Changing the "main character" from Big Bird to Elmo, and other re-structuring of the show, really did harm it a ton.
Sells merch better, though. And I dunno, maybe zero kids would still watch it in a world of smart phones and YouTube and other relatively frantic entertainment for pre-schoolers, if it were still as sedate as it once was. Maybe kids can't relate or look up to Big Bird like they can wacky, high-energy Elmo, anymore.
Sells merch better, though. And I dunno, maybe zero kids would still watch it in a world of smart phones and YouTube and other relatively frantic entertainment for pre-schoolers, if it were still as sedate as it once was. Maybe kids can't relate or look up to Big Bird like they can wacky, high-energy Elmo, anymore.