts are on Creator/HBOMax and the Boomerang service, shorn of any ''Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show'' branding.)

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show]]'' (Like Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, because their contract didn't expire yet, though it was already on its last legs at the time. The ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons were getting more exposure on Creator/KidsWB and ''especially'' on Creator/CartoonNetwork, where 90% of the cartoons shown were uncut and uncensored. Once the contract ended in 2000, The Looney Tunes would be restricted to Cartoon Network.)

* NetworkRedHeadedStepchild: ''The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show'', for obvious reasons; to a lesser extent ''Jungle Cubs'', ''Science Court''/''Squigglevision'', and ''Digimon Frontier'' were also this.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Slogan}} You only get]] [[CaptainObvious one a week]].]]

* [[DuelingShows Dueling Blocks]]: With Creator/KidsWB.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show]]'' (Like Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, because their contract didn't expire yet, though, at the time, it was already on its last legs, as ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' cartoons were getting more exposure on Creator/KidsWB and ''especially'' on Creator/CartoonNetwork, where 90% of the cartoons shown were uncut and uncensored)

** Conversely, ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TeamoSupremo'', which were rated TV-Y on One Saturday Morning/ABC Kids, were re-rated TV-G for their reruns on Disney Channel (though Creator/ToonDisney kept the original TV-Y rating for ''its'' airings of those shows). Most of the shows that aired new episodes on the block have since been re-rated TV-Y7 on Disney+, which is also the rating that ''Recess'' received when it returned to Creator/DisneyXD for a single week in October 2011 (despite the network airing the series with a TV-Y rating when the show had regular broadcasts there between 2009-10, a holdover from the channel's days as Toon Disney).

** Conversely, ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TeamoSupremo'', which were rated TV-Y on One Saturday Morning/ABC Kids, were re-rated TV-G for their reruns on Disney Channel (though Creator/ToonDisney kept the original TV-Y rating for ''its'' airings of those shows). Most of the shows that aired new episodes on the block have since been re-rated TV-Y7 on Disney+, which is also the rating that ''Recess'' received when it returned to Disney XD for a single week in October 2011 (despite the network airing the series with a TV-Y rating when the show had regular broadcasts there between 2009-10, a holdover from the channel's days as Toon Disney).

** At least for ABC Kids, the final fourth hour of the block that aired at noon was mostly devoted to non E/I fare, so many ABC affiliates thought it was worthless (as they only really needed the first three hours to fulfill their weekly E/I requirements) and usually pre-empted it for sports or whatever else. This happened in a lot of the major cities/markets, so a good amount of first-run series that ran at this time throughout the years didn't get such great ratings. Perhaps the biggest example of this being {{WesternAnimation/WITCH}}.

** Conversely, ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TeamoSupremo'', which were rated TV-Y on One Saturday Morning/ABC Kids, were re-rated TV-G for their reruns on Disney Channel (though Creator/ToonDisney kept the original TV-Y rating for ''its'' airings of those shows). Most of the shows that aired new episodes on the block have since been re-rated TV-Y7 on Disney+.

* SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon: All their shows prior to 2000, when most of the shows from 2000-2002 ended with thirty-nine episodes or less. Almost averted with ''Recess'', as ABC wanted to order more episodes after the initial sixty-five, but Disney declined.

* WeInterruptThisProgram:
** The block's premiere was originally intended for September 6, 1997, but it got pre-empted for coverage of Princess Diana's funeral across all TV channels, which also pre-empted the premieres of ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'' and ''[[Series/WheelOfFortune Wheel 2000]]'' on the then-new ''Think CBS Kids'' block and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfCalamityJane'' on ''Creator/KidsWB''
** The December 19, 1998 airing, which notably contained the ChristmasEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', was pre-empted by the Bill Clinton impeachment trial.
** The April 22, 2000 airing was pre-empted by coverage of the raid on the Florida home where Elian Gonzalez was being held by his father.

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** The block's premiere was originally intended for on September 6, 1997, but it got pre-empted for coverage of Princess Diana's funeral across all TV channels, which also pre-empted the premieres of ''Series/TheWeirdAlShow'' and ''[[Series/WheelOfFortune Wheel 2000]]'' on the then-new ''Think CBS Kids'' block and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfCalamityJane'' on ''Creator/KidsWB''

The block eventually got the axe in Fall 2011 when Disney decided to move its kids' shows exclusively to its then-numerous cable networks, and was replaced with a block of E/I programs called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litton%27s_Weekend_Adventure Litton's Weekend Adventure]], run by Litton Entertainment instead of Disney. Most of the Litton shows are of the animal show variety, or have a NoBudget feel, though thankfully the infamous "Litton look" of their earlier cheaper efforts is gone; Litton also began to control CBS's Saturday morning block at the start of the 2013-14 season, and in the Fall 2014 season, they took over The CW's block (ironically under the name One Magnificent Morning). One Too, meanwhile, lasted until the end of the 2002-03 season, but due to the name change for the Saturday block, the One Too brand was dropped and the block was unbranded (though Disney's website called it Disney's Animation Weekdays).
Meanwhile, most of the shows featured on the block went into syndicated reruns on the Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/ToonDisney, until the latter channel having since been replaced with Creator/DisneyXD. ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' was also rerun on [=DiC=]/Cookie Jar's CBS Saturday morning blocks from 2007 until early 2011. ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' was reran on Disney Channel, but at 4:00 AM (as part of Disney Junior (a highly strange decision, as it's not a preschool show at all) for a short time in early 2011). ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' was rerun on Creator/DisneyXD for a short time in October 2011. Many of the One Saturday Morning series [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes sadly haven't received full DVD releases yet]], but thankfully several of the shows are on Creator/DisneyPlus.

Meanwhile, most of the shows featured on the block went into syndicated reruns on the Creator/DisneyChannel and Creator/ToonDisney, until the latter channel having since been replaced with Creator/DisneyXD. ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' was also rerun on [=DiC=]/Cookie Jar's CBS Saturday morning blocks from 2007 until early 2011. ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' was reran on Disney Channel, but at 4:00 AM (as part of Disney Junior (a highly strange decision, as it's not a preschool show at all) for a short time in early 2011). ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' was rerun on Creator/DisneyXD for a short time in October 2011. Many of the One Saturday Morning series [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes sadly haven't received full DVD releases yet]], but thankfully several the shows are on Creator/DisneyPlus.

The block eventually got the axe in Fall 2011 when Disney decided to move its kids' shows exclusively to its then-numerous cable networks, and was replaced with a block of E/I programs called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litton%27s_Weekend_Adventure Litton's Weekend Adventure]], run by Litton Entertainment instead of Disney. Most of the Litton shows are of the animal show variety, or have a NoBudget feel, though thankfully the infamous "Litton look" of their earlier cheaper efforts is gone; Litton also began to control CBS's Saturday morning block at the start of the 2013-14 season, and in the Fall 2014 season, they took over The CW's block (ironically under the name One Magnificent Morning). One Too, meanwhile, lasted until the end of the 2002-03 season, but due to the name change for the Saturday block, the One Too brand was dropped and the block was unbranded (though Disney's website called it Disney's Animation Weekdays). The season also saw the English dub of ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' air on the block due to the elimination of Creator/FoxKids and a de-listing of ''Digimon'' from Creator/ABCFamily's lineup; this iteration didn't get good ratings and the series wouldn't have new episodes until 2007's ''[[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Data Squad]]''.

* SameContentDifferentRating: Because the TV-Y and TV-Y7 ratings are supposed to indicate that a series is made specifically for children, while a TV-G rating simply means "nothing offensive", the Creator/DisneyChannel shows that aired on the block, always rated TV-G on their original network, were given one of those other two ratings for their reruns there. ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBuzzOnMaggie'', ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', and ''Series/HannahMontana'' were all re-rated TV-Y7, while the other shows got a Y. Eventually, though, ABC Kids also starting using the original TV-G rating for their Disney Channel reruns in March 2007.

** According to one OSM animator on Website/YouTube, ABC ''loved'' the ''Mrs. Munger's Class'' shorts and wanted to do a primetime version. But that didn't happen because of the aforementioned lawsuit.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfTarzan'' (One Too mainly, with reruns during the last two months of OSM)

* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'' (One Too only)

** Disney wanted nothing to do with ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', but their buyout of Fox Family (renamed to Creator/ABCFamily), Creator/SabanEntertainment and Creator/FoxKids made them contractually obligated to dub it. Hence, they primarily shoved it off onto UPN's "Disney's One Too" block (which at this point had no real name; the Disney website called it ''Disney's Animation Weekdays''), which was in its' final season, and credited themselves as "Sensation Animation"; ABC Family itself actually gave ''Digimon'' more promotion.
** Given how it was composed of cartoons from [[Creator/WarnerBros Disney's greatest rival]], ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show]]'' was screwed from the get-go; it was basically squeezed in awkwardly after the main segment of the block (with the hosting segments) ended and before ''Winnie-the-Pooh'' and ''Science Court''/''Squigglevision'', with generic bumpers (that referred to neither Disney or One Saturday Morning itself), ''Schoolhouse Rock'' being squeezed in after it, and it had no promotion. The only reason it was there was because ABC still had to honor their contract with WB, and once that ran out in 2000 the show unceremoniously ended.

* SameContentDifferentRating: Because the TV-Y and TV-Y7 ratings are supposed to indicate that a series is made specifically for children, while a TV-G rating simply means "nothing offensive", the Creator/DisneyChannel shows that aired on the block, always rated TV-G on their original network, were given one of those other two ratings for their reruns there. ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBuzzOnMaggie'', ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', and ''Series/HannahMontana'' were all re-rated TV-Y7, while the other shows got a Y. Eventually, though, ABC Kids also starting using the original TV-G rating for those shows in March 2007.

* SameContentDifferentRating: * Because the TV-Y and TV-Y7 ratings are supposed to indicate that a series is made specifically for children, while a TV-G rating simply means "nothing offensive", many Creator/DisneyChannel shows with a TV-G rating were given one of those other two ratings for their reruns on this block. ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBuzzOnMaggie'', ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'', ''WesternAnimation/TheReplacements'', and ''Series/HannahMontana'' were all re-rated TV-Y7, while the other shows got a Y. Eventually, though, ABC Kids also starting using the original TV-G rating for those shows in March 2007.