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Any differences between this Ren and Stimpy and the one from OTL? Maybe if the dark humor was significantly downplayed from the get-go, then people wouldn't have noticed anything about the quality of the jokes beforehand, allowing it to stay longer? Alternatively, maybe it's less popular during its run as people would find it boring without John K. and/or its similarity to George Liquor could cause audiences to turn away.
 
Any differences between this Ren and Stimpy and the one from OTL? Maybe if the dark humor was significantly downplayed from the get-go, then people wouldn't have noticed anything about the quality of the jokes beforehand, allowing it to stay longer? Alternatively, maybe it's less popular during its run as people would find it boring without John K. and/or its similarity to George Liquor could cause audiences to turn away.
Tonally, the show is closer to the OTL Games Animation episodes.
 
1991-92 Saturday Morning Schedule
1991-92 Saturday Morning Schedule

ABC

8:00 Tom and Jerry Kids (Hanna-Barbera & Ruby-Spears; Turner Program Services)
8:30 The Wizard of Oz (Ruby-Spears; Turner Program Services)
9:00 James Bond, Jr. (Ruby-Spears; Turner Program Services)
9:30 Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Animation)
10:00 Hammerman (DiC)
10:30 The Pirates of Dark Water (Hanna-Barbera; Jim Henson Television)
11:00 The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (Warner Bros. Television)
12:00 Slimer and the Ghostbusters (Rankin-Bass; Paramount Television)
12:30 ABC Weekend Special

CBS
8:00 Pee Wee's Playhouse (Pee Wee Pictures; Live action)
8:30 Mother Goose and Grimm (Film Roman)
9:00 Garfield and Friends (Film Roman)
10:00 Wonder Woman (Screen Gems; Columbia Pictures Television)
11:00 Back to the Future (Universal Cartoon Studios)
11:30 Where's Waldo (DiC)
12:00 Muppet Babies (Hanna-Barbera; Jim Henson Television) [1]
12:30 CBS Storybreak

NBC
8:00 Madeline (DiC; Saban)
8:30 Yo Yogi! (Hanna-Barbera; Jim Henson Television)
9:00 Big Nate (DiC; RKO Television)
9:30 WishKid (DiC)
10:00 The Legend of Zelda (Nelvana; Nintendo of America)
10:30 Super Mario World (Nelvana; Nintendo of America)
11:00 Saved By the Bell (RKO Television; Live action)
12:00 Inside NBA Stuff

SBC
8:00 Tiny Toon Adventures (Warner Bros. Animation)
9:00 Bobby's World (Film Roman)
9:30 Taz-Mania (Warner Bros. Animation)
10:00 Toxic Crusaders (Produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson for Troma, Inc.)
10:30 Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars (Film Roman)
11:00 Robotech (New Line Television)
12:00 Mr. Bogus (Zodiac Entertainment)
12:30 Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures (DiC; New Line Television)

Fox
8:00 The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Walt Disney Television Animation Kansas City)
9:00 The Land Before Time: The Series (Walt Disney Television Animation Burbank)
9:30 Darkwing Duck (Walt Disney Television Animation Burbank)
10:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (MWS; Walt Disney Television and 20th Century-Fox Television)
11:00 Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers (Walt Disney Television Animation Burbank)
11:30 Marvel's Power Pack (Grantray-Lawrence; 20th Century-Fox Television)
12:00 Hawkeye (Grantray-Lawrence; 20th Century-Fox Television)
12:30 The Secret of Akko-Chan (80's revival dubbed by Grantray-Lawrence and 20th Century-Fox Television)

[1] Reruns

Let me know which shows you would've watched this year.
 
Rugrats is the clear #1 right now.

Ren and Stimpy still has crude humor and psychodrama moments, but just a tad more subdued and less mean spirited than the Spumco episodes OTL.
Well, something tells me that Doug is still the most likely of the three to get cancelled.
1991-92 Saturday Morning Schedule

ABC

8:00 Tom and Jerry Kids (Hanna-Barbera & Ruby-Spears; Turner Program Services)
8:30 The Wizard of Oz (Ruby-Spears; Turner Program Services)
9:00 James Bond, Jr. (Ruby-Spears; Turner Program Services)
9:30 Beetlejuice (Warner Bros. Animation)
10:00 Hammerman (DiC)
10:30 The Pirates of Dark Water (Hanna-Barbera; Jim Henson Television)
11:00 The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (Warner Bros. Television)
12:00 Slimer and the Ghostbusters (Rankin-Bass; Paramount Television)
12:30 ABC Weekend Special

CBS
8:00 Pee Wee's Playhouse (Pee Wee Pictures; Live action)
8:30 Mother Goose and Grimm (Film Roman)
9:00 Garfield and Friends (Film Roman)
10:00 Wonder Woman (Screen Gems; Columbia Pictures Television)
11:00 Back to the Future (Universal Cartoon Studios)
11:30 Where's Waldo (DiC)
12:00 Muppet Babies (Hanna-Barbera; Jim Henson Television) [1]
12:30 CBS Storybreak

NBC
8:00 Madeline (DiC; Saban)
8:30 Yo Yogi! (Hanna-Barbera; Jim Henson Television)
9:00 Big Nate (DiC; RKO Television)
9:30 WishKid (DiC)
10:00 The Legend of Zelda (Nelvana; Nintendo of America)
10:30 Super Mario World (Nelvana; Nintendo of America)
11:00 Saved By the Bell (RKO Television; Live action)
12:00 Inside NBA Stuff

SBC
8:00 Tiny Toon Adventures (Warner Bros. Animation)
9:00 Bobby's World (Film Roman)
9:30 Taz-Mania (Warner Bros. Animation)
10:00 Toxic Crusaders (Produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson for Troma, Inc.)
10:30 Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars (Film Roman)
11:00 Robotech (New Line Television)
12:00 Mr. Bogus (Zodiac Entertainment)
12:30 Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventures (DiC; New Line Television)

Fox
8:00 The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (Walt Disney Television Animation Kansas City)
9:00 The Land Before Time: The Series (Walt Disney Television Animation Burbank)
9:30 Darkwing Duck (Walt Disney Television Animation Burbank)
10:00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (MWS; Walt Disney Television and 20th Century-Fox Television)
11:00 Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers (Walt Disney Television Animation Burbank)
11:30 Marvel's Power Pack (Grantray-Lawrence; 20th Century-Fox Television)
12:00 Hawkeye (Grantray-Lawrence; 20th Century-Fox Television)
12:30 The Secret of Akko-Chan (80's revival dubbed by Grantray-Lawrence and 20th Century-Fox Television)

[1] Reruns

Let me know which shows you would've watched this year.
1: I am not surprised that Rankin-Bass picked up the Ghostbusters animated series for this season.
2: Nothing to write home about for CBS.
3: If I was planning the next lineup, I'd keep three slots for Madeline, Big Nate, and at least one Nintendo cartoon if I was working for NBC.
4: SBC's alright for this year.
5: Once again, the Fox lineup is beautiful.
6: What's the weekday lineup for Fox this year?
 
Ranma 1/2 (1991 English Dub)
Ranma 1/2
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English dub produced by 20th Century-Fox Television.
Airs weeknights after Urusei Yatsura reruns on Video Hits One (VH1).
Launched on September 9, 1991.

Main Voices
Gedde Watanabe as Ranma Saotome
Hayley Mills as Nodoka Saotome
Pat Morita as Genma Saotome
Venus Terzo as Akane Tendo
Haviland Morris as Nabiki Tendo
Jenette Goldstein as Pantyhose Taro
Mako Iwamatsu as Happosai
Jonathan Freeman as Suon Tendo
Uma Thurman as Cologne
Robert Downey, Jr. as Tatewaki Kuno
Peter Renaday as the Junsenkyo Guide
Barry Gordon as Tofu Ono
Paige O'Hara as Kasumi Tendo

Closing Logo for Season One (1991-92)

Closing Logo for Season Two (1992-93)
 
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Ranma 1/2
5385-SeriesHeaders_RAN_2000x800_final.jpg

English dub produced by 20th Century-Fox Television.
Airs weeknights after Urusei Yatsura reruns on Video Hits One (VH1).

Main Voices
Gedde Watanabe as Ranma Saotome
Hayley Mills as Nodoka Saotome
Pat Morita as Genma Saotome
Venus Terzo as Akane Tendo
Haviland Morris as Nabiki Tendo
Jenette Goldstein as Pantyhose Taro
Mako Iwamatsu as Happosai
Jonathan Freeman as Suon Tendo
Uma Thurman as Cologne
Robert Downey, Jr. as Tatewaki Kuno
Peter Renaday as the Jusenkyo Guide
Barry Gordon as Tofu Ono
Paige O'Hara as Kasumi Tendo​
1: So you took my suggestion of where and when to air this show to heart. That's fantastic!
2: I didn't expect some of these casting choices. I mean, Ling from Mulan as Male!Ranma, Mr. Miyagi as Genma, and Aku as Happosai? That's some serious star power in hindsight!
3: If Female!Ranma doesn't have a casting choice yet, may I recommend Ming-Na Wen, the voice of Fa Mulan, for that role? I mean, considering the rest of the cast, I don't see why not.
 
1: So you took my suggestion of where and when to air this show to heart. That's fantastic!
2: I didn't expect some of these casting choices. I mean, Ling from Mulan as Male!Ranma, Mr. Miyagi as Genma, and Aku as Happosai? That's some serious star power in hindsight!
3: If Female!Ranma doesn't have a casting choice yet, may I recommend Ming-Na Wen, the voice of Fa Mulan, for that role? I mean, considering the rest of the cast, I don't see why not.
To be fair though, with the casting choices, Fox wanted to go all out to make sure their dub of Ranma 1/2 would be more than just an Urusei Yastura for the 90's.
 
Up next:

Felix the Cat: The Movie (Carolco)
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (Universal)
Marvel's Avengers (Fox)

Any questions, comments, etc. before we get to those?
 
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