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This is just nostalgia talking. Most of 80's and 90's kid programming was trash, too.
by Noos 9y ago
This is just nostalgia talking. Most of 80's and 90's kid programming was trash, too.
- graphitezepp 9y agoJust with less sophisticated algorithms for maximizeing "engagement", whatever that's worth.
- dragonwriter 9y agoOTOH, with less sophisticated tools available for parental control f consumption, and less convenient access to what quality content exists than there is now. Net? I think it's different now, but not worse or better, overall.
- sn9 9y agoSpeaking as someone who grew up without cable in the 90s, there was a ton of great content in that era and the quality took a huge hit in the 2000s and later. We had shows like X-Men which tackled issues like racism and prejudice, Captain Planet which tackled pollution and environmental stewardship, shows like Gargoyles that introduced mythology and Shakespeare and treated kids like intelligent human beings, Animaniacs which introduced a generation to the Vaudeville tradition of humor, The Magic School Bus which taught children all sorts of facts about the world, etc. I could honestly go on and on but there was just a ton of great content for kids in the 90s (on network television alone!).
- knz 9y agoAnd kids today have shows like Daniel Tiger, Wild Kratts, SciGirls, Octonauts, Sid the Science Kid, Dinosaur Train, new Sesame Street, Word Girl, and access to the entire catalog of many of the shows you mentioned. They also have far greater access to educational content about science etc via YouTube than most kids had in the 80's/90's. Good content is still being made, the parents just have to choose to consume it!
- NoGravitas 9y agoReminder that at least Animaniacs and Magic Schoolbus are on Netflix (I watch them with my kids, in small doses). Haven't checked for the others. I'm kind of sad that BtAS is not on Netflix, though.