Comment by kianN
21 hours ago
I think the children's programming is a really undiscussed aspect of this. Some investments don't have immediately measurable outcomes. But as someone whose parents worked long hours growing up, I'm really grateful that my exposure to television was PBS rather than cable children's shows.
If your parents couldn't afford cable, then you couldn't get round the clock children's content from Nickelodeon. Your content during day time would have been stuff like the Maury Show, all the Judge shows, soap operas, and day time talk shows. PBS would have been the thing that offered the free children's content.