feb 1, 1985 - Thundercats Premieres in Syndication

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Rankin-Bass launched Thundercats in the daily after-school syndication strip. Despite its stiff limited animation it became the most-watched syndicated cartoon in America, further cementing the dominance of the toyetic era and demonstrating that action-driven serialized narratives could drive product desire more effectively than comedy formats.

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