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Several things about Nickelodeon's Network Decay bug me, but nothing quite like
their treatment of their own game shows. First, they give out parts of the set
from Legends of the Hidden Temple and Double Dare as prizes on Figure it Out,
then they shove it all off to Nick GAS, which eventually trickled down to only
showing a scant handful of the myriad game shows they've developed, and then
they decide to scrap it and turn it into some stupid network called The N. The
hell?
Wait, what? As far as I know, The N is completely unrelated to Nickelodeon and
was actually created by the decaying of an equally unrelated network devoted to
edutainment shows that are actually entertaining. One of us is obviously
thinking of something else.
The N was originally part of Noggin, a children's network owned by Viacom (which
also owns Nickelodeon). Viacom made the decision to give The N its own channel,
as opposed to sharing one with Noggin, so they shut down Nick Gas and gave it to
them. The N immediately went into Network Decay, having all of its original
programming cancelled and is now being remade to attract the "tween"
demographic, as opposed to the teen and young adult audience it focused on
before.
The N had actually begun this years before, when it canceled "Radio Free Roscoe"
and "O'Grady", its only original comedies, and replaced them with "South of
Nowhere", "Instant Star" and other Degrassi-esque soaps. Then they canceled
those and replaced them with reality shows and...nothing, really. The network
now runs 24/7 but actually runs less programming then it used to do with half
the air-time; if you catch an episode of something other than Degrassi or Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air count yourself lucky.
Doesn't Nickelodeon target the... (deep, exasperated sigh) "tween" demographic
anyway?
Originally, it was more of a family channel with an emphasis on the "tween" and
preteen demographic; the early morning slots were taken up for the preschoolers,
the daily blocks were taken up for the tweens, the late afternoons and evenings
(especially during the weekends) were for the older teens, while the nighttime
was for the adults. It wasn't until around the turn of the millennium that that
demographic narrowed to the tweens, and virtually all of their old content was
scrapped; they tried to salvage them by shunting them off to their own channels,
but those eventually died or mutated into carbon copies of the "MTV for kids"
feel of the new Nick. They didn't even bother to open up the time capsule they
had created for the new millennium, like they said they would. Now that is sad.
But Nickelodeon's "tween" shows are better than Disney's "tween" shows. Why? In
Neds Declassified School Survival Guide, there's an episode where Moze grows to
giant size. I'd like to see THAT happening in Hannah Montana.
Oh, and The N and Nickelodeon did have one solid connection besides corporate
ownership: The Adventures of Pete & Pete, which was rerun on The N in 2003. Oh,
and they also ran Sabrina the Teenage Witch reruns at the same time Nickelodeon
was doing the same (which was odd since Nick doesn't make it a hobby of airing
old Disney sitcoms during the day).
When Nickelodeon took over Camp Snoopy at Mall of America, they rethemed the
Screaming Yellow Eagle ride to Danny Phantom while leaving the Ghost Blasters
ride untouched, even though that'd make the most sense to retheme...
This troper is at least glad that it was still Camp Snoopy during his younger
days, and will forever mourn it's death.
It bugs me that Aang, Katara, Sokka and Toph NEVER show up in those Nicktoons
Unite! crossover videogames.
It bugs me that Nickelodeon showed School of Rock, an independent movie aimed at
adults.
While that made no sense, the fact that it played on Cartoon Network as well is
more baffling to this troper.
Obviously, if it has kids in it, it's for kids. What Do You Mean Its Not For
Kids?
It bugs me that inane crap like The Fairly OddParents and El Tigre are on the
air while good, funny shows like Angry Beavers, Rockos Modern Life and Aaaah!
Real Monsters get taken off the air.
I would agree with you, but it seems that you're praising the shows you watched
as a kid and bash the ones today. Nostalgia's not a healthy thing, my friend.
Wait, what? I hate to butt in, but what's wrong with nostalgia?
Nothing, but you shouldn't assume everything sucks today (This troper likes FOP
as well as the ones you mentioned). The thing is that sometimes shows that suck
get good ratings (re: Rocket Power) or shows are cancelled after one season
either just to make room, or because it's too quirky (re: Invader Zim,
aforementioned). Blame Executive Meddling and table it.
Because all of those shows you mentioned are have ended years ago.
That's no excuse for not showing them in reruns. Also, the fact that those shows
"ended years ago" while the Faggy Odd Parents has been going on since 2003 bugs
me.
Faggy Odd Parents? What are you, 12?
It makes more sense to play a show that still makes new episodes (Fairly Odd
Parents)than one that hasn't had a new episode in dang near a decade (Angry
Beavers).
For that matter, it bugs me that Nickelodeon does care about
Disney/Pixar/whoever stealing the premise of Real Monsters to make Monsters,
INC., or Fairly Oddparents showing up on Jetix and the Disney Channel.
Well, technically, Oddparents is being shown on Jetix in another country where
it's not a Nicktoon.
It bugs me that Spongebob Squarepants takes up so much airtime when they could
be running other shows in those spots. Don't those people running the network
that kids are gonna get tired of Spongebob if they keep shoving him down their
throats like that?!
Do you have kids? Some could watch the same episode all day.
I'm 14, and I can remember when I watched Spongebob (before I noticed the Ho
Yay). I can only watch an episode 3 times before I puke at the sight of it.
Still, I was a special child. Anyways, to answer the original question,
Spongebob is Nickelodeon's Cash Cow Franchise, so they'll keep showing it as
much as possible because they think it will raise ratings. It'll probably stop
once people realize that Spongebob's Ruined Forever
It bugs me that Nickelodeon doesn't show any of the good animated or live action
shows anymore, and WON'T RELEASE THEM ON DVD. (Although there are a few DVDs of
them out now, so progress is being made.)
now,for scale issues. if nicktoons are tiny, why is dora the size of a normal
human in the george lopez ad?
Even though I like the newer Nicktoons, it bugs me to no end how too many shows
have been taken off the air, and how many of them are not on DVD, while the ones
thar are cost a lot of money, especially since I could just watch them for
(relatively) free on TV or online. And I find that the the recent "pandering to
tweens" thing is annoying (even though I'm past the age where watching cartoons
is acceptable). Heck, let's just say I have a deep dislike of TV stations and
leave it at that.
You too? I realized that the networks [[strikeout:are]] have been decaying since
CN Real was created. But...I digress
Five words: Pete & Pete Season Three. Those blowholes at Nickelodeon can bite my
neck hair.