Tag Archives: Animation

I almost feel dirty writing critically about a TV channel aimed squarely at babies and toddlers: I am guilty of allowing my two children, six and two, to watch too much TV. But, honestly, the only parents I know that don’t allow their children to watch TV are those elitist, …

New episodes mean family fun!

Well done, Blue Sky! Well done!

“Dumbland is a crude, stupid, violent, and absurd series.” - David Lynch

"I'm not scared of you. Sue me!"

Tonight is the night for the digitally remastered, gala 40th anniversary presentation of the Charles M. Schulz “Peanuts” classic that the original network, CBS, thought too slow and religious, which was kind of the point. A Charlie Brown Christmas will be shown at 8 p.m. on ABC. Naturally, it was …

Winter Holiday/Christmas programming has become a month-long proposition, kicking in right after Thanksgiving. ABC Family (“25 Days of Christmas“), Lifetime, Hallmark, TV Land (see Sunday, the 11th) and Cartoon Network are especially milking the season of Good Cheer for all its worth. The following is an attempt at something approaching …

Proving that Nickelodeon knows how to “cross-platform” promote like a 21st century hybrid of PT Barnum and the Tasmanian Devil, lending the premiere of a new episode of a cartoon series about a walking-talking sanitation utensil with the pitched fervor of a Beatles reunion, last Friday night’s half-hour special episode …

Still buried in the first half of November — heck, I was out mowing the lawn and blowing leaves in a t-shirt and 65-degree breezes Saturday, in Northeast Ohio! — PBS and Nickelodeon have both announced their December holiday programming. I know this stuff is scheduled months in advance – …

As much as I love SpongeBob...