I think there's a difference between kids shows and family shows, and I'd say the latter is particularly likely to be gone these days whereas a lot of children's programming has departed from the networks (save PBS) and headed to places like Nickleodeon, Cartoon Network and ABC Family.
I was a bit baffled when reading that Merlin was a kid's show. To me that seemed largely an excuse to use dumb humor and lazy writing. I watched the first six episodes with a friend's eight year old daughter some years back and when there was a beheading in the first 10 minutes she was shocked and later had nightmares about some of the monsters.
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Date: 2017-07-27 04:49 pm (UTC)I was a bit baffled when reading that Merlin was a kid's show. To me that seemed largely an excuse to use dumb humor and lazy writing. I watched the first six episodes with a friend's eight year old daughter some years back and when there was a beheading in the first 10 minutes she was shocked and later had nightmares about some of the monsters.