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So no matter your age unless you live under a rock (or not in North America I suppose) chances are at least some portion of your childhood past or present was spent watching one of the "Big Three" children's entertainment networks. Which one is your favorite?
Me? I was always a Nicktoon's guy. I didn't care much for Nickelodeon's live action affairs. They didn't have many sitcoms, especially later on, but they did have a bunch of live action game shows and variety shows. But Nickelodeon's specialty was their Nicktoon's lineup. Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, Ah! Real Monsters, Hey Arnold, Rocket Power, The Wild Thornberrys, and later Fairly Odd Parents and Spongebob Squarepants were the network's top contenders. Most recently Nickelodeon caught huge success with Avatar: The Last Airbender which is pretty much the last thing the network did that I never got to see. Of those, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys, Fairly Odd Parents and Spongebob were my favorites. I also watched a whole lot of Rugrats and Rocketpower by necessity because they played them constantly. I enjoyed the former far more than the latter.
I never really watched much Cartoon Network. None at all really. Their shows just didn't click with me but they were really popular with my friends.
Of the three I dislike Disney Channel the most. Disney Channel is really hard pressed to justify its existence. Here's a company known for being the masters of animated children's entertainment and they could never do television right. Disney had some of the coolest shows of yander year. Gargoyles is one of my top favorite cartoons of all time, but Disney Channel did more sketchy live action sitcoms than they did cartoons. Mostly exploitative garbage and Disney knew it worked which is why they kept doing it. But Ducktales is a top notch cartoon. Darkwing Duck is another all time great, and Tail Spin is to die for.
I can't really account for how any of these networks are doing these days because I don't have cable (GASP!) and so I haven't really seen them at all in years. But from what I can gather the general prognosis is "not good." Hopefully something will breath new life into them soon. I hear this Gravity Falls is insanely popular on Disney Channel, and Nickelodeon could sure stand to have another surprise hit like Avatar in the near future.
Me? I was always a Nicktoon's guy. I didn't care much for Nickelodeon's live action affairs. They didn't have many sitcoms, especially later on, but they did have a bunch of live action game shows and variety shows. But Nickelodeon's specialty was their Nicktoon's lineup. Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, Ah! Real Monsters, Hey Arnold, Rocket Power, The Wild Thornberrys, and later Fairly Odd Parents and Spongebob Squarepants were the network's top contenders. Most recently Nickelodeon caught huge success with Avatar: The Last Airbender which is pretty much the last thing the network did that I never got to see. Of those, Hey Arnold, The Wild Thornberrys, Fairly Odd Parents and Spongebob were my favorites. I also watched a whole lot of Rugrats and Rocketpower by necessity because they played them constantly. I enjoyed the former far more than the latter.
I never really watched much Cartoon Network. None at all really. Their shows just didn't click with me but they were really popular with my friends.
Of the three I dislike Disney Channel the most. Disney Channel is really hard pressed to justify its existence. Here's a company known for being the masters of animated children's entertainment and they could never do television right. Disney had some of the coolest shows of yander year. Gargoyles is one of my top favorite cartoons of all time, but Disney Channel did more sketchy live action sitcoms than they did cartoons. Mostly exploitative garbage and Disney knew it worked which is why they kept doing it. But Ducktales is a top notch cartoon. Darkwing Duck is another all time great, and Tail Spin is to die for.
I can't really account for how any of these networks are doing these days because I don't have cable (GASP!) and so I haven't really seen them at all in years. But from what I can gather the general prognosis is "not good." Hopefully something will breath new life into them soon. I hear this Gravity Falls is insanely popular on Disney Channel, and Nickelodeon could sure stand to have another surprise hit like Avatar in the near future.