disney, nickelodeon, and cn are really getting desperate

[Pikmin]

http://www.teennick.com/blog/90s-memeorial.html

http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2013/06/03/disney-memes-for-any-situation-part-1/

http://blog.cartoonnetwork.com/2013/05/31/annoying-orange-caption-contest-3/

yep its seriously happening these networks are broadcasting le may mays all over international television lol
im watching tom and jerry and every commercial they show a meme or something really stupid

cringey

[Ad Bot]

[Man 2]

They're trying to appeal to their audience, same as every company ever has since the beginning of time.

[dkamm65]

At least the annoying orange is already an established thing, not a forced meme.

[DrenDran]

Those disney things aren't memes, just stuffty attempts at (de)motivational posters.

[Cybersix]

I swear, King Candy is a child enthusiast

[Comatose]

They aren't becoming desperate. As Man 2 stated,

They're trying to appeal to their audience, same as every company ever has since the beginning of time.

Their target demographic is 9 to 15. In order to retain the attention of this age group, they need to utilize techniques that will allow them to retain the attention of the target demographic in order to sell merchandise, receive decent/good ratings for their programming, and to raise awareness for the brand.

Of course, they may be going a bit overboard, but that may be a result of them just trying a bit too hard.

[Amerax]

I love may-mays! This is great news!

[snot2]

at least meme isnt pronounced maymay

[GhostStar]

i stoped watching these channels because the shows on them are getting really dumb. now i watch more Descovery chanel and History instead.

[Doughboy]

i stoped watching these channels because the shows on them are getting really dumb. now i watch more Descovery chanel and History instead.

HAHAHAHA

[Slammer1337]

TruTV is master race.

I stopped watching Cartoon Network somewhere after Flapjack wasn't shown anymore.

[Daedalus]

That's not even what a meme is, holy forget.

stuffTY IMAGE MACRO =/= MEMETIC IDEA

/slitwrists

[Nal]

Ed Edd n Eddy is my all time favorite show next to drake and josh. People  don't like the new shows that they are putting out because they are different from when they grew up

[Cybersix]

Ed Edd n Eddy is my all time favorite show next to drake and josh. People  don't like the new shows that they are putting out because they are different from when they grew up

Pretty much this

I find pretty much all shows 2003 - present to be bad, including such favourites as Drake and Josh

[Tonkka²]

What these big corporations don't understand is that advertising your product with memes is like an adult playing with toys. It degrades the adult and makes the toys unenjoyable to the kids because whatever the adults like the kids hate and whatever the kids like the adults hate. Think about if your dad suddenly entered your room with a boombox and started dancing to dubstep. Would you want to listen to dubstep anymore because your boring dad now likes it? No.  This was made clear in the South Park "Chinpokomon" episode.