Hearst Media Production Group

Hearst Media Production Group (formerly Litton Entertainment and Litton Syndication) is a company that makes educational Saturday morning programming for various networks.

Why They Suck

 * 1) They were responsible for ruining Saturday morning programming cartoon blocks and replacing them with Saturday morning educational programs.
 * 2) *The real reason why this company did this is because they thought Saturday Morning Cartoons are getting old so they needed to start something new, which is why they began to replace those blocks, starting with ABC Kids, which they changed to Litton's Weekend Adventure.
 * 3) *The only Litton show that could actually appeal to those kids/teenagers was "The Inspectors" on the CBS Dream Team, because most of the cast was in their late teens/early twenties.
 * 4) The problem with the Litton shows is that even though they have the E/I rating to comply to the Children’s Television Act, ironically, their shows really don’t target (or appeal) to children. Just because something is labeled as "educational" doesn’t mean that children are going to watch.
 * 5) The budget for those shows are heavily cheap.
 * 6) As mentioned on WIS #2, they kept abusing the E/I rating just to beg the FCC to not impose the E/I and keep the programming blocks going.
 * 7) They became so bad that Sinclair Broadcasting tried bringing back traditional Saturday morning cartoons with a block called mh:besttvshows:KidsClick where they aired classic and newer/modern cartoons every Saturday morning. Part of why it didn’t work out was because some of the shows didn’t meet that criterion.
 * 8) They air nothing but weak education shows and poor religious Bible lessons.
 * 9) Their content is lazy (and barely even educational) and they have a de-facto monopoly on commercial network EI programming blocks.

The Only Redeeming Quality

 * 1) In the late 90s, Litton syndicated a half-hour animal dramedy series called "Critter Gitters", which ACTUALLY was aimed at kids. And they didn't air Dr. Scholl's and Metamucil ads like they do today on these blocks.

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