History Creator / OneSaturdayMorningAndABCKids

* {{Irony}}: The theme song states the block is "Five hours of summer once a week". Almost all of the shows are about school.

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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, as well as on Creator/ABCFamily; this iteration didn't get good ratings and the series wouldn't have new episodes until 2007's ''[[Anime/DigimonDataSquad Data Squad]]''.

** Disney wanted nothing to do with ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'', but their buyout of 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.

** ''Mrs. Munger's Class'' has its own [=YouTube=] channel
** 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, shorn of any ''Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show'' branding.)

** ''Mrs. Munger's Class'' has its own [=YouTube=] channel.
** As far as legal streaming is concerned, ''Doug'', ''Recess'', ''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), with ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' FINALLY joining them on September 8th in the US, 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.

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 (for whatever reason, 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]]... But thankfully several shows are on Creator/DisneyPlus. Still, it's not the same anymore.

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/ToyStory'' and also marked the arrival of several Disney-sourced programs, including ''Doug'' (see below) and ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries''.[[/note]]

** ''WesternAnimation/{{Doug}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'' got a few episodes on VHS compilations (''Dalmatians'' got one tape, one [=VideoCD=], and another tape outside of the US, while ''Doug'' got four tapes and the movie), ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' got a few VHS and DVD releases (while ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' got a movie), ''Teacher's Pet'' only got the movie on VHS and DVD. As for the rest...they got reruns on the other Disney networks until 2006 or 2008.

** As far as legal streaming is concerned, ''Doug'', ''Recess'', ''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.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted in ''Tube Dwellers''; both of the characters are named Bob. And then there was King Bob from ''Recess''....

[[OnceAnEpisode Illuminating Television.]]

* ''[[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 on Creator/CartoonNetwork, ''especially'' on Cartoon Network, where 90% of the cartoons shown were uncut and uncensored)

The year is 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/ToyStory'' and also marked the arrival of several Disney-sourced programs, including ''Doug'' (see below) and ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries''.[[/note]]

** 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 December 19, 1998 airing, which notably contained the ChristmasEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', was pre-empted by an impeachment trial.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The earworm-y theme song borrows a tune from an Appalachian folk-song called "That's What You Do With Baby", which suggests unkind things to do "with Baby" if Baby doesn't settle down.
** Some of their shows, ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/PepperAnn'' especially, were fond of this.

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, as well as on Creator/ABCFamily; this iteration didn't get good ratings and the series wouldn't have new episodes until 2007's ''[[Anime/DigimonSavers Data Squad]]''.

Apparently, Disney has not removed its OSM site from their servers yet, and it hasn't been updated since 2003. Check it out [[http://disney.go.com/disneytelevision/disney1/index3.html?DETECT=SWF.4000000 here]] for the memories of this block, but be warned that it will no longer work after the end of UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash on December 31, 2020.

* ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' (created by [=DiC=] with some production by Buena Vista)

The year is 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/ToyStory'' and also marked the arrival of several Disney-sourced programs, including ''Doug'' (see below) and ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyDucks''.[[/note]]

* OnceAnEpisode: The intros were punctuated by an animation of a hand turning on a light bulb with a male voiceover saying, "Illuminating Television," with the light bulb doing more than just lighting up. These were to indicate the block's (supposed) compliance to E/I standards.

* {{Novelization}}: No, seriously. At least three chapter books were published containing adaptations of episodes of Recess, Pepper Ann, and Doug, as well as some of the interstitials.

** As far as legal streaming is concerned, ''Doug'', ''Recess'', ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'', ''Teacher's Pet'', and ''101 Dalmatians: 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.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: The switch to ABC Kids ended up getting every show on the block that ''wasn't'' originally on Creator/DisneyChannel canceled, with the exceptions of ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'', which was announced for OSM but ended up on ABC Kids, any of the Disney-era ''PowerRangers'' series, ''Recess'' (for being one of the most popular shows on OSM), and ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' (on the account that it rode on the wave of [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch the original film's]] popularity at the time, and Disney decided to air new episodes on both this block and Disney Channel as a result). Some shows were lucky to air newer episodes on Creator/ToonDisney.

!!!ABC Kids

* ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewSchool'' (made its ABC Kids debut just one day after its premiere Disney Channel)

Apparently, Disney has not removed its OSM site from their servers yet, and it hasn't been updated since 2003. Check it out [[http://disney.go.com/disneytelevision/disney1/index3.html?DETECT=SWF.4000000 here]] for the memories of this block.

The year is 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/SonicSatAM'' 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/ToyStory'' and also marked the arrival of several Disney-sourced programs, including ''Doug'' (see below) and ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyDucks''.[[/note]]

* FreezeFrameBonus: If you looked at the "Illuminating Television" bug when ''Winnie The Pooh'' was on, the hand that pulled the lightbulb chain was Pooh's, rather than the normal human hand. Same for ''Brand Spanking New Doug!''.

* WolverinePublicity: ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'' was their number-one show, to the point where they would always advertise it more than the other shows...even after it ended production.