 abc kids (also known as disney's abc kids) was an american children's programming block that aired on abc from september 13, 1997 (under its original brand as "disney's one saturday morning") until august 27, 2011; it also aired in canada under the "one saturday morning" brand on bbs/ctv until 2002. the block regularly aired on saturday mornings in the u.s., though certain programs within the lineup aired on sundays in some parts of the country due to station preferences for non-e/i programming or scheduling issues with regional or network sports broadcasts. it featured a mix of animated television series and live-action children's television series. the block concluded on august 27, 2011, and was replaced one week later on september 3 by litton's weekend adventure, a block of family-oriented e/i shows programmed by litton entertainment that is formatted as a syndication package exclusive to abc stations. ==history==  ===development=== immediately before the walt disney company purchased abc parent company capital cities communications in 1996, abc saturday morning aired reboot, schoolhouse rock!, and disney-produced series the mighty ducks, ducktales and gargoyles. when disney formally took over network operations in 1997, disney head michael eisner sought to create a saturday morning block that was different from the rest at the time. in february 1997, peter hastings left warner bros. animation in a heated dispute over the direction of two massive warner bros. hits he had written for, animaniacs and pinky and the brain, and joined disney. hastings was tasked with overhauling abc's saturday morning lineup. he pitched the idea that saturday is different from every other day and to represent weekdays as buildings. hastings also proposed the us
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