A weekday cartoon was the colloquial term for the animated television programming that was typically scheduled on weekday mornings and afternoons in the United States on many major television networks from the 1960s to present.
History
1960s and 1970s
Weekday cartoons began as far back as the early 1960s on commercial independent stations in the major U.S. television markets. On such stations, cartoon blocks would occupy the 7-9 a.m. and the 3-5 p.m. time periods, with some stations (such as WKBD-TV and WXON (now WMYD) in Detroit) running cartoons from 6-9 a.m. and 2-5 p.m. In smaller markets, network affiliates sometimes filled the 3 or 4 p.m. hour with such programming. In the 1970s, additional independent stations signed on running such programming (such as WUAB in Cleveland, Ohio; WXNE-TV (now WFXT) in Boston, Massachusetts; WKBS-TV, WTAF-TV (now WTXF-TV) and WPHL-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). The programs were distributed on various television stations (many of which were independent stations) through broadcast syndication.
A Royal Oak-based nonprofit, Kids Empowered, had been paying for more than two dozen rooms at the hotel for people facing homelessness ... The shelters are full ... Inside her room on a recent weekday, the cartoon "Bluey" played on a wall-mounted TV ... "...
By Julia Cardi, The Detroit News... “It’s making people stay homeless ... (Clarence Tabb Jr., The Detroit News)Debate comes to a head ... Inside her room on a recent weekday, the cartoon “Bluey” played on a wall-mounted TV ... Share this..
