Blog:CBeebies (Pre-2016)

Please note that these are all my opinions and you can disagree.

CBeebies is a British free-to-air children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. Its programming is targeted at young children aged 6 and younger with sister channel CBBC aimed at viewers aged over 7. It broadcasts every day from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm, timesharing with BBC Four (which starts at that time). CBeebies also manages an international network supported by subscription services. While the channel was good from 2002 to 2007 and decent from 2007 to 2016, ever since Tweenies was taken off the channel in April 2016, the channel has been going downhill, this era is referred to as the "Dark Age" by fans.

Why It Used To Be Playtime

 * 1) It used to give attention to older kids as well as young ones, providing fun activities inside and out of the website.
 * 2) Lots of decent to great shows like Tommy Zoom, Underground Ernie, Brum, Charlie and Lola, Waybulloo and Mister Maker just to name a few.
 * 3) Speaking of which, this channel had lots more variety before it's dark age.
 * 4) The presenters are lively and help get kids active.
 * 5) They teamed up with Peter Kay in 2009 and gave some of their stop-motion animated characters to him. In addition, they made their own music video in 2011.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The channel has gone downhill since 2016.
 * 2) It does air the occasional bad or mediocre show like Green Balloon Club or Bing.
 * 3) It did go slightly downhill in 2012, but has still remained good until 2016.