yes there was popeye
sky king.
the 3 stooges,little rascals. ,and yes at midnite the tv stations finished broadcasting. now we have gizmo,s that everyone wants for a thousand bucks and 3 months from now there old... but back to the question tv nowadays are infomercials. every scene in a show exhibits an apple computer a Coca-Cola,a car company etc.. billions are spent to force feed us like cattle,to buy a sham-wow or a nut chopper