Talk:Seddie/@comment-3247345-20150607004948/@comment-24139638-20150607170936

@Cartoon: I do agree that it's not impossible for us to like a show whose target is far lower than our age range. I just think that if there's some sort of nostalgic element to the show, i.e. it's essentially a rip off of a show we grew up with, that we are less likely to be unbiased in our appraisal of it.

Also, if Ned's came out today, I can say with quite certainty that I wouldn't like it. I would have viewed it as too camp, to cartoonish, too over the top. That said, I'm in my 20's now and I simply don't watch children's television. Which, by the way, is nothing to do with quality and everything to do with the fact that I just don't have an interest in it. I can't relate to it. I graduated high school and middle school long enough ago at this point that shows about kids in those age ranges just don't appeal to me.

Granted, And I'm going to sound like a bit of a hypocrite here, I do think the hallmark of a truly good children's show is one that has cross generational appeal. If there was. Childrens show that really made me sit up and take notice now, when I have no interest in children's television, the. I think that'd be very telling.

Take shows like All That and iCarly for instance. I remember watching All that with my parents as a kid and it was a show that they enjoyed, not as much as me, but well enough. And by the time iCarly started, I was already borderline outside of the target audience, but I found it genuinely funny. It was a solid show.

As for what's happened to Nickelodeon and their inability to make shows like that anymore with cross generational appeal, well, that's anyone's guess really.