I don't understand this 'wait for saturday' to watch cartoons.

When I was a kid we had cartoons every afternoon from 4pm-6pm and if I remember correctly they also showed cartoons in the afternoon here in Aus like Beast Wars and Ninja Turtles. There were also weekday morning cartoons with Agro.

Only recently has Saturdays become the only time to watch decent cartoons. Australia was never a star with its free to air broadcast but its a lot worse now than it was 10-15 years ago.