Assuming you’re the same guy who is always posting questions about Nick Jr and Playhouse Disney, I’m honestly shocked you have no idea about the network mandates that required a certain amount of educational content.
Even barring that, the preschool market is incredibly profitable, just look at how much Blue’s Clues, Sesame Street, and Paw Patrol merchandise that companies have been able to churn out and sell. You can’t do that as easily with properties for older kids. In a way it’s predatory, getting a very young kid overly attached to a character or a cartoon in their earliest stages of development so it’s forever a part of their upbringing.

>>155143870
I mean, I love Nick Jr and Playhouse Disney, I just wonder why Nick Jr and Playhouse Disney started in the first place. Nick Jr started in 1988 when Sesame Street and Mister Rogers were the only ones constantly branded as "preschool" shows.

Also, I don't get why SpongeBob and Fairly OddParents never aired on Nick Jr. back in the 2000s. Roughly 40% of SpongeBob's kid audience were 2-5 year olds according to a 2011 article and Fairly OddParents is a fun show that toddlers could enjoy, but they never ever aired them on a preschool block.

>>155143870
I'd say Nick had a lot of shows that could be considered educational. SpongeBob had lessons, Fairly OddParents was about morality tales with the whole "be careful what you wish for" stuff, Hey Arnold had Arnold helping others out, Wild Thornberrys was about ecology and helping animals and ecosystems, Jimmy Neutron had Jimmy figuring out ways to fix the problems he started, etc. When it came to later nicktoons, Harvey Beaks was about empathy and helping others. I never saw Harvey, but that's what i've heard.

>>155143870
I don't consider SpongeBob a show for older kids. It's a kids show. A kids show is one that's for both toddlers and elementary school kids. And SpongeBob has done incredibly well, even though one could say it could've aired on both Nick Jr and Nick.

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't have even needed to change anything about any of the Nickelodeon shows to fit them onto a preschool channel. There was the Nick Jr 24/7 channel and considering that channel aired shows like Little Bear and Franklin (ones that had long stopped airing on the Nick Jr block by the time Noggin rebranded into Nick Jr in late 2009, yet Nick Jr continued rerunning them), they could've aired some of the 90s Nicktoons on Nick Jr as well as current (at the time) ones like SpongeBob (which is still current) and Back at the Barnyard.

>>155143870
Cartoon Network never had an educational mandate. Pretty sure this doesn't apply to cable networks which Nick and Disney Channel are. Besides, shows like all the Disney Channel sitcoms were educational shows you could say with characters learning lessons.

So they can point at them and say "See, we're educational! Be impressed!"

Because they make metric assloads of money. 30% of all plastic on earth is probably Paw Patrol and Bluey toys.

>>155144148
>Hey Arnold
>Doug
>Rugrats
>Legends of the Hidden Temple
>Pete and Pete
>Clarissa Explains It All
>Salute Your Shorts
>Alex Mack
>Double Dare
>Hey Dude
Even back in the 80s to mid 90s, they had plenty of shows that could be considered educational.

>>155144169
I'm talking why Nickelodeon even started this in the first place. Even before Nick Jr, they decided to have stuff like Pinwheel and the canadian import, Today's Special. This was when Sesame Street and Mister Rogers were the only "preschool shows" in town.

>>155143831
what is the capital of france

>>155144137
Cartoon Network had Captain Planet

>>155143959
"kid shows" are shows that are mostly intended to be appealing to kids. everybody can enjoy spongebob, but you're not going to find many adults who regularly watch blues clues.

>>155145322
Okay, so then why was Little Bear a Nick Jr show? What exactly made Little Bear a preschool show and not Hey Arnold? Both had lessons. Heck, Hey Arnold in a way one could say had more lessons than Little Bear since Little Bear didn't really focus on conflicts too often. I love Little Bear, I'm jus saying it wasn't really a show teaching about morality lessons or anything. It was a nice, pleasant little show.

>>155143831
Content for ages 1-3 are more tailored for helping language development, normal shows are watchable but not educational.

>>155145352
I dunno, little bear was a licensed canadian show, it wasn't a nick original like most of the other nick jr shows

>>155144986
oh oui oui oui, it is paris

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>>155143870
>getting a very young kid overly attached to a character or a cartoon in their earliest stages of development so it’s forever a part of their upbringing.

Just like Nintendo