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ScottPilgrim2013 Why aren't you laughing? from Arkham Asylum Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Waiting for Prince Charming
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#276: May 28th 2015 at 2:59:59 AM

I've seen some kids interested in that Ninjago cartoon but that may have to do more with them loving legos.

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#277: May 28th 2015 at 9:27:18 AM

[up][up]I'm just going by what I've seen. Like, I've seen girls walking around wearing MLP shirts and such, so I'd assume they watch the show. It can't just be adult men who watch it.

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talov Since: Mar, 2014
#278: May 28th 2015 at 12:45:26 PM

Another thing, why does Nickelodeon feel the need to air Sponge Bob as many times as possible on a daily basis? I know that the show is popular and so that would justify them showing Sponge Bob two or three times a day but nine or ten airings daily?

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#279: May 28th 2015 at 1:21:24 PM

Money and ratings.

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#280: May 28th 2015 at 8:35:15 PM

[up][up] Because the network is really run by Mr. Krabs.

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#281: May 29th 2015 at 12:59:44 AM

Mr Krabs aint THAT greedy. LOOL.

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#282: May 29th 2015 at 5:44:45 AM

[up]Have you heard of/seen the episode where he wouldn't let Plankton have ONE customer? Or the episode where he basically harasses Spongebob for a penny? He has become that evil/greedy. Heck, even in the earlier seasons he sold Spongebob's soul to the Flying Dutchman for $1.62.

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#283: May 29th 2015 at 8:31:37 AM

Sponge Bob is a terrible show and I'll never understand why everyone in my generation worships it.

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#284: May 29th 2015 at 11:32:48 AM

It was a retorical statement. It was meant to imply that even if Mr Krabs is horrible Nick is EVEN WORSE. LOL. It wasnt meant to be answered.

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#285: May 29th 2015 at 12:46:39 PM

If you have to explain the joke...

eh, you know the rest.

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#286: May 29th 2015 at 1:15:51 PM

[up][up]I thought you were being serious.

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#287: May 29th 2015 at 3:23:14 PM

It had more to do with people being too literalminded and so on. But yeah, bad joke.

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#288: May 31st 2015 at 6:56:17 PM

I mean, I can't speak for PPB, but I'm pretty sure people got the joke, it just wasn't a very funny one.

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#289: Jun 1st 2015 at 12:18:01 AM

How do ya know? Its not like anyone else commented for that matter.

LOL

But yeah. Insanely lame joke. Im sorry.

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#290: Jun 1st 2015 at 6:09:19 AM

Back on topic:

Can anyone truly explain why Nick has to copy the big shots in an live-action nowadays instead of being original like with Harvey beaks and Loud house?

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#291: Jun 1st 2015 at 10:05:25 AM

Yeah, their execs can explain it.

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kyun Since: Dec, 2010
#292: Jun 1st 2015 at 10:06:11 AM

They have to copy their competition because that's how the TV business works today. No one can take risks because losing money is so much easier now.

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#293: Jun 1st 2015 at 10:07:21 AM

They have to copy their competition because that's how the entertainment business has always worked as long as it has existed.

Fixed that for you.

If the entertainment industry wasn't always like that, we wouldn't have crap like this:

edited 1st Jun '15 10:08:29 AM by Odd1

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bjuandy Since: Dec, 2014
#294: Jun 13th 2015 at 1:57:36 PM

[up][up][up][up]My best guess is that Nick is trying to recapture some of the 90's sitcom market, and chasing after Disney's success whose genesis goes back to Lizzie Mcguire and That's So Raven. That was what started Cartoon Network's slide away from cartoons and their foray into live action. Their model of using Youtube as a cheaper alternative for finding talent seems to be successful, given that they've done it with Fred, the Finebros, and the animators of Breadwinners.

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#295: Jun 18th 2015 at 6:44:23 PM

With all do respect, I don't see how Nick is trying to recapture that market. The show's on Nick from the 90s appealed to not just kids, tweens, and teens but to the whole family as well. Shows like Kenan & Kel, Alex Mack, Cousin Skeeter, All That, Wild Thornberrys, and Animorphs were funny and fresh.

In contrast to the shows on today's Nick that seem only to appeal ages 5-10 with the current lineup. And of course the daily spamming of Spongebob which has gone way too rampant lately. It's no wonder the network currently has ratings troubles.

edited 18th Jun '15 6:46:19 PM by talov

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#296: Jun 20th 2015 at 9:15:06 PM

Do you even watch the shows on Nick right now? How would you even know that if you don't?

And I'm sure people said the same thing about the shows you watched on Nick as a kid. Nostalgia goggles, they do nothing...except blind you.

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#297: Jun 20th 2015 at 9:44:57 PM

Do you? Cause the shows of now ain't too good. And I ain't just saying that with rose tinted glasses. I genuinely think that Nick has had problems for the last few years. And it doesn't seem like they're gonna change in the future. Nick has been in a slump for a while.

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#298: Jun 21st 2015 at 2:35:25 AM

[up][up] and [up] The only show I can bring myself to care about is Harvey Beaks, ATM - and not only is it getting treated like shit, but it ain't all that spectacular itself, either. Too bad this regime could use MORE and MORE shows just like it...

... If only Spongebob and FOP had been cancelled by now, we'd be seeing some REAL improvements across the board, IMHO.

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#300: Jun 21st 2015 at 4:57:10 AM

[up][up][up][up] People have been saying that for years.

I'm pretty certain you won't find anyone on this forum who says that Nickelodeon went down when the Nicktoons came in, but it used to be a pretty common opinion.

People would pretty much say: "Well, the first three or four Nicktoons were good, but everything after that sucked!"

edited 21st Jun '15 4:57:58 AM by Aldo930

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