Its sad to see CITV closing down. I was born in 2002 and loved watching it in the 00's. I feel like my age group was the last group to grow up before streaming was the norm. Some of my favourite shows to watch were My Parents are Aliens, Horrid Henry, Jungle Run, Art Attack. I will always remember channels like CITV and CBBC. They were my favourite channels as a kid and could watch them for hours.
Damn, that actually sucks for people who grew up with it. It's never fun when part of your childhood dies, but at least it lives on in spirit through ITVX.
As somebody who was an avid CBBC and CITV viewer during the Late 90s through most of the 00s, this saddens me. I feel bad for the kids now, who, because there isn't a dedicated CITV Channel, they won't be able to go to school the next day and have shared experiences, talking about what happened in this or that show, because people can access anything they want whenever. I think this is a huge shame, and CBBC will eventually go the same way. British Children's Programming is effectively being slowly killed off, and it hurts that we're all powerless to do anything about it.
Not at all surprised. CITV has been on a decline for several years. The loss of Horrid Henry and Pokemon was what made me switch off. Having said that, I shall miss it.
I used to tune into CITV with my Grandpa after school. We'd watch Emu, Bernard's watch and Horrid Henry (amongst other things) - He died in 2013 and now the channel we had so much fun watching is dying too! It really feels like any remaining childhood memories we had/have are being ripped away in order for the digital age to take over. So long, CITV - You will be missed! 😢
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao). My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
@@Stagnant131 As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao). My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
I just want a CITV Gold channel (or a different name) for us adults lol. I'd be in heaven with Rainbow, Button Moon, Raggy Dolls etc episodes all day every day
Oh you mean something like UKTV Kids? Yeah that's something I've been thinking about for a while, archive kids shows that adults and children can enjoy
Man. First CBBC is set to close in 2025 and now CITV is doing the same this year on what should be a huge milestone for the brand. My childhood has suffered yet another massive blow. R.I.P CITV 1983-2023
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao). My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
I watched CITV on ITV in the afternoons, during the late 90’s and early 00’s. I used to watch the CITV channel when it launched in 2006 too. However, over the last few years, it’s stopped repeating the shows I remember watching. It’s sad it’s going online only, but that’s how it is these days. I would like to see the older content made available on ITV X. Such as, ZZZap, Art Attack, Bernard’s Watch, Jungle Run and Eliminator.
Whilst I feel sad about this, CITV hasn't been doing well in the past few years. As long as they decide to put all their vintage programming on ITVX then i'm good!
Shame, I was primarily a CITV kid growing up, watching Art Attack, My Parents Are Aliens, The Worst Witch and so on. I especially remember the days when Stephen Mulhern and Arthur Darvill presented it. Plus, the name CITV always had more of a ring to it.
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao). My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
@@davidprice5563 You mean Rorry the Dragon and Purrdy the pet dragon/cat hybrid and The Cheeky Monkeys? They are from the ITV children's saturday morning talk show named Tricky!! Even you meant not to mention the POP! channel!! OMG!!! 🤣🤣😂😂
I think it's a real shame CITV has ended. CITV entertained children in the UK for 40 years. My aunt presented the 6-part documentary series The Ultimate Machine which aired on CITV in May 1987. CITV had a lot of great shows over the years such as Knightmare. Woof. Thomas the Tank Engine. Fun House. Virtually Impossible. Avenger Penguins. How 2 among many others. Such a shame to see CITV end like this.
What a shock, I always thought it was bad enough that CITV wasn't on the main terrestrial channels anymore, and CBBC for that matter, but to get rid of the channel completely, I just feel sorry for the kids of today who will never have that feeling of coming home from school in the afternoon, relaxing and watching CITV as I always used to do, unless I had homework to do of course!😢😢😢
As someone who was born in 2008, I completely agree. Children's programming is slowly fading away, this is honestly why I'm glad that I was born in a year when children's programming was still decent. I feel sorry for the kids of today, they will never be able to experience what it was like back then.
I nearly started crying this morning hearing the news as CITV was my childhood. I remember as a kid I used to stay off “sick” to watch some of my favourite programmes. I also remember the days I’d go to my grandparents and they’d refuse to watch CITV as apparently they weren’t following their rules on religion. CITV holds many memories for me. I’ll forever miss it
I’m sorry I never got to watch this beautiful channel named CITV because I’m in the US. I know how it feels to no longer watch your favorite shows on a TV channel. This just proves streaming is taking over the world. R.I.P. CITV
I’m not even going to pretend to be shocked. I will admit, I am a bit sad that the CITV name will be retired, but the channel has basically become a zombie since after the Old Skool Weekend. As for the new ITVX Kids service… If they are able to add stuff like Art Attack, Sooty & Co, Grizzly Tales, Finger Tips & other classic shows, then I welcome it. Paramount Plus & Disney Plus have proved to me that streaming is a more suitable place for legacy content.
@Beefy Waltoon Yeah, I personally feel that way too. I think the Old Skool Weekend was the last time they actually cared about it's past. The channel had some decent shows during the first year or so, but took a huge nosedive when the presentation went bland in 2007-2008
Maybe they could even air Bear in the Big Blue House (if Disney lets them). Now THAT would be awesome, I was born on the 5th of July 2008 and I remember when my mum used to put it on the TV for me and my older sister (who was 4 back then) to watch. She's now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April, and I'm turning 15 this year. I know that it's on Disney+ already, but most of the episodes are missing and someone even found out that some of the episodes have bugged audio and that some of them aren't in English.
This saddens me. In the 80s and 90s I always watched CBBC and CITV, frankly it was my entire childhood. It is really sad that children's broadcasting is being zoned out, and it isnt very good for the kids either. Some people can't afford streaming services, sometimes kids just want to go back and watch some classic kids shows you can't find anywhere else, you know? I hope that citv can return someday... RIP CITV, and CBBC. Thanks for making my childhood a fun one.
This is possible a sign that ITV is losing out in a huge way, even if it can still keep channels that BBC now has to axe. We need to be real and figure out the real issue, TV is being degraded in favor of a service no one really wanted to become the norm. With TV going obsolete it could ruin the media industry and could put jobs at risk. All those CITV shows that were around in the years past, unless archived, those show will be lost media and no one will understand what made CITV popular to begin with. its a sad era for sure.
I always thought that it was actually 43 years. CITV originally launched as Watch It! on December 29, 1980, but after the first three years, ITV thought that kids brand title was too lame and was worried that that title would be some ripoff of a Mark Mothersbaugh DEVO song. So on January 3rd, 1983, they changed the name of the network to CITV where it still Stands today.
A compromise might be to rename the channel ITVX Kids, but keep the linear channel going for all the latest stuff and have live elements, interspersed with all the latest cartoons that ITV is allowed to show, but also have a catch-up/on demand area, in case circumstances prevent you from watching it as it goes out - as a boy growing up in the late 60s/early 70s - almost throughout the 70s and into the early 80s - the only option was to tune in as it went out or not see it at all - often missed the repeat as well later in the year or early next year - no catch-up, no on-demand - it took us until around 1983 to get a video recorder - dad thought it would knacker (his word) the telly - finally got one about two years following his death! Today, it’s almost impossible to miss TV shows that you want to see - some shows are on DVD these days!
@@rogerdarthwell5393 They’ve got no brain at all. They were born without one, the doctors in hospital tried hard to fix it but they grew up stupid anyway
I think once children today grow out of CBeebies then they immediately give up on time slot TV and find their own entertainment via TH-cam, TikTok, Netflix, Amazon, iPlayer and Disney+. They also develop a video game addiction, which is universal these days. They won’t transition to ‘traditional’ TV.
Exactly when in the Autumn does this shut down for good? September or October perhaps? Because the article says its final broadcast day will be in the early fall.
Great Video Adam! I used to watch CITV when the channel was fairly new. I used to watch some of the shows like Grizzly Tales for Grusome Kids, Scratch and Sniff’s Den of Doom, Horrid Henry, Mr Bean, and loads more. It’s sad that the channel is closing due to ITVX Kids. I feel like Kids aren’t going to TV anymore just to watch something
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao). My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
@@FiremanSamBoy2008 Old CITV means 2011 to around 2014, right? At least old for me. (IMO 2014 was CITVs downfall) You were too young to remember 2011 when CITV was definitely at its peak. You’re still a kid and can still make so many memories of CITV now, even if it’s closing soon. Youre acting as if your childhood is over because CITV is closing, that’s my point
@@meganthetvidentadvertfanat1596 Actually I do have memories of 2011 CITV mate, most people don't start getting their memories until they're 2 years old and I was 2 years old so quit trying to act like I don't have any memories of the early 2010's. I've seen lots of people that were born in 2008 that I've seen on the internet before and most of them have said that they have memories of 2011, I have friends at school who were also born in 2008 and they remember watch Horrid Henry on CITV in 2010 - 2011 so actually for your information I'm not too young thank you very much.
To be fair, CITV has been dying ever since Granada, Carlton & eventually ITV plc gradually cut the budget of CITV itself from the Early 2000s onwards. I guess they have finally achieved their endgame now...
I grew up watching CITV as a kid in the 80s and into the 90s and I preferred that more over CBBC. I loved the cartoons and various other programmes, I grew up watching Sooty, Rod Hull & Emu, Knightmare, Art Attack, Press Gang, Tiny Toon Adventures..etc And I remember being stunned in the early or mid-2000s when they got rid of the programme block for CITV on ITV on weekday afternoons, because they were now relocating to their own digital channel.. Because as a kid, you rushed home from school to watch CITV, but by 2004 or 2005 what was on at 4pm on ITV instead? Midsomer Murders or Inspector Morse, and I thought "such a far cry away from my upbringing".
During the 80s and 90s before we got satellite TV me and my brother were firmly CITV watchers for the most part. I'm surprised ITV are moving this quickly with closing a linear channel but I guess they have added commercial pressures that the BBC avoids. I got my first taste of the ITVX service at my mum's house last Christmas. Hopefully they keep much of the kids content on the free side of the paywall. And I suppose they could always pad out the content with stuff from the vaults although I doubt it would have much appeal to the modern kids audience. Original Bob the Builder was a Beeb offering IIRC.
So sad. I remember much of CITV. I always dreamed of being on Fun House or Finders Keepers. Not to mention staple classics like Art Attack and Zzap! Good times.
First CBBC now CITV, I remember how they used to air episodes of Huntik Secrets and Seekers, Atomic Betty, Sooty and that show with Jamie and Anna (I forgot what the show was called)
Saddens me as someone who watched a lot of CBBC and CITV as a kid in the 90s and early 2000s, but as you say things were very different back then. We didn't get Sky for the first time until I was 13, in 2002, so before that the only way I could watch kids shows was after school or on Saturday mornings
And we thought whatever problems were going on outside sparked enough trauma. SAVING THE WORLD SHOULD BE A BIGGER PRIORITY THAN WORRYING ABOUT NEWER GENERATIONS.
I loved both CBBC & CITV in the mid 90s - mid 00s certainly still gives me the nostalgic feeling surrounding that. Children’s TV back then was so much better than what the kids have the last decade in time. If ever I have kids they would be watching what I’ve grown up with. This has definitely deepened me in sadness, but at least the stuff of old is still out there on YT and other places. Understand the changing habits of streaming all we can do is adapt.
I feel bad for all the kids who watch this all the time. Shame to see CITV go in the autumn. Edit: Oh well. It's a new generation I guess. But still sad.
I remember CITV back in the 90’s. Disney cartoons in the early morning before SMTV Live and CD UK came on. Art Attack in the afternoon. I think See How They Run was on CITV among other teenage dramas. GMTV was on ITV too, right? I remember watching children/teen shows on that in the morning before going to school and then during the summer holidays I think. Power Rangers, Maxie’s World, maybe Mighty Ducks and eventually Power Rangers was replaced with VR Troopers.
I also do that the odd time too, but I also have sophisticated interests common with someone my age, and I don’t live in the past. The time to live is now.
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao). My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
@@astonishingpatchedits Bro Disney channel Disney XD were Amazing But it really had to end badly bc of Disney + when those channels where gone I felt emotional sad all I had to watch is boomerang cartoon netowrk
Because of the other shows included, I assume. They'd definitely need to delete Pokemon and Sabrina, and the associated gag segments therefore lose their context.
Not only is this content moving online but it also means anyone in Ireland be it those of us who grew up with CITV or kids that are watch content now probably won't be able to access it. It's a pity I would love to have access to older shows
I've been planning my own rant video on this situation but I have a cold right now so I'm not up for a livestream right now and scripting the rant is proving to be difficult but for now I want to say: the streaming market is proving to be a wild west, what with Disney and Paramount putting much of their libraries behind a monthly pay wall and Netflix shooting themselves in the foot repeatedly, not to mention it's not certain that your favorite show will still be available on streaming this time next year! If both Citv AND CBBC close, this'll leave Pop as the ONLY school age kid's channel on Freeview, only other on Freesat alongside Pop MAX! I've been suspicious of ITV not caring about their kid's offering due to Citv being their ONLY channel STILL not available in HD! It saddens me that many parents raise their little ones on mass-produced shit like Peppa Pig and Cocomelon, no disrespect intended but even my own niece relies heavily on those two! Kids deserve better quality entertainment! I've been wanting Channel 4 to re-enter the kid's TV space for YEARS and I feel that if they launch a new kid's channel, it'd fill the void left by CBBC and Citv! Not to mention, such a channel could not only air new shows for today's kids, it could be a place where us adults can re-enjoy favorites from when we were kids, such as Fourways Farm, Tintin, Madeline, Biker Mice From Mars, Earthworm Jim and Johnny Bravo! I'd ESPECIALLY like Channel 4 to BUY OUT Thomas & Friends from Mattel, especially as I've heard NOTHING about whether or not today's kids actually give a shit about All Engines Go, I feel this'd be a BIG opportunity to put the original pre-Gullane Thomas seasons back on TV and pave the way for a reboot that's actually good! The Paddington reboot proves you CAN reboot an existing kid's show and do a good job of it! On the whole, I feel that the streaming wars are getting out of hand, not everyone can subscribe to Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+ and Prime Video all at once, not everyone has good internet access and the recent launch of Sky Kids proves there IS still a place for linear kid's channels on TV!
Additionally, streaming services seem to be in some trouble, such as licencing programs to other services because they're not making enough money keeping them in one place or even out-right removing shows that some think aren't worth it. Streaming services when Disney+ first started were seen as a library of content from specific companies, but now it's all falling apart. I know CITV viewership has dropped by two thirds, but the lack of HD options likely helped. Who knows if streaming services will just be a temporary thing and in 20 years time people may even laugh at the concept of them. When it comes to streaming, there are several huge issues: 1. Lack of international rights, leaving some services in some countries with a lot more content than others as well as many shows and movies being unavailable. 2. Very little globalization of streaming services. HBOMax, Hulu and Peacock for example are unavailable in the UK. 3. Greedy CEOs and corporate managers drastically shifting content so it reflects what they like over variety (David Zaslav and HBOMax). 4. Brining back ads, despite the lack of ads originally being a huge factor to use streaming services in the first place. 5. Whatever Netflix is doing with their anti-account sharing nonsense.
@@YujiUedaFan I agree! I can't reveal EVERYTHING wrong with streaming myself, learning disability, but MANY jobs can't be done by just one person! You are ESPECIALLY right to remind us of the shit HBO Max have been pulling since the summer!
@@YujiUedaFan Peacock and Hulu both do exist, though Hulu has a different name. Peacock is bundled with Sky, and Hulu's UK counterpart is the STAR section on Disney+.
@@JASpiring I didn't know that Peacock existed with Sky, though I doubt it shares many programs with the US counterpart. I mentioned Hulu because a lot of shows are missing on Disney+, like the WB shows.
It's sad. That being said it's not truly going away. The channel might be but It'll be it's own block of programming on a different channel, like it used to be. Which is what I grew up on watching it on ITV1 in the afternoons after school. It won't be the same though, especially for the kids. I don't like all this ITVX stuff, why they chose to call it that I don't know.
It is a shame they are shutting CITV down because it was a great channel for kids they should leave it for kids who are struggling with there Internet.
I was there for the golden age in the 80s and 90s. Back then most of the content on CITV was made in-house, we had stuff like Knightmare, T-Bag and Count Duckula. I've got a 7 year old now so we do watch the channel occasionally and in recent years it seems to mainly show US imports along with endless repeats of Horrid Henry and Mr. Bean and felt like it was on life support. That said it did seem as if they'd started doing more with it recently, with things like the HOW revival. I wonder now if that was just a case of them needing some new content to launch with ITVX Kids rather than them trying to revive CITV.
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao). My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
R.I.P CITV. I used to love watching it until I eventually moved on to Nickelodeon. I used to watch CITV mainly for Horrid Henry and Pokémon XYZ, and to see the channel just... go... it breaks my heart... Plus, it used to air some fantastic shows which weren't out when I was younger but I really enjoy (Oggy and the Cockroaches, Art Attack, etc.) We will all miss you, CITV, no matter what decade you served. ❤ At least ITVX Kids will continue your legacy. ❤ I mean, at least POP gets to stay, right...?
CITv brings back all the good memories it’s really sad it’s starting to end this year bc of its down fall 2020 we all remeber it in are hearts British 🇬🇧
Maybe before it closes it will show all the past logo's and all the past presenters over the years saying goodbye and after Andy day might make an appearance and say "40 years of citv and now it's time to say goodbye farewell citv" and then it will show all the past presenters now waving goodbye after that it will fade to black with the words citv 1983-2023 thank you for watching then dark and then that's the end for citv..
@@lolipopi As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao). My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
@Chichi Chelsea💙 Only through the UK channels that we get over here. CITV channel does work here but think that will be closing tho. Crazy how the likes of BBC and ITV haven't been able to get their streaming services to work outside of the UK as we can get All 4 over here which is the Channel 4 on Demand streaming service.
If so... about time we get to see many of them CITV classics again ... zzzap, Mike & angels, Kappatoo, Spatz etc ... dunno what the hell itv were doing never letting these 1990s shows see the light of day again
As someone who grew up with CITV as a kid, and probably watched it more than CBBC (at least, I remember it more than CBBC, at least prior April 2006 before I got satellite myself), I will miss CiTV, including back when it was a block. I think it was part of GMTV aswell, but I'm not sure as I only remember GMTV as my Mam watched it often when I grew it up. Also...the kid channel section for Freeview will diminish, I'm pretty sure the only ones that will exist are Pop, Tiny Pop & Pop Max...and if they disappear (which I'm expecting), none will exist. Although, I'm not sure if CBBC will not be staying as their own channels. Also, nice to see Craig of the Creek on the CiTV Kids site, great modern CN show.
CBBC is ending, it's mentioned in the video, they announced it last year but it doesn't close until next year. Kids shows on GMTV were not called CITV. They used the name GMTV2 for the secondary block on ITV2 (which moved to CITV when the channel launched, and was using the sub-brand Action Stations by then), and several sub-brands for the kids shows on GMTV itself (Diggin It and Up On The Roof, and then they merged into Toonattik).
Sad news. I recall the early days when Children's ITV replaced the Watch It strand back in 1983. Matthew Kelly was the first of the celebrity hosts. Nothing lasts forever. Then again with CBBC eventually going online it's just a sign of the times for linear TV.
Those 2 shows were my go to programs in the early 2010s! It's just not been the same since they got rid of their good shows. CITV has easily been declining for a while now.
I thought I'd be sadder about this to be honest, but thinking back on it, I much preferred CBBC to CITV anyway. It had much more personality. Actual links with presenters (Katie, Cel, Ian, Chris and Karim were my era) and a wider variety of shows as opposed to imported animation. I enoyed shows such as Horrid Henry, My Parents are Aliens and Jungle Run, but that era is long gone. Still weirdly sad to see it go though, I always thought it would last forever as a kid. ALSO Suggestion for the ident review: The 2013-15 C things competitions where they'd get drawings by kids and animated as idents. I was actually one of the winners, so ended up making an official CITV ident of my own :)
@@sleepytyphlosion5660 Damn, bro, are you suggesting that drawings by children weren't artistically impressive? 😂 Not proud, per se, I mean I was 9 lol. Just something cool that happened to kid me.
I only watched it sometime but its one of the best kids channels to watch because they had such a variety of shows to watch that were usually only on channel you need to pay for.
What about areas that don't get fast enough internet speeds such as rural areas in the countryside to properly watch full motion video online and areas with patchy mobile phone reception? This removal of a linear service is basically cutting off those people.
grew up watching CITV late 80s and Through all the 90s Will miss it all. plus 40 years now dam. Specially as im 40 this year hehe. Britbox has some of the CITC classics on it, But for how long.
Such a bad idea. What about the poor family's that don't have the internet? Citv 2000s to 2012 was the Golden era. ITV X should show the old cartoons too for the nostalgia, since it's gonna be on demand.
This cannot be happening. It feels like I’ve lost my childhood and CBBC and CBeebies was also a big part of my childhood and linear tv is slowly starting to end. All that is going to be left in 2025 is the Pop channels and CBeebies. On my Sky+HD box strangely, I’ve lost Thane. Didn’t watch it though. R.I.P CITV and CBBC, you will be missed. Also ITVX Kids will just make you pay for some of the shows. That’s what every streaming service does. (Maybe. ) So, to citv, goodbye.
TO be honest, this channel should have ended sooner. CITV has been nothing but a dumpster file in the last 15 years. The only good stuff that it has been dropping recently is Horrid Henry, Mr. Bean, Thunderbirds Are Go, the HOW reboot and the Scrambled Saturday morning block. The Gas Street Studios and oval log were the end of the strand's golden era and the channel has just kept decreasing in quality for no reason since Art Attack with Neil Buchanan got axed in 2007
Hey, do I remember Neil Buchanan? I would've really wanted to go and see him who did Art Attack and Zzzap! in the 1990s. However, he also did Celebrity Juice, did he ever did a star guest announcer on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway? Did he or what?
However, I hated the 2-10 series of Zzzap! on CITV which was compared to the original 1997-2001 era of Teletubbies on CBBC and the 4-7 seasons of SpongeBob!😡However, I hated SpongeBob's post-movie voice which was stuck in my head forever and I remember watching Seasons 4-7 which was extremely constipating which I find it so painfully obnoxious for me in which of the new character being replaced by Tricky Dicky was Daisy Dares who does lose the game or either both lose in each episode when she yowls, howls or groans instead of crying which was compared to SpongeBob's screaming, crying, shouting, etc on the post-movie era of SpongeBob!🤬Some movies and TV shows try to be like an episode from the classic era or The Ren & Stimpy Show, but some either get it wrong or failed to try to be like these episodes from those 2 good cartoons by ripping the ideas off from either Ren & Stimpy or the first 3 seasons.😕However, other characters on the show like Cuthbert Lilly, Smart Arty, The Handymen, Tricky Dicky, Minnie the Mini Magician amongst others that become either annoying or cringeworthy to listen to.😠Well to be honest, that I hate watching Horrid Henry and the 1996 era of The Beano's Dennis the Menace on CBBC which were compared to seasons 3-4 of The Ren & Stimpy Show and seasons 4-7 of SpongeBob SquarePants.😠And with that according to Nickelodeon were eventually my 2 cartoony nemesis'!🤬Also, I hated Victor & Hugo and the Avenger Penguins to be honest that they did not really had to show Scoot Penguin, Dr. Von Goosewing, Dimitri, Sviatoslav, Stiletto Mafioso and Ernest Penfold.😟And with that according to ITV Studios they were also my 2 cartoony nemesis also compared to Nickelodeon's season 4 of Rocko's Modern Life, Jay Ward's The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, DePatie-Freleng's Bailey's Comets and Super President and Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, The Jetsons and The Dukes cartoon series.🤬That's why I'm getting EXTREMELY ANNOYED ON MY NERVES OF THEM!!!😤😤😡😡🤬🤬😭😭😱😱
As a 2000s kid, this breaks my heart, I have fond memories watching shows on Citv, TMNT 2003 (the year I was born) My goldfish is evil Vampires pirates and aliens, Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return Wolves witches and giants and Grizzly tales for Gruesome kids, Jungle run Supernormal and Art Attack, Planet sketch and Atomic Betty Fleabag Monkeyface and Captain mack and my parents are aliens, Canimals The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about that and sooty, Bernard's watch Bookaboo and Bakugan (OG). The whole list speaks for itself, but It not just me who will miss Citv but also everyone who is born in 2000s and 1930s. RIP CITV, you were the best tv programme the UK has ever had since 1930s.
It’s sad that it’s closing, I used to love citv when I was a kid especially in the mid 2000s but I think it’s a good decision to shut down the channel because I had a feeling that it was going to shut down. Rip citv.
I haven't watched CITV in years, but it does hurt when part of your childhood dies (the closure of CITV, CBBC and the Disney Channels.) Also, the pre-school programming have been on ITVBe for a while now. The only free children's channels left are Cbeebies and Pop.
As you say, A vast majority of kids consume their content on a tablet via youtube, tiktok etc. Linear TV, Just like legacy media (newspapers etc) Is a dying format. We have television via an antenna here but it is only used in emergencies. Most of our content is consumed via a nas drive filled up with classic 70s and 80s tv shows! It costs us nothing per month!
Having first watched this video in around March 2023, I think we can be absolutely sure that we'll never see or hear CITV again. R.I.P, CITV Channel - 2006 - 2023.
I think it is the right decision to permanently close CITV down in September 2023, because as we continue to move towards a more streaming service format, we just have no choice but to adapt to this kind of mode of life. R.I.P, CITV. 1983 to 2023 (as a British TV channel)
My biggest concern about these channels closing down is for the children with parents who don't supervise the content their children watch enough. For those who do not pay for screaming services and use freeview TV, often times the main content their children will watch will be TH-cam, and without childrens channels, they'll watch TH-cam even more. As the stuff on there isn't monitored like TV is, I can see kids seeing all sorts of content they shouldn't if their parents aren't watchful enough.
I grew up watching this channel. I will miss it so much. Even though I am now almost an adult and I no longer watch this channel, I will watch the channel’s final closedown in Autumn to give my childhood a final send off.
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao). My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
@@FiremanSamBoy2008 So do I. I feel sorry for TV viewers in general. CITV, CBBC and BBC Four are all going. CBBC timeshares with BBC Three while BBC Four timeshares with CBeebies. I wonder what will happen to those channels on-air hours-wise once CBBC and BBC Four shut down. Will BBC Three go 24 hours? We will have to wait and see.
Its sad to see CITV closing down. I was born in 2002 and loved watching it in the 00's. I feel like my age group was the last group to grow up before streaming was the norm. Some of my favourite shows to watch were My Parents are Aliens, Horrid Henry, Jungle Run, Art Attack. I will always remember channels like CITV and CBBC. They were my favourite channels as a kid and could watch them for hours.
I watched it 2022 it's sad too see it go in a year +born in 2016 I could of watched it 2021
Damn, that actually sucks for people who grew up with it. It's never fun when part of your childhood dies, but at least it lives on in spirit through ITVX.
As somebody who was an avid CBBC and CITV viewer during the Late 90s through most of the 00s, this saddens me. I feel bad for the kids now, who, because there isn't a dedicated CITV Channel, they won't be able to go to school the next day and have shared experiences, talking about what happened in this or that show, because people can access anything they want whenever. I think this is a huge shame, and CBBC will eventually go the same way. British Children's Programming is effectively being slowly killed off, and it hurts that we're all powerless to do anything about it.
Unless we start a petition to do something about it...
Just like the radio, TV was also vulnerable to change. Streaming services will be replaced too in the future.
This will be hard for you
@@madtendo6482 petitions contribute jackshit.
It was announced last year that CBBC is going the same way - they just gave us two years notice, not six months like CITV did.
Not at all surprised. CITV has been on a decline for several years. The loss of Horrid Henry and Pokemon was what made me switch off.
Having said that, I shall miss it.
I used to tune into CITV with my Grandpa after school. We'd watch Emu, Bernard's watch and Horrid Henry (amongst other things) - He died in 2013 and now the channel we had so much fun watching is dying too!
It really feels like any remaining childhood memories we had/have are being ripped away in order for the digital age to take over.
So long, CITV
- You will be missed! 😢
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao).
My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
@@FiremanSamBoy2008 I was born 2007 so ur the year after me ☺️
I used to watch Horrid Henry a lot when I was a child. The closure of CITV doesn't sadden me, but it was a part of my childhood.
@@Stagnant131 As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao).
My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
I just want a CITV Gold channel (or a different name) for us adults lol. I'd be in heaven with Rainbow, Button Moon, Raggy Dolls etc episodes all day every day
Can we want for CITVX?
Oh you mean something like UKTV Kids? Yeah that's something I've been thinking about for a while, archive kids shows that adults and children can enjoy
@@angrypacifist5782 But I like to bring back for itvBE for the old one perhaps for this.
Bring. Back. Spatz.
@@musmodtos Of course and don't forget about blips and tots tv and rosie and jim and engie benjy too andy.
Man. First CBBC is set to close in 2025 and now CITV is doing the same this year on what should be a huge milestone for the brand. My childhood has suffered yet another massive blow.
R.I.P
CITV
1983-2023
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao).
My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
If CBBC is closing down, will all the shows be available on the iplayer? Just that I'm fond of horrible histories
Also will be on BBC Two
I watched CITV on ITV in the afternoons, during the late 90’s and early 00’s. I used to watch the CITV channel when it launched in 2006 too. However, over the last few years, it’s stopped repeating the shows I remember watching. It’s sad it’s going online only, but that’s how it is these days. I would like to see the older content made available on ITV X. Such as, ZZZap, Art Attack, Bernard’s Watch, Jungle Run and Eliminator.
They never did Old Skool Weekend this year or celebrate their anniversary at all
Whilst I feel sad about this, CITV hasn't been doing well in the past few years. As long as they decide to put all their vintage programming on ITVX then i'm good!
Shame, I was primarily a CITV kid growing up, watching Art Attack, My Parents Are Aliens, The Worst Witch and so on. I especially remember the days when Stephen Mulhern and Arthur Darvill presented it. Plus, the name CITV always had more of a ring to it.
Same here. Some great tv programmes they had.
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao).
My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
Arthur Darvill, (Rory - Doctor Who??? ....nah!!!!)
@@davidprice5563 You mean Rorry the Dragon and Purrdy the pet dragon/cat hybrid and The Cheeky Monkeys? They are from the ITV children's saturday morning talk show named Tricky!! Even you meant not to mention the POP! channel!! OMG!!! 🤣🤣😂😂
Shame that everything keeps going online… think of kids who have nothing but a TV in the living room and a bed to sleep in, if that.
I think it's a real shame CITV has ended. CITV entertained children in the UK for 40 years. My aunt presented the 6-part documentary series The Ultimate Machine which aired on CITV in May 1987. CITV had a lot of great shows over the years such as Knightmare. Woof. Thomas the Tank Engine. Fun House. Virtually Impossible. Avenger Penguins. How 2 among many others. Such a shame to see CITV end like this.
To be honest Dan, it hasn't been anything to bother about since the day it became separate from ITV / Channel 3 ... back in the day before free view.
What a shock, I always thought it was bad enough that CITV wasn't on the main terrestrial channels anymore, and CBBC for that matter, but to get rid of the channel completely, I just feel sorry for the kids of today who will never have that feeling of coming home from school in the afternoon, relaxing and watching CITV as I always used to do, unless I had homework to do of course!😢😢😢
They are so much better off today though. Watching Jake Paul or whoever, rather than being patronised by the latest Blue Peter presenter.
As someone who was born in 2008, I completely agree. Children's programming is slowly fading away, this is honestly why I'm glad that I was born in a year when children's programming was still decent.
I feel sorry for the kids of today, they will never be able to experience what it was like back then.
man i loved that channel
Jake Paul who pushes internet scams.
@@SleepExportstrying to use my sarcasm detection skills with this comment
I nearly started crying this morning hearing the news as CITV was my childhood. I remember as a kid I used to stay off “sick” to watch some of my favourite programmes. I also remember the days I’d go to my grandparents and they’d refuse to watch CITV as apparently they weren’t following their rules on religion. CITV holds many memories for me. I’ll forever miss it
I’m sorry I never got to watch this beautiful channel named CITV because I’m in the US. I know how it feels to no longer watch your favorite shows on a TV channel. This just proves streaming is taking over the world.
R.I.P. CITV
I’m not even going to pretend to be shocked. I will admit, I am a bit sad that the CITV name will be retired, but the channel has basically become a zombie since after the Old Skool Weekend.
As for the new ITVX Kids service… If they are able to add stuff like Art Attack, Sooty & Co, Grizzly Tales, Finger Tips & other classic shows, then I welcome it. Paramount Plus & Disney Plus have proved to me that streaming is a more suitable place for legacy content.
They most likely will add those shows. Nostalgia sell.
I'd give an arm and a leg to be able to see all the classic ITV Sooty shows in high quality!!
Hey!
@Beefy Waltoon Yeah, I personally feel that way too. I think the Old Skool Weekend was the last time they actually cared about it's past. The channel had some decent shows during the first year or so, but took a huge nosedive when the presentation went bland in 2007-2008
Maybe they could even air Bear in the Big Blue House (if Disney lets them).
Now THAT would be awesome, I was born on the 5th of July 2008 and I remember when my mum used to put it on the TV for me and my older sister (who was 4 back then) to watch. She's now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April, and I'm turning 15 this year.
I know that it's on Disney+ already, but most of the episodes are missing and someone even found out that some of the episodes have bugged audio and that some of them aren't in English.
This saddens me. In the 80s and 90s I always watched CBBC and CITV, frankly it was my entire childhood. It is really sad that children's broadcasting is being zoned out, and it isnt very good for the kids either. Some people can't afford streaming services, sometimes kids just want to go back and watch some classic kids shows you can't find anywhere else, you know? I hope that citv can return someday...
RIP CITV, and CBBC. Thanks for making my childhood a fun one.
Definitely an end of an era, great shows on CITV especially in the 90s with Sooty, Fun House, Art Attack and even Jungle Run
For those people who live in the UK, it's a shame that CITV (Children's ITV) is shutting down after 40 years on air
I’m very sad to see it go, I remember just sitting at my grannies house watching horrid Henry on CITV back in 2014. Miss you CITV
I agree
Ye I live Uk and it’s sad for me seeing this to bro
@@MrRetroTechOffical same man
This is possible a sign that ITV is losing out in a huge way, even if it can still keep channels that BBC now has to axe.
We need to be real and figure out the real issue, TV is being degraded in favor of a service no one really wanted to become the norm.
With TV going obsolete it could ruin the media industry and could put jobs at risk.
All those CITV shows that were around in the years past, unless archived, those show will be lost media and no one will understand what made CITV popular to begin with. its a sad era for sure.
I always thought that it was actually 43 years. CITV originally launched as Watch It! on December 29, 1980, but after the first three years, ITV thought that kids brand title was too lame and was worried that that title would be some ripoff of a Mark Mothersbaugh DEVO song. So on January 3rd, 1983, they changed the name of the network to CITV where it still Stands today.
Thanks CITV! You will be sadly missed cheers for the memories!
❤❤❤❤goodbye citv
A compromise might be to rename the channel ITVX Kids, but keep the linear channel going for all the latest stuff and have live elements, interspersed with all the latest cartoons that ITV is allowed to show, but also have a catch-up/on demand area, in case circumstances prevent you from watching it as it goes out - as a boy growing up in the late 60s/early 70s - almost throughout the 70s and into the early 80s - the only option was to tune in as it went out or not see it at all - often missed the repeat as well later in the year or early next year - no catch-up, no on-demand - it took us until around 1983 to get a video recorder - dad thought it would knacker (his word) the telly - finally got one about two years following his death!
Today, it’s almost impossible to miss TV shows that you want to see - some shows are on DVD these days!
Would have been nice, but unfortunately TV execs these days have no brain
@@rogerdarthwell5393 They’ve got no brain at all. They were born without one, the doctors in hospital tried hard to fix it but they grew up stupid anyway
@@astonishingpatchedits Yeah, you're absolutely right
I think once children today grow out of CBeebies then they immediately give up on time slot TV and find their own entertainment via TH-cam, TikTok, Netflix, Amazon, iPlayer and Disney+. They also develop a video game addiction, which is universal these days. They won’t transition to ‘traditional’ TV.
Exactly when in the Autumn does this shut down for good? September or October perhaps? Because the article says its final broadcast day will be in the early fall.
Your wrong 1st of September
Sad. I loved CITV with shows like Sooty and Horrid Henry. Going to miss it.
Great Video Adam! I used to watch CITV when the channel was fairly new. I used to watch some of the shows like Grizzly Tales for Grusome Kids, Scratch and Sniff’s Den of Doom, Horrid Henry, Mr Bean, and loads more. It’s sad that the channel is closing due to ITVX Kids. I feel like Kids aren’t going to TV anymore just to watch something
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao).
My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
@@FiremanSamBoy2008You’re still a kid though
@@meganthetvidentadvertfanat1596 So? That doesn't change the fact that I watched the old CITV, what's your point?
@@FiremanSamBoy2008 Old CITV means 2011 to around 2014, right? At least old for me. (IMO 2014 was CITVs downfall) You were too young to remember 2011 when CITV was definitely at its peak. You’re still a kid and can still make so many memories of CITV now, even if it’s closing soon. Youre acting as if your childhood is over because CITV is closing, that’s my point
@@meganthetvidentadvertfanat1596 Actually I do have memories of 2011 CITV mate, most people don't start getting their memories until they're 2 years old and I was 2 years old so quit trying to act like I don't have any memories of the early 2010's.
I've seen lots of people that were born in 2008 that I've seen on the internet before and most of them have said that they have memories of 2011, I have friends at school who were also born in 2008 and they remember watch Horrid Henry on CITV in 2010 - 2011 so actually for your information I'm not too young thank you very much.
To be fair, CITV has been dying ever since Granada, Carlton & eventually ITV plc gradually cut the budget of CITV itself from the Early 2000s onwards.
I guess they have finally achieved their endgame now...
Citv was my childhood and i’m 19 the channel will be missed for those who used to watch it too RIP Citv
Same man as a 2007 kid for me it’s really sad 😢
Died for me in 1993 when they only commissioned Spatz for six episodes for the last series.
Still bitter.
This is a real shame
I will miss shows such as Mr Bean, Horrid Henry, Adventure Time and more
CITV hasn't even aired Horrid Henry since February 2019 or Adventure Time since June 2018, so really you're _already_ missing them
adventure time on citv?!
I grew up watching CITV as a kid in the 80s and into the 90s and I preferred that more over CBBC. I loved the cartoons and various other programmes, I grew up watching Sooty, Rod Hull & Emu, Knightmare, Art Attack, Press Gang, Tiny Toon Adventures..etc And I remember being stunned in the early or mid-2000s when they got rid of the programme block for CITV on ITV on weekday afternoons, because they were now relocating to their own digital channel.. Because as a kid, you rushed home from school to watch CITV, but by 2004 or 2005 what was on at 4pm on ITV instead? Midsomer Murders or Inspector Morse, and I thought "such a far cry away from my upbringing".
aww sooty is the show that got me into CITV in the first place!
CITV is shutting down?! Man, this truly is the end of a era 😢
I love Rubbish world of Dave spud played by Johnny Vegas so glad to see that get a new series.
That Johnny Vegas voicing at Dave Spud and so the characters' voices is so extremely very annoying!! OMG!!😤😤😡😡😭😭🤣🤣😂😂😭😭
During the 80s and 90s before we got satellite TV me and my brother were firmly CITV watchers for the most part. I'm surprised ITV are moving this quickly with closing a linear channel but I guess they have added commercial pressures that the BBC avoids.
I got my first taste of the ITVX service at my mum's house last Christmas. Hopefully they keep much of the kids content on the free side of the paywall. And I suppose they could always pad out the content with stuff from the vaults although I doubt it would have much appeal to the modern kids audience.
Original Bob the Builder was a Beeb offering IIRC.
I remember watching the citv channel in 2012!! Time flies so sad to see it go after 17 years and 40 years as a brand
So sad. I remember much of CITV. I always dreamed of being on Fun House or Finders Keepers. Not to mention staple classics like Art Attack and Zzap!
Good times.
I Can't Believe Its Closing, I Remember Watching This Programme For Years. 😢
NNNOOOOOOO why thats so sad, many generations grew up with CITY
First CBBC now CITV, I remember how they used to air episodes of Huntik Secrets and Seekers, Atomic Betty, Sooty and that show with Jamie and Anna (I forgot what the show was called)
The Saturday Morning show with Jamie and Anna you're reffering to was 'Toonattik'.
This is going to be devastating to kids who rely on linear TV!!
Saddens me as someone who watched a lot of CBBC and CITV as a kid in the 90s and early 2000s, but as you say things were very different back then. We didn't get Sky for the first time until I was 13, in 2002, so before that the only way I could watch kids shows was after school or on Saturday mornings
Ye same man I watched citv more then CBBC it’s really sad that citv is going away
@@ChichiChelseaftw same i am a kid and it is sad hearing this i will only watch citv on itv2 rip citv 1983-2023 itvx kids will be bad
I watched both CBBC and CITV when I was a kid. It's a shame that CITV channel is going.
And we thought whatever problems were going on outside sparked enough trauma. SAVING THE WORLD SHOULD BE A BIGGER PRIORITY THAN WORRYING ABOUT NEWER GENERATIONS.
Damn! Although I'm not a citv fan this is upsetting.
R.I.P CITV
1983-2023
This upsets me the most
Devastating
Great video Adam I’ll be honest never really watched CITV much but that’s sad to hear that it’s going to be replaced but it what it is 👍.
I loved both CBBC & CITV in the mid 90s - mid 00s certainly still gives me the nostalgic feeling surrounding that. Children’s TV back then was so much better than what the kids have the last decade in time. If ever I have kids they would be watching what I’ve grown up with. This has definitely deepened me in sadness, but at least the stuff of old is still out there on YT and other places. Understand the changing habits of streaming all we can do is adapt.
I feel bad for all the kids who watch this all the time. Shame to see CITV go in the autumn. Edit: Oh well. It's a new generation I guess. But still sad.
Sad for me man ik
I remember CITV back in the 90’s. Disney cartoons in the early morning before SMTV Live and CD UK came on. Art Attack in the afternoon. I think See How They Run was on CITV among other teenage dramas. GMTV was on ITV too, right? I remember watching children/teen shows on that in the morning before going to school and then during the summer holidays I think. Power Rangers, Maxie’s World, maybe Mighty Ducks and eventually Power Rangers was replaced with VR Troopers.
Well that’s just great, first CBBC and now CITV
Noooooooo! This was my childhood! I'm only 20 nearly 21, but I still come back to it for nostalgia.
R.I.P 1983-2023
I also do that the odd time too, but I also have sophisticated interests common with someone my age, and I don’t live in the past. The time to live is now.
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao).
My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
@@astonishingpatchedits Same man
@@ChichiChelseaftw Like, first we lost Disney Channel and Disney XD, then we lost Fox and now we’re losing CITV, all to streaming? I am disgusted.
@@astonishingpatchedits Bro Disney channel Disney XD were Amazing But it really had to end badly bc of Disney + when those channels where gone I felt emotional sad all I had to watch is boomerang cartoon netowrk
I do remember appearing on a programme that broadcast on this channel.
Why isn't SM:TV Live on ITVx yet??? Only 20 to 30 episodes have resurfaced on TH-cam since the show got axed 20 years ago in December 2003.
Because of the other shows included, I assume. They'd definitely need to delete Pokemon and Sabrina, and the associated gag segments therefore lose their context.
Not only is this content moving online but it also means anyone in Ireland be it those of us who grew up with CITV or kids that are watch content now probably won't be able to access it. It's a pity I would love to have access to older shows
I've been planning my own rant video on this situation but I have a cold right now so I'm not up for a livestream right now and scripting the rant is proving to be difficult but for now I want to say: the streaming market is proving to be a wild west, what with Disney and Paramount putting much of their libraries behind a monthly pay wall and Netflix shooting themselves in the foot repeatedly, not to mention it's not certain that your favorite show will still be available on streaming this time next year! If both Citv AND CBBC close, this'll leave Pop as the ONLY school age kid's channel on Freeview, only other on Freesat alongside Pop MAX! I've been suspicious of ITV not caring about their kid's offering due to Citv being their ONLY channel STILL not available in HD! It saddens me that many parents raise their little ones on mass-produced shit like Peppa Pig and Cocomelon, no disrespect intended but even my own niece relies heavily on those two! Kids deserve better quality entertainment! I've been wanting Channel 4 to re-enter the kid's TV space for YEARS and I feel that if they launch a new kid's channel, it'd fill the void left by CBBC and Citv! Not to mention, such a channel could not only air new shows for today's kids, it could be a place where us adults can re-enjoy favorites from when we were kids, such as Fourways Farm, Tintin, Madeline, Biker Mice From Mars, Earthworm Jim and Johnny Bravo! I'd ESPECIALLY like Channel 4 to BUY OUT Thomas & Friends from Mattel, especially as I've heard NOTHING about whether or not today's kids actually give a shit about All Engines Go, I feel this'd be a BIG opportunity to put the original pre-Gullane Thomas seasons back on TV and pave the way for a reboot that's actually good! The Paddington reboot proves you CAN reboot an existing kid's show and do a good job of it! On the whole, I feel that the streaming wars are getting out of hand, not everyone can subscribe to Netflix, Disney+, Paramount+ and Prime Video all at once, not everyone has good internet access and the recent launch of Sky Kids proves there IS still a place for linear kid's channels on TV!
Additionally, streaming services seem to be in some trouble, such as licencing programs to other services because they're not making enough money keeping them in one place or even out-right removing shows that some think aren't worth it. Streaming services when Disney+ first started were seen as a library of content from specific companies, but now it's all falling apart. I know CITV viewership has dropped by two thirds, but the lack of HD options likely helped. Who knows if streaming services will just be a temporary thing and in 20 years time people may even laugh at the concept of them.
When it comes to streaming, there are several huge issues:
1. Lack of international rights, leaving some services in some countries with a lot more content than others as well as many shows and movies being unavailable.
2. Very little globalization of streaming services. HBOMax, Hulu and Peacock for example are unavailable in the UK.
3. Greedy CEOs and corporate managers drastically shifting content so it reflects what they like over variety (David Zaslav and HBOMax).
4. Brining back ads, despite the lack of ads originally being a huge factor to use streaming services in the first place.
5. Whatever Netflix is doing with their anti-account sharing nonsense.
@@YujiUedaFan I agree! I can't reveal EVERYTHING wrong with streaming myself, learning disability, but MANY jobs can't be done by just one person! You are ESPECIALLY right to remind us of the shit HBO Max have been pulling since the summer!
@@adultmoshifan87 they're getting rid of the woke
@@YujiUedaFan Peacock and Hulu both do exist, though Hulu has a different name. Peacock is bundled with Sky, and Hulu's UK counterpart is the STAR section on Disney+.
@@JASpiring I didn't know that Peacock existed with Sky, though I doubt it shares many programs with the US counterpart.
I mentioned Hulu because a lot of shows are missing on Disney+, like the WB shows.
It's sad. That being said it's not truly going away. The channel might be but It'll be it's own block of programming on a different channel, like it used to be. Which is what I grew up on watching it on ITV1 in the afternoons after school. It won't be the same though, especially for the kids. I don't like all this ITVX stuff, why they chose to call it that I don't know.
It is a shame they are shutting CITV down because it was a great channel for kids they should leave it for kids who are struggling with there Internet.
I was there for the golden age in the 80s and 90s. Back then most of the content on CITV was made in-house, we had stuff like Knightmare, T-Bag and Count Duckula. I've got a 7 year old now so we do watch the channel occasionally and in recent years it seems to mainly show US imports along with endless repeats of Horrid Henry and Mr. Bean and felt like it was on life support. That said it did seem as if they'd started doing more with it recently, with things like the HOW revival. I wonder now if that was just a case of them needing some new content to launch with ITVX Kids rather than them trying to revive CITV.
They couldn’t revive citv is it start to die 2020 stopped watching it
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao).
My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
R.I.P CITV. I used to love watching it until I eventually moved on to Nickelodeon. I used to watch CITV mainly for Horrid Henry and Pokémon XYZ, and to see the channel just... go... it breaks my heart... Plus, it used to air some fantastic shows which weren't out when I was younger but I really enjoy (Oggy and the Cockroaches, Art Attack, etc.) We will all miss you, CITV, no matter what decade you served. ❤ At least ITVX Kids will continue your legacy. ❤
I mean, at least POP gets to stay, right...?
CITv brings back all the good memories it’s really sad it’s starting to end this year bc of its down fall 2020 we all remeber it in are hearts British 🇬🇧
Thank You CITV.
Thank you for giving us classics (and also Power Rangers, Yu Gi Oh 5D and also Mysticons)
See you in your last days on 2023
Power Rangers will actually still be on Freeview (for now, we don't know yet what the franchise is doing after this year), as it's shown on Pop.
@@JASpiring okay.
And let’s not forget about Digimon too.
@@JASpiring They should release every single series from Mighty Morphin to the most recent series since the franchise turned 30 this year
Hope they go out on style with what they showed over the years
Maybe before it closes it will show all the past logo's and all the past presenters over the years saying goodbye and after Andy day might make an appearance and say "40 years of citv and now it's time to say goodbye farewell citv" and then it will show all the past presenters now waving goodbye after that it will fade to black with the words citv 1983-2023 thank you for watching then dark and then that's the end for citv..
@@lolipopi I agree with everything you said. Matthew Kelly was the 1st presenter as I remember
@@lolipopi As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao).
My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
@@rajnirvan3336 thank you 😊
@@FiremanSamBoy2008 me too kids in the future generations won't know what citv did was magical
Well CITV did air on ITV2 between 1998 and 2000 every morning after GMTV2. So airing CITV again on ITV2 just sounds crazy!
Sad times as I grew up with CITV in the 90's and great times it was and its a shame we can't get ITVX over here in Ireland
Does Ireland have CItV??
@Chichi Chelsea💙 Only through the UK channels that we get over here. CITV channel does work here but think that will be closing tho. Crazy how the likes of BBC and ITV haven't been able to get their streaming services to work outside of the UK as we can get All 4 over here which is the Channel 4 on Demand streaming service.
@@Lampard1988 Ik man really sad citv has to end
@@Lampard1988 do u have cartoon netowrk over Ireland
The X in ITVX looks EXACTLY like the iconic XBOX “X” logo! (Microsoft oughta sue!)
If so... about time we get to see many of them CITV classics again ... zzzap, Mike & angels, Kappatoo, Spatz etc ... dunno what the hell itv were doing never letting these 1990s shows see the light of day again
As someone who grew up with CITV as a kid, and probably watched it more than CBBC (at least, I remember it more than CBBC, at least prior April 2006 before I got satellite myself), I will miss CiTV, including back when it was a block. I think it was part of GMTV aswell, but I'm not sure as I only remember GMTV as my Mam watched it often when I grew it up.
Also...the kid channel section for Freeview will diminish, I'm pretty sure the only ones that will exist are Pop, Tiny Pop & Pop Max...and if they disappear (which I'm expecting), none will exist. Although, I'm not sure if CBBC will not be staying as their own channels.
Also, nice to see Craig of the Creek on the CiTV Kids site, great modern CN show.
CBBC is ending, it's mentioned in the video, they announced it last year but it doesn't close until next year.
Kids shows on GMTV were not called CITV. They used the name GMTV2 for the secondary block on ITV2 (which moved to CITV when the channel launched, and was using the sub-brand Action Stations by then), and several sub-brands for the kids shows on GMTV itself (Diggin It and Up On The Roof, and then they merged into Toonattik).
And the shows from CBBC are having to move to BBC Two
I still do not see what purpose ITVbe serves, it could easily be (re)merged with ITV2 with its funding used to keep the CITV channel going.
Sad news. I recall the early days when Children's ITV replaced the Watch It strand back in 1983. Matthew Kelly was the first of the celebrity hosts. Nothing lasts forever. Then again with CBBC eventually going online it's just a sign of the times for linear TV.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
I used to watch Horrid Henry and Almost Naked Animals all the time when i was 7. WHY?!
Those 2 shows were my go to programs in the early 2010s! It's just not been the same since they got rid of their good shows. CITV has easily been declining for a while now.
I thought I'd be sadder about this to be honest, but thinking back on it, I much preferred CBBC to CITV anyway. It had much more personality. Actual links with presenters (Katie, Cel, Ian, Chris and Karim were my era) and a wider variety of shows as opposed to imported animation. I enoyed shows such as Horrid Henry, My Parents are Aliens and Jungle Run, but that era is long gone. Still weirdly sad to see it go though, I always thought it would last forever as a kid.
ALSO
Suggestion for the ident review: The 2013-15 C things competitions where they'd get drawings by kids and animated as idents.
I was actually one of the winners, so ended up making an official CITV ident of my own :)
Is CBBC closing just wondering
Dennis and Dnasher loved that show 😊
I remember never liking that 2013-2015 set, but kudos to you. You must be proud.
@@sleepytyphlosion5660 Damn, bro, are you suggesting that drawings by children weren't artistically impressive? 😂
Not proud, per se, I mean I was 9 lol. Just something cool that happened to kid me.
@@LexVanguard2004 I mean, I can understand why they did it at least.
Oh crap, I remember watching this when i was a kid.
Never really watched it that much but I'm still going to miss it
Hope ITVX Kids has classics like Jungle Run, Eliminator, Art Attack, Grizzly Tales for Gruesome Kids, Mr. Bean, Sooty and Zzzap!
Horrid Henry
What baffles me is why cbbc or citv can't just create a TH-cam channel and stream full episodes on there at least for a period of time.
Itv and bbc are such tight arsed when it comes to these classic shows ever seeing the light of day again... not everyone has nostalgia trips I quess
I only watched it sometime but its one of the best kids channels to watch because they had such a variety of shows to watch that were usually only on channel you need to pay for.
This is gonna be devastating for kids who rely on linear TV for their kids' shows!
Yeah, once CBBC goes as well there'll only be Pop left on Freeview for the 6-12 age group.
@@JASpiringWhy? Cartoon Network
going too
@@m56214 this is mostly in regards to free to air.
What about areas that don't get fast enough internet speeds such as rural areas in the countryside to properly watch full motion video online and areas with patchy mobile phone reception? This removal of a linear service is basically cutting off those people.
Exactly, this is why it's a horrible idea all around
Horrid Henry loved that snow on CITV and love your channel Adam mate
I like scooby doo and pokemon and mr bean and more too.
@@robchuckle401 never watched those shows on it just horrid Henry but did scooby doo and Tom and Jerry on boomerang
@@dannytooley7530 I watched many times as my childhood memories though danny.
@@robchuckle401 good for you hope you enjoyed watching those great shows
@@dannytooley7530 Yes I do know about that thanks for asking for our contributions right dan.
R.I.P CITV. You will forever be missed.
1983-2023
grew up watching CITV late 80s and Through all the 90s Will miss it all. plus 40 years now dam. Specially as im 40 this year hehe. Britbox has some of the CITC classics on it, But for how long.
Such a bad idea. What about the poor family's that don't have the internet? Citv 2000s to 2012 was the Golden era. ITV X should show the old cartoons too for the nostalgia, since it's gonna be on demand.
This cannot be happening. It feels like I’ve lost my childhood and CBBC and CBeebies was also a big part of my childhood and linear tv is slowly starting to end. All that is going to be left in 2025 is the Pop channels and CBeebies. On my Sky+HD box strangely, I’ve lost Thane. Didn’t watch it though. R.I.P CITV and CBBC, you will be missed. Also ITVX Kids will just make you pay for some of the shows. That’s what every streaming service does. (Maybe. )
So, to citv, goodbye.
I just think it's a bad idea, there's people that can't afford these stuff right now.
TO be honest, this channel should have ended sooner. CITV has been nothing but a dumpster file in the last 15 years. The only good stuff that it has been dropping recently is Horrid Henry, Mr. Bean, Thunderbirds Are Go, the HOW reboot and the Scrambled Saturday morning block. The Gas Street Studios and oval log were the end of the strand's golden era and the channel has just kept decreasing in quality for no reason since Art Attack with Neil Buchanan got axed in 2007
Hey, do I remember Neil Buchanan? I would've really wanted to go and see him who did Art Attack and Zzzap! in the 1990s. However, he also did Celebrity Juice, did he ever did a star guest announcer on Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway? Did he or what?
However, I hated the 2-10 series of Zzzap! on CITV which was compared to the original 1997-2001 era of Teletubbies on CBBC and the 4-7 seasons of SpongeBob!😡However, I hated SpongeBob's post-movie voice which was stuck in my head forever and I remember watching Seasons 4-7 which was extremely constipating which I find it so painfully obnoxious for me in which of the new character being replaced by Tricky Dicky was Daisy Dares who does lose the game or either both lose in each episode when she yowls, howls or groans instead of crying which was compared to SpongeBob's screaming, crying, shouting, etc on the post-movie era of SpongeBob!🤬Some movies and TV shows try to be like an episode from the classic era or The Ren & Stimpy Show, but some either get it wrong or failed to try to be like these episodes from those 2 good cartoons by ripping the ideas off from either Ren & Stimpy or the first 3 seasons.😕However, other characters on the show like Cuthbert Lilly, Smart Arty, The Handymen, Tricky Dicky, Minnie the Mini Magician amongst others that become either annoying or cringeworthy to listen to.😠Well to be honest, that I hate watching Horrid Henry and the 1996 era of The Beano's Dennis the Menace on CBBC which were compared to seasons 3-4 of The Ren & Stimpy Show and seasons 4-7 of SpongeBob SquarePants.😠And with that according to Nickelodeon were eventually my 2 cartoony nemesis'!🤬Also, I hated Victor & Hugo and the Avenger Penguins to be honest that they did not really had to show Scoot Penguin, Dr. Von Goosewing, Dimitri, Sviatoslav, Stiletto Mafioso and Ernest Penfold.😟And with that according to ITV Studios they were also my 2 cartoony nemesis also compared to Nickelodeon's season 4 of Rocko's Modern Life, Jay Ward's The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, DePatie-Freleng's Bailey's Comets and Super President and Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones, The Jetsons and The Dukes cartoon series.🤬That's why I'm getting EXTREMELY ANNOYED ON MY NERVES OF THEM!!!😤😤😡😡🤬🤬😭😭😱😱
As a 2000s kid, this breaks my heart, I have fond memories watching shows on Citv, TMNT 2003 (the year I was born) My goldfish is evil Vampires pirates and aliens, Gormiti: The Lords of Nature Return Wolves witches and giants and Grizzly tales for Gruesome kids, Jungle run Supernormal and Art Attack, Planet sketch and Atomic Betty Fleabag Monkeyface and Captain mack and my parents are aliens, Canimals The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot about that and sooty, Bernard's watch Bookaboo and Bakugan (OG).
The whole list speaks for itself, but It not just me who will miss Citv but also everyone who is born in 2000s and 1930s. RIP CITV, you were the best tv programme the UK has ever had since 1930s.
It’s sad that it’s closing, I used to love citv when I was a kid especially in the mid 2000s but I think it’s a good decision to shut down the channel because I had a feeling that it was going to shut down. Rip citv.
Same bro born 2007
I haven't watched CITV in years, but it does hurt when part of your childhood dies (the closure of CITV, CBBC and the Disney Channels.)
Also, the pre-school programming have been on ITVBe for a while now.
The only free children's channels left are Cbeebies and Pop.
Wow citv was my childhood watching shows like grizzly tales and pokemon plus yugioh 5ds ahhhh the good old days
No way!! I never watched CITV really, but I find the drop in viewership so sad 😞 Great video though ❤️
So sad! I was a 90s kid. Animals of Farthing wood, the Queen's Nose, Art Attack, Live and Kicking, SM:TV live...I hope CITV goes out in style.
As you say, A vast majority of kids consume their content on a tablet via youtube, tiktok etc. Linear TV, Just like legacy media (newspapers etc) Is a dying format. We have television via an antenna here but it is only used in emergencies. Most of our content is consumed via a nas drive filled up with classic 70s and 80s tv shows! It costs us nothing per month!
I haven't watched CITV since Thunderbirds Are Go ended in 2020, but very sad to hear the news nonetheless 😭
why... That was my childhood. That old tv shaped logo, my old dear
I think if kids can find a streaming service, they can find itv2, and TH-cam.
Having first watched this video in around March 2023, I think we can be absolutely sure that we'll never see or hear CITV again. R.I.P, CITV Channel - 2006 - 2023.
I think it is the right decision to permanently close CITV down in September 2023, because as we continue to move towards a more streaming service format, we just have no choice but to adapt to this kind of mode of life.
R.I.P, CITV. 1983 to 2023 (as a British TV channel)
My biggest concern about these channels closing down is for the children with parents who don't supervise the content their children watch enough. For those who do not pay for screaming services and use freeview TV, often times the main content their children will watch will be TH-cam, and without childrens channels, they'll watch TH-cam even more. As the stuff on there isn't monitored like TV is, I can see kids seeing all sorts of content they shouldn't if their parents aren't watchful enough.
I grew up watching this channel. I will miss it so much. Even though I am now almost an adult and I no longer watch this channel, I will watch the channel’s final closedown in Autumn to give my childhood a final send off.
As somebody who was born in 2008 I am VERY annoyed by this, I remember watching Horrid Henry on CITV with my older sister when we were both little and (I still watch Horrid Henry lmao).
My older sister is now 18 and she will be 19 on the 12th of April and I'm now 14 and I will be 15 on the 5th of July, I feel sorry for the kids of today.
@@FiremanSamBoy2008 So do I. I feel sorry for TV viewers in general. CITV, CBBC and BBC Four are all going.
CBBC timeshares with BBC Three while BBC Four timeshares with CBeebies. I wonder what will happen to those channels on-air hours-wise once CBBC and BBC Four shut down. Will BBC Three go 24 hours? We will have to wait and see.
no it isnt shutting down in autumn on april 17
@@Tobi-ry9kc it isnt in summer