Series: Fox Kids

Today we will post our last blog about 90's series and we will conclude this week by discussing the American channel Fox Kids and the 90's series that aired there.

Fox Kids was the Fox Broadcasting Company's American children’s' programming division and brand name from September 8, 1990 until September 7, 2002. The channel focused on young children, aged 7 - 11 and preteens, aged 12 - 14. The network lived to be the longest running children’s television block/network, alongside Nickelodeon and managed to have high ratings throughout its run. Fox Kids' history is closely intertwined with the history of The Disney Afternoon, airing series like Gummi Bears, Ducktales, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, DarkWing Duck and Aladdin. Later on, Fox Kids aired several shows of Warner Bros. Animations, such as Animaniacs and The Magic School Bus.

 

By 2001 Fox Kids felt like they couldn't compete anymore with the other big childrens networks and it was overtaken by Kids WB, containing programs like Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! Even later, Disney owned the companies rights and therefore also the rights of series like Digimon, Power Rangers, Bobby's World and X-Men.

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Series: Nickelodeon

Today we will discuss Nickelodeon and its 90’s series. Nickelodeon is an American cable channel owned by Viacom and exists since 1977 (then called Pinwheel). Nickelodeon is a popular channel amongst kids; it was ranked as the #1 cable channel of 2011. In 1990 Nickelodeon opened Nickelodeon Studios, a television studio/attraction at Universal Studios Florida, were many shows were filmed. In 1991 Nickelodeon developed its first animated series; Doug, Rugrats and The Ren and Stimpy show. These shows are called the original Nicktoons and started airing August 11, 1991. Doug aired from 1991 to 1999 and it won 2 Kids’Choice Awards , in 1992 and in 1995. Rugrats aired until 2004 and was then followed by All Grown Up! (2003-2008). Rugrats also has 2 movies; The Rugrats Movie and Rugrats in Paris: The Movie. The Ren and Stimpy Show ran until 1996 and was rated 7 years and older because of controversial elements like black comedy, toilet humor, sexual innuendo and violence.

In 1999 Nickelodeon debuted the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, which quickly became one of the most popular Nicktoons ever, and is still very popular today, consistently ranking as the channels highest-rated series since 2000.

Of course we know that you all love these nineties series and wished you could still see them on television. Luckily, Nickelodeon had the same idea, so since July 25, 2011 you can watch The 90's Are All That. This is a programming block that airs every night between midnight and 2 a.m., with an encore till 4 a.m. Currently it airs All That, Kenan & Kel, Doug, Rugrats and Hey Arnold!

We hoped you’ve enjoyed this post about Nickelodeon and its 90’s series. Next time we will discuss Fox Kids and its shows!

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Series: Cartoon Network

Today we will go over several series that were broadcasted by the American cable television network Cartoon Network (CN). CN launched on October 1, 1992 after purchasing the animation studio Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1991. CN broadcasted series 24 hours a day, and mostly showed classic animations. In 1994 CN started broadcasting "Cartoon Cartoons" with original series like "Dexter's Laboratory", "Powerpuff Girls", "Ed, Edd 'n Eddy", "I am Weasel", "Cow and Chicken", "Johnny Bravo" and "Courage The Cowardly Dog".

Dexter's Laboratory aired from February 26, 1995 to November 20, 2003 and is notable for helping launch the careers of several cartoon creators. Johnny Bravo aired from March 26, 1995 to August 27, 2004. Many of the writers of Johnny Bravo became successful afterwards, such as Seth McFarlane (Family Guy) and Butch Hartman (Fairly Odd Parents). Cow and Chicken aird from November 12, 1995 to July 24, 1999 and was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1996 and in 1998. I Am Weasel aired from July 15, 1997 to 2000 and was originally part of the Cow and Chicken series, and eventually spun off into its own series. The Powerpuff Girls aired from November 18, 1998 to March 25, 2005. Powerpuff Girls was nominated for 6 Emmy Awards, 9 Annie Awards and a Kids' Choice Award and also had a feature film. Courage the Cowardly Dog aired from November 12, 1999 to November 22, 2002. The series combines elements of black comedy, comedy horror, surrealism and drama and is therefore rated 7 years and older. Ed, Edd 'n Eddy aired from January 4, 1999 to November 8, 2009. The series was one of the longest running and most successful franchises.

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Series: Friends

This week we'll discuss series that aired during the nineties and were popular in that decade. Today we will tell you some more about Friends.

Friends is an American sitcom that aired from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. The series revolves around a group of friends in Manhattan, New York. Friends was a huge success, the final episode (the 236th) was watched by 51,1 million American viewers, making it the fourth most watched series finale in television history and the most watched episode of the decade. Friends also won many awards and was nominated for 63 Primetime Emmy Awards! Because of the success, the actors earned more salary each season, which became astronomically high in the 10th and last season. In the first season they got $22,500 per episode and $1 million on the last two seasons!

We won't discuss the content of the series here because we think that most of you watched it and already know what's it about. And if you haven't watched it (yet), we won't spoil it for you.

Here are some Friends fun facts:
- A 30-second commercial during the break of Friends costed advertisers $500,000
- Monica (Courtney Cox) was the first one to ever say the word "period" on American TV
- Courtney Cox originally read to play the part of Rachel (Jennifer Aniston)
- Before naming it "Friends", the creators considered titles like "Insomnia Cafe" and "Six of One"
- None of the episodes were filmed in New York, despite being set there
- During the first seasons the apartments mysteriously moved up a couple of floors and they changed from being number 4 & 5 to 19 & 20

This was all on Friends! Next time we will go over several series that were broadcasted by Cartoon Network!


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