How come Cartoon Network always had shit luck at having a preschool block, yet Nickelodeon and Disney Channel had very successful preschool lineups?
>>154183827there's nothing okay about doing preschool showsKids want to be like their big brothers, so just make shows for them. The kids won't get it, but they'll watch anyway.Making a preschool show is like fishing for remoras. Just fish for regular fish, the remoras will come attached to them.
>>154183827I always noticed CN's shows had much more crude humor for it to attract preschoolers.
>>154183917Arguably Nick had the crudest humor of them all if R&S and Rocko are anything to go by. In Rocko, they quite literally frequent a restaurant called "Chokey's Chicken." (It later got renamed to "Chewey's", but you get the point.)
Cartoon Network was a cartoon channel, not a kids channel
>>154183827>>154183917CN defined itself as the "alt" channel, featuring more creator freedom and experimental animation at the cost of having the lowest budget of the big three.That is not an environment conducive to preschool shows so old HB cartoons filled that role.Then when they tried to pivot the channel they decided instead of be the "rock" to Nick "pop" live action content instead, then the next pivot after that was one back towards the core core 7-12 demographic, and after when they did get around to earnestly trying to make pre-k shows it was to little to late as the channel had already lost its momentum fully.
>>154183827Their brand was being edgierThey tried to go preschool at a different time for the market and most likely with less institutional knowledge/resources
>>154184280Didn't Nick have edgy stuff like Ren and Stimpy and Invader Zim too?
>>154183827idk i watched boomerang
>>154184014>Preschool-oriented cartoons aren't cartoons.
Nickelodeon had a multibillion dollar hit. Dora the Explorer. What was CN's lineup?
>>154184496Yes, Nick’s brand was “for kids, not parents”, so they made kid-friendly edge and gross-out shows. On the live action side that soon became their bread and butter, their kid and teen versions of daytime and late night tv, the slime thing, are the same idea. CN’s brand was about the cartoons, so they could capitalize on both nostalgic and boundary pushing programming for all ages.
>>154184906PPG was their biggest show and was similarly popular
>>154184906The biggest show was Dragon Ball Z, but Powerpuff Girls was the biggest show Cartoon Network owned themselves. That show made so much money.
>>154185633I can't really say they had a preschool block when they had stuff not aimed at preschoolers during those hours like Tom & Jerry reruns and A Pup Named Scooby-Doo reruns.
>>154183827Because Cartoon Network's demographics always skewed older. And Nick and Disney already established excellent content for preschool kids, there is no room in the market for another contender.
>>154185671What made Cartoon Network's demographics skew older? Didn't Nick have Invader Zim and Ren and Stimpy?
>>154185684Cartoon Network established themselves as a channel half for adults from the very beginning. It wasn't until the 00s that they fully committed to becoming Nickelodon 2.0.
>>154183990>Arguably Nick had the crudest humor of them all if R&S and Rocko are anything to go by.Bro wasn't watched Cow and chicken or the Powerpuff girls
>>154186568Outside of the Buffalo Gals episode, C&C was quite tame.
>>154185134Powerpuff was not making Dora money bro, Even seeing's biggest show they own was still lower behind compared to it's competitors
>>154186591CNC got away with a lot of stuff if he actually pay attention to the show https://youtu.be/kf1Q7ai7e7w?feature=shared
>>154186661KEK, Rocko made the same joke, only Heffer's O face was more obvious.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2rtGuXsRCE
>>154184906Pingu and Peppa Pig
>>154184820They only focused on older cartoon fans (big mistake)>>154186591Cow and Chicken was edgy when compared to Rugrats, The Wild Thornberries and SpongeBob
>>154186965>They only focused on older cartoon fans (big mistake)No, stop huffing your farts
>>154186965>Cow and Chicken was edgy when compared to goyslop, goyslop, and diet RockoYeah, it's no contest.
>>154186965All cartoons are for kids, pseud.
>>154187055>All cartoons are for kids, pseudYou aren't one of those soccer moms aren't you, you seen shows like The Flintstones, The Simpsons and Family Guy
>>154187055No, fag
