4kids is taking control of Kids WB

KT Kore

Sucks to be a kid these days as far as good television entertainment goes. All the kids' programming is dying. You gotta have cable now to see anything good. It all started when Fox Kids cut off their weekday programming, and it all began to snowball after that.

John Gibson

When I was a kid, FOX and WB (known to me as channel 5, and 11) were the best stations to find cartoons after school. Channel 11 (WB, now CW) showed "The Disney Afternoon". In the beginning, they had

Gummi Bears
Duck Tales
Chip n Dale's Rescue Rangers
Tail Spin

I got really excited when Darkwing Duck was coming on. They were advertising that for weeks, and made a promo like each week. So each time a new show came on, they had to get rid of the first show, which was Gummi Bears. I think they put on Bonkers and something else. By then, I lost interest. They took Duck Tales away from me.

Channel 5 still had Real Ghostbusters, and I think that was it. HAHA

KT Kore

The Disney Afternoon was the best. That was on channel 9 for me. This channel also had a club called the KCAL Kids Club which I was a part of. Everyday during the Disney Afternoon they'd show a number and if that number was on your club card, you'd win a prize. I never won anything though, lol.

Rescue Rangers, Tail Spin and Darkwing Duck were my favorites on that block. What great shows (what a great theme song DD had!). Like you, I lost interest by the time they put Bonkers on. But I did watch Gargoyles from time to time which was an awesome show.

After The Disney Afternoon went off, The A-Team came on. Good times.

John Gibson

The A-Team? You lucky bastard! I watched a few episodes of Gargoyles. Was good to hear Jonathan Frakes (AKA William Riker on Star Trek: TNG) do some voiceover stuff.

launchpad25

Here's the sad part. The only reason why 'kids programing' still exists at all has to do with the inrtusive E/I requirement that stations have to have just so they can keep their FCC licence. Ironically, had that requirement not been instated by Peggy Charren, and her ilk of 'media watchdog' groups, the broadcast stations would've dumped 'kids programing' 10 years ago.

Even more depressing is that local stations would rather show infomercials, and news reports because they make more money off of that crap. Also ironic is that these same stations whine, and complain that more people are ditching them in favor of cable since it's (more, or less) the last great place for 'nitch' programing.

Here's a hint. Some of us don't like infomercials, and newscasts, and 'kids programing' dosen't have to be dumbed down, or government approved to be entertaining. Ronald Ragen was right when he said that government was the problem.