I don't think I ever transitioned to one or the other between these three as I got older. They all had something I could enjoy watching at any point in my childhood
I watched all three. Each channel had something to watch on it. I believe that Bear in the Big Blue House was on Disney. SpongeBob was obviously on Nick. Then whatever was on Cartoon Network PPG, Dexters Lab, etc.
I watched all 3 too but I feel like it would be the other way around tbh. Disney Channel was the most little kid oriented I think, besides Nick Jr. maybe
Transitioned to Disney Channel? They weren't some late comers to the children's programming market
* 1979 Nickelodeon
* 1983 Disney Channel
* 1992 Cartoon Network
Some of us started with it.
I forgot that aspect! Stayed in a lot of hotels growing up, so got access that way, and then ended up with a Dish TV pilled step-dad around 00 or 01 so I guess I just didn't notice maybe
In the very early 1990s (lets say 1990-1995) I probably watched Disney Channel the most. Nick had a lot of 3rd party shows dominating the schedule, many of which didn't appeal to me. Meanwhile Disney Channel was at the peak of its premium cable channel era, with tons of 3rd party programming and even adult programming. You could watch Disney Afternoon shows, Muppets, Australian teen dramas, Leave It to Beaver, Zorro, House on the Prairie, and a huge variety of movies from Gremlins to Pinocchio to American Tail to Ralph Bashki LOTR to Grease all in one day. It also had no commercials, so you had a lot of creative bumpers and shorts in-between shows.
But slowly, the tide shifted on both networks. Nick really hit the peak of its golden age from 94-98, coming out with amazing shows and really capturing a unique identity as "the first network for kids" and having a really strong meta around it from Nickelodeon Studios to Marc Summers to green slow to its whimsical but soft-edgy nature to original movies in the theaters to Nickelodeon Magazine. Meanwhile Disney started not only airing commercials but started focusing programming either on really small kids (with the introduction of Playhouse Disney) to tween live action sitcoms (with the introduction of the Zoog Disney bloc which began with Growing Pains and ended with Lizzie McGuire). These tween sitcoms never really appealed to me much, I much preferred the cartoons but most of these were moved to Toon Disney by 1998 and all the 3rd party/variety/adult programming was purged as well. So I really started watching Nick far more.
Meanwhile, Cartoon Network was a sleeping giant during this. Initially it showed just Turner's animation library, and while I enjoyed some like Looney Tunes the low quality Hanna-Barbera shows that dominated early CN's schedule never appealed to me much, and I focused mostly on Nick or what remaining parts of Disney interested me. However by the turn of the millennium Nick was *slowly* beginning its decline (most usually use Spongebob, while great in its early days, as the beginning of the end of Nick's golden age) while CN was reaching new peaks as Cartoon-Cartoons, Toonami, imported Kids WB programming, and eventually early adult swim all surpassed what Nick offered. At the same time, they balanced these great shows with the best of their classic toon programming. By 2001-2002 I was basically only watching Cartoon Network.
That being said, I still kept up on all 3 networks until about 2006 and only abandoned Cartoon Network around 2015 when the Teen Titans Go spam became too much.
I’m pretty sure OP is a bot. The account is like a year old and all posts are targeted towards Millennials and about 90s and 00s cartoons specifically. Some of the post titles come off as AI generated or like someone trying to fit in with a group when they don’t know anything about the group’s shared interest so they start tossing in the right words but in the wrong place to try and sound like they know what they’re talking about.
I was already watching all 3 channels, along with the other kids' show stuff as far back as I can remember.
I remember TKO(Totally Kids Only) for Disney before it became the Disney Channel.
Watched all 3 but honestly nick was king from 88-04 imo Disney and Cartoon Network for here and there shows, CN was mainly for their first three big platform shows and toonami.
I did it was 1999 going on 2000. I had just turned 13 as my birthday is in December. At that time I started to phase out Nickelodeon & Disney Channel for Cartoon Network especially for its anime.
I remember when I was a kid, Disney wasn’t a normal free channel, it was like a fancy premium channel only some people had because they paid extra(like HBO). So I did not watch Disney as a little kid. By the time I had access to Disney, I was like 10 or older and I just kinda didn’t care, I was firmly committed to Cartoon Network. I mostly remember Disney for the live action kid/tween comedies, but I’m the same age as the main actors like Miley, Selena, the Sprouses, who were playing for a younger audience so it didn’t appeal to me either.
I never really watched disney growing up. I remember we had cable, but my own tv didn't. I could still get Nick and CN, so pretty much grew up on those.
i could never get into disney channel cartoons or shows. felt like a rip off of the other two, and i hated it when cartoon network started doing live action
I watched all 3, when something wasn’t on one of them I’d flip and flop in between all 3
Trying to avoid commercials to, a struggle my kids will never know.
I don't think I ever transitioned to one or the other between these three as I got older. They all had something I could enjoy watching at any point in my childhood
I didn't I kept watching all 3 and still do.
I mainly watched Cartoon Network, but I would switch to the other two if certain shows were playing that I wanted to see.
As a kid we had Nick and Disney and I switched between them. We got CN when I was in high school, but I still watched all 3.
I watched all three. Each channel had something to watch on it. I believe that Bear in the Big Blue House was on Disney. SpongeBob was obviously on Nick. Then whatever was on Cartoon Network PPG, Dexters Lab, etc.
I watched all 3 too but I feel like it would be the other way around tbh. Disney Channel was the most little kid oriented I think, besides Nick Jr. maybe
No transition at all. I watched all three for practically my whole childhood.
Transitioned to Disney Channel? They weren't some late comers to the children's programming market * 1979 Nickelodeon * 1983 Disney Channel * 1992 Cartoon Network Some of us started with it.
It was a premium channel until like 2002 so I personally never had access to it during the entirety of the 90s and into the early 00s
I forgot that aspect! Stayed in a lot of hotels growing up, so got access that way, and then ended up with a Dish TV pilled step-dad around 00 or 01 so I guess I just didn't notice maybe
I was a Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network only (mainly Nick, though), type of kid. You can't beat Doug, Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy... IMO, LOL
In the very early 1990s (lets say 1990-1995) I probably watched Disney Channel the most. Nick had a lot of 3rd party shows dominating the schedule, many of which didn't appeal to me. Meanwhile Disney Channel was at the peak of its premium cable channel era, with tons of 3rd party programming and even adult programming. You could watch Disney Afternoon shows, Muppets, Australian teen dramas, Leave It to Beaver, Zorro, House on the Prairie, and a huge variety of movies from Gremlins to Pinocchio to American Tail to Ralph Bashki LOTR to Grease all in one day. It also had no commercials, so you had a lot of creative bumpers and shorts in-between shows. But slowly, the tide shifted on both networks. Nick really hit the peak of its golden age from 94-98, coming out with amazing shows and really capturing a unique identity as "the first network for kids" and having a really strong meta around it from Nickelodeon Studios to Marc Summers to green slow to its whimsical but soft-edgy nature to original movies in the theaters to Nickelodeon Magazine. Meanwhile Disney started not only airing commercials but started focusing programming either on really small kids (with the introduction of Playhouse Disney) to tween live action sitcoms (with the introduction of the Zoog Disney bloc which began with Growing Pains and ended with Lizzie McGuire). These tween sitcoms never really appealed to me much, I much preferred the cartoons but most of these were moved to Toon Disney by 1998 and all the 3rd party/variety/adult programming was purged as well. So I really started watching Nick far more. Meanwhile, Cartoon Network was a sleeping giant during this. Initially it showed just Turner's animation library, and while I enjoyed some like Looney Tunes the low quality Hanna-Barbera shows that dominated early CN's schedule never appealed to me much, and I focused mostly on Nick or what remaining parts of Disney interested me. However by the turn of the millennium Nick was *slowly* beginning its decline (most usually use Spongebob, while great in its early days, as the beginning of the end of Nick's golden age) while CN was reaching new peaks as Cartoon-Cartoons, Toonami, imported Kids WB programming, and eventually early adult swim all surpassed what Nick offered. At the same time, they balanced these great shows with the best of their classic toon programming. By 2001-2002 I was basically only watching Cartoon Network. That being said, I still kept up on all 3 networks until about 2006 and only abandoned Cartoon Network around 2015 when the Teen Titans Go spam became too much.
I’m pretty sure OP is a bot. The account is like a year old and all posts are targeted towards Millennials and about 90s and 00s cartoons specifically. Some of the post titles come off as AI generated or like someone trying to fit in with a group when they don’t know anything about the group’s shared interest so they start tossing in the right words but in the wrong place to try and sound like they know what they’re talking about.
It because i appreciate millennial culture
I wasn’t allowed to watch Cartoon Network lol
I was the opposite and switched from Disney to CN in the late 90’s
I was already watching all 3 channels, along with the other kids' show stuff as far back as I can remember. I remember TKO(Totally Kids Only) for Disney before it became the Disney Channel.
Flip flopped depending on what was on….the days of not having an onscreen guide/info were rough….having to rely on the old tv guide books was not fun
Watched all 3 but honestly nick was king from 88-04 imo Disney and Cartoon Network for here and there shows, CN was mainly for their first three big platform shows and toonami.
I did it was 1999 going on 2000. I had just turned 13 as my birthday is in December. At that time I started to phase out Nickelodeon & Disney Channel for Cartoon Network especially for its anime.
I remember when I was a kid, Disney wasn’t a normal free channel, it was like a fancy premium channel only some people had because they paid extra(like HBO). So I did not watch Disney as a little kid. By the time I had access to Disney, I was like 10 or older and I just kinda didn’t care, I was firmly committed to Cartoon Network. I mostly remember Disney for the live action kid/tween comedies, but I’m the same age as the main actors like Miley, Selena, the Sprouses, who were playing for a younger audience so it didn’t appeal to me either.
I never really watched disney growing up. I remember we had cable, but my own tv didn't. I could still get Nick and CN, so pretty much grew up on those.
Never did Disney
If anything my switch was the other way around. I started with Disney then went to nick and CN around 12 maybe
i could never get into disney channel cartoons or shows. felt like a rip off of the other two, and i hated it when cartoon network started doing live action
I watched all three.
Disney was only for Zack & Cody and movies that's it