Featuring behind the scenes stories that created Saturday Morning TV!
Author Information
The Best Saturdays of our Lives Book!
The Best Saturdays of our Lives Book!
The Best Saturdays of our Lives Book!
The Best Saturdays Of Our Lives was a monthly Newsletter that was originally published from 1992 To 1996 and was circulated on a monthly basis to a list of Animation and Television Executives, Networks, Studios, And Comic Book Publishers. The Newsletters have been compiled in this new edition and chronicles the origins of Competitive Saturday Morning Programming from the "Big Bang" of the 1966-67 Season Through the Programming Of the 1990s.
Author Bio
The Best Saturdays of our Lives Book!
The Best Saturdays of our Lives Book!
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Mark McCray is an award-winning television writer who has been in the broadcasting industry for over 20 years. He has a passion for animation, television programming strategy and comic books. McCray is also the author of The Best Saturdays of Our Lives, a book that chronicles the origins of competitive Saturday morning animated programming. In addition, Mark McCray is the host of The Best Saturdays of our Lives Podcast along with cohost Dan Klink. McCray has been interviewed on the “Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast,” “Drawn: The Story of Animation” Podcast, and was a featured guest speaker at The SCAD AnimationFest giving an historical view of Saturday morning programming. Prior to his work as an author and podcaster, Mark McCray was the senior manager of Programming Operations for Adult Swim overseeing Adult Swim’s on-air promotions and scheduling strategy. McCray also worked as a television programmer for Cartoon Network, and was a key member of the team that launched the Boomerang Network. Mark McCray resides in Powder Springs, Georgia with his family. Follow him on Twitter: @ MarkMcTBSOOL.
Areas of Expertise
Presentation Topics
Presentation Topics
- The origins of competitive Saturday Morning Programming.
- Spotlights on studio executives, writers and animators.
- Saturday Morning Programming Trends before and after the dawn of the digital age.
- The origins of positive Animated African-American characters.
Presentation Topics
Presentation Topics
Presentation Topics
- Animation on a shoestring budget - The Saturday Morning Years
- Saturday Morning Programming Strategy from the 60s though the 90s
- African-American Influences on Saturday Morning during the Silver and Bronze ages
- How Star Trek: The Animated Series Influenced the Star Trek Franchise
A day in the Life!
San Diego Comic Con (2012)
Guest Lecture (Savannah College of Art and Design) 2017
San Diego Comic Con (2012)
Hanging out with Tommy Davidson who was at San Diego Comic Con promoting "Black Dynamite" where he voices the role of "Cream Corn!"
BronzeLens Event (2015)
Guest Lecture (Savannah College of Art and Design) 2017
San Diego Comic Con (2012)
Meeting Karyn Parson at the 2015 BronzeLens Event for her animated production of "The Journey of Henry Box Brown."
Guest Lecture (Savannah College of Art and Design) 2017
Guest Lecture (Savannah College of Art and Design) 2017
Guest Lecture (Savannah College of Art and Design) 2017
Lecturing on the topic of "animation on a shoe-string budget" to the "History of Animation" class at SCAD.
Treklanta Convention 2017
Jordan Con Literary Book Convention
Guest Lecture (Savannah College of Art and Design) 2017
Hanging out with my buddy Greg Taft at Treklanta where I presented a Star Trek animated panel..
SCAD AnimationFest 2018
Jordan Con Literary Book Convention
Jordan Con Literary Book Convention
I kicked off the SCAD Animation Show where I educated the students on the history of "animation on a shoe-sting budget" which featured refreshed animation clips.
Jordan Con Literary Book Convention
Jordan Con Literary Book Convention
Jordan Con Literary Book Convention
Meeting up with my friend and fellow author Aaron Michael Hall at Jordan Con!