The Hub Network was great. Pre-2013,the Network was The place to be for great family and kids entertainment. They sure as hell put The Other Big 3 (disney,nick,and cn) to shame. So today,I give you:
The 8 Things The Hub Network Did Way Better Then Modern Disney,Modern Nickelodeon,and Modern Cartoon Network!
Let's begin.
#8 - Nostalgia: This is one of the biggest things The Hub Network excelled at. From giving us a Retro-Sitcom block to bringing back old faves,The Hub never disappointed in this area. Disney's Idea of Nostalgia is giving us kitty shit from the Anne Sweeney Era. Nick gives us the 90's are All That......at 10/11 at Night! And Cartoon Network doesn't believe in Nostalgia at all anymore (just look at boomerang).
#7 - Diversity: Unlike the Other Big 3,The Hub was awesome at Diversity as well. Unlike their competition,The Hub had a wide variety of shows. They never had to rely on just 1 genre of show (unlike the other big 3).
#6 - Program Direction: The Hub was superior in this area too. The line-ups just made sense. The Program Direction of the Other Big 3 Networks are just a putrid mess.
#5 - Huboom: A really great replacement for Toonami,need I say more. The Other Big 3 just don't believe in Program Blocks anymore.
#4 - Promoting The Right Shows: Unlike Today's Disney,Modern Nickelodeon,and The 2k Cartoon Network,The Hub almost Always promoted their greatest shows the most.
#3 - Creativity: When the Hub was still living,The Other Big 3 Networks were creativly bankrupt (in fact they still are). Not the Hub Network,though. From 2010-2013,creativity was overflowing on the Hub. Seriously their Bumpers,Shows,and Program Blocks were really really well done.
#2 - Consistency: The Hub was 200x more consistant than it's competitors.
#1 - Treating Their Audience Right: Up until 2013,The Hub Network always treated their auduence like they were people with smart promos and intellegently produced shows and blocks. Unlike the Other Big 3,which treated their audience like they were retards (in fact,they still do this).
Had Discovery showed this network Patience,it would've thrived and Destroyed the Other Big 3. But sadly,Network Execs are Super Retards.
So until next time,Stay Gold,Space Cowboys!
2 comments:
Quite true. If Discovery would've kept the Hub, it would blow the big 3 out of the water. But alas, all these execs carry about are money and ratings. Speaking of which, I am working on a sneak preview on the next chapter of my retrospective/rant on Discovery Family. In this sneak peek, I will mention the one thing that made it personal against Discovery when they took off the Hub and that is the subject of the anime, Deltora Quest, which was the first AND only anime they have ever aired. If the Hub was still on the air, we would've seen more anime shows on it, especially the original Transformers: Robots in Disguise (aka Car Robots in Japan), which makes perfect sense since Transformers is own by Hasbro and Hasbro shared a 50/50 partnership with Discovery at the time with the Hub.
Not only that Jase,but had the Hub Stuck around and Hasbro still owened half. Power Rangers would've been on the network. Sadly,this can't happen now. Oh what Should have been.
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