Kids Networks Ratings Decrease

only 31? That made me lol

edited 27th Oct '14 4:01:20 PM by teddy

This is an on-going problem and it really stresses me out internally. I just hope animation continues to be popular in some way.

Baby Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964. The oldest of them are 67/68 and the youngest are only 50. They still have plenty of time left. Plus, there are a LOT of them. They're called Baby Boomers for a reason. Due to sheer numbers alone, they deserve to have a voice when it comes to media. There's nothing wrong with adapting to up and coming generations, but not at the expense of everyone else. It's not only older viewers. Not everybody can afford other methods of watching TV.

Hey, to some people, I'm positively infantile. That's how I feel about people born in the 90s and beyond. Even as they become adults, I still see them as kids. It will happen to you, just wait.

They've already had a stranglehold on the world for decades. They made themselves big in the public eye in the '60s and '70s. By the '80s, they started to be in control of the world, and they still are today.

Let me quote a song from that generation to aptly describe how I feel here:
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

edited 30th Oct '14 10:41:23 AM by Odd1

A lot of younger people, including myself, still prefer traditional TV formats.

The thing is, many of these networks DO get viewers. Just not the viewers they want. Even when older people flock to certain networks and shows in huge numbers, it doesn't matter. The 18-49 demographic is the hot ticket and as a result, shows with respectable ratings have gotten canned because they skewed older. That saddens me.

As I said before, poorer people are also affected. They can't afford other means of watching TV.

edited 30th Oct '14 12:43:24 PM by redhed311

Maybe ratings wouldn't decline if networks weren't so keen on screwing over shows that are different from the norm of lol i so random comedies.

Why don't all the people working in networks move more toward the new media!? ... I mean... they're already doing that... but they still insist on making the big bucks through TV! Why!? Is it hard to redirect their business!?

Because people still like TV.

This. Pretty much. People need to learn to adapt to where the good stuff is right now. That, and accept that only one type of cartoon isn't enough to propel you to victory. Not anymore.

You can't force the general public to adapt, not by a long shot except under the bluest of moons. You can, however, succeed better by going with what the public wants to a degree.

I still don't get why TV is as popular as it is now, since there hardly seems to be anything worth watching (like, IMO, nearly every single live action show)

...said people in every generation since TV became available to the masses.

Most people I know go on Netflix. Much faster if you ask me.

My family (aside from my younger siblings) only watch TV for dumb ads like Old Spice or Progressive, and sports games. -_-

edited 10th Nov '14 7:02:08 AM by teddy

Not everything is on Netflix, mang.

Around here (and I'm guessing in most of the Third World) Netflix is a relative rarity few have access to. But them yanks tend to forget there's a world with their own needs under the border.

Americans caring about people other than themselves? Boy, wouldn't that be a novel concept!

edited 10th Nov '14 7:11:20 AM by Odd1

If it weren't for Toonami, I'd ditch cable. Toonami is the only thing on TV that I find worth watching along with the occasional CN cartoon like Over The Garden Wall, that I can't really find a legal way to watch otherwise.

edited 10th Nov '14 7:31:11 AM by kyun

I actually find it hard for me to use streaming services.I don't know why,but I just can't binge watch stuff like others can on things like Netflix.Why is that?

Either you don't have time, or binging is what magazines and news reports are saying is "in" now and we don't like the idea of obeying whatever the media tells us.

I have plenty of time watch stuff and it has nothing to do with media's influence.

Watching stuff on TV live is easier for me.

I usually use the internet to watch my cartoons nowadays. last time I actually watched my TV was The Simpsons Guy (The Simpsons/Family Guy crossover), maybe I'll see if Simpsorama (The Simpsons/Futurama crossover) is on my DVR. I guess it's just easier for me to not have to leave my room to watch shows. Plus a lot of the shows I watch online are cancelled, and most likely don't have DVD releases.

Work and classes kind of cut into my media consumption time.

I've also found myself using Netflix and the Internet a lot. Normal TV just gives you a lot of ads.

Because there are no ads on the internet. None at a—hey, why am I being redirected to a Google Play Store page here?!??

Sa-wishhhhhhh.