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« on: July 26, 2008, 12:31:30 PM »
Nick, has for me, sunk greatly the past few years. Too many shows rely on toilet humor for the purpose of being funny. It's just lazy, and it's counterproductive. I do agree that SpongeBob has tumbled downhill since the movie. Patrick has gotten stupider, Mr. Krabs is an even cheaper tightwad, and Squidward's an even bigger asshole. FOP fell apart, IMO, when they started overdoing the potty humor around season three. IMO, the appearance of Baby Poof was another reason for it. I don't even bother watching anymore.
The Naked Brothers Band? Please! Alex is a way better singer than Nat, but even he isn't that much of a vocal jewel. And the songs suck.
Drake and Josh went downhill because they made Megan out to be a total bitch. They ruined that character, made her absolutely unsympathetic.
There are some bright spots, though. Back at the Barnyard is pretty funny sometimes. No potty humor, either. I hope that continues. Yes, it has been renewed for a second season. I saw the movie version the show was spun off from the other day, and even though I think the talking animals genre has been bloodied from all the times Hollywood execs have beaten it, the movie was pretty good.
iCarly can be downright hilarious sometimes. I think Carly's probably the worst of the four main characters, but she has her moments. Spencer is without question the best character, great wit when he doesn't think about it. Sam is funny, too. A sharp tongue to torture Freddie.
I'll probably get laughed at for this, but I've also grown to like H2O, that series imported from Australia about those three teenage girls who turn into mermaids within ten seconds of touching water. The girls are actually good actresses, rare in a teen drama. And it can be funny, too. If the girls end up seeing a full moon, weird things happen to them. Once, one of them got a beautiful singing voice for twelve hours, and turned into a siren. Soon, every teenage boy on the Gold Coast was on her front lawn. It was hilarious watching her dad trying to make them leave.
I think Nick at Nite's finished with, too. I don't think George Lopez is a classic show in terms of how Nick at Nite used to be, but hey, I guess when they added TV Land in 1996, they figured they'd dump all the really old shows (the real classics) off on it.
Oh, I miss Ned's, too. And Legends, of course.