9:00 a.m.

An hour of new episodes of The New Batman/Superman Adventures air on Kids' WB!, possibly an episode of Pepper Ann on ABC, and in October, Ned's Newt premieres on Fox.

Batman and Superman are always good bets, although I'll probably give Pepper Ann a look, if just for some surreal animation and (gasp!) a quirky female main character. Ned's Newt merely shows the effects of Ren and Stimpy on network television.

Space Goofs tells the story of five alien roommates. © Gaumont Multimedia.

9:30 a.m.

The choices are Recess on ABC, Space Goofs (formerly Home to Rent) on Fox, and more Batman and Superman on Kids' WB!

Fox follows up with yet another Ren and Stimpy-influenced show. Space Goofs is basically France's tribute to Ren. Gaumont, the producers, were clever enough to see that Ren & Stimpy was not just about neuroses and gross-out jokes, but also about some pretty strange timing, posing, and reacting. They were also smart enough to hire R&S veterans. The show features five characters, roughly two imitation Rens, two semi-Stimpys, and a random throw-in, and then the same story over and over again of aliens chasing out unwanted tenants from the house. Sounds good to me.

Recess. © Disney. All Rights Reserved.

Recess is another excellent piece of reference material for anyone wanting to write a paper on the effect of Nickelodeon's 1991 season on the Saturday morning animation of 1997. The creators are two of the guys from the original Rugrats, but it looks as though this time they didn't bring the funny writers along. Recess, in the process of trying to be relevant and clever, forgot to be interesting or funny. It has the "adults think this is funny" feel. It's also about the ugliest show I have ever seen. The style borrows from every other show on the air, but forgot to have it's own look. The characters are a multicultural group of kids that could only exist in a cartoon that is trying to satisfy FCC requirements. I'll watch Space Goofs, it's a better tribute.

10:00 a.m.

More "One Saturday Morning" on ABC or The Legend of Calamity Jane on Kids' WB!. Only the two choices because Fox goes to live-action with Goosebumps.

I am amazed to see another show with a woman as the lead character on Saturday morning! I will watch Calamity Jane, mainly out of curiosity.