The death of cartoons on broadcast TV

There may be more housewives than children, but there are more people in general than housewives or children combined and that's part of the decline. Every show (cartoon or live action) has to be targeted to a specific audience, though in my mind you'd get more ratings and profit by aiming at everyone rather than being exclusive to your favorite age group/gender.

As in make more shows for all age groups and genders.
 
Problem is, most advertisers are only interested in certain demographics. The Ford company, for example, probably doesn't care squat whether young children or the elderly see their commercials.
 
Once Kids WB Goes, there wont be anything good on Saturday Mornings anymore. Saturday Mornings in general just haven't been the same for what i grew up watching. Lucky allot of what i use to watch is on DVD and i get to watch it when i want, although i like to watch it on Saturday mornings just so i get the same feeling i got when i first watched them. Even though we have Cartoon Network and Nick, they dont even air good cartoons as well. Its ashame that its resort to this but looks like my new love has to go for Adult Swim at nights now.
 
To prove my point on how target a specific crowd can help instead of hurt, let's take a look at the former Fox Kids.

One of the reasons I believed they started declining in ratings was aside from Power Rangers/Galidor, they catered more towards anime/Pokemon fans. Not that their line up was horrible, but again too much of one thing even if it's good can spell trouble.

Take a look at Fox Kids during the early to mid 90s, they had shows that varied in feel:
Live action shows: Power Rangers and Eerie Indiana

Comic book shows: Batman The Animated Series, X-Men, Spider-Man and Silver Surfer and The Tick.

Shows with Looney Tune characters or characters with Looney Tune styled humor: Tazmania, Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs.

Shows with no existing source material: Bobby's World

Shows based on movie: Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes and Casper (yes he's a comic character, but the show is more in tune with the movie.

Anyway, my point was you had a little of something for everyone, or at least there was the attempt.


Now, if cartoons (outside action toons) would explore other setting aside from the schoolyard/neighborhood, then they'd start gaining more interest from viewers.

I mean when you don't take full advantage of a medium then of course it will fall behind the competition. Video games, however, do quite the opposite.
 
Honestly, these network dittoheads don't give a flying f&*&%^ abbout quality. They're just someone's son or something that fell into the job, and doesn't want to have to pay money for effort.

We are forgetting the essential. It takes money to make money. But we're getting an entire generation of business owners (not just network execs) who had everything handed to them when they were younger, and don't know the meaning of the word competition. They just coast by on their butts and expect to make profits that they wouldn't make if they were actually doing something. And when they don't they sell the company, fire half the workforce and run home to their quaint little beach houses with people without greencards for their butlers and maids.

Why are cartoons in general dying? These jerks. Making a cartoon means you have to deal with people. And yes, it may cost money. By not remaining competitive, you're doing a disservice. look at the crap that went down with Kid's WB. They ARE competitive and they gave up. They ARE making money, and they gave up. It's all about take the money and run.
 
Can you prove this? Do you know any of these network executives personally? Have you inspected their credentials, or lack thereof as you purport, by hand? Did you personally witness them "falling into the job"?
 
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