
Video games (
Pac-Man), toys that became cartoons and other fads (
Smurfs, G.I.Joe, Transformers), as well as a wave of "regressed" characters as children, or having children of their own.(
Muppet Babies, Pink Panther and Sons) all pointed toward an uncertain future. The proliferation of weekday afternoon syndicated original programming coupled with the arrival of cable TV spelled imminent doom for a rapidly eroding Saturday morning.Then, we were
Saved By the Bell.