[locallost]

Ads for minors are incredible trash. Basically the point of all tv channels that are for kids is to show ads for toys. Even a lot of shows are themselves nothing else than ads for toys. Let a child watch TV for an hour and the only thing that will happen is that they will come with a huge list of things they want. It's really sad. I watched a lot of TV when I was a child but it wasn't all made for you to buy licensed merchandise.

[rileymat2]

I must be a different age, 39, but outside of PBS, I don’t recall too much programming that was not funded by licensed merchandising and unhealthy foods. Of course many of those unhealthy foods were licensed too.

[locallost]

You're probably right, but I'm not from the US.

[kaladin-jasnah]

It seems like these days PBS Kids is the only kids' network that doesn't have ads and toys and trash like that.

[jeffwass]

in the USA.

Here in the UK we have CBeebies and CBBC.

[mixmastamyk]

It's true, I remember Life cereal commercials, Saturday morning, and later He-Man. Adverts have only gotten more sophisticated.

Luckily, I had a parent that mostly said "no," and that was the end of it.