Vote for the Worst Kids Show On Television! Round 1: Disney Jr
It’s March, which means everything is all March Madness ALL THE TIME. Except in my house, because if there’s anything I hate more than basketball it’s teams I’ve never heard of playing basketball. I fully embrace that this might make me un-American, but to try to get myself into the spirit of competition Amy and I have created our own version of March Madness: Which TV show aimed at our preschoolers is the absolute WORST kids show on television? Can anything beat Dora’s screaming? Is Caillou the clear champion? Or can the Wonderpets come from behind to prove once and for all that they are sewious?
The game: we made “divisions” based on four channels (Nick Jr, Disney Jr, Hub and Sprout/PBS) and tried to keep it sort of limited to shows aimed at preschoolers, just to narrow it down. We will each host two channels and voting will narrow things down to a final four, one from each channel, which will narrow down to an ultimate showdown deciding the worst preschool show on television. The bracket can be viewed here.
I’m hosting Disney Jr & Sprout/PBS and Amy has Nick Jr & Hub.
Today’s face-offs are for Disney Jr! Let’s go!
Which is WORSE?
- Choo Choo Soul (79%, 72 Votes)
- Sofia The First (21%, 19 Votes)
Total Voters: 91

Which is WORSE?
- Handy Manny (70%, 63 Votes)
- Mickey Mouse Club House (30%, 27 Votes)
Total Voters: 90

Which is WORSE?
- Higglytown Heroes (61%, 46 Votes)
- Gaspard and Lisa (39%, 30 Votes)
Total Voters: 76

Which is WORSE?
- Octonauts (67%, 58 Votes)
- Jake and the Neverland Pirates (33%, 28 Votes)
Total Voters: 86

Which is WORSE?
- 3rd and Bird (56%, 43 Votes)
- Special Agent Oso (44%, 34 Votes)
Total Voters: 77

Which is WORSE?
- Small Potatoes (62%, 52 Votes)
- Chuggington (38%, 32 Votes)
Total Voters: 84

Which is WORSE?
- Imagination Movers (72%, 63 Votes)
- Little Einsteins (28%, 24 Votes)
Total Voters: 87

Which is WORSE?
- Sam Sandwich (93%, 79 Votes)
- Doc McStuffins (7%, 6 Votes)
Total Voters: 85

Now go to Amy’s and vote on Nick Jr shows. And come back tomorrow for the Sprout/PBS showdowns!
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With every fiber of my being, I loathe Choo Choo Soul.
I said something about how awful it once on Twitter once and Genevieve tweeted me back that she was sorry to hear that. I felt like a jerk but COME ON IT’S SO BAD.
There is almost no way Caillou isn’t winning this. Dora at least teaches kids some Spanish and self independence. Caillou teaches whining and alopecia.
My guess for the final four pairing on Suzanne’s blog is Choo Choo Soul vs Caillou, which I find delightfully horrible. Of course I have never actually seen Caillou.
Okay, am I the only parent who loves Sofia the first? The songs on that show are kind of awesome, and who can argue with good old unicorn racing? Higglytown Heroes SHOULD win this bracket, but I’m not sure that people even know what it is.
I actually like a lot of the Disney Jr shows! We watch a ton of Sofia and Doc McStuffins and Imagination Movers and I don’t hate any of them. Although if I never hear “We’re! At! A royal sleep! Over!” again it will be too soon.
I did NOT like the match up between Jake and Octonauts. I like both those shows! Also, we watch WAY too much Disney Jr. thanks to Aric’s Mickey Mouse/Captain Hook addiction. I don’t think we’ve had Nick Jr. on in a long time. Off to Amy’s though to cast those votes! I love this game!
I think Choo Choo Soul is completely awful. I think Octonauts is pretty great, though. I’ll only be able to vote in Amy’s channels – we have managed to avoid Nickelodeon around here…
Huh. I can’t even vote in yours because I’ve only seen 2 of the shows and they aren’t against one another..lol! I can’t tell if I’m missing out or if I’m fortunate.
If this were a Qubo or PBS thing I could probably nail it though. ;)
Same here! Qubo/pbs I could totally wing…and Caillou IS the clear winner. I change the channel everyday from PBS to qubo soley because of that whiney child.
We like Octonauts and Jake. To be honest, Handy Manny and Mickey don’t bother me. Choo Choo Sould (aka Carlos Boozer) kills me… Third and Bird is right there!
This is the best. There are a handful of kids shows I like…and dare I say…even get a bit excited when it’s an episode I haven’t seen before. I call Caliou as the winner, how that show is even on the air at all I don’t know.
Oh is choo choo soul an actual show now??? I just thought it was that short interlude between shows. It makes my ears bleed. But I really like Sophia and Mickey and Doc McStuffins. I think I really like most show on Disney Jr. I can’t wait to see how this all plays out! :)
It’s mostly an interlude (like Small Potatoes) but I cannot overlook what they did to Mary Poppins. TRAVESTY.
This is pretty hilarious. Though I haven;t even heard of half the shows… guess that makes it similar to real March Madness.
[…] can go back and vote in yesterday’s Disney Jr polls here and Nick Jr here if you missed them. Polls close Sunday night with Round 2 going up […]
This? This is a dream come true. So awesome.
these are great. i’d be thrilled if imagination movers got the boot entirely – nina and knit-knots make me roll my eyes so hard it hurts. choo-choo soul was good in the beginning, the only tolerable song was the abc’s. we’ve fallen away from nick jr. which i am ok with. the only two i can really stomach are ygg and umizoomi. pbs – we’re a curious george family and that’s about it.
i cannot wait to see the results and what gets eliminated!
Imagination Movers just creeps me out. Like, you have a business! WHY do they get so excited and surprised when a customer rings their stupid bell?!? And I’m a little sad that those adorable British potatoes are losing. I love them. Choo Choo Soul and Gaspard and Lisa can go straight to hell though.
I’ve never even heard of most of these. I’m really hoping to keep it that way, although admittedly Shelby gets a lot of screen time these days. Way more than I’d like her to have. But a lot of what we put on for her is DVDs.
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