[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 10 2005, 12:14 AM\'][quote name=\'musicman\' date=\'Dec 10 2005, 01:06 AM\'][quote name=\'Brandon Brooks\' date=\'Dec 10 2005, 12:15 AM\']Nope. Originally they used art cards.
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So for the '96-'97 season, they used cards... for the '97-'98 season, they switched to monitors?
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Precisely, but the first season was more like summer/fall 1997. Season two started in April 98.
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All of "WBSM"'s seasons have been more calendar year than TV/school year.
And when they went to 130-episode renewal orders in the third season, they generally to a schedule where 65 eps debuted in the early part of the year and the other 65 later in each year.