BURG'S NOTE: These are the Fall lineups for the 2008-09 season. From here on, this page will no longer be updated.

2008-09

Here's what's on the major kids lineups on Saturday mornings: Jetix keeps a half-morning, nothing-new schedule. ABC Kids, again, has no changes. Still no sign of Cory, or even an advancement into "new" seasons of Hannah or Suite Life. CBS's "KEWLopolis" block has the same six shows, just in a slightly different order. NBC keeps Qubo and has an Oct. 4 launch date for the new lineup. While the exact schedule has yet to be released, we know that "Turbo Dogs" (Oct. 4) and "Sammy's Story Shop" (midseason) are the new shows that will join the lineup. CW4Kids -- the block that used to be Kids WB! -- starts its first full season on the CW on Sept. 13. All of the Warner Bros. product is gone. The new lineup launches with two new shows -- "TMNT: Back to the Sewer", which returns the turtles to the sewers of modern-day New York and out of the "Fast Forward" scenario, and "Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's", the latest from the YGO franchise. There are several shows already set for inclusion at mid-season -- the E/I compliant "GoGoRiki," "Huntik: Seekers and Signs" (another card-trading, monster-fighting show), "Rollbots" (a Canadian show about round robots with retractable arms and legs so they can roll and race on coaster-like tracks), and the much-awaited "Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight" (the first time a Kamen Rider series from Japan has been adapted since the flop that was "Masked Rider" on Fox Kids in 1995 -- so bad the Japanese creators withdrew rights to the character even to the point where a three-part Power Rangers crossover special is no longer allowed to be shown by the PR rights-holder) and it's the first time that someone other than Saban/Disney is doing an English-language adaptation of a Japanese tokusatsu-style program since DiC turned Denkou Choujin Gridman into Superhuman Samurai SyberSquad in 1994. 4Kids will continue its management of two Saturday morning blocks, doing its last season of the 4KidsTV on Fox block. While most of it looks like a "Best of 4Kids" block, there are three sections that will feature new episodes -- "Di-Gata Defenders" and "Biker Mice From Mars" will have new episodes and there will be one new incarnation of an existing franchise -- "Chaotic M'arrillian Invasion." Cartoon Network is (at least through early October) keeping the same lineup that's been in place for a while. Not sure which slots will be offering new episodes, though. The block logos that have a yellow background ARE updated with the new-Fall-season lineup. (But I'm not crystal clear on every series that will be in new-episode mode when these new lineups take effect) Time on (Starts Sept. 13) (Starts Sept. 13) on (Starts Sept. 13) on (Starts Oct. 4) on (Starts Sept. 6) 7:00 off air (Good Morning America) Tom & Jerry off air (Saturday Early Show) Will & Dewitt off air off air (Saturday Today) Suite Life of Zack & Cody (That's no misprint) 7:30 George of the Jungle Magi-Nation (9/27: Skunk Fu!) Phineas and Ferb 8:00 off air Marv. Misadv. of Flapjack Skunk Fu! (9/27: Viva Pinata) Di-Gata Defenders (New episodes) Monster Buster Club 8:30 Chowder Viva Pinata (9/27: GoGORiki) Biker Mice From Mars (New episodes) 9:00 The Emperor's New School Pokemon: D&P Battle Dimension Cake Spectacular Spider-Man (New episodes) Sonic X off air off air 9:30 The Replacements Pokemon: D&P Battle Dimension (New episodes) Horseland TMNT: Back to the Sewer (New episodes) Sonic X 10:00 That's So Raven Ben 10: Alien Force Dino Squad Dinosaur King (New episodes) Chaotic M'arrillion Invasion (New episodes) Jane & the Dragon 10:30 That's So Raven Transformers: Animated Sushi Pack Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's (New episodes) TMNT: Fast Forward Zula Patrol 11:00 Hannah Montana Bakugan Battle Brawlers (New episodes) Strawberry Shortcake Chaotic Kirby 3-2-1 Penguins (New episodes) 11:30 Suite Life of Zack & Cody Robot Boy (New episodes) Care Bears: Adventures in Care-A-Lot Chaotic Winx Club Veggie Tales 12:00 Ben 10: Alien Force off air off air off air Turbo Dogs 12:30 Ben 10: Alien Force My Friend Rabbit (New episodes)