It was hated when it was on, but no one accused it of trying to be cool until Mr Enter said so. RebelTaxi made a brief comment about it but it wasn't widespread enough that people were repeating it. He acts like it's the kids version of Family Guy and now everyone on the internet follows suit.
It just feels like y'all are saying that because of 2000s nostalgia now. All Grown Up is bland, and teenager-ish and mean. There's nothing special about it and almost all of the characters have become unlikable compared to the original. I just think people only prefer it to the OG Rugrats and the reboot because it's cool to hate shows about babies now because that 2000s edginess is back,
Everyone switched up on this show after the pandemic and all it is, is a punching bag for not having run as long as SpongeBob and people only bring it up to say that it hasn't aged well, or it's boring and mediocre. I'm sick of everyone pretending they never liked it when it was loved during the 90s Are All That/Splat era. Y'all are just overcorrecting because of Nick exploiting nostalgia and because the reboot got so much hate.
All Ted is, is Seth MacFarlane's excuse to say fuck and be as gross and as offensive as possible. At least Team America was reserved by comparison and had actual wit behind it's outrageousness and isn't nearly as raunchy as Ted.
Everyone's sick of Rugrats right now, people don't talk about it as much and if they do, it's only to point out how "milked" it was or how bad the reboot was, people brag about how much more successful SpongeBob was, and it all but seems irrelevant right now in pop culture especially compared to the 2010s, just like the 2000s and it's overshadowed by SpongeBob and Family Guy, and other edgier shows just like in the 2000s.
