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Late-evening childrens' programming

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mjlarochelle

I spotted this letter to the editor in the Toronto Star from January 18, 1986.

Dear Editor:

As a mother of two, I've been very disappointed with the air times of children's specials. The stations should realize that 99 per cent of the children viewers are in bed by 8 p.m. But, frequently, this is when the stations start their children's specials.

I would just like too know why these aren't shown at 6:30 or 7 p.m. So many children now miss the programs aimed at them.

T.L. Jamieson,
Warsaw

I remember back in the mid-80s that childrens' specials in Canada were often broadcast in the latter half of the evening. Somewhere on tape I have a Winnie-the-Pooh special that aired on CTV in 1987, and it aired after W5, which means at the special aired at 9 PM on a Sunday seeing as W5 was at 8 PM at that time. So I can appreciate Ms. Jamieson's complaint from that time.

Why was it done this way back in the 80s, and was it ever done this way in the States?<P ID="signature">______________
From WNBC-TV New York this is Liiiiive at Fiiiiive!</P>
 
I know this doesn't qualify as a Classic TV show, but I'm still trying to figure out why the PBS HD channel was running a puppet show in the middle of the night a few months ago.I wrote a note to PBS asking about this scheduling (it was the middle of the night everywhere in America), but never heard from them. It did play in another daypart, but in the middle of the night? What was somebody thinking?To get back on topic, I haven't seen too many "kids" or "family" type programs in the early evening for some time now. At least, nothing I would consider quality programming.Just my two cents.Mike
 
Maybe it was a special feed to be taped for later showing in school? Some PBS stations (especially the few that still show in-school programming) show childrens and educational programming during late-night hours, so teachers can record them and play them back to their students later.
 
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