Some roll their eyes at the claim that old TV series could never be made today, but that doesn’t make it untrue. Where it becomes especially interesting is with 90s kids TV shows , which arrived right before a seismic cultural shift. Standards in humor, violence, and representation changed dramatically, leaving many of those shows looking wildly out of step by modern standards.
Standards and expectations for kids programming, particularly for younger audiences, constantly evolve. Generations raised on darker material often laugh at how tame newer shows feel, but the opposite is also true: what once passed as child-appropriate now looks deeply questionable. While no one expects Bluey levels of gentleness from past decades, 90s kids TV shows still highlight just how much sensibilities