Transition of television preferences

When I was little, I usually spent most of my time watching Nickelodeon and at time Cartoon Network. Those two channels were all that mattered during that time. When I got a little older, I would move on to Disney Channel, the Family Channel, now known as ABC Family, a little bit of MTV, then MTV2, and of course VH1. I enjoyed being entertained with cartoons, game shows, sitcoms, and dramas for kids, but I wanted to see other aspects like music, music videos, celebrity rubbish, sitcoms or dramas for older kids, and reality television. At an early age, I just watched whatever. There was no parental blockers on my television and my parents barely blocked me from programs that were not suitable for children my age. I just took in what I watched and either loved them or hated them.
Somewhere around the age of 10, I was making a transformation. I started to enjoy MTV, MTV2, VH1, and a new channel called MuchMusic USA (MMUSA), now known as FUSE. Watching music videos a lot more than before gave me a glimpse of the world of music. Music soon became a big part of my life before I became a teen. That was what I was obsessing over. My taste in Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network faded away and besides, my favorite shows on "Nick" were eventually cancelled and I soon tuned out.
Around the age of 12, I would be tuning in to the Real World and Road Rules on MTV, the weekly Rock Countdown on MTV2, and a load of music videos and specials on MMUSA. Being exposed to these shows made me feel more edgy and less girly, more unique and less plain. I was glued in to the repetitive censorship of profanity and language on the reality shows and music videos. At times, I felt wrong. I felt bad because I was looking at things I did not want to see, but I could not turn back time. I had to get used to it because at that time music channels and such were the somewhat "cool" channels to watch, better than "Nick" and Cartoon Network, better than Disney Channel and the Family Channel.