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Whatever happened to Saturday morning Tv for kids/teens?

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Gooddaymatey · 29/06/2024 10:02

Just sat here and Dd watching CBeebies, looking at other channels it dawned on me-where are the kids/teens shows?
I grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons, then Going Live, Wacaday, Live & kicking (was that the name?) Gem (truly outrageous) then later on, Smtv. There was also music shows on C4 etc…looking now, it’s all cookery shows, what do the kids watch on Saturday mornings, if anything?

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MoonriseKingdom · 29/06/2024 10:16

My kids aged 7 and 9 tend to watch CBBC shows on the iPlayer app through our TV. There is a continuous cartoon stream on there as well. I don’t think they really get the concept of live TV which makes me feel old

fieldsofbutterflies · 29/06/2024 10:15

Gooddaymatey · 29/06/2024 10:14

Maybe it’s me, I can’t see Cbbc

It's on Freeview, channel 201.

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Gooddaymatey · 29/06/2024 10:14

Maybe it’s me, I can’t see Cbbc

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Gooddaymatey · 29/06/2024 10:13

@JurassicClark I can’t see Citv on either 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think it was better before

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MoonriseKingdom · 29/06/2024 10:13

Saturday mash up on CBBC is like the old school Going live type shows. But not on all year round. It usually has actors on from popular shows and musicians. They have silly gunge type games.

fieldsofbutterflies · 29/06/2024 10:13

There's CBBC and CBeebies type channels?

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Gooddaymatey · 29/06/2024 10:12

@Gelasring But where is Cbbc? I can’t see any kids shows/channels on normal tv, aside from
Cbeebies and Dd gets bored of that as she’s getting a little older now (almost 6)

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JurassicClark · 29/06/2024 10:12

Nobody watches “normal tv” anymore, if you mean main terrestrial channels at time of broadcast.

We all watched the same thing at the same time because we had no other option. Now there are a myriad of channels and streaming services they can access when they like.

CBeebies, CBBC, CITV plus an endless array of others.

Comedycook · 29/06/2024 10:12

My older children used to watch CBBC when they were sort of older primary age. The shoes weren't dissimilar to what we used to watch. They used to watch the dumping ground, the four o'clock club, Millie in-between etc. Not sure if blue Peter is still going but my DD was watching it and loving it about five years ago.

BigFatLiar · 29/06/2024 10:10

There are a couple of channels show children's shows, not new ones though. Try Talking Pictures or Rewind TV

Gelasring · 29/06/2024 10:09

It's not really needed with so many channels specifically for kids - you say yourself you're watching cbeebies. Older kids will be watching CBBC or equivalent.

Saturday morning cartoons were so exciting because we only had 4 or 5 channels and so our opportunity to watch kids stuff was naturally curtailed.

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Gooddaymatey · 29/06/2024 10:07

@Coulddowithanap On normal tv though?

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Coulddowithanap · 29/06/2024 10:06

There are so many children's channels these days so there is no reason for them to show their programs on the main channels.

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Gooddaymatey · 29/06/2024 10:06

@Notimeforaname Thats depressing, Dd doesn’t have a phone or tablet yet and trying to hold out for as long as possible. Do kids a bit older just not bother with tv now?

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Gooddaymatey · 29/06/2024 10:05

@Motnight Which ones? We have the Disney, Apple TV, Netflix ones, but it’s not the same as everyone watching the same thing at the same time

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Notimeforaname · 29/06/2024 10:04

Phones and tablets.

AlaskaThunderfuckHiiiiiiiii · 29/06/2024 10:04

Mainly gone on to the apps now. When mine got too big for CBeebies they started watching Citv which had stuff like scooby doo etc on and it’s now online on the app only.

Motnight · 29/06/2024 10:03

There's many different channels specifically for kids now, I think.

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