shows, and among other programming which are meant for adults. 1990s In 1990, Fox began running a weekday afternoon cartoon called Fox's Peter Pan & the Pirates. In 1991, the network added another hour of children's programming; this block would be known as Fox Kids. In some markets, Fox stations ran one show in the morning hours and the other two on weekday afternoons, while other stations carried the entire block in the mid-afternoon hours only. In 1992, Fox Kids added Warner Bros. Animation-produced cartoons (some of which were previously in syndication), such as: Batman: The Animated Series, Merrie Melodies reruns, Tiny Toon Adventures, and Tom & Jerry Kids to its schedule. Fox stations also carried other syndicated cartoons in addition to those offered by the Fox Kids weekday block, while independent stations aired Disney-produced cartoons, including The Disney Afternoon block, and other syndicated animated series. By this point, many markets had three independent stations running these animated programs. After 1994–1996 United States broadcast television realignment with New World Pictures to switch several ABC, CBS and NBC-affiliated stations to the network in 1994, the network's new affiliates under New World opted to decline carriage of the Fox Kids lineups, replacing them either with talk and reality shows or additional local newscasts. In the affected markets, the local rights to Fox Kids programming went to an independent station, and eventually an affiliate of either The WB or UPN. The popularity of the weekday cartoon lineup increased from the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s. The upstart minor network, The WB, launched Kids' WB, in September 1995, which had initially carried an afternoon block of animated series. At that point, shows such as Tiny Toon Adventures that featured Looney Tunes and other classic Warner Bros. animated characters migrated from Fox Kids to Kids' WB. The weekday Kids' WB block initially ran for one hour, before expanding to three hours in late 1996 – two hours in the afternoon and one hour in the morning. By that point, The Disney Afternoon was airing largely on UPN affiliates, along with some WB and Fox stations. Decline In 1996, the United States Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 – which was signed into law by then-President of the United States Bill Clinton; among the changes to broadcast regulation incurred by the passage of the law included the relaxing of radio and television ownership limits, and it