Saturday-morning cartoon
(historical, US) One of the animated television series that was typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three" television networks, especially between the
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(historical, US) One of the animated television series that was typically scheduled on Saturday and Sunday mornings in the United States on the "Big Three" television networks, especially between the mid-1960s and the mid-1990s as a dedicated programming block for the predominantly children's viewing demographic.
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