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BLOCK NICK!!

I don't think so. Maybe they're owned by the same company that runs a really awful network. And maybe, once a every two months, some political or social BS gets propagated in a mild form on a special of some sort. The channel is on quite a bit at our house, and if the show you describe was aired, it was a rare thing.

Depriving children of Sponge Bob because every once in a while the channel airs something objectionable is a bit extreme. Overall the channel is very creative much easier for a parent to stomach than its competitors like Cartoon Network. Sponge Bob is sometimes hilarious, and rarely annoying. Fairly Odd Parents is easy for both kids and parents to watch. Some complain about vague references to sexual themes, but vague is the key word here; way over the heads of 6 year olds and harmless to their little minds They used to have a show called “Hey Arnold” that was excellent, and “Rocket Power” always made me wish I had grown up on the California coast. The shows aimed at older kids can be inane, but rarely push any social or political buttons.

I'm not pleased that they have a show called "Naked Brothers Band". Didn't one person there stop and think: "Hmm, maybe a kids channel should leave suggestive words out of a show title"? On the whole though, if you really look at Nick as something that needs to be banned in your house, you should conider getting rid of cable all together, give away all your possessions, going up on a hill, and waitint for the rapture.

A DVR or Tivo can help filter out bad stuff as a previous poster suggested. My problem with Nick is twofold.
1) If I could selectively block titles on a channel I would. Unfortunately you either block the channel or you block by ratings. Blocking by ratings wont work.
2) Nick has many shows, not just the one discussed in this thread, that are overly suggestive. As for Nick Teen which comes on early the shows have girls bouncing around in suggestive clothing, grind dancing, and promote vanity and materialism. Not to mention the blatant portrayal of parents as inept, bungling idiots in many of their shows.

One other problem. There is no way to block advertisement of shows one might find offensive. You are forced to see the worst (or best) parts of shows that you would never let you kids watch. Cant control this at all without TIVO or DVR.

While I think there are several programs that are entertaining and relatively harmless on Nick, I don't believe you could call blocking Nick "Depriving" to my children. Any time my kids are not sitting in front of a TV is good. Fortunately for me my kids spend most of their free time outdoors playing.

I didn't read your last sentence in your post to me.

"Banning Nick in my house". I've already done that.
"Getting rid of cable". I've seriously considered that too.
"Giving away all my possesions". I may be a social conservative but I'm not dumb.
"Going up on a hill and waiting for rapture". That was an uncalled for statement.

I suggest you stop watching childrens cartoons it's rotting your brain.