Comments on: Kids switch off ABC

By: franz chong

franz chong — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:03:56 +0000

I went off the ABC Kids offerings for a long time after they got rid of Heartbreak High,Degrassi and the Secret World of Alex Mack.The Wild Thornburrys aside there was nothing of interest anymore.I was a Price is Right Viewer till they axed that then a Millionaire Hot Seat on the days I have off work only just have gone back to the ABC for Dead Gorgeous as I can’t stand Deal or No Deal.

By: franz chong

franz chong — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:35:32 +0000

I look at the rubbish they show now on ABC Kids compared to the Eighties and Nineties.
Not all of us have a Pay TV service with the option of Disney or Nickelodeon which for the most part offer good hearted kids shows.

By: el

el — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:09:16 +0000

I’ll never understand why they stopped running Degrassi.

By: Christie

Christie — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:15:24 +0000

the secret life of the american teenager is an awesome show but I resort to watching it online. I just wish it would come onto tv here. I would watch it all again even if I have already seen it.

By: Ianblair23

Ianblair23 — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:47:13 +0000

Ah Zen Man, that takes me back. Remember the good old days of waking up and watching Agro’s Cartoon Connection on Channel Seven and then racing from school to watch Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends, Widget, Captain Planet, Mr Bumpy, Bumpety Boo etc on the ABC through to 6 pm. Then because you were to young to watch the news and your parents wouldn’t let you watch The Simpsons that you ended up watching Gardening Australia!

By: Rose

Rose — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:23:41 +0000

Bring Arthur back onto ABC and i’ll start watching again
I love SLAT! But it would probs do better on like Ten or Seven.

By: Ben Tree

Ben Tree — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:29:02 +0000

ABC should buy some of the ABC Family shows. Kyle XY, Greek and Secret Life of the American Teenager would fit perfectly into Rollercoaster. Plus they have a few other shows that would be good too. They are 45 minute shows though which doesn’t fit with their 25 minute shows they usually have on. But still they are good decent programs that are of a good quality.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:11:07 +0000

Yeah, this is a pity. I used to love the shows they had on ABC when I was a kid.

By: Kuttsywood

Kuttsywood — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:58:22 +0000

No wonder the Wiggles left, and The Shak gets good ratings!

By: Zen Man

Zen Man — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 02:56:01 +0000

The childrens programming on ABC1 is of very poor standard compared to 10-15 years ago. The programs back then were enlightening, imaginative and stimulating for children like Gumby, Captain Planet, Round The Twist and Mr Squiggle. There’s nothing imaginative or educational about Blue Water High. I feel sorry for the children now which don’t have good programming like we did when we were kids.

By: Tomothy

Tomothy — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:37:05 +0000

I have been waiting for years to ABC1 to show Degrassi The Next Generation Season 4. Canada are on Season 8 now!!!

By: Fliptown

Fliptown — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:20:56 +0000

This doesn’t surprise me at all. ABC kids shows are terrible in comparison to what they used to be. Why did they ever stop showing Degrassi?

The host of Rollercoaster is terrible too.

By: Kirben

Kirben — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:49:23 +0000

Not surprising at all, the quality and treatment of kids programming on the ABC gets worse every year:
* Way too many repeats of recent kids series (ABC2 is about 95% repeats)
* Too many Australian series, that are poor quality and have already been shown by other (free to air) TV networks
* Inconsistent TV programming, specifically adding a few new episodes after repeats (ie My Goldfish is Evil) and switching timeslots (ie Storm Hawks)
* Dropping the 6:00 PM to 7: 00 PM timeslot of RollerCoaster on the ABC2 earlier this year, which offered better content for older kids
* Limiting content (ie 6Teen on ABC2, SilverWing on iView), when timeslots are available.

A perfect example:
One of the best recent animated kids series would be Avatar – The Last Airbender, which has good characters, excellent story and pushes the boundaries of childrens programming. But the ABC only shows 13 episodes (when each book is 20 episodes) each season, and didn’t even bother to shows new episodes this year (after repeating the last season again).

Meanwhile the ABC wastes money on the recent reality TV series called Escape from Scorpion Island, Escape from Scorpion Island gets shown every day, and gets a dedicated web site, offering every single episode online!

By: Ben Tree

Ben Tree — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:25:04 +0000

Kids under 15 aren’t interested in kids shows these days. They want to watch adult shows. Which is a pity really. Some of my most memorable tv viewing was when i was a kid watching good hearted kids shows.

By: lab_brat

lab_brat — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:55:34 +0000

My 11 yr old no longer watches rollercoaster in the afternoons. He just doesn’t like any of the shows they run anymore. I have to say I don’t blame him. When I compare what was running on the ABC when I was a kid to the quality of shows that are today… it makes me a little sad. He’d rather watch Deal or No Deal most days, and I think that really says something.