Tuesday, April 2, 2013

The Sad State Of Television

As it can be interpertated from my past posts, I'm a big fan of various forms of entertainment. Movies, cartoons, etc.  I'm a big lover of anything that has action, drama, and can tell a good story. But sadly, it's haard to find shows like that on television. At my home, there are three channels that I mainly watch most of the time: Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, and (sometimes) Disney Channels. All three of these networks have the same problem: Sitcoms and/or live action shows. And I'm not talking about shows like Seinfeld or Everybody Loves Raymond, because those are good. I'm talking about cheesy live action shows that seem to only appeal to little and tween girls. Shows that follow the same basic formula about some girl or guy who goes through some cheesy drama or stuff. I know it might be sounding like I'm complaining for nothing, but recently I've been noticing these types of shows popping up alot lately. I blame this mostly on Disney because they were the ones who started this back during the early 2000s, with shows like "Hannah Montana" and stuff like that. As time went on, there became less and less cartoons on Disney Channel and more and more tween sitcoms.  Nickelodeon soon started to do this as well, though they actually try to focus on both boys and girls. Cartoon Network has thankfully not many of these and still focus on what they do best: animation. It is sad to say that the tween sitcom craze is taking over so many channels that many kids, like myself, grew up watching. I've givin up on watch Disney long ago, and can only hope other of my favorite channels don't fall victim to this.

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