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Topic: children’s television
Bluey (Image: Supplied)

Networks let off the hook on kids’ content — but no help for the ABC

Media

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Oct 01, 2020

6

Dog days for Australian kids’ television

Culture

Feb 19, 2019

3

<i>Hi5</i>, now airing on Go! Kids after more than a decade on Channel 9.

Why do commercial TV bosses have it in for kids?

Business

Feb 27, 2018

1

Commercial networks lobby to axe their own kids’ TV shows

TV & Radio

Jul 21, 2017

2

A new code of practice for TV networks permits M and MA15+ programs to be broadcast during family prime time.

No TV for little kids: new code allows sex and drugs at 7.30pm

Media

Nov 10, 2015

A look at the language used in advertisements for children's toys finds them deeply gendered. Boys toys refer to "battle", "power", "hero" and "action", while girl ads speak of "love", "fun", "magic" and "babies".

How toy ads reinforce gender stereotypes

Advertising

Mar 29, 2011

<em>Al Jazeera</em> might be most known for its news reporting, but the network will soon launch an English-language children's channel, aimed to hit the US market next year.

Al Jazeera launches an English channel for kids

Journalism

Mar 09, 2011

Is <em>Sesame Street</em> anti-Fox? That's what conservative pundits <a href="http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/sright/2009/11/03/l-is-for-leftist-thats-good-enough-for-me/">reckon</a>, but as <em>Mediaite</em> point out, it's more like the other way around, with Fox taking several stabs at the beloved kids' show over the years.

Sesame Street vs. Fox News

TV & Radio

Nov 05, 2009

<em>Sesame Street</em> is 40 years old today, and still going strong. Naturally, this milestone for a show half the world grew up with has sparked a flood of memories. Amongst them, <em>CSM</em> <a href="http://features.csmonitor.com/innovation/2009/11/04/sesame-street-at-40-our-favorite-clips/">shares</a> 11 of its favourite clips, and <em>NY Mag</em> maps out the show's real New York locations.

40 years of Sesame Street

TV & Radio

Nov 05, 2009

To celebrate 40 years of singing, dancing, living in trashcans and eating cookies on Sesame Street, the <em>National Post</em> has created this interactive guide to 101 of the street's most famous fuzzy residents.

101 Muppets of Sesame St

TV & Radio

Jul 14, 2009

How a bunch of puppets have shaped lives and culture around the globe.

How Sesame Street changed the world

TV & Radio

May 25, 2009

There are 11 articles in children's television