Nickelodeon - The Rise and Fall? 

I know I'm trying to sleep but I just keep clicking on more

*I’ve been stuck watching theses for 3 days strait*

It's his voice

True

That’s what I’m dealing with rn it just popped up in my recommended videos four hours later....

No lies are told here

I do agree, a lot of the show back then had those “adult gems” in them that only your parents understood and laughed to.

@Dusk Raccoon just like MJ and the NBA. The money he got paid from the NBA was the highest any player had received at that time, but now because of the international success of the NBA market, namely China, sums like his are next to standard for decent let alone top guys.

Mason Bee I would agree with that. I remember I stopped watching Nickelodeon around 8th/9th grade (14/15 years old). I would have quit earlier but I had a little sister who liked the reality shows and I watched iCarly because I had a giant crush on Miranda Cosgrove. Watching Nickelodeon got replaced with watching youtube, unlimited access to video games and posting on forums. I look at my five little cousins now, who are all boys between 8 and 15 years old, and not a single one besides the 8 year old even watches an hour of TV. They watch youtube, post on social media, play video games instead. And it's not like when I did it at their age, where I had to go to a different room and get on the family computer if no-one else was using it. They can do all of it on their phones, the family computer, or their school-issued laptop in addition to the main TV. There are just too many things competing for their attention now to sit and watch TV uninterrupted. Another thing to consider is the all ages appeal. I used to be able to watch shows with my little sister because they made them have jokes and appealing aspects for middle school aged me too. We could both watch Fairly Odd Parents or Drake and Josh and laugh at it. Sometimes my parents would come over and watch an episode and they generally liked it too. My dad loved Drake and Josh and Hey Arnold. With Nickelodeon's current focus, there are so many fewer shows that have that age transcending appeal. I've tried watching some current shows with my youngest cousin and didn't like it. Same with my dad when we were with him this Thanksgiving. It's a shame, because Nickelodeon brought siblings, and sometimes parents, in my family together to watch their shows when I was growing up. Now it can't capture that magic anymore. Whether it's market changes, platform competition or their production decisions, it's a little sad to see something I loved as a kid turn into something mediocre.

@@Anderino I feel similarly. Growing up in the early-mid 2000s my go to channel was Cartoon Network and I watched almost everything they had to offer as well. Shows like Courage the Cowardly Dog, Ed Edd n Eddy, Teen Titans, Samurai Jack and others were classic masterpieces that both me and my parents could enjoy. However, by 2007-2008 all of those shows that I grew up on were all but ending and being replaced by new shows I wasn't really interested in, and I had just discovered the internet and places like RU-vid around that time, and was more interested in video games and other shit, so I pretty much stopped watching TV all together. Sure, CN has had some good shows since then (Adventure Time, Young Justice, ect) but nothing that felt nostalgic to me. And looking at the channel now after all these years there's really nothing that captures the same all-ages appeal that they used to have, it's just trying to appeal to kids too young to use the internet yet, in a desperate attempt to keep cable TV alive. It's going the same direction Nickelodeon is going.

I used to love Spongebob growing up and I still love the old original shows, but the new ones are not good to me and just plain weird.

@@QueenNebulous13 Exactly

No one disrespects spongebob

Other way around

@@lamaripiazza5226 We got beef Mr. Piazza?

Actually even a lot of the "newer" stuff appealed to adults as well. I actually watched the network up until I was about... 22? 23? I forget... Anyway, around then shows like iCarly were coming to an end, and the newer stuff just didn't appeal to me. Going back to watch early seasons of iCarly is kinda hard for me, but the later seasons of the show was filled with things that would go over kid's heads. Maybe their newer shows are the same way, but I have no idea. I have no interest in them

The older shows had alot of humor that was steared towards adults. Alot of 'wink-wink, this is only funny to you because you're an adult and understand innuendo' type of risque stuff.

@@zacharysmith4787 soooooo many jokes in Rockos Modern Life. Still my favorite show- and watching it now adds an additional layer of humor. Having the fast food place named "chokey chicken" and a "Dr. Ben Dover" .. lmao. And "Mr. Horny" for a rhino that only appeared for one episode

@@HeyiPlayMusic Now that's a REAL cartoon not crappy shit today

yes attic bedroom with a sky view windows. that was awesome in the day.

I still want that room

@@xaviergatling5063 Same here

@@brandonplaisted8194 It still is, and with access to the rooftop too.

Alex I wanted Clarissa Darling's bedroom

The Rise and Fall and Rise Again - Company Man Hospital Adventures

Wait for 1 million subscribers.

He should make a video about the channel...maybe he’ll wait a few years to do it

Company Man: Bigger Than You Think

Company Man: Struggling To Expand

Hard to believe that happened literally 10 years ago.

It died when the classic Nickelodeon cartoon series were not being shown anymore on their prime time segments. Shows like Doug, Rugrats, Ah Real Monsters. I still remember way back in 2003 and 2004 when people started talking about these shows that I had no idea about. I can safely say that the late 80s and early to mid 90s was pure Nickelodeon for me. It was around the mid-2000s that I knew that Nickelodeon had died for me and I was no longer the target audience (I was in my early 20s in the mid-2000s).

And that was 2009 too....that last time nick was ever a good channel. After 2009 there hasnt been anything good aside from the tmnt shows, and the loud house

@Maximillian Lylat Yeah, 2008 was the last good year for them, probably because it was Avatar’s last year, as disappointed as I was and still am about the splat logo being changed, considering the quality of Nick after that legendary show ended, it felt somewhat fitting for the channel to get such a bland logo

I was born a few years before they changed it and I prefer the splat. I think they should use the font with the splat.

Dan "Wipe that tear, it's for your career" Schneider.

Dan "if you show me your toes, you'll be in my shows " Schneider

Dan “let me hug you tighter” Schneider

Dan "hold her tighter, she's a fighter" Schneider

Dan “I’ve had tighter” Schneider

Severely underrated comment here

@Mekhi Loud Which comment is severely underrated?

Ren & Stimpy had Green VHS Tapes

True and most of the Spongebob’s voice actors are pretty old so the show might end soon because of that.

@@michaelbolcato192 I don’t think so cuz Spongebob has been around for like 25 years already and it still doing pretty well . I used to watch it back 2009 a lot . I don’t know what’s going with nickelodeon these days. But I recently started watching on paramount Spongebob episodes and there still pretty good.

The creator of making fiends called Nickelodeon out for after all these years they never experimented with anything like invader zim or Making Fiends, it shows that their cowards compared to cartoon network that actually experimented and payed off but I will go over the best of CN , adventure time, regular show , steven universe, over the garden wall , ok K.O need I go on? I will punch down on cartoon network too tho cuz they made the same mistakes Nickelodeon made with DC network , basically canceling young justice and green lantern the animated series was a mistake, they cancelled them FOR TEEN TITANS GO , UGH

I remember when spongebob debuted on Nickelodeon and it was massively popular for my age group for a few years. I had no idea it was still going lol.

@@luckyDancer100 it’s been massively popular since 1999? Interesting how it didn’t capture your interest past 2004? When I’d argue it’s popularity skyrocketed and some of the greatest episodes were airing. Lol

Damn, crazy how I was born in the late 2000s and Im assuming you were born in late 80s/early 90s watched and loved the same network

Yeah, I remember when Nick was fun and low-budget and they could slip in slightly edgier humor because nobody was paying attention. Salute Your Shorts really held up, in my opinion. Dated, but still funny as hell and it feels true to the way we actually acted and spoke unlike the newer shows which just feel weirdly slick and focus-grouped. A lot of the old shows are streamable now. Paramount Plus has several.

@@shadow_weaver That was still in the era where they just hired normal kids for shows. The budgets were so anemic that most shows just had kids wear their own clothes from home for wardrobe. Space Cases was probably their most ambitious show in terms of effects and even there, you'd see CDs just glued to a chair. They really had to stretch that budget. More modern Nick followed the Disney formula of grooming and raising kids for TV from birth, so it was a lot less relatable and a lot more wish-fulfillment.

Lol

Dan “Hold her tighter, she’s a fighter” Schneider

Dan "try my cider" Schneider

Ohhh god 😂😂😂

Dan "paying us for laughing every dialogue in his bakery" schneider

I was born in 97 as well I watched from 2002-08 and occasionally would watch the live-actions like Victorious as a middle schooler/young teen. I could tell it was different but it still had a twinge of nostalgia. Like the 90s scent still lingered a wee bit but now it appears it's all gone. Especially when you watch the newer live-actions and Nick Toons. I think the one show it has that it may be able to build upon and run as flagship is The Loud House

@@gianlucapappagallo1111 Whats wrong with a Fortnite picture? 🤔

I watched Nickelodeon from 1997 when I was a kid through 2016 during my adulthood years.

2006 but I agree with those great shows also I don’t know half the shows he said

this is so true

They are apparently making a Netflix exclusive Live action show now that is basically a remake of the old series. But unlike the movie it has the actual creators of the original series working with it.

@@brandonlyon730 And Nickelodeon and Netflix have made a deal too. Hopefully it turns out well.

The live action movie was basically Live Action Ember Island Players

Shyamalan misses more than he hits.

When avatar (2009) with the blue dudes got released, i thought it was the last airbender world or something lol. I kept on waiting for Aang to pop out.

Got 'em

So 1-12?

I hope he uses military time 😰

I- alright that’s terrifying

Er ma gerd 😂

It amazes me that Spongebob has done that since it hasn't been good since the movie when the creator retired. The first half of Season 4 was alright, I think they were still using some of the old writing points they had sidelined, but it was noticeable when it changed. I like to point specifically at "The Best Day Ever" episode as the truest start of the downfall. First three seasons are the only truly amazing Spongebob that created the shows initial popularity. Yet somehow, regurgitating mediocrity for 500 seasons or so since instead of letting the show end when it should have has proved profitable enough it seems. It's a damn shame since that seems to be one of the top reasons for Nick's creative decline, but at least we can always go back and rewatch the golden age of these networks.

Now CN Is 50/50 Gumball and TTG it seems

I agree. People saying we don't like Spongebob and other cartoons because we're "getting old" is a lie. It's the quality. Those people don't want to admit that these shows have definitely declined in terms of quality and have been for years, if not over a decade.

@@TammyTheQueenBee it might of been because in the past when teens hated the 90s or 2000s nicktoons it was because they were getting old so those kids from then carried on with it and assumed such.

@@90sNath At least Gumball is actually good, but it definitely does get old since it's been canceled.

loool

Yikes 😂

Wouldn't those jokes be better suited to John K since his attraction to underage girls has actually been proven?

I mean, Dan's attraction to younger folk and their feet is pretty much proven everywhere but a court of law...

@@SirBlackReeds John K at least kept it out of his creations

Are they watching the good Nick?

@@InfectedChris watch Nicksplat on TeeNick they air all the old 90s classics

Bryan Garcia Thanks!

And all of their older franchises that were running strong have been turned into lifeless cash cows that are shells of their former selves (ie Spongebob). Or they add in unnecessary extras that tank the show to cancellation. FOP is a prime candidate of this. I may be in the minority, but I thought poof was a logical next step in the fairy family dynamic. However, Sparky was mostly added as a comedic relief character...of which we already had timmy's dad and cosmo -- one for each of timmy's "families". Chloe was stated as being added as a female foil to timmy...except the smart choice to do would have been to expand on either trixie or tootie's character. I could go on for quite some time like this but you get my point.

Ok Mr enter

Luke Falciani Yeah Sparky was by far the worst character ever. That one episode where he got stuck in the well was tedious to watch.

Sad to say, but, very true. I think that that's why, even though their demographic is centered on the AGE RANGES of "these" people (and their children/siblings), their numbers declined...people with brains moved on, whether they are grown, or still young but understands.

i meen tho some shows are good like legends of korra which only ened 2 years ago and i guess spongebob

NIckelodeon also hates racism and thinks all races matter but when do you see black people in their shows compared to the whites? There's more white in there than a load of white clothes in the dryer.

@@beefandmustardgaming666 lmao wut. Now they are shearing trans people on their IG. Go woke go broke.

@@360VideoDesign I've never seen a gay person in their shows either

@@beefandmustardgaming666 good. Sexual preference is not the business of kids.

i agree 100% with the nicktoons thing

and thus like MTV it died.

Sad but true. Cartoonless network does the same

@@fridaynightnicktoons6885 I'd have to disagree with you with the part on Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network seems to be striving right now. They are busting out new shows by the dozen such as Mao Mao and Craig of the Creek. Also Gumball (hopefully) and Steven Universe are still holding strong. They are even making an Adventure Time hour long special. Also it hasn't been Cartoonless Network since the horrors of CN Real. Of course this is my opinion.

@@b.griffin317 also yup

The merger was bound to happen. They use to be merged before but split and now are back together again. Plus everyone wants to release the next disney+

THE WHAT!?

@@hiddenflare6169 Paramount Parks, Like Kings Dominion, Carowinds, etc

Spongetanious 2345 I... Didn’t hear about a merge before this I mean.

Hidden Flare yeah, they remerged, so there’s that

I loved Alex Mack. I was born in 89 so this was definitely my childhood. And Nick at Nite. I Dream of Jennie, Bewitched, Mary Tyler Moore show. The memories man

@June Bug of course. Great commercial.

"Snick is Rugrats, All That, Ken & Kel, Snick is new shows new shows something something". That was my favorite commercial! 😂 I can't remember the whole thing anymore but Snick was the SHIT!

Yes do you know adventure time was pitched to nickelodeon but they said no they chose fanboy and chum chum over it like why

jeremy djdjdjsjsj What!?! Wow that’s crazy I love that show.

@@Hopeguz3which show adventure time?

jeremy djdjdjsjsj Yes :) I’m still a kid at ❤️

T.L. KING that’s around the time when I started watching them while being in elementary school and I loved it. I have nothing but good memories from that time.

All I remember was the theme song that went " Pinewheel pinwheel spinning around" etc etc, I dont remember much more than that. I was born in 83, so it may have been alittle before my time.

Yeah, I guess the whole Schneider abuse cases were really bad for Nickelodeon

@@hectorcanizales5900 Ren and Stimpy in general seems to have been what made Nick want to take full control of their productions instead of letting the art speak for itself. Because Ren and Stimpy's creator was so difficult to work with and so often missed deadlines, Nick feared a similar situation with several of their other shows.

@@JCBro-yg8vd makes sense, although I personally don't know the show.

That's exactly how Netflix operates with their original shows. They have a handful of originals that have been wildly successful and are genuinely good, but anything that doesn't immediately measure up is cancelled after 1 or 2 seasons. That's why you see dozens of Netflix shows with only 1 or 2 seasons floating around.

One of the first shows I watched. I just remember Nick starting out being really edgy compared to other kid-oriented programming.

I had SUCH a crush on Kevin Kubusheskie!!

Same!

Also gave the world Alanis Morisette.

Me too! I used to make references to that all the time. "Don't encourage your mother!"

There's a lot of weird in the history of the folks who made and produced Rugrats, so it's not as surprising as you might think. Charles Swenson, for example: a producer, occasional director, storyboard artist and creative for Rugrats and Ahh! Real Monsters made some really dark, and sleazy stuff back in the day such as Dirty Duck, a movie which I do not recommend to anyone that features a "character" that closely resembles Krumm from Ahh! Real Monsters.

Remember the dead mailman in the post office episode?

“consider yourself lucky”

I remember seeing one episode after I had reached adulthood and Stu kept screaming and calling people ‘block heads’ hahaha I didn’t remember him being so angry...

@@TBustah That was a halloween prop i found out, does anyone remember the child abduction episode

My dad LOVED that show.

When arguing why Nickelodeon was better than Disney, my go to argument is always "Doug". It was a great show on Nick, but when Disney bought it and started airing it, it wasn't the same.

@jimbo 2346 I'm not particularly big on Doug but the Disney version is inferior (although it was more to do with the original writers being less involved rather than the switch in companies).

Rugrats is still my favourite Nicktoon to date.

Probably more so, even.

lmao... as the Simpson's ???????.......

The early seasons of spongebob had AMAZING writing

Ok boomer

@Serpentine Fire 2000"s toons are also good.2010's are not that bad.

*cOugHs* invader Zim *cOuGH*

This. This exactly.

Of course we do. But not necessarily since I'm a 2000s kid and most of the shows are very underrated.

i was born in 2004 so as long as i remember 2000- mid 2012 per se

ha ha, ya. I was there during the tail end of the green slime era and when rug rats was new and edgy.

Yeah me and my sister always used to watch Drake and Josh sitting around the TV. I feel like Cartoon Network is taking over kids programming nowadays but I can understand, it's pretty good in comparison to rest of the new shows coming on.

I still remember missing the first ever episode of Rugrats live on TV. I was upset. I still remember watching Rugrats on TV.

Best answer. I think it’s a mix of those things as well. They would still have a chance if they create some new shows for the younger kids but they are definitely giving me lazy vibes.

they seem to be going down thanks to covid. one bright spot of this hell pandemic

YOu actually could do a "Rise, Fall, Rise" since there were points where they were in huge trouble.

Michael Jahrling when

@@TheMusicalFeeling It surprisingly happened twice, the first time was around after Walt died and it wouldn't be until Michael Eisner who was I believe a CEO for Paramount became CEO for Disney and helped them out of the troubles they had by improving the parks, responsible for the renaissance era of Disney animation like the Little Mermaid, Aladdin, etc. and more. However, he eventually screwed up the company and was replaced with a new CEO that I can't seem to remember and helped Disney get back on track again.

I'm Baby not for long, they are now hosting the nba in Disneyworld so they are gonna come back really big

Number 2 is a reference to Titans Go, right?

Never expected to see a Hetalian here.

Can I add something maybe? Your analysis is super well thought out. I would add “don’t lack in intelligence with the cartoons,” because most of the shows on Nick are for toddlers and only one show (the loud house) has actual morals and intelligent characters. They try so hard to be cool, saying hashtags and making characters do the floss. They should just try to be like Rugrats or Drake and Josh and just make the characters act their age. Can you imagine Angelica and Susie doing the floss? No because they act like actual little kids and not like adults.

@@pinkchampagne5528 Very good point. It really says something about a channel/media when some of the shows meant for toddlers are actually more mature than the shows meant for older children. Note: Not referring to the shows you specifically mentioned when saying that.

@@Me-dr9dv I’m referring to Game shakers, spongebob and Henry danger. The good shows ended around 2013

nah man I remember watching some of the more recent shows that they have and it's honestly horrible its basically loud = funny as all of the shows try to be funny and 99% of the jokes just don't even land

I’m 35 and the last thing I remember watching was sponge bob. Jimmy neutron fairly odd parents those shows were on and that’s when I phased out. That was about 20years ago.

Ya your slow the older shows where made for all ages now it’s corny bs for children

I get offended when people say every nineties kid grew up with nick as my parents couldn’t afford it

@@Tiaisbetterthanyou_123 sucks for you lol

I was scrolling through the comments, and started to read your comment EXACTLY at the time as he was saying that quote. Crazy

You're exactly right

"It's never as clean cut as 'old is good, new is bad'. You also have to factor in changing generations and taste. What kids liked years ago probably aren't the same as today." This couldn't be more true. A prime example of this would be gross-out humor, something that was extremely prevalent throughout the 90s, but is almost universally hated today. While I like many old Nicktoons, I firmly believe that very few, if any of them would actually succeed today (seriously, imagine a show like Ren and Stimpy airing today, or even Invader Zim). Times change, and with that do peoples' tastes.

I don't feel nostalgia, so let me answer this for you. Out of all the shows that have aired on Nickelodeon, the only shows that stand the test of time are Spongebob (seasons 1-3), The Fairly Odd Parents (the first season. Maybe others, but mainly the first), and Hey Arnold. People will be quick to say that we grew up, but they're part of the reason why shows are getting so bad. They think, "Kids don't know what they want! Look at all the garbage we watched! Look at all the garbage kids are watching now!" Well, first of all, we didn't have any other options, and kids today are choosing their other options. Most of the hit TV shows that Nickelodeon had were when Cartoon Network was still in its infancy, if not pre-infancy. There are countless more shows from cartoon network that stand the test of time. The Powerpuff Girls (the original), Dexter's Lab (until it got weird), Foster's Home, Johnny Bravo (season 1), and I just watched a livestream of Ed, Edd 'n Eddy. It was still entertaining! Plus, Cartoon Network had shows that filled those in-between times, the times when Toonami aired whereas Nickelodeon was showing reruns of Rocket Power. What about before Toonami? Well, Kids WB was showing Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh and Fox Kids was showing Digimon and One Piece. We KNEW the shows on Nickelodeon were bad, but when Summer came and we were stuck in the house, what else were we gonna watch in between seasons of Dragon Ball Z? Nowadays, kids have more options, and if a show sucks, they can easily find one that doesn't. The whole "kids will like anything" is a horrible mindset that companies are using to pump out crap. The real reason adults don't watch the shows they watched as kids is just that they never liked them in the first place. They just liked them better than anything else that was on at the time. The Wild Thornberries sucked. Rocket Power sucked. The Rugrats sucked. Catdog had good episodes, but the fact that it always ended with Cat being miserable made the show suck as a whole. Once we realize that there is such thing as a good cartoon, we can learn how to make more THAT DON'T SUCK.

@@markcarls1896 That might be the best assessment of Nickelodeon I've read.

I’m the same age as you and my favorite Nicktoon is Ren and Stimpy and I like the old Nick shows from the 90s too.

Doug is just weird but funny I love it

Because they're genuinely good shows and you have good taste. I was born in '96 but I enjoyed shows from the 80's that were pretty old by the time I was growing up in the 2000's.

ATLA is objectively the best thing Nick has ever - and will ever - create.

90's: let's animate relatable scenes 00's: let's animate well thought out plot 10's: let's animate the cheapest slapstick humor

My favorite Nickelodeon show is Hey Arnold!

The avatar the last airbender series is easily the best thing nick ever produced and it aint close

@Cody Smith What do you mean "objectively"? I didn't like Avatar much and I'm sure there are a lot of other people that think the same.

I remember the channel as a young teen. Early 1980s. The network ran crappy old sitcoms after 800pm. Before TV Land. Lol...

Remove one Nick and it's perfect

@darrell holland Disney owns Marvel

darrell holland ok boomer Avatar is not part of marvel

@darrell holland agreed but different avatar mate.

Go to his website in the description, I even guess someone's suggested already and the video is on the way!

I get the pun

Nintendo "switch" ing industries

Gilson Siqueira thanks the advise, just posted the Idea

Robotboy was good

It's hard to beat 80s - mid 00s entertainment as a whole. It's killed almost everything before it besides the very best shows and movies now it's being remade to hell by the big companies because they lack innovation.

I was born in 2003 and I was concerned when CN brought out CN Real in the late 2000s, like wasn't *Cartoon* Network supposed to be a, you know, cartoon channel, not a live action channel. Thank god they stopped that, but the cartoons now are garbage, same with Nick (except for The Loud House), Disney is a little better, but that's not saying much

@@johnnys3576 I've watched doug, wasn't a fan.

Agreed. Plus, I think they focus too much on unfunny live action stuff.

@@WayOutGaming Trying too hard to be like Disney Channel.

Lol exactly. I was talking to some kids and brought up Rugrats. The kids replied," What's that?" That moment on I realized I was getting old 😂

Gen Z is the last generation where cable tv is popular.

@marianne mccrank Nickelodeon just merged with Netflix so...

IT HERE but it’s called paramount +

Macdaddy5539 ** cough cough PBS Kids/ Cubo cough cough**

Fortnite_boiii Lol people forget about the free ones I mean Winamp almost had me not even wanting cable back at one point

Viacom.

Wack

Cartoon Network had an even bigger slide down the garbage chute IMO.

They lost their brand identity when everyone was forced to drive slow crappy cars in the 80s, quit selling cars, and were forced to close by the Government when GM was organized into a new company due to low sales.

The recession both 2009 killed Pontiac and Saturn

GM failed them by not just rebadging Chevy's and Holden's and selling them as Pontiac.

@@kyronhuey8694 No. The bankruptcy of GM did that.

Kyron Huey Obama caused the economic recession

Love Hey Arnold. Probably my favorite along with Doug. Dry is what made Doug brilliant though. It's so subtle and low-key funny. So many moments in that show are so much funnier now that I'm older (I'm 33 btw). The episode where they find out the chocolate bars actually have cement in them: "This chocolate tastes like cement! It IS CEMENT!" That cracked me up. And when Doug is trying to sell off the rest of them and he can't, some lady slams the door in his face and he yells "It makes a great door stop!" Haha i was dying.

TheLocalLt I think that's one of the negatives of streaming sites becoming dominant. There's no shared collective experience when it comes to watching anything that's not live sports. I remember when Danny Phantom premiered when I was in 4th grade. I believe after the Kids Choice Awards. I was so excited and had been waiting all week. Saw the first episode and I was hooked on it. The next day when I went to school, *everyone* was talking about it. It felt really cool to know that all your classmates were watching the same thing as you live and would be talking about it the next time you saw them. Compare that to now where we have so much choice and can pick when we watch it. I'll watch an episode of Bake Off the night they put the newest series up. Another friend will watch the whole series in one night and has to be careful not to spoil anything. Another friend will fall asleep while watching the first episode for three days because she watches it while she's in bed. Another person will say they saw it when it was airing in Britain a few months ago. For all the good and variety that kind of choice gives us, I think it does kill a little bit of the magic of collectively sharing the same experience, which imo was one of the amazing parts of TV.

Jorge Morejon Garcia right the “pixie dust” has gone out from a lot of things lately, still working out how exactly to get it back. Shared collective experiences are important for the national psyche, and not just among kids at school the next day, also among adults at work around the water cooler

@@Jup12ter You can say the same for Spongebob. It's a gem but not the same type of gem like it was

Isn't this more like what Disney does?

@@comicsanz97 That's what corporate does.

I'm 49 & in the 2000s watched iCarley & Spongebob often. Both series were funny. iCarley had good production values & a talented cast. The show ran for 5/6 which is long for young kids.

Wow! I never knew the slime looks edible.

@@poweroffriendship2.0 oh it is or was, the tour guide said it's made that way so when people get slimed on tv they wouldn't spit it back out.

Viacom sucks. They DESTROYED MTV Networks and all of its properties.

I loved Kappa Mickey it was stupid funny and Martin Mystery

So the people with no cable have it for free!

I do still really enjoy a few modern cartoons, mostly ones on Disney XD like Amphibia and The Owl House, though Nick specifically is definitely not the same as it once was...

@Billboardguy1 don't forget mighty b sucked aswell

I was to young to watch danny phantom I still watch reruns of danny phantom though