After these messages, Saturday morning cartoons will not be right back. At least not the way some of you remember them. “The Smurfs,” “Scooby Doo,” “The Jetsons,” “Ghostbusters ...

We remember the institution that was the Saturday morning cartoon on network TV. That phenomena came to an end over the weekend, when the CW ended its run of the Vortexx block of shows.

And when it comes to cartoons, the ‘80s were my Saturday morning church. Whether I was watching He-Man , Thundercats , Jem , or some deeply confusing fever dream like Turbo Teen , I was all in.