CBBC causes online debate after the children’s channel ranks its popular shows

Fans were upset that CBBC did not include The Story of Tracy Beaker in its “legend” tier.

Children’s TV channel CBBC has caused online debate after it ranked their popular shows, in a tier ranging from “legend” to “hmmm”.

Among the top shows CBBC picked were game show 50/50, series Dick And Dom In Da Bungalow, and Horrible Histories. Ranking worst were Dennis The Menace and children’s news programme Newsround.

Posting the diagram to Twitter, the channel asked: “Did we get it right?”

The question received more than 2,000 responses, with several Twitter users disappointed that their favourite childhood shows didn’t make it into the “legend” tier.

Most questioned of all was The Story Of Tracy Beaker, which ranked in the “top tier”, one rank lower than many fans believed the show starring Dani Harmer deserved.

One Twitter user “fixed” the diagram, placing The Story of Tracy Beaker top, moving 50/50 down three spaces.

The new diagram won the approval of Tracy Beaker herself, with Dani Harmer commenting: “Thank you”.

Entertainer Paul Chuckle even weighed in on the debate after Chuckle Vision, the show on which he starred along with late brother Barry Chuckle (Barry David Elliott), ranked “mid” tier.

He said on Twitter: “No actually you didn’t in my opinion.. Chucklevision 294 episodes over 21 years.”

A fan said: “I’m afraid you need one more tier at the top to move Chucklevision to. You can call it God tier.”

After hours of debate, the channel responded to Twitter users, saying: “This is the kind of passionate debate we want! Obviously we could never choose a favourite child.

“We think every single show on CBBC is legend tier.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over a settlement with securities regulators that requires him to get approval in advance of some social media posts that relate to Tesla, the electric vehicle company he leads.

The justices did not comment in leaving in place lower-court rulings against Musk, who complained that the requirement amounts to “prior restraint” on his speech in violation of the First Amendment.

The case stems from messages Musk posted on Twitter in 2018 in which he claimed he had secured funding to take Tesla private. The tweets caused the company's share price to jump and led to a temporary halt in trading.

The settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission included a requirement that his posts on Twitter, now known as X, be approved first by a Tesla attorney. It also called for Musk and Tesla to pay civil fines over the tweets in which Musk said he had “funding secured” to take Tesla private at $420 per share.

The funding wasn’t secured, and Tesla remains public.

The SEC's initial enforcement action against Musk alleged that his tweets about going private violated antifraud provisions of securities laws. The agency began investigating whether Musk violated the settlement in 2021 when he did not get approval before asking followers on Twitter if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock.

Musk acquired Twitter in 2022.

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