• Dyzfunk7ional
    • 1 month 28 days ago
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    		 FCC is all nuts. They just want to meet their 'educational' quota at the last minute. Is like police giving away parking tickets all of a sudden.

    If they are so eager on developing education why not better apply this to prime-time tv and eliminate the crapfest that is on right now... starting from much of all reality shows down to... uhm... pretty much everything.

    Entertainment is part of a good-balanced lifestyle for everyone including kids with toons and other stuff. School is enough. Thanks the heavens I enjoyed late 70's toons before and after going to school which relaxed me for a while. I can't imagine myself living in this era. I would've killed somebody.
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    • bassman21
      • 1 month 28 days ago
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      		 I agree Dyzfunk7ional. I seems like when we were growing up the networks, producers and advertisers cared about the kids. Yes they wanted to make money, but they also went out of their way to make us happy. If they went through all that work of course they deserved to get paid. This is where the soccer moms don't get. While they were profiting on marketing to kids, they also made a lot of kids happy and created memories that are with us to this day. The same with the "violent programming". Sure some kids mimicked it, but that's called using your imagination and being a boy. There is no evidence that violent games and TV makes kids kill other kids.

      As for kids well being. They have always pushed kids being healthy and safe, but they also gave us choices and knew we needed a break from the rules. Now it's school, sports, violin lessons, karate, SAT prep, healthy meals, 24/7 supervision and bed by 8:30. It's really disturbing. What's even more disturbing is most parents want the old school back, but a few with money and power are ruining it for everyone. Parents want their kids to play outside, but fear some busy body neighbor will call the police because they are not supervised. story
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      • thecrow174
        • 1 month 28 days ago
        • Posts: 9804
        		 The real culprit behind all this is...



        :lol:
        There is a battle between two wolves inside us all.

        One is evil and the other one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed the most.

        http://unbelievableyou.com/a-native-american-cherokee-story-two-wolves/
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        • Dyzfunk7ional
          • 1 month 27 days ago
          • Posts: 3942
          		 Yah bassman thats crazy, they might as well put some strings to the kids and run the new Muppets Show. Poor kids probably will never know what freedom/imagination is all about.
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          • randomuser2349
            • 1 month 27 days ago
            • Posts: 578
            bassman21 wrote:
            I agree Dyzfunk7ional. I seems like when we were growing up the networks, producers and advertisers cared about the kids. Yes they wanted to make money, but they also went out of their way to make us happy.


            I don't think so. It's because back then there were many kids thanks to the baby boomer generation. Bigger audience = bigger competition. If a company wanted to get max profit, they would need to get the best quality shows that would appeal to anyone, so it would generate a lot of revenue. In the end, the main goal is money, nothing more.

            Currently, birth rates are much lower, so less competition. Main demographics now are adults.
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            • randomuser2349
              • 1 month 27 days ago
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              grand80sfan wrote:
              Actually today's premiere of OMM was the worst damn crap I ever experienced!! Weekend Marketplace on FOX still exists. Bet You'll hate Xploration Station, which is unlikely to be Xtinct! The Post-Vortexx era is much worse than before! Better get your CN rolling!! Vortexx fans, STAND UP!!


              Xploration station actually looks decent.
              OMM programming looks like it is geared at future housewives or house-husbands. Xploration station is more of the factual science thing made more interesting and easier to digest.
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              • bassman21
                • 1 month 27 days ago
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                		 [quote=randomuser2349]
                bassman21 wrote:

                I don't think so. It's because back then there were many kids thanks to the baby boomer generation. Bigger audience = bigger competition. If a company wanted to get max profit, they would need to get the best quality shows that would appeal to anyone, so it would generate a lot of revenue. In the end, the main goal is money, nothing more.

                Currently, birth rates are much lower, so less competition. Main demographics now are adults.

                Birth rates have been about the same since the mid 70s and with child mortality rates down and a larger population there are actually more children today. The biggest argument to make is cable, internet and other changes in TV viewing habits, but this doesn't stop them from competing and making shows for prime time.

                Of course it was about money, but just because they wanted to make money doesn't mean they didn't care about the kids. You sort of sound like those people that thinks the drug companies don't want to help sick kids and just do it for the money. Of course they want to help sick kids and the money just gives them more intensive and means to.

                They just don't want to deal with the special interest groups anymore or they themselves are now part of the special interest groups. Look at TV now. The commercials and TV shows target the new age naturalist yuppy white people. They have a lot of the wealth and make them the most money. At least they think they do.
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                • eddstarr88
                  • 1 month 27 days ago
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                  		 Yes, you guys have nailed this one for sure! The economics of television are under unbelievable change.

                  We noble guardians of the past bear witness to glory of Saturday Mornings Past. It's like may never be seen again, me'lads.

                  That any network was able to hold on to a Saturday Morning kid's block of programming this far into the 21st century was a miracle, imo.

                  But it ain't gonna stop at this, broadcasting itself may be morphing into new formats that the old guard, like me, may find uninteresting.

                  Good-bye SatAM, lil'Eddie's gonna miss ya.
                  The Eldorado is dead. Long live the Eldorado.
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                  • thecrow174
                    • 1 month 27 days ago
                    • Posts: 9804
                    		 If you ever get the Saturday Morning Blues, these DVDs should help.



                    There is a battle between two wolves inside us all.

                    One is evil and the other one is good. Which wolf will win? The one you feed the most.

                    http://unbelievableyou.com/a-native-american-cherokee-story-two-wolves/
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                    • ebola chan
                      • 1 month 25 days ago
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                      		 no offence but the "Saturday Morning Cartoon" concept has been gone for a long time now lmao
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                      • eddstarr88
                        • 1 month 22 days ago
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                        		 But there is something to be lost here. Old fashioned broadcasting gave content producers a national audience, the size of which will never be seen again.

                        There's something to be said when you can get a lot of people to watch a show at the same time on a weekly schedule. Of course money is the real purpose behind all of this, but I like to think that everyone involved enjoyed their parts behind the scene in making Saturday Mornings such a joy to behold.
                        The Eldorado is dead. Long live the Eldorado.
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