From Cartoon Network to Nickelodeon

[Leonardo322]

When I was growing up, Cartoon Network was the best. There was Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, the Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd, N' Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Cartoon Planet, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and anime every weekday. I could never get into Nickelodeon stuff when I was a kid, except for Kablam! The exclamation point is in the title, LOL. Now as an adult I am watching the opposite, in that Cartoon Network is just meh......... and Nickelodeon has Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and SpongeBob SquarePants. Nick is where it is at if you want a good cartoon. That Uncle Grandpa show on Cartoon Network is funny, but its so random and like internet memes have been turned into a cartoon.

[TurtleTitan97]

That's debatable, honestly. Outside on Turtles Nick doesn't really have that many good shows at the moment, imo.

[Spike Spiegel]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

That's debatable, honestly. Outside on Turtles Nick doesn't really have that many good shows at the moment, imo.

Agreed.

I actually think that streaming is taking the place of cable overall--at least among younger demographics. There's a lot more choice in consumable media nowadays.

[ZariusTwo]

Don't really bother much with most kids channel, a combination of outgrowing certain types of humor, or finding better stabs at humor on the internet. I do stick by Disney a bit for Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls, and Wander Over Yonder

[turtlefanforever]

don't agree. The golden age of cartoons is dead. Once every decade we might get a good one but yeah the rest is just filled with crap.

I remember on cartoon network .com back in the day there was this game where you could run around as a character of one of the old cartoons and there was missions and stuff. all the cartoons were In it. it was soo cool I can't remember the name of it

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

I remember on cartoon network .com back in the day there was this game where you could run around as a character of one of the old cartoons and there was missions and stuff. all the cartoons were In it. it was soo cool I can't remember the name of it

Are you refering to FusionFall?

[Leo656]

I like Adult Swim, so nah. I've seen it all a million times, but TV is usually just background noise anyway. And I prefer my background noise to have a lot of d*ck jokes and racially insensitive humor.

[BabyTurtles]

I think Cartoon Network is doing much better

I mean CN has: Steven Universe, Amazing world of Gumball, Regular Show, Adventure Time (though it's a little lacking lately)

I think all of these shows are fun to watch~

Nick has.....TMNT....and...SpongeBob? Is that it?

[Cure]

Cartoon Network has better joints now than ever. I remember when their best cartoons were things like Chowder and Flapjack. Gross.

[Creativemind]

Originally Posted by Leonardo322

When I was growing up, Cartoon Network was the best. There was Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, the Powerpuff Girls, Ed, Edd, N' Eddy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Cartoon Planet, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and anime every weekday. I could never get into Nickelodeon stuff when I was a kid, except for Kablam! The exclamation point is in the title, LOL. Now as an adult I am watching the opposite, in that Cartoon Network is just meh......... and Nickelodeon has Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and SpongeBob SquarePants. Nick is where it is at if you want a good cartoon. That Uncle Grandpa show on Cartoon Network is funny, but its so random and like internet memes have been turned into a cartoon.

When I was a kid I was all about Nick. Though when I was watching it they had Ren and stimpy, Doug, Rocko's Modern Life and Aaaah Real Monsters. When things like Courage and Powerpuff girls came around I was almost in High school and became mor interested in Anime like Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. I liked Ed, Ed, N' Eddy though but couldn't stand others like Codename Kids Next Door. As for modern cartoon network I will say I enjoy Adventure Time. It speaks to the D&D side of my nerdom.

[CyberCubed]

Nick only ever had TMNT and Avatar/Korra when they were on.

[ssjup81]

I grew up with 80s Nickelodeon and 90s, but started to stop regularly watching maybe in the late 90s.

IMO, old Nickelodeon had more variety in programming and didn't have like one show dominating the entire network. *coughs*Spongebob*coughs*. Although, You Can't Do That on Television and Pinwheel were shown a lot...

Never mind. The network just felt more balanced and in the 80s, they showed imported programs/toons from Canada, Japan, and the UK.

As for Cartoon Network...I'm a little biased. I haven't watched the station regularly for maybe over 10 years now. I guess I preferred the network in its early days. Pretty much the programs that used to air on the USA Cartoon Express (some of them), which lasted from the 80s into the mid-90s, seemed to make its way to CN. I just prefer the older stuff I guess.

[Leo656]

I used to love Pinwheel and You Can't Do That On Television. Those two, along with The Monkees and Today's Special, were the first shows I ever watched religiously.

[Creativemind]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

I grew up with 80s Nickelodeon and 90s, but started to stop regularly watching maybe in the late 90s.

IMO, old Nickelodeon had more variety in programming and didn't have like one show dominating the entire network. *coughs*Spongebob*coughs*. Although, You Can't Do That on Television and Pinwheel were shown a lot...

Never mind. The network just felt more balanced and in the 80s, they showed imported programs/toons from Canada, Japan, and the UK.

As for Cartoon Network...I'm a little biased. I haven't watched the station regularly for maybe over 10 years now. I guess I preferred the network in its early days. Pretty much the programs that used to air on the USA Cartoon Express (some of them), which lasted from the 80s into the mid-90s, seemed to make its way to CN. I just prefer the older stuff I guess.

Yeah, same here. They had great non cartoon shows too in t he early 90s like Salute Your Shirts and The Adventures of Pete and Pete.

[turtlefanforever]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

Are you refering to FusionFall?

I'm not 3 years old. it came long before fusionfall

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by turtlefanforever

I'm not 3 years old. it came long before fusionfall

No need to get snarky, man. I was just checking.

I think I know the game you're referring to, but the name has long since faded away from my memory as well.

[BubblyShell22]

I used to watch CN for Powerpuff Girls and sometimes Dexter's Lab. I also watched Code Lyoko on there, too. Never really watched Nick that much, and even now only watch that for TMNT. Nowadays, I don't watch CN anymore. Used to watch Teen Titans Go! but now I just don't feel like it anymore.

[Powder]

They both had gems back in the day, I loved them equally. Now, I think they both still have some quality programming, but given it's not made for me, I can't appreciate the bulk of it. Obviously I think my generation's stuff was better in ever way, but that's my personal bias speaking. The only modern output of theirs I get down with is Adventure Time & TMNT respectively, but I've watched a few episodes of most of their curren series' & it was all watchable (well, Uncle Grandpa... Dunno about that one). The Rabbids show used to come on after turtles & I'd sometimes watch it, that ish is pretty funny.

[oldmanwinters]

I'm pleasantly surprised that kids today actually relate to Adventure Time & (especially) Regular Show since it seems like there's so much "We grew up in the 80s and look we're making references" in those shows.

[Leonardo322]

I like that Regular Show references cassette tapes and laser disk movies. That is such a nice nod to the past.