Hey, Saturday morning fans! Welcome to another anniversary celebration! As we enter our 12th year, we also recognize the various Saturday morning programs with their own anniversaries. Without further ado, we bring you the shows turning 5 and 10 years old this year!
Remember that one day when you could wake up without an alarm? When you would get your favorite bowl of cereal and sit between the hours of 8 and 12? This is a blog dedicated to the greatest time of our childhood: Saturday mornings. The television programs you watched, the memories attached to them, and maybe introducing you to something you didn't realize existed. Updated every weekend.
June 23, 2026
June 17, 2026
June 13, 2026
RONNIE SCHELL DEAD AT 94
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He played Gilly in Goober and the Ghost Chasers; Rick Racoon in Shirt Tales; Mr. Shugart on the “Henry Hamilton Graduate Ghost” episode of ABC Weekend Specials; Buster and Mr. Hubert in episodes of Pound Puppies (1986); The Yuckster in Flintstone Kids; Pushover Smurf and additional voices in The Smurfs (1981); Elliot Stingwell on an episode of Saved by the Bell (1989); Calvin Klunk in Yo Yogi!; and Mayor Fitzhugh in Recess. He also provided voices for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids, Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Yogi’s Space Race, Casper and the Angels, Meatballs and Spaghetti, Snorks, Tom & Jerry Kids Show and Lloyd in Space.
June 12, 2026
GENE SHALIT DEAD AT 100
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Best known for his distinctive hair style as well as his film reviews, he portrayed a parody version of himself—Gene Scallop—in an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants.
June 10, 2026
PAUL BECTON DEAD AT 73
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He was a comic book colorist and worked on several issues of DC Comics' Scooby-Doo! series.
May 18, 2026
TOM KANE DEAD AT 64
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He was the announcer of Birthday Land and additional voices in The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat; Dr. Doom in Spider-Man: The Animated Series; a soldier and tech in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command; The President of Outer Space, a rebel, Walter Carbonite, Cooter, Nostrillian Captain and a crewmember in Duck Dodgers; Roswell in Power Rangers S.P.D.; Ultimos, Donovan GrandSmith and Arcticguana in Ben 10 (2006); Magneto, Professor Thornton and a scientist in Wolverine and the X-Men; Announcer #2 and a dad in Back at the Barnyard; and Yoda, Admiral Yularen, Captain Jayfon, Tactical Droid, Police Droid, Twi’lek Punk, Secret Service Officer, Police Captain, Orderly, Major Rigosso, Oked, Balnab Bounty Hunter, Mr. Borkus, Kraken, Medical Droid, Cultist Aide, Cultist Gunner, a creature, a guard and the narrator in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
May 06, 2026
TED TURNER DEAD AT 87
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Among his many founded cable networks was Cartoon Network, whose airtime was populated by the acquired libraries of MGM/United Artists, Hanna-Barbera and Ruby-Spears. His environmental initiatives resulted in the creation of Captain Planet and the Captain Planet Foundation.
May 03, 2026
DAVID KENDALL DEAD AT 69
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He directed several episodes of Bizaardvark and Coop and Cami Ask the World.
April 28, 2026
LEN STRAZEWSKI DEAD AT 71
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He co-created the character of Prime, which appeared in the animated Ultraforce series, and Jesse Quick, which appeared in the Teen Titans Go! comic.
April 27, 2026
GERRY CONWAY DEAD AT 73
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Best known for his character-defining run on The Amazing
Spider-Man, Conway had long tenures at both Marvel and DC comics. Characters he’s co-created have appeared in
various adaptations, including:
DC: Atomic Skull in Superman (1988) and Young
Justice; Black Spider in Young Justice; Firestorm in Super
Friends and Justice League Action; Hamilton Hill in Batman: The
Animated Series, The Batman and Young Justice; Killer Croc in Batman:
The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, The Batman, Beware the Batman, and Teen
Titans Go!; Killer Frost in Young Justice and Justice League
Action; Jason Todd in Young Justice and the New Teen Titans
shorts; Count Vertigo in Batman: The Animated Series, The Batman, and Young
Justice; Vibe in DC Nation, Teen Titans Go! and Young
Justice; Vixen in Teen Titans Go! and Justice League Action.
Marvel: Marvel’s Dracula in Spider-Woman and Spider-Man
and His Amazing Friends; Glory Grant in Spider-Man: The Animated Series;
Hammerhead in Spider-Man (1981), Spider-Man: The Animated Series,
and The Spectacular Spider-Man; The Jackal in Spider-Man: The
Animated Series, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Marvel’s Spider-Man;
Man-Wolf in Spider-Man Unlimited and The Spectacular-Spider-Man; The
Punisher in Spider-Man: The Animated Series and X-Men: The Animated
Series; Spider-Man clone Ben Reilly in X-Men: The Animated Series
and Spider-Man: The Animated Series; Tarantula in Marvel’s Spider-Man;
Tombstone in Spider-Man: The Animated Series and The Spectacular
Spider-Man.
For the screen, Conway wrote for Dino-Riders, Batman: The
Animated Series and Spider-Man: The Animated Series.
April 21, 2026
ALAN OSMOND DEAD AT 76
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The oldest member of the famous Osmond family of performers, he once voiced himself in The Osmonds animated series as well as performed on the songs used on it with his brothers.
April 20, 2026
DON SCHLITZ DEAD AT 73
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His song, “The Gambler”, appeared in more than the titular franchise; including in Alvin and The Chipmunks (1983).