Do kids really prefer cartoons about kids?

I'm not so sure about that. Your comments state that the reason today's cartoons lack variety is because of executives decisions, and the only evidence you provide is one specific case that we don't even know both sides of the story yet. That's... quite the generalization.

Sure, there's an executive decision behind every approval, but we don't even know what's going on behind the scenes on the networks. It's possible that the rejected shows really suck, or that no one is pitching shows like the one you suggest.

Look, you're clearly entitled to your opinion, but there's really no substantial evidence for you to make such a claim.
 
Dude, I wasn't blaming anyone for doing anything. Just stating how TV execs seem to think regarding children's programming. I wasn't pointing the finger of blame, merely making an observation.



Again, I never said that there was anything wrong with it. Honestly, I don't see how you could have interpreted my words as a complaint against the industry. Your preaching to the choir, my friend. I have some gripes with the industry, but the treatment of adult characters on Kid Vid TV isn't one if them (well, maybe the whole lack of gender balance thing, but nothing apart from that).
 
I wasn't blaming anyone or anything for the current trend. Heck, I wasn't even complaining about it. Just stating things as I see them.

The trend of child or magical creature protagonists doesn't bother me a bit. (I personally don't much care for anthropomorphic animal shows when the characters are so anthropomorphised that they're no longer animals, but now we are getting into personal tastes...) In fact, 9 times out of 10 I'd rather watch "kids' shows" like Chowder and Johnny Test than shows like Assy McGee and Minoriteam which supposedly pass for "adult entertainment".
 
When I was a child, I preferred adult heroes simply because they had cars. And guns. I always thought child heroes were stupid. Although Ghost Writer was my favorite show when I was 9, around 10 or 11 I started getting into reruns of Hawaii Five-O, Streets of San Fransisco, The Untouchables, Perry Mason, The Fugitive, Gunsmoke and other "adult" shows for their realism.

This carried over into my cartoon tastes, thus Batman, Superman and Gargoyles were MAJOR favorites of mine because they maintained the same realistic feel that the aforementioned adult shows had. I liked Digimon, but my favorite parts were the parts on Earth that had adults (especially in season 3). On Transformers, I liked the adult Spike of the later episodes better than the young Spike. Static Shock was something I tolerated, mainly for its BTAS crossovers.

Part of why I like GI Joe, despite its overall absurdity, is that it had fleeting moments of military realism and strong adult characters like Flint and Lady Jaye. Plus, since the military is usually portrayed as villain/obstacle/weak cannon fodder in cartoons, it was cool to see them taking down supervillains without help from civilian vigilantes. Even if they did use laser guns and weather dominators.
 
Sorry, I was actually talking mainly to Silverstar.

And Silverstar, sorry, I really didn't mean to sound like I was hammering your post so much. If I'd known that I'd have to explain my reply in quite such meticulous detail to Antiyonder afterwords I probably wouldn't have replied in the first place
 
The Powerpuff Girls and Ed, Edd, 'n Eddy aired way before Sheep in the Big City and Time Squad, so they were never 'swept away' by those shows. Also those shows came and gone way before Ben 10 and Fosters Home aired.



Kim Possible being young was most likely a creative decision, plus the other shows on Disney Channel (both live action and animated) have kids/teens as the main characters.

The Teen Titans and Legion of Superheroes animated series are based on comic books, so I doubt they were greatly influence as far as the characters' ages are concerned.
 
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