Reception A Rugrats Passover

1 reception

1.1 ratings , accolades
1.2 critical response
1.3 anti-defamation league controversy
1.4 legacy

reception
ratings , accolades

rugrats passover broadcast on april 13, 1995, on nickelodeon television network. repeats of episode began saturday @ 7:30 p.m. episode received nielsen rating of 3.1, 4.8% share of american audiences, making sixth most-watched american telecast of week. according catherine mullally, vice president , executive producer of nickelodeon video , audio works in 1995, episode highest nielsen-rated telecast in network s history. episode supplanted nickelodeon s most-viewed in 1998, rugrats special, when thanksgiving episode turkey came dinner attracted 3.7 million viewers (9.4/28).

the episode nominated primetime emmy award in category primetime emmy award outstanding animated program (for programming less 1 hour), lost simpsons episode lisa s wedding. @ 23rd annual annie awards nominated in category best individual achievement writing in field of animation, beaten episode tick vs. arthur’s bank account fox kids animated series tick. in 1995, rugrats submission cableace award; received nomination did not win.

critical response

rugrats passover received overwhelmingly positive reviews , became 1 of series all-time popular episodes. john j. o connor of new york times wrote of episode if not first, rarity. ted cox of daily herald called episode among best holiday tv specials ever produced. other reviews applauded episode treatment of judaism. authors michael atkinson , laurel shifrin, in book flickipedia: perfect films every occasion, holiday, mood, ordeal, , whim praised episode celebrating secular jewishness in wisest , entertaining fashion [...] grandpa boris regales kids epic, albeit abridged, exodus story. halley blair of forward magazine called episode comical primer getting children ready upcoming seders, , danny goldberg, in how left lost teen spirit, noted episode s jewish themes expressed in context of mass appeal entertainment. among many positive reviews of episode in jewish community publications, gila wertheimer of chicago jewish star said episode entertain children of ages – , parents.

joel keller of aol s tv squad, on other hand, noted in 2006 hated episode, , resented 1 of 2 passover-themed television episodes find via google search.

anti-defamation league controversy

rugrats passover, along other rugrats episodes featuring boris , minka, attracted controversy when anti-defamation league (adl) claimed 2 characters resembled anti-semitic drawings had appeared in 1930s nazi newspaper. nickelodeon s then-president albie hecht, himself jewish, professed himself dumbfounded criticism, calling absurd. controversy resurfaced in 1998 when adl criticized appearance of boris, time reciting mourner s kaddish in rugrats comic strip published in newspapers during jewish new year. unlike hecht, nickelodeon s new president herb scannell agreed criticism , apologized, promising never run character or strip again.

legacy

rugrats passover has been nickelodeon s first programming passover; network went on broadcast other episodes concerning jewish traditions, including harold s bar mitzvah , 1997 episode of hey arnold! in character harold berman prepares bar mitzvah. rugrats in turn produced second jewish holiday episode, time meet network executives original hanukkah special pitch. david n. weiss, had converted judaism, , j. david stem collaborated write script, , raymie muzquiz directed. episode, entitled rugrats chanukah, broadcast on december 4, 1996, on nickelodeon , received nielsen rating of 7.9 in kids 2–11 demographic. rugrats passover, critically acclaimed , became among popular episodes in series.

in 2007 sherwin miller museum of jewish art in tulsa, oklahoma opened exhibition of biblical images in art , pop culture, including poster let babies go! passover story, picture book based on rugrats passover . other items highlighted in gallery included promotional poster simpsons episode simpsons bible stories , vintage superman comic book entitled red-headed beatle of 1000 b.c., featuring character jimmy olsen s time-traveling adventures in biblical age.