Should PBS take advantage of the situation?

I remember when PBS was airing the Redwall animated series. I caught it mere months before they started taking it off the air and I was thinking to myself, "Man this would have done so much better somewhere else." It was so a Cartoon i would have watched all the way though and never caught it because I skip past PBS channels

I realize Redwall was another 'loophole" but man I was surprised by it's content (I had not read the books by then) and still wish I have seen all of it.
 
I still watch Arthur, and I'm well past childhood. Heck, I'll even catch Cyberchase when it's on. And though I was already a teen by then, I watched Wishbone during it's heyday, too. So they have a lot of good stuff under their sleeves, and I don't think they need to focus on tweens right now - there's enough of that already.
 
What's even more amazing is that the show has been on for 12 years and is still going strong. Season 12 is coming soon and Season 13 is being worked on.
 
I disagree also. First of all, I've watched PBS, both educational cartoons and some of their specials later at night, every now and then. As for Arthur, I was watching it a few weeks or a couple of months ago and it was still pretty fun to watch. I think that I watched that show consistently up until either sixth grade or somewhere around middle school.

I also saw some of their episodes of Wishbone on Sunday mornings awhile ago and I still loved it. Of course, I'm a bookworm and a dog person to begin with so that would explain that a bit.



I've heard about that too. Now that is amazing that the show could go on that strong for so long.

As for the topic, I don't see the need for PBS to get a non-educational cartoon on their channel. For starters, most parents wouldn't be too happy with that change, especially if they give them some of their money. PBS is also trying to be, as its ad said, the safest place for children on television. I don't think that leaves room for other non-educational shows. Besides all of that, they seem pretty content with the content and focus of their shows that they have right now and I doubt that they're planning to change that anytime soon.
 
I'm surprised by all the Arthur defense. Then again, it's 2008. A show like that can survive these days. Back in the `90s when you had like 50 better cartoons I doubt most kids beyond kindergarden would care for it.
 
You'd have to explain why the show is unappealing to you, and considering that it lasted as long as it did, I don't think it can easily be dismissed as a cartoon that the kiddies get tired of.

As for my cent on the show, the only downer is that DW overdoes the annoying sister routine.
 
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