The government changes the rules on children’s programs requirements and the networks just axe them.
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Such a shame that both Totally Wild and Scope have been axed. Yes, they have filmed in advance, so there’s still some months to go until the last episodes are aired. But nonetheless, a shame really. Totally Wild, i thought, is popular. I also thought that these sorts of observational-type-children’s-programs are cheaper to make than Children’s Drama.
The change of Quota for television this year may have helped with the axing?
It would be interesting to one day see the television ratings for the childrens shows over on Seven, Nine and Ten’s multi-channels - compared to the ever popular ABC Kids channel.
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Are we expecting any proper final farewell episodes for Totally Wild & Scope? Or will they just conclude with whatever episodes have already been produced and nothing more?
I know that unless a presenter changes (eg, how Scope pushed the Constable > Nakano transition over several episodes last year), neither program really follows up stories from episode to episode. But it’d still be nice to have decent conclusion to two programs that have been part of the Ten children’s lineup for a long time now! 
Given that the commercial networks have axed all their long running kids shows in recent years, they’ve probably rated poorly (not helped by dodgy timeslots, but let’s not go there again…) compared to titles on ABC Kids and even ABC ME.
I’d also presume that children’s programs on commercial TV used to rate a lot higher back in the days we only had five main FTA channels.
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I do hope that they have a farewell message/and or episodes to end their run. But i haven’t read anything to say if they have filmed these farewell episodes or not. Or just end abruptly.
Good points there. The commercial networks have shafted their children’s programs to odd and dodgy timeslots. We all have noticed that. Yeah, good point - we did only have 5 main channels back in the day. Apart from Bluey, we wont see any good ratings for these programs.
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Saturday Disney is a good example of a show moving timeslots.
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I dont see 10 doing anything to farewell TW, look at Scope and Toasted TV for examples of disappearing from the airwaves.
Not in terms of international deals, reruns, merchandise etc etc.
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Also it’s a phoney excuse they will be doing way more drama. Drama works cause of what you outlined but also through government funding grants. Plus usually it’s done by another production company slashing 10’s overheads in Brisbane.
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Exactly.
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Who could have seen this coming? 
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The British public will vote to choose which two of the following characters will be added: Mr Brilliant, Little Miss Kind, Little Miss Brave, Mr Calm and Little Miss Energy.
I first saw Mr Men when I was a little boy in Hong Kong in the 1980s. It was dubbed into Cantonese and titled Mr Cartoon.
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Did the name of each character stay the same?
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Yes the Chinese names of Mr Men characters were straight translation of the original English names.
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Jesus, they’re really going to run this pig to the ground.
I guess it’s continued popularity and ability to generate so much money for eOne prompted this renewal. Not surprised at all.
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Well, Peppa Pig and Bluey are the most popular animated animal characters in the world at the moment.
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I’ve noticed the number of episodes for the cartoon Arthur is getting smaller every season.
Season 23 and 24 have both had only 3 episodes.
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I think there are probably two main reasons for this:
A: It’s a possible sign PBS is winding down the series to an eventual end.
B: Covid might have hindered the ability to make more episodes (even when working from home).
Just my two cents. What does everyone else think?
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Peppa Pig is probably to eOne what Spongebob Squarepants is to ViacomCBS and what The Simpsons (not a kids show I know, but still…) is to Disney/FOX?
I certainly won’t be too surprised if that pig reaches the same “Please just let it die and move onto something else already!” status the folk at Bikini Bottom and Springfield have been at for some time now.
Compared to other TV genres, I would’ve thought animations have still been doing relatively OK over the last year or so.
Given that Arthur has been running for almost 25 years + taking into consideration the fact that the number of episodes produced per season has gradually been reduced since 2016, I wouldn’t be overly surprised if the series wraps up soon.
That the massive conglomerates in charge of outputting these beloved animated shows should realise that nothing lasts forever and work towards building satisfactory series conclusions + quality replacements.
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Tell that to shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy.
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