- in the mid-1990s, if you took a look at the list of the 50 most-watched shows on cable, at the top would be nickelodeon. - [screaming] - "rugrats"... - oh, bye-bye, bye-bye. - "blue's clues." - don't you know cartoons will ruin your mind? - "ren and stimpy" had some very surreal, high-concept humor to it. and this is the beginning of the splintering of the television audience and the splintering of the family audience, really. i mean, because... - ♪ happy, happy, joy, joy ♪ - with families having three or four tvs in the house,