In what universe are today's kids' shows too "sugarcoated"?

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I just wanted to say, I don't think it's necessarily helpful for parents to tell their children they aren't allowed to watch a certain show. Very often the shows that get the brunt of this are decent, intelligent shows that just have a bit of edge. I think you can stear your kids in a good direction regarding Television by surrounding them with the shows you feel are appropriate. But censoring it can invite resentment later on, and the children might miss out on something that was genuinely good.

That being said, it is ultimately the parent's business and I respect that.

 

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But censoring it can invite resentment later on, and the children might miss out on something that was genuinely good

Too me though--though others will probably dog on me for this--SB was only funny (which was its main goal, IMO) when SB and Pat acted liked idiots, and one must realize that not all humor need be MTV-style potty humor (ala Adult Swim) or crude jokes that've since been done by more subtle shows that've stood the test of time (i.e. comparing SB to Animaniacs! for example).

 

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and one must realize that not all humor need be MTV-style potty humor (ala Adult Swim) or crude jokes that've since been done by more subtle shows that've stood the test of time (i.e. comparing SB to Animaniacs! for example).

Oh I totally agree! People don't always understand that there's a difference between mature adult humor, and immature toliet humor.

 

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Which is why a lot of the latter will be praised by the current generation.

 

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I just wanted to say, I don't think it's necessarily helpful for parents to tell their children they aren't allowed to watch a certain show. Very often the shows that get the brunt of this are decent, intelligent shows that just have a bit of edge. I think you can stear your kids in a good direction regarding Television by surrounding them with the shows you feel are appropriate. But censoring it can invite resentment later on, and the children might miss out on something that was genuinely good.

But I would rather see to it that parents prevent their kids from watching certain shows than have them write angry letter to the networks and forcing them to take the show off the air completely.

Ever since Poke'mon took it over, Kids WB! wasn't itself to me, hence part of probably why it pretty much ended.

Yeah, but be that as it may, it's still the number one rated kids line up on Saturdays that isn't on cable. Tossing it over to it's competition (that gets second place at best half the time) is rediculous.

As was stated earlier, the removal of food ads makes children's programming virtually unprofitable, and stations would rather air infomercials (meaning they get paid a little for airing a show, not having to pay to air a show) than anything else on Saturdays. But the other FCC ruling forces them to run E/I shows. So basically the FCC killed Saturday mornings but yet it holds it together. And you think the networks are pathetic... check out local syndication. Nothing but bland nature shows from the 90's.

 

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Indeed. Certainly we need the genuis of the likes of Walt Disney, Jim Henson, & Charles Shultz (all three of which became cult icons through the creations they've made that've since transended generations, despite having gritty beginnings [Mickey was originally a philandering gun-using drunk, a lot of the Muppets were lewd and crude way back when, and the Peanuts gang were actually meant to be a dark retrospective look at Shultz's own troubled life]) back, but under pressure from the FCC (probably spear-headed by Soccer Mom-esque people who don't know jack about the entertainment world or the people it is supposed to entertain), such people are scarce.