Most CBS affiliates only cleared the Saturday morning broadcast of program afterward. The network offered a package of reruns to CBS-affiliated stations to air on Sunday mornings in place of the previous block of animated series reruns. In the fall of 1982, Captain was relegated to a Saturday morning 7:00 a.m. and reduced to half-hour – at which time, the program was retitled Wake Up with the Captain. In the fall of 1981, as part of an expansion of the CBS Morning News, Captain Kangaroo was moved to the earlier time slot of 7:00 a.m. Its audience of predominately children could never help the program compete in the ratings with entertainment/news shows such as NBC's Today, although Captain Kangaroo would become a three-time Emmy Award winner for "Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series" in 1979, 19. On September 9, 1968, the program began broadcasting in color.
Kennedy in 1963, and a few episodes that ran for 45 minutes, the program aired as an hour-long broadcast on weekday mornings until 1981. Except for pre-emptions due to breaking news coverage, notably the network's three-day-long continuous coverage of the assassination of John F.
Mayor, a children's program that served as a vehicle for Captain Kangaroo star Bob Keeshan after returning in the fall of 1965, the Saturday edition of Captain Kangaroo was discontinued again in 1968, relegating it to weekdays only.
During the 1964-65 season, the Saturday broadcast was temporarily replaced by Mr. For its first three months, the program aired only on weekday mornings a Saturday morning edition was added in December 1955. History Early years with Captain Kangaroo įrom 1955 to 1984, live-action series Captain Kangaroo served as CBS' flagship children's program. This article outlines the history of children's television programming on CBS including the various blocks and notable programs that have aired throughout the television network's history. In regard to children's television programming, CBS has aired mostly animated series, such as the original versions of Scooby-Doo, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, Garfield and Friends and the 1987 incarnation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Historical summary of children's programs aired by CBS
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