I think a lot of what you are referring to is the "hosts" between the shows. They are bad. But from Diegoa and Dora my kids learned to count in spanish and several birds. They also recognized the red-eye tree frog and blue morpho butterfly when we were in Costa Rica. Also, Berenstein Bears, a very old series, features a very functional family with excellent story lines. Magic School Bus is also on treehouse as referenced above and I am blown away by the concepts they present and the ability of my 7y/o to retain and apply the concepts and the darndest times.
I am also not a fan of Max and Ruby, as mentioned above, as Ruby is a little bitch in my opinion but this one does not get much play in our house and we use it to demonstrate that Ruby is not playing very well.
In summary I would say that with careful selection the current crop of shows, which has many older shows, is actually pretty good.
All imho.
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