From season 2 of Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids:
The gang intercedes when a new classmate has some issues with her parents' plans to divorce. Here's "Mom or Pop":
Despite each episode containing some kind of teaching tool, CBS simply refused to move the series out of the lunch hour death slot over the course of 12 years (1972-84). Had it been on at an earlier time, who knows?
Rating: A.
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This is Bill Cosby comin' at you with (lots of) music and fun, and if you're not careful you may learn something before it's done.
So let's get ready, OK? (Fat Albert voice) Hey, hey, hey!
AH, those were the days.
12 years. Does that make it the longest running Saturday Morning cartoon?
Keep in mind that Fat Albert didn't consistently produce original material over that 12 year stretch before going to syndication.
That being said:
Out of the 7 seasons or so Scooby-Doo was on CBS, only 4 seasons of first run episodes were produced (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Seasons 1-2, New Scooby-Doo Movies Seasons 1-2).
Consider, then, Archie. Out of the 8 seasons this franchise was on CBS, only 5 seasons of original material aired, with reruns airing from 1972-4 and 1975-6.
Out of 13 years on ABC, Super Friends was in repeats from 1974-7 before returning to new material, leaving 10 years of 1st run episodes (1973-4, 1977-86).
When Scooby moved to ABC, he was kept on the air in some form for 10 straight seasons (1976-86) before returning with the Pup series after a hiatus of 18 months, I think it was.
Fat Albert had less than 10 years of 1st run episodes, due in part, I think, to Cosby's other commitments (movies, concerts, primetime shows). The final, syndicated season coincided with season 1 of The Cosby Show on NBC.
Hope that helps.
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