Fifty-two new episodes of 101 Dalmatians: The Series will air daily in nationwide syndication, while 13 additional episodes will be broadcast on ABC's Saturday morning line-up. © Disney. All Rights Reserved.

It's the new fall Saturday morning broadcast television season, and I am currently working on the hardest task of the year -- mapping out my plans for what I am going to watch on a typical Saturday morning.

While I technically have five choices for Saturday morning, I will be focusing on the three non-cable channels that still run animation -- ABC, Kids' WB!, and Fox. Last year, I was glued to the WB! on Saturday mornings, but this year, there are refurbished lineups on Fox and ABC to consider.

8:00 a.m.

The choices are 101 Dalmatians on ABC, Bobby's World on Fox, and Channel Umptee-3 on Kids' WB!

101 Dalmatians is standard Disney fare - big-eyed, cute, and filled with all sorts of life lessons. In fact, it seems that everything that is on at 8:00 a.m. is cute and filled with all sorts of life lessons. I think I'll sleep until 8:30.

Pepper Ann, a new star on ABC's Saturday morning line-up, is a character whose motto is "Too cool to be twelve." © Disney, All rights reserved.

8:30 a.m.

Stickin' Around is on Fox and Men In Black is on Kids' WB! "Disney's One Saturday Morning" starts on ABC, and will include a mix of Brand Spanking New Doug, Recess and Pepper Ann, as well as education interstitials. The shows will start slightly off of the every half-hour formula and be presented under an umbrella format, complete with a host. For the sake of this discussion, however, I'll assume that each one is in a different half-hour slot.

Men in Black is simply the animated version of the movie. No messing with funny styles, no tampering with changing the jokes -- it's all exactly the same as in the movie, and yet not quite as clever or funny. So, go see the movie and leave it at that. Stickin' Around has been on the air as interstitials. I sometimes wonder if it would be as interesting if not drawn in a stick figure style because that's the joke. It's not bad, but there is still dependable Doug. Who knows, maybe he'll have a dilemma this time and Patty Mayonnaise will help him solve it.