Why did they choose TV-Y7? Most 4-6 year olds watch animated shows of this caliber. And by the time I was 4 I was moving on from preschool shows.

>>149304704 (OP)
Kids under 7 are in their formative years and have difficulty understanding the difference between reality and fiction.

>>149304782
I'm pretty sure I understood reality and fiction by the time I was 4 years old. Don't think an average 5 year old is going to think Spongebob is real.

>>149304839
I think you vastly overestimate the intelligence of the average 5 year old

>>149304854
I think you vastly underestimate the intelligence of the average 5 year old.

https://news.utexas.edu/2006/11/27/young-children-learn-to-distinguish-between-fact-and-fiction-research-at-university-of-texas-at-austin-finds/
>Children are able to distinguish between reality and fantasy between the ages of 3 and 5, according to new research at The University of Texas at Austin.

You're very confident about something you're wrong about.

>anon disappears after being BTFO

>>149304839
>>149304876
When I was 4 or 5, I tried running into the ocean because I wanted to meet SpongeBob. I was diagnosed with autism when I was 6

>>149305159
Dumb

>>149305159
Genius

What I wanna know is why a lot of shows chose TV-Y at first. Tame stuff like rugrats I get but shows like Invader Zim were really pushing it Even it's current TV-Y7-FV rating seems like a bit much, at least for dark harvest

>>149304704 (OP)
Cause people associate TV-G with 1950's Sitcoms and Christian talk shows

>>149304839
You'd be surprised...

TV-Y7 FV is the true GOAT of TV ratings.

>>149308122
This, some of my best childhood cartoon memories are tied to FV

>>149304782
Ops, my bad!

>>149304704 (OP)
I always felt it was odd that Disney used this rating for Gravity Falls, when that show had moments that made CN's PG rated shows look tame.

>>149304704 (OP)
Well why not?

>>149308122
>inverted colors so it looks edgier than the standard TV-Y7
KINO

>>149304704 (OP)
For me, it's TV-PG.

>>149304704 (OP)
Regardless of the rating, I think the "intended audience" mindset is what makes or breaks a show.

I'll use something like Yu-Gi-Oh! as a good example. I'd say the first series, Duel Monsters was written with the 10-12 year old demographic in mind, but with the hopes that it would be appropriate for all ages and be able to appeal to kids 14 and up, as well. In comparison, every other iteration from GX onward appears to be written with the 4-7 audience in mind, with the hopes that it will appeal to all ages and older children, as well. Now, I'm not saying there shouldn't be programming aimed at younger audiences or that programs shouldn't try to appeal to a wider swath of ages, but I think that a lot of cartoons were better and hold up longer when they're aimed at a slightly older target audience (such as with Gargoyles, Batman: the Animated Series, Avatar: the Last Airbender, Spider-Man: the Animated Series, etc.) versus when they're aimed at a younger audience and hope that the older kids will like it, too.

Another problem is I think a lot of creators nowadays write from the perspective of what they THINK kids like, while not actually interacting with any children in their personal lives or remembering what they were like when they were kids vs trying to make shows that THEY would've liked when they were kids.This is the reason Lauren Faust is so consistently good, is she makes shows that she wishes she could've watched when she was growing up.

Like, for example: if I were to make a show based on what I think kids would like then I would make something with a lot of splat and grossout humor that references TikToks or something, but if I made a show based on what I wanted to watch as a kid it would be some kind of Johnny Quest knockoff with a mix of Gargoyles & Spider-Man the Animated series vibes with maybe some lighthearted humor like you would see in things like Scooby-Doo worked in if I could manage it.