Glad I ' m not the only one that thinks about the dark tower every time I see this . <| sep |> Dunno , pressing home twice is faster than pressing and sliding to unlock <| sep |> Those were good times . I remember blocks of animated shows featuring TMNT , The Real Ghostbusters , Gummi Bears , and many others during that time . And then there was the block after school in the afternoon with shows like COPS or syndicated stuff like Carl Macek ' s Robotech from the 80 s . Unfortunately they haven ' t been a thing for years at this point , mostly due to heavy FCC regulations regarding educational content Children ' s Television Act ' sTelevisionAct in 1990 and a changing media landscape . The Act was intended to reduce the exposure of those 12 and under to commercial influence and it can be argued that a lot of cartoons with toy tieins were pretty much 30 minute long commercials but I don ' t even own anything from the The Real Ghostbusters except remembering how cool that series is . So what did the big networks like NBC and CBS do ? They went all in on programming targeting those 12 and over , phasing out their cartoon blocks and replacing them with other content , because they could get away with more lucrative commercials . Also I remember media changing in the 90 s . Cable channels began to flourish and offer competitive programming challenging the big networks . Nickelodeon , in particular , broadcast toons at several hours during the day not just on Saturday mornings or after school because they had a lot of leeway . I remember watching Mysterious Cities of Gold on there . The internet also happened and in the last decade or so , a lot of specialized sites like uRavenofBlades mentioned have emerged to fill the need for toons especially when it comes to anime which exploded on the ' net in the past several years . The traditional Saturday morning block of cartooning goodness just spread all over the place and has also broadened to appeal to a huge spectrum of demographics depending on where you go and what you prefer to watch .