There isn't one of the new shows that DS dislikes. There are a couple that he would rather play through all things being equal.

He has a preference for
IN The Night Garden
Ni Hao Kai Lin
Yo Gabba Gabba.

The others really depend on his mood at the time.

My kids and I are really digging the new shows. We've been watching Yo Gabba Gabba online for over a year.

Fifi and the Flowertots seems to be a repackaged Strawberry Shortcake, instead of baked goods its flowers.

My son really likes the Koala Brothers, but we had to lose his all time favorite to get it (Timothy goes to school). In the Night Garden seems like a Teletubby offshoot, and he usually asks to change the channel when it comes on. Ni Hao Kai Lin is... well, I can understand why Dora and Deigo are around, but I'm somewhat confused as to why theres now a show that focuses on Chinese. Though my son really likes Yo Gabba Gabba, and despite some of the oddities of the show, I think it teaches a number of good things. I agree though that Fifi seems to be a remake of Strawberry Shortcake.

Kintaro316:

My son really likes the Koala Brothers, but we had to lose his all time favorite to get it (Timothy goes to school). In the Night Garden seems like a Teletubby offshoot, and he usually asks to change the channel when it comes on.

ITNG is made by Ragdoll, too.

Kintaro316:

 Ni Hao Kai Lin is... well, I can understand why Dora and Deigo are around, but I'm somewhat confused as to why theres now a show that focuses on Chinese.

There are over 1 billion Chinese people and the Chinese economy is racing up in potential for investment.In the next couple of decades there is going to be a need for people who can speak Chinese , Hindi and Arabic.

In order of people as native speakers Chinese is first( 873 miliion  speakers),  followed by Spanish (322 million),English(  308 million), Portuguese(250 million), Arabic(  Somewhere between 206 -323 million, possibly higher due to Islamic teachings)Hindi-Urdu(242).( source Wikipedia- can't link directly to it as there's a problem with my browser)

Kintaro316:

Though my son really likes Yo Gabba Gabba, and despite some of the oddities of the show, I think it teaches a number of good things. I agree though that Fifi seems to be a remake of Strawberry Shortcake.

We like YGG too.

My daughters love most of the new shows - can't really think of any that they truly dislike.  ITNG and YGG are our absolute faves, and Ni Hao Kai Lan is very popular too.  I especially like that in NHKL it discusses how to deal with emotions.  There are not enough shows that explore this topic.  There are plenty of shows that teach letters and numbers, but it is great to have this show to discuss common ways that toddlers and young children can express their feelings and may be frustrated or have difficulty expressing in a healthy way.  It also encourages you to look at the situation in a new light and try to find a solution rather than just accepting a situation at face value. 

Mom2Sweetpeaz:

My daughters love most of the new shows - can't really think of any that they truly dislike.  ITNG and YGG are our absolute faves, and Ni Hao Kai Lan is very popular too.  I especially like that in NHKL it discusses how to deal with emotions.  There are not enough shows that explore this topic.  There are plenty of shows that teach letters and numbers, but it is great to have this show to discuss common ways that toddlers and young children can express their feelings and may be frustrated or have difficulty expressing in a healthy way.  It also encourages you to look at the situation in a new light and try to find a solution rather than just accepting a situation at face value.

Thats a good point about  NHKL . Learning to think through problems is a huge life-skill.




Agreed on learning Chinese but there are plenty of other languages that are going to equally or more important than Spanish soon.

I love Wow Wow Wubbzy and Fifi!

angelrudymama:

Its funny because it seems the same people keep posting about liking the shows but there are so many more that can't stand them.

Are you talking about me??

The voices of parents whose children likr these shows need to be heard too.

After all , your e-petiton only recordred 120 reponces before it was sent to Treehouse. That's not an overwhelming anti-INTG /YGG vote based on a board membership of over 17,000 ( Feb 2008) .

angelrudymama:

Its the kids that don't like them I find!  I speak for my son - he can't stand much of the new programming.

He absolutely hates Go Gabba Gabba and In the Night Garden. 

angelrudymama:

Its funny because it seems the same people keep posting about liking the shows but there are so many more that can't stand them.

I  was very intereasted in seeing the reults of your e-petiton.

Baring in mind you claimed the vast majority of Treehouse viewers didn't like ITNG

The last time I saw a list of Treehouse members, it registered 18,0009(180K), your list shows 120.

angelrudymama:

Its the kids that don't like them I find!  I speak for my son - he can't stand much of the new programming.

He absolutely hates Go Gabba Gabba and In the Night Garden. 

In customer service, retail, banking and service industries there is what is referred to as the 20/80 rule. That 20% of your customer base will consume 80% for your time in dealing with complaints, returns, wanting things a certain way, etc.

It is also this 20% that are the most vocal, so it looks like there is a lot of people complaining and clamoring for change, when the reality it is a very small group.

So, if there are 17,000 members of the Treehouse forums and only 137 signatures on the petition then that percentage is 0.8% (not even a full percent) want things back the way the were before the new shows were added to the schedule.

0.8% are the so called vocal majority for change.