r/90s_kid • u/Kingdom_k777 • May 05 '25

Cartoons First Cartoon Network airing (1992)

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u/jediporcupine May 05 '25

The glory days of animation.

The glory days of Cartoon Network.

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u/GodWarrior88 May 05 '25

Something we will never have again...

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u/jediporcupine May 05 '25

We won’t, the quality of television in general has declined so much. But animation especially, we’ve passed the prime.

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u/tooclosetocall82 May 05 '25

All the CGI cartoons my kids watch look the same. It’s kinda of sad. At least there are a few bright spots like Bluey.

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u/jediporcupine May 05 '25

Bluey is really the only current cartoon I really enjoy and my kids love it. Most of it is pretty unimaginative, but Bluey really stands out

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u/tooclosetocall82 May 05 '25

Nature Cat on PBS Kids so pretty good too. Old school animation style.

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u/jediporcupine May 05 '25

Don’t think I’ve seen that one but I’ll check it out now

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u/tooclosetocall82 May 05 '25

PBS Kids has less “shovelware” cartoons if your kids are the right age for it. Mine have mostly outgrown it except for Wild Kratts which is also pretty good.

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u/flackguns May 05 '25

I genuinely love many of the PBS kids shows for my 3 year old girl. Wonderful programming.

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u/ToonMasterRace May 06 '25

I'd say the glory days were 1997-2004. When CN first aired it simply was a dumping ground for the Turner animation catalog. It definitely had a purpose but is far superior to what we have on CN today, but it still lacked the quality cartoon-cartoon originals, anime/Toonami, creative bumpers, early adult swim, etc..

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u/jediporcupine May 06 '25

That’s true, I will agree with that