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onarainyafternoon t1_j9amep3 wrote

Reply to comment by WeDriftEternal in Why did the 90's offer a larger variety of broadcast kids shows than the 2000's-present? by sgavary

I've really only noticed educational cartoons for children that are younger than six or seven years old. Am I just missing the ones for older kids?

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DueCharacter5 t1_j9aujz4 wrote

Carmen Sandiego, and like op mentioned, there were a ton of animal shows. I didn't watch them regularly, as I was basically in middle/high school when the shift really happened, but I remember them being on for the first hour or two before cartoons started.

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CryptidGrimnoir t1_j9c0qhw wrote

Well, at least for PBS, some of their shows leaned a bit older than six or seven.

As far as PBS is concerned, Arthur and Cyberchase were perfectly fine for six year olds to watch, but their more complex story-telling made them more popular with older children. For a while, they were even part of the "PBS Kids Go!" block, which was specifically marketed to older elementary schoolers.

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Maninhartsford t1_j9c2zqb wrote

A lot of the ones on broadcast claimed to be educational because of the morals taught. If you ever watched Disney's One Saturday Morning, that's what the light bulb coming in at the end of the theme song and the announcer saying "in illuminating television" was about.

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