Space Ghost is something of a tipping point. Did Space Ghost ITSELF damage the brand? I'm very much inclined to say no. However, it set a paradigm shift for Turner/CN/Williams Street to think "Gee, if we got this kind of reaction from THIS series, we can do other things similar!". If they made Space Ghost C2C and stopped there, I think theres no harm and no foul. Since they didn't stop there, I really have to sit back and admit that it was the starting of the downward spiral. It was essentially the map for how to hurt your brand.
I think the series did a lot of good, but it started a bad enough trend it kind of equalizes itself in the universe >.<
Yea, IGN's list gave too much credit to [as]. Thats the trend with the culture that stems from IGN though. A lot of their thinking is very short sighted. I really tend to think then and even now, they rarely ever think how something affects the brand it's representing.
Like most areas of the US media, IGN has a 3 month memory and I think that shines through in their list.
All three along with Family are easily top 20 worthy. If for no other reason, they have been extremely culturally relevant for a multitude of reasons. I was never a huge Simpsons fan, but I do have to admit its probably fair for it to really, truly be in the top 10 because of its significance. IGN and Wizards were both pretty fair in making it #1 for those reasons.
Venture Brothers is just a super fun show. Even though its a total parody of Johnny Quest, I tend to believe that this series hasn't done a lot to damage that brand, but it has probably created a condition where if we ever have another Johnny Quest, its *REALLY* going to need to step up its game. The tend to think the various pot shots that Venture Brothers took at Johnny Quest are long since forgotten.
I'd really say that at this point in this list, theres no reason we shouldn't expect to see Venture Brothers.
