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1 month 4 days ago
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You forgot Captain Kangaroo, Lamb Chops Play A-Long, Wishbone, Ghostwriter, Dragon Tales, Teletubbies, Barney, Cyberchase, Adventures from the Book of Virtues, and Jay Jay the Jet Plane. I hated Teletubbies. Barney I did watch but briefly. Now I can't stand the show!
Nowadays PBS does not produce the shows they used to. They keep on rotation mostly Cartoons like Thomas & Friends, Caillou, Arthur, Curious George, Cat In The Hat, Super Why!, Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Wild Kratts, Dinosaur Train, Peg Plus Cat as well as Sesame Street. Sometimes they show Cyberchase (They did a new season I think last year but it was only a few episodes) and Dragon Tales but both have pretty much been taken off the programing list that I have seen as I never see them on anymore. If they are it's once or twice a year and it's always on the weekends or really early mornings. Also Sid the Science Kid, Clifford, and Fetch with Ruff Ruffman have been taken off the programming list at least where I am at (Chicago is my local PBS station) unless they are only on on the weekends. Thank God Netflix has them. My daughter likes those shows, well except Ruff Ruffman. I don't think she has seen that one. I never cared for it much myself.
I do like Arthur, Daniel Tiger, Caillou, Thomas & Friends, & Curious George but I do not think they do new episodes of those except Daniel Tiger. They have done new episodes of that show as its a relatively new show. However, I would love to see more live action shows Like Ghostwriter, Carmen Sandiego, Wishbone, Lamb Chop, Shining Time station, Captain Kangaroo, Mr. Rodgers, Reading Rainbow, ect. Especially since PBS has more than one station in some markets. Here in Chicago we have 3 stations. One station could be dedicated to children's programing. PBS could even show the old episodes of all the live action shows I mentioned that we all loved when we were kids. Now, one of the PBS Channels does show reruns of Mr. Rodgers Neighborhood but its only on Sundays at like 7am and its only 1 episode. I have my DVR set to record them so I can put them on dvd for my daughters. I love seeing the old episodes with my kids. My oldest daughter loves the show as she loves the Daniel Tiger show too.
I would also love to see Sesame Street get better. My kids don't watch it all that much because it just isn't the same as it was back when I was a kid in the 80's and 90's. My kids have the 40th anniversary dvd of Sesame Street which is far better than what the show is now.
I don't know what happened to PBS to reformat pretty much the whole channel into cartoons only for the kids but I don't really like it. They really don't cater to pre-teens and young teens anymore. And game shows for kids have all but gone away. Just look at Nickelodeon. That channel no longer does game shows that I have seen. They did away with the likes of Legend of the Hidden Temple, What Would You Do?, Double Dare, ect. Granted PBS only did 2 game shows that I know of, Carmen Sandiego and Fetch with Ruff Ruffman but kids still loved them.
Tv has certainly changed a lot since I was a kid of the 80's and 90's but I don't think in the modern era (2000-present) it has been for the better, especially PBS. It has kinda gotten worse.
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