Top 10 21st Century Kids Shows
SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator the late Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It is currently the most popular animated television show on Nickelodeon and is world-renowned by children and adults alike due to its humor, high-quality... read more SpongeBob is the best show on Nick. I have been watching it ever since the first episode. I don't know what people are talking about when they say SpongeBob is annoying. His voice and laugh do not bother me at all. My favorite character is Squidward because he is really funny and sarcastic.
Still the best show ever on television. I am 18 and still a huge fan of the show. It is just awesome, fantastic, and the best show ever made.
SpongeBob is the best on Nick. TDI never! SpongeBob rocks, although the new ones are not as good as the old ones.
Gravity Falls is an American animated television series produced by Disney Television Animation that first aired on Disney Channel, and then on Disney XD from June 15, 2012 to February 15, 2016. The series follows the adventures of Dipper Pines and his twin sister Mabel in the fictional town of Gravity... read more Gravity Falls is one of the few shows in the world, let alone for children, that actually understands the concepts of time traveling, foreshadowing, and continuity.
The fact that it also doesn't belittle children's intelligence by dumbing things down and incorporates adult topics and jokes only makes it better. You say it's a rip-off of Scooby-Doo? Does Scooby-Doo have genuine sibling friendship? Does it have relatable characters with rich lives and backstories apart from each other? Does it have an awesome female lead whose traits are inherently feminine? Does it take place within a finite, believable timeframe? No? I didn't think so. So don't say it's a rip-off. Just. Don't.
Gravity Falls should be first on the list, no matter how long SpongeBob or Fairly OddParents has run.
Peace out! -mckee11223
Avatar: The Last Airbender is an American animated television series that aired for three seasons on Nickelodeon from 2005 to 2008. Avatar: The Last Airbender is set in an Asiatic-like world in which some people are able to manipulate the classical elements by use of psychokinetic variants of Chinese... read more Most would say that having a fictional world in which a war brings every neighboring country to the brink of disaster is a bad influence on kids. I'd say that this is very much the opposite!
Children aren't going to stay young forever. Some kids live in war-torn countries. When they watch shows like this, they can relate. Who in their right mind would watch SpongeBob and "relate" to the character?
It has a sense of reality in it that if someone told me this was actually happening in an alternate universe somewhere, I'd probably not have second thoughts! So well done, Nickelodeon. Now all you have to do to make my life better is to adapt the graphic novel Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi and turn it into a 2D animated show. Then you'll be top dog!
The Fairly OddParents is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The Fairly OddParents is the best cartoon in the world.
Total Drama is a Canadian animated comedy television series which is a homage and parody to the conventions commonly found in reality television. This aired in 100 countries. I totally agree it's the second best show I've ever seen. The first is Dance Moms!
Man, I love this show. It has comedy with a pinch of drama, just the way I love it.
TDI was the best. I just want another season like TDI.
Phineas and Ferb is an American animated comedy-musical television series. Originally broadcast as a one-episode preview on August 17, 2007 and again previewed on September 28, 2007, the series officially premiered on February 1, 2008 and ended on June 12, 2015 on Disney Channel, and follows Phineas... read more This makes me inspired to use my imagination more often and believe that you can do anything. It is also funny and some parts are romantic.
The series is imaginative, fun, and showcases something new every episode despite having a repetitive storyline.
I love the actions Perry the Platypus takes against Dr. Doofenshmirtz. The cool inventions that Phineas and Ferb create are great too.
Regular Show is an American animated television series created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network that premiered on September 6, 2010. The series revolves around the lives of two friends, a blue jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby—both employed as groundskeepers at a local park. Regular Show is SO awesome! It has a good mix of a bit of adult humor but more excitement and humor for kids to enjoy. With the main characters being a blue jay and a raccoon, you can put pretty much everything in it. (Its original motto was "Regular Show - it's anything but.")
It has the classic touch of succeeding but then realizing you forgot something, or you fail and everything goes okay. Mordecai (the blue jay) and Rigby (the raccoon) are two slackers who get into large scenarios and tend to get away with it from their angry but sometimes cool boss, Benson.
All the elements of this show make Regular Show the perfect TV series.
Steven Universe is an American animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. The show's based around a young boy by the name of Steven Universe, who is a hybrid of a gem and a human. He lives with his gem friends, Garnet, Amethyst and Pearl. This and Avatar: The Last Airbender both need to be at the top of the list. This show is amazing. It is the first Cartoon Network show to be created by a woman, it has one of the first LGBT couples shown on a "kids" show, and breaks countless other barriers. Great plot, action, humor, CHARACTERS, and everything in between.
Love, love, love this show.
Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, and Avatar: The Last Airbender all need to be much higher on this list! They all get really deep and are hilarious.
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series was first broadcast on Disney Channel on March 18, 2005, with 4 million viewers, making it the most successful premiere for Disney Channel in 2005. It was one of their first five shows available on... read more One of Disney's few successes, and probably their only live-action one.
This show just made my childhood awesome.
Over the Garden Wall is an American animated television miniseries created by Patrick McHale for Cartoon Network. Such a good show! The music is inspiring and the story is magnificent! If you haven't seen the show, it's only ten episodes and it will change your life!
It's not just the best kids' show, not just the best TV show ever, but the best work of fiction I've ever seen.
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Amphibia is an American animated television series created by Matt Braly that aired on Disney Channel from June 17, 2019 to May 14, 2022.
The Owl House is an American animated fantasy television series created by Dana Terrace that premiered on Disney Channel on January 10, 2020. The series stars the voices of Sarah-Nicole Robles, Wendie Malick, Alex Hirsch, Tati Gabrielle, Issac Ryan Brown, Mae Whitman, Cissy Jones, Matthew Rhys, Zeno... read more
Adventure Time is an American animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada) and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio)—a dog with the magical power to change shape... read more I say Adventure Time is the coolest kids' show ever!
Pokémon, abbreviated from the Japanese title of Pocket Monsters and currently advertised in English as Pokémon: The Series, is a Japanese anime television series, which has been adapted for the international television markets. It was first broadcast in Japan on April 1, 1997, in the United States... read more I want to be the best, like no one ever was. Who doesn't sing the theme song whenever it turns on? No other show has 900 episodes, 17 seasons, a great storyline, and cool characters like this show.
Kids these days don't know what they missed. Those few 11-13 year olds and all the 14-26 year olds know what actual good shows are.
1. Pokemon
2. Fairly OddParents
3. Lilo and Stitch
4. Suite Life of Zack and Cody
5. That's So Raven
6. Jimmy Neutron
7. Wizards of Waverly Place
8. Dexter's Laboratory
9. Looney Tunes
10. iCarly
You just have to agree.
The episode Racing to a Big Event is my second favorite TV show episode, behind Band Geeks from SpongeBob.
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is an American computer animated television series created by John A. Davis. It is the first spin-off to the 2001 film Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. This show is so good that it should have never ended. I mean, come on, a boy that is smart and builds weapons. Now that's a show I will always watch.
I am still upset with Nick for canceling it. Very underrated.
Danny Phantom is an American animated series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. It was produced by Billionfold Studios and distributed in Canada by Nelvana, a Canadian animation company. The series follows a teenage boy who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human world... read more
An animated comedy show by Daniel Chong about three different species of bears - Grizzly, Panda and Ice bear (polar bear). Since they were little, they wanted to get adopted by owners separately. But then they missed each other too much, so they reunited again. Now as adults, they now live in a cave... read more
The Amazing World of Gumball is a British-Australian-German-American-Irish children's animated television series created by Ben Bocquelet for Cartoon Network.
Harvey Beaks is an American animated television series created by C.H. Greenblatt for Nickelodeon. Originally announced to premiere on March 29, 2015, the series instead premiered on March 28, 2015 following the 2015 Kids' Choice Awards.
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an American animated science fiction/adventure/comedy series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation.
"Star vs. the Forces of Evil" is an American animated television comedy produced by Disney Television Animation for Disney XD. It was created by Daron Nefcy and developed by Jordana Arkin and Dave Wasson. The series follows teenage magical princess from the dimension of Mewni Star Butterfly and her... read more
Dexter's Laboratory is an American comic science fiction animated television series created by Genndy Tartakovsky for Cartoon Network, and the first of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. The show is about a kid scientist named Dexter that has a sister named Dee Dee that keeps breaking into his lab. One of the best Cartoon Network shows ever made!
Arthur is a Canadian/American animated educational television series for children, created by Cookie Jar Group and WGBH for PBS.
Ed, Edd n Eddy is a Canadian-American animated comedy television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network, and the sixth of the network's Cartoon Cartoons. The series revolves around three preteen boys: Ed, Edd "Double D," and Eddy—collectively known as "the Eds"—who live in a suburban... read more
The Penguins of Madagascar is an American CGI animated television series that has aired on Nickelodeon. The most awesome penguins in the world.