Monday, September 28, 2009
What Happened to Television?
As a child growing up in the 90s I could always find something to watch. My day schedule was literally planned around what time my shows came on. In my opinion, the 90s was the best decade. Every show was my show. I only flipped through channels when I was watching more than one show, which was pretty often. Now, I only watch three shows religiously and a few others that I watch when I see that they're on. Their times don't even affect my schedule all that much. Maybe the kid show in the 90s were the great ones because kid shows now suck. I might have to stab myself if someone made me watch Hannah Montana. I remember when the Hannah Montana Movie came out, and the promo said,"The show you grew up with." Who grew up with Hannah Montana? The person who did grow up with Hannah Montana is probably like three years old. I don't call that growing up. A show that people can say they grew up with is the Rugrats. The Rugrats was on for like thirteen years. That's growing up. Speaking of the Rugrats, Nickelodeon just went downhill. Nickelodeon was the best thing ever made when I was growing up. I had no problem with watching that channel all day. The show All That was like the best thing ever put on television thus far. Other Nick favorites included: Are You Afraid of the Dark, Angry Beavers, Doug, Taina, Keenan and Kel, Rocko's Modern Life, Rocket Power and the Amanda Show. I never had to worry about what was coming on next because I would most likely watch it. Even Disney and Cartoon Network are bad. On Disney, I watched stuff like Rollie Pollie Ollie, Bear and the Big Blue House, and PB&J Otter. I would wake up in the morning only to watch these shows. Other shows included Kim Possible, So Weird, Famous Jett Jackson, and In a Heartbeat. I won't bad mouth Cartoon Network too badly because they at least made a channel for their old shows, but its current programming is just as bad as the stuff on Disney and Nickelodeon. I want Scooby Doo and Dexter's Lab and Goosebumps back. I have no problem with being stuck in the 90s. People who write television shows now need to get more creative even if they have to draw on past time shows. Those were the best anyway. Everything on television now is either a crime show or a health show, unless it has a specific category like kids, food, or nature, etc. Somebody please fix television.
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