# Shows about kids start to suck when the kids get old enough to date

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 9, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-about-kids-start-to-suck-when-the-kids-get-old-enough-to-date/836804 "2019-07-09T23:04:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-about-kids-start-to-suck-when-the-kids-get-old-enough-to-date/836804/1 "2019-07-09T23:04:20Z")

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My daughter had the latest season of Stranger Things on last night. The teen romance/angst makes it suck and I didn’t like it much to start. iCarly started to suck when the kids got old enough to begin dating. Ditto Drake and Josh, especially because the former fat-ass expected to be taken seriously as a sekshie dood.

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**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-about-kids-start-to-suck-when-the-kids-get-old-enough-to-date/836804/2 "2019-07-09T23:09:08Z")

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Which is arguably better than another [Cousin Oliver.](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CousinOliver)

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-about-kids-start-to-suck-when-the-kids-get-old-enough-to-date/836804/3 "2019-07-09T23:29:45Z")

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> [@Scumpup](#):
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> My daughter had the latest season of Stranger Things on last night. The teen romance/angst makes it suck and I didn’t like it much to start. iCarly started to suck when the kids got old enough to begin dating. Ditto Drake and Josh, especially because the former fat-ass expected to be taken seriously as a sekshie dood.

I think it depends on the show and how the handle it.  
The iCarly kids grew up and started to date, yeah, but their prime demographic got older with them and we’re likely more interested in that then which skit Sam and Carly would do on the show that week.

However, it never, ever ever gets old when Spencer sets something on fire. [This one](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhYA3wJinIg) has always been my favorite.

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**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-about-kids-start-to-suck-when-the-kids-get-old-enough-to-date/836804/4 "2019-07-10T01:02:12Z")

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Give them another 5 years and they turn back into human beings again.