In 1990, the Children’s Television Act was launched to lower the number of ads that a network could direct toward children during cartoons. This was the beginning of the demise of cartoons on network television that would culminate with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which substantially regulates children’s television. This would impact network programming throughout the 2000s, but before that, the networks gave kids an explosion of new original content.
Some of the most memorable original content could be found on Kids’ WB. Let’s take a look at the network’s seven best ’90s cartoons!
Batman: The Animated Series also created a DC animated universe that would cross into other shows, such as Superman: The Animated Series and, into the next decade, Batman Beyond and Justice League. The series also created all-new original characters that have become canon to the Batman universe outside of the animated one, such as Harley Quinn, who can be found in comics and movies. It also gave new life to lesser-known characters from the Batman comics as well.
