Timeline of furry cartoons on ABC

This is a list of all Saturday morning cartoons aired by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) which feature anthropomorphic or furry characters. Articles that do not yet exist on WikiFur redirect to English Wikipedia.

ABC (not to be confused with public broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation) is a broadcast television network in the United States of America, covering basically all of the United States with over-the-air stations and coverage on cable television providers. Formed in 1943 after NBC was forced to sell its "NBC Blue" network radio stations, the first television stations affiliated with ABC took to the air in 1948, and the network grew throughout the 1950s and 1960s. By 1977, it became the highest-rated network, later settling into second place throughout the 1980s and 1990s.

In 1985, ABC was purchased by a third-party owner of mostly ABC-affiliated television stations, Capital Cities Communications. During this "CapCities/ABC" era, the network became its most conservative (not politically, but rather sticking to tried-and-true ideas of what worked for television shows), but maintained a very healthy audience. In 1989, ABC launched the family-oriented TGIF programming block on Friday nights, which often had tie-ins (in the form of program bumpers and cross-promotions during commercial breaks) to ABC's saturday morning block. In 1993, ABC bought French-American animation house DiC Entertainment (creators of various animated shows, such as Heathcliff and Sonic the Hedgehog).

Perhaps spurred-on by the launch of the United Paramount Network, and Warner Brothers launching their own network in 1995, Disney would buy the merged "CapCities/ABC" in 1996, becoming Disney–ABC Television Group and launching their own programming starting in 1997. They would sell DiC in 2000. Since coming under common ownership with other Disney properties, ABC's logo has seen cameo mentions, such as in the 2006 animated film The Wild.

Perhaps best known for its ABC Kids lineup in the 1980s and early 1990s, in which it aired more animated shows containing anthropomorphic animals than its competitors (which had a large influence in the fandom as its viewers entered their teens and young adult years), and for its "One Saturday Morning" block from 1997 to 2001, the network began gradually phasing out its animation in favour of "kidcoms" (kid-oriented sitcoms) from The Disney Channel, before replacing those with E/I programming in 2009.

The early years (1948-1976)

 * Linus the Lionhearted (ex-CBS; colour reruns, 1966-1969)
 * Rocky and Bullwinkle (1959-1961; 1964-1973)
 * Schoolhouse Rock! (1973-1986; 1992-2000)
 * The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (various incarnations, 1962-1968; 1973-1975; 1985-2000)
 * The Cattanooga Cats (1969-1971)
 * The Great Grape Ape Show (1975-1976)
 * The King Kong Show (1966-1969)
 * Top Cat (1962-1963)
 * Uncle Croc's Block (1975-1976)
 * Yogi's Gang (1973-1975)

Rising to the top (1976-1985)

 * ABC Weekend Specials (1977-1997)
 * All of the Scooby-Doo series from The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour to A Pup Named Scooby Doo (1976-1986; 1988-1991)
 * Pac-Man (1982-1983)

Enter Capital Cities (1985-1993)

 * Adventures of the Gummi Bears (ex-NBC; 1989-1990; later a Disney Afternoon show)
 * Beetlejuice (1989-1992; from Canada's Canwest Global)
 * Darkwing Duck (1991-1993; ex-Disney Channel and Disney Afternoon show)
 * My Pet Monster (1987-1988; from Canada's Canwest Global)
 * Pound Puppies (1986-1987)
 * Star Wars: Ewoks (1985-1987)
 * The 13 Ghosts of Scooby Doo (1985)
 * The Care Bear Family (1986-1988; from Canada's Canwest Global)
 * The Littles (1983-1986)
 * The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988-2002)
 * The Puppy's New Adventures (1982-1984)
 * The Wizard of Oz (1990)
 * The Wuzzles (1986-1987)
 * Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (1992–1994)

ABC purchases DiC (1993-1996)

 * Bump in the Night (1994-1996)
 * Cro (1993-1995)
 * Free Willy (1994-1996)
 * Goof Troop (1993; later became a Disney Afternoon show)
 * ReBoot (1994-1995)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (1993-1994; reruns to 1995)
 * Tales from the Cryptkeeper (1993-1994; from Canada's YTV)

The Mouse buys the network (1996-2003)

 * 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997-1999) (ex-Disney Afternoon show)
 * DuckTales (1997) (ex-Disney Afternoon show)
 * Gargoyles: The Goliath Chrtonicles (1996-1997) (ex-Disney Afternoon show)
 * Jungle Cubs (1996-1998)
 * Mickey Mouse Works (1998-2001)
 * Mighty Ducks (1996-1997)
 * One Saturday Morning (1997-2002)
 * Quack Pack (1996-1997)
 * Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999-2001)
 * What-a-Mess (1995-1996)

Last shows (2003-2014)

 * Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003-2006)

Other programming
The Wonderful World of Disney aired on ABC from 1954, with occasional stints on NBC, CBS, and The Disney Channel, though has aired on ABC since 1997 (and on Disney Junior since 2012).

While not directly related to The Disney Afternoon, there was some overlap with shows moving between The Disney Afternoon (which was syndicated mostly to independent and occasionally network-affiliated stations), and the ABC network's Saturday morning offerings itself.