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[♪ quirky music playing] [inaudible] We've got that splintering
of the audience. It starts to become compartmentalized
to very specific demographics. Well, why not start
a channel aimed at kids? Nickelodeon is narrowly cast at children. - Alright!
- [Mathew] By the early '80s, everybody's got a TV.
Some people have three TVs, four TVs. There's a TV in the kids' room. It's not just downstairs anymore. So Nickelodeon does some of the first-ever focus groups for children. It's really the first time
where they're sitting down with the kids and saying,
"What do you want us to show?" The biggest thing that they realize
is that kids wanna see themselves
of the audience. It starts to become compartmentalized
to very specific demographics. Well, why not start
a channel aimed at kids? Nickelodeon is narrowly cast at children. - Alright!
- [Mathew] By the early '80s, everybody's got a TV.
Some people have three TVs, four TVs. There's a TV in the kids' room. It's not just downstairs anymore. So Nickelodeon does some of the first-ever focus groups for children. It's really the first time
where they're sitting down with the kids and saying,
"What do you want us to show?" The biggest thing that they realize
is that kids wanna see themselves
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[♪ quirky music playing]
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[inaudible]
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We've got that splintering
of the audience.
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It starts to become compartmentalized
to very specific demographics.
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Well, why not start
a channel aimed at kids?
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Nickelodeon is narrowly cast at children.
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- Alright!
- [Mathew] By the early '80s,
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everybody's got a TV.
Some people have three TVs, four TVs.
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There's a TV in the kids' room.
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It's not just downstairs anymore.
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So Nickelodeon does some of the first-ever
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focus groups for children.
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It's really the first time
where they're sitting down
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with the kids and saying,
"What do you want us to show?"
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The biggest thing that they realize
is that kids wanna see themselves.
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Movie Summary
Examine how some of the most well-known former child stars, such as Lovato, deconstruct the highs and lows of growing up in the spotlight and how their ascension to fame, riches, and power affects their futures.