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90's And Today: A Comparison Of TV Shows

Why today's TV shows are doing it wrong.

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Powerpuff Girls was a great TV Show for young girls in the late 90's. It taught young girls that girl power was just enough to save the day. It is currently in the process of rebooting for the upcoming year. As it is in the process of a reboot, that personally worries me.

The TV shows of today are extremely cheesy and don't really teach the kids of today any lessons. KC Undercover is a prime example of a kids TV show of today. She is supposed to be an undercover spy in a spy raised family. It is probably the most normal of the Disney Channel shows these days, but still obsessed with the modern times. KC Undercover tries to be cool by using modern lingo such as "swagger" or "fleek" and many other words used by kids today. Although she is a female lead, the show does not really teach young girls about girl power since they are so focused on being hip and cool with the younger crowd. The obsession with catching up to the times has consumed their production.


Another great example of an old 90's TV show that taught lessons was Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. As a live action TV show, each episode was filled with lessons. One particular lesson that still lives on today is the episode where Will Smith talks about his father. It seemed so real for the audience and for the cast of the show as well. The emotions depicted in the moment were so relatable to a lot of people. Girl Meets World attempts to reach the audience through inspiring episodes, just as Boy Meets World has done in the past before it's time, yet Girl Meets World episodes are so all over the place it is hard to pick out the lessons in them. They too focus on modern lingo and their scenes jump from one thing to the next, making the lesson a hard one to come by.


Overall, children's TV shows these days are not what they used to be. Reboots have become a popular thing in this era, especially with old TV Shows that young adults and teenagers loved. It is a slight fear of mine that these reboots have the potential of being ruined since their TV channels obsess over looking cool. Personally, TV companies like Disney need to focus more on the lesson than the actual lingo or style of their characters. They used to do so well with the idea of comedy and teaching a lesson, but today they fail to do so. It's better to get a lesson across than just fool around and try to be hip with today's kids.

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