I think it's possible to dispute not only that Cartoon Network is unhealthy children's television, but also that it is children's television at all. Several of

I think it's possible to dispute not only that Cartoon Network is unhealthy children's television, but also that it is children's television at all. Several of its shows seem aimed at all-ages audiences, some are exclusively adult--so much so that they call the block Adult Swim--and only a few are primarily for kids. Of those that do seem to be kids' shows, it seems to me that they are better than the cartoons I watched as a child. At the very least, they don't seem to be long-form toy advertisements. What makes television unhealthy, anyway? Is watching Cubs baseball unhealthy? Doesn't that teach the lesson that no matter how great you look at your regular job, you will always collapse into disappointment in the postseason? Is watching Good Morning America unhealthy? Doesn't that horribly skew one's perceptions of what is actually important in life, and prime you for receptivity to advertisement? Is watching unscripted "reality" television unhealthy? ...Yes. Absolutely, it is.