1984: CBS SATURDAY MORNING ADVERT

From 1984: the annual Fall Kid-Vid plug from CBS, as seen in multiple US comics.

This was clearly a year where video games (and Role Playing games) held sway with SATURDAY SUPERCADE, POLE POSITION and DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS. 

Younger kids were catered for by the Emmy-grabbing MUPPET BABIES and THE GET ALONG GANG (Conform.  Conform.  Conform). 

PRYOR'S PLACE, starring Richard Pryor, never crossed the Atlantic.  Surely a surprising choice for a Saturday morning TV star, coming only four years after the potty-mouthed multi-award winning comedian and actor had set himself alight whilst freebasing cocaine. 

1985: CBS SATURDAY MORNINGS AD includung THE YOUNG ASTRONAUTS

From 1985: CBS plugs its 1985-86 Saturday Morning fare... including (see previous post) the never-aired THE YOUNG ASTRONAUTS from Marvel Productions.  

The animated series became mired in creative discontent about the direction and tone of the show.  CBS pushed the proposed broadcast dates into the following year... and then scrapped the show outright after the Challenger Disaster made space look a lot less fun. 

1982: CBS STARCADE: SATURDAY MORNING FALL SCHEDULE PRINT ADVERT

I think - it's safe-to-say - that the CBS 1982-83 Saturday Morning schedule was not a vintage year for animation fans.  Looking at the above two-page ad, which ran across the centre pages of Marvel's December 1982 titles, the only things that standout are the vintage Warner Brothers shows.

I don't think any of the other illustrated shows (including two early entries from Marvel Productions) even crossed the Atlantic.  I'm fairly sure that BLACKSTAR did make the crossing but - possibly - not for several years.  By which point, it was easily (but - it seems - incorrectly) dismissed as a MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE wannabe.  The show had actually aired the previous season and these were reruns and - presumably - highly vulnerable to pre-emption's by local stations with weekend sports coverage.