The mannerisms are horrible, the music is phoned in at best, the show formula is stale, the breaking of the fourth wall fails to hit effectively, the lore is inconsistent, and perhaps worst of all, Daniel's mood is far closer to Caillou's than it is to any other current show for young children.
I'm just glad my kid doesn't repeat things like "tiger-tastic", "grrr-iffic", "boop-she-boop-she-boo", or insert "meow-meow" into her sentences. The second that happens, this show will never play in my house again. She doesn't like the live-action segments anyway, which is probably a good thing because the non-actors are so blatantly reading an unnatural script that it's probably warping her perception of human sincerity.
Aside from the main theme song, all of the music is essentially auto-tuned speaking with *maybe* one rhyme if we're lucky. They stand in stark contrast with other shows like Sesame Street and Bluey, which both have legitimately good songs.
While Daniel Tiger might be appealing to children, it doesn't have the multi-generational appeal that helps parents get through these shows. Part of that comes from the questions raised by the worldbuilding. Where is the line between pets, wild animals and sentient beings? Does Trolley have free will, or does it give priority to the Tiger family for some reason? Why is Daniel's house filled with clocks that don't function even though Daniel's dad's job is building clocks? Why is Elena always called *Miss* Elena? Is royalty purely symbolic, or does it actually imply a class system?
There are plenty of better shows that don't reek of borderline procedural generation, so for all I care, Daniel can go eat a peach.
I'm just glad my kid doesn't repeat things like "tiger-tastic", "grrr-iffic", "boop-she-boop-she-boo", or insert "meow-meow" into her sentences. The second that happens, this show will never play in my house again. She doesn't like the live-action segments anyway, which is probably a good thing because the non-actors are so blatantly reading an unnatural script that it's probably warping her perception of human sincerity.
Aside from the main theme song, all of the music is essentially auto-tuned speaking with *maybe* one rhyme if we're lucky. They stand in stark contrast with other shows like Sesame Street and Bluey, which both have legitimately good songs.
While Daniel Tiger might be appealing to children, it doesn't have the multi-generational appeal that helps parents get through these shows. Part of that comes from the questions raised by the worldbuilding. Where is the line between pets, wild animals and sentient beings? Does Trolley have free will, or does it give priority to the Tiger family for some reason? Why is Daniel's house filled with clocks that don't function even though Daniel's dad's job is building clocks? Why is Elena always called *Miss* Elena? Is royalty purely symbolic, or does it actually imply a class system?
There are plenty of better shows that don't reek of borderline procedural generation, so for all I care, Daniel can go eat a peach.