Cartoons easy way for children to relate

I think there are several reasons that children’s television programming is the third most popular gender in the global market. It is thought of as family friendly, it is cheap for the producer and the consumer, and children’s television is though of as a “universal language.” Children’s TV is a medium that is easy to relate to and people tend to relate moments of their according their favorite shows at that particular time. I think of shows like Doug, Rugrats, and Hey Arnold. Since parents can remember the shows they grew up with, they want their children to have the same experience and push them toward children’s programming. Most children’s shows are thought to be family friendly, something that everyone can watch together. Also, it is cheap to produce and to consume. Most cartoons have the same themes that just get repeated and told in different ways. Some are educational themes and others aren’t, but the themes seem to stay along the same lines. This is true from season to season of a children’s series as well as from show to show. This makes it easy to show reruns as well because children are willing to sit and watch multiple reruns of the same shows and never get bored with them. Therefore the companies producing these shows don’t have to come up with brand new scenarios and can reuse old episodes and still profit from them. Lastly, it is a universal language. Children are children no matter where they are in the world and they all have similar interests, especially in television shows. Nickelodeon broadcasts shows across the world because kids like the same TV shows. If families all across the world can relate through the same children shows, this is probably why children’s TV programming is the third most popular gender in the global market. Children and Television