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    Ranking every season and incarnation of "Super Friends"

    This month, marks 40 years since the final season of Super Friends, dubbed The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, debuted on ABC. It was the culmination of a series that began all the way back in 1973.
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    Laziness is the untold reason for the death of Saturday morning cartoons.

    I've been meaning to share this ever since I came across it on YouTube. It's from the October 21, 1995 edition of Entertainment Tonight. It was a segment that looked into the initial Children's Television Act of 1990 and how it was doing in terms of making children's television more educational.
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    Favorite female DC Comics TV superhero

    I know that there have been others but these are what I would personally consider to be the "big three" in terms of significance, importance, and/or recognition. Yvonne Craig as Batgirl Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman Melissa Benoist as Supergirl This can be broken down into three...
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    Does Trevor Noah's exit signal Comedy Central's downfall?

    Comedy Central at this point in time, is pretty much little more than the South Park-The Office-The Daily Show channel. With that being said, this article has said that Comedy Central in recent times, seems to be more interested in managing for margins than having a clear vision for the...
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    Who has been the best chief executive of the CW television network

    Given that the long-term future for The CW is currently up in the air in light of its pending sale, I wanted to talk about the network's ups and downs. This particular discussion will include its forerunning networks, UPN and The WB. Now whether or not they're technically, the exact same...
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    Who has been Nickelodeon's best president thus far

    There have officially been five Presidents of Nickelodeon since its national launch on April 1, 1979: Cy Schneider (1980–1984) Geraldine Laybourne (1984-1996) Herb Scannell (1996-2006) Cyma Zarghami (2006-2018) Brian Robbins (2018-present) And if you want to be technical, then Dr. Vivian...
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    WarnerMedia sold to Discovery Networks, renamed Warner Bros. Discovery

    The fifth sentence in this paragraph perfectly sums up where basic television is likely heading in the foreseeable future. Basic cable is becoming emptier and emptier as a home to scripted shows SOURCE: DEFECTOR "It’s obvious that streamers like Netflix, and Amazon, and Apple are making new...
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    Best president of Disney Channel

    Picking up from my previous thread that asked about the best head of programming over at Cartoon Network, this is likewise, asking the same question for Disney Channel. It just occurred to me that a exactly a year from now will officially mark 40 years since Disney Channel officially launched...
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    Cartoon Network's best president

    The question is quite simple, who do you honestly feel, did the best job at steering the ship at Cartoon Network over the 30 years that it has been on the air. Betty Cohen (1992–2001) Jim Samples (2001–2007) Stuart Snyder (2007–2014) Christina Miller (2014–2019) Michael Ouweleen (2019–2020)...
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    Study: Kids' TV viewership on broadcast and cable TV suffers a steep decline

    The article mentions the proliferation of streaming services as one of the causes. SOURCE: INDIEWIRE Time spent viewing kids’ programming on linear television collapsed by a massive 53% from 2019 to 2021, MoffettNathanson says it found in its “State of Linear Viewing (2021)" report. Cartoon...
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    Why did Nickelodeon cancel show many live-action shows in 2002?

    According to TV Tropes, it was the "SNICK Purge". In less than five months of each other, at least four shows: 100 Deeds For Eddie Mcdowd, Caitlin's Way, Taina, and The Amanda Show abruptly ended. To add insult to injury, The Brothers Garcia was placed on a year-long hiatus in between its...
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    ‘Clarissa Explains It All’ Reboot Has “Fizzled”, Melissa Joan Hart Says

    https://deadline.com/2022/03/melissa-joan-hart-says-clarissa-explains-it-all-reboot-at-nickelodeon-has-fizzled-report-1234976763/ She said that when Nickelodeon got a new president (presumably, Brian Robbins), the decision was soon made to can it. This was about a year after the contracts were...
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    Miranda Cosgrove and Rob Gronkowski to co-host Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards

    https://www.nexttv.com/news/miranda-cosgrove-rob-gronkowski-to-host-nicks-kids-choice-awards This will be the third year in a row that a Nick alumnus will host the KCAs, following Kenan Thompson from last year and Victoria Justice in the Covid-affected KCAs from 2020. This will in all...
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    Nickelodeon Cancellation/Renewal Thread

    Likewise, is the All That reboot officially canceled? I recently read on Reddit that on January 7, 2021, it had been announced that there would've been a 12th season. But over a year and a half later, said 12th season hasn't been produced, filmed, or aired. For what it's worth, Wikipedia states...
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    Did government regulations in the 1990s ultimately cripple the cable television industry

    I hope that this doesn't come across as being too political but I'm directing this to when the Telecommunications Act of 1996 was signed, all these cable networks (and many independent radio stations) got quickly bought out by major corporations and became shadows of their former selves...

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