>>114244686People can go ahead and lie about missing SMC but the bottom line is that it was SHIT for tuning into shows as a child. You wanna catch new episodes of Pokemon, Teen Titans, YuGiOh, Shaolin Showdown, etc.
Saturday comes and your mom drags you out of bed to go shopping, hair appointment, your brother's sports game, or whatever. You say no you wanna watch cartoons and you get yelled at. Now your day is perma-ruined because the day didn't go your way.
Having access to cartoons online if you miss them is the best fucking thing ever.
I really wonder if YuGiOh would've been as popular if WB didn't air it on television.