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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly, it's not the least bit surprising that your 3 year old has lost interest in Sesame Street...it simply isn't the show it used to be.  He's old enough  (and smart enough!) to already realize this.  When you and I were watching 25 - 30 years ago it was an educationally valuable show that was also funny.  Now, it's just this:

10 minutes of actual SS, usually hijacked by Elmo, Abby CAdabra or Baby Bear
15 minutes of Abby
15 minutes of Elmo (shoot me now)
10 minutes of Murray
...and the rest of the "in-between" segments hosted by Murray

They show the same 20 segments of Elmo and 10 segments of Abby that they've been showing for the past decade, and sometimes they show the same repeats 3 or 4 episodes in a row (I know the Abby episode with the macaroni dinosaur like the back of my hand, they repeated it 4 times in back to back episodes).  You have Elmo throwing tantrums, screaming, ranting and raving, and flailing around like a lunatic, and that idiot Murray who always forgets the letter and number of the day.  I remember my nephew turning to me a few years ago and asking "Why is Murray so stupid?  I know what comes after 'B' and I'm just 4!" (little smart ass that he is, lol).  My own daughter, 15 months old, loves Elmo and Abby but she gets bored of the segments quickly.

I recommend Classic Sesame Street, if you have Netflix.  Otherwise my daughter seems to enjoy Daniel Tiger's neighborhood and superwhy.  I also recommend Dinosaur Train...what little boy wouldn't love Dinosaurs?  Curious George is a great option too.  Just be warned, Superwhy is one of those shows where they have 30 seconds of silence with the characters creepily staring at you when they ask a question.  I always hated those shows.

I [u]don't[/u] recommend the following:

Sid the Science Kid (that's mainly bias on my part...I hate the animation and how the characters look)
Thomas the Train (it's not bad, I just notice that it bores the heck out of anyone who watches it)

Oh, and the people soapboxing about television?  Shut your mouth.  This person is asking what television shows to show their child, they don't need your posturing about television being bad for kids.  Get off the internet and do something more productive with your life.  The rest of us, we'll provide meaningful replies.
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