why was this show cancelled


Why in the hell was this show cancelled?

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It's said that Disney has a 3 season rule.

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Yeah, all of Disney's shows can only run for three seasons, and then they usually make a movie about it, just to wrap everything up.

Example:
Famous Jett Jackson- Jett Jackson The Movie
Lizzie McGuire- The Lizzie McGuire Movie (But that one went to theaters... so i sense some favoritism with that one over the others)
Even Stevens- The Even Stevens Movie

It's a conspiracy, I tell you! ha ha, just kidding.

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That's too bad. It was a damn good show. My favorite character was Kayla. She bought light and life to the show. They don't even show the re-runs anymore! Oh well, I guess we'll all have the memories.

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Yeah no joke. So can you rent or buy the dvd's to watch episodes? Lizzie McGuire and Even Stevens are just bad shows with bad screenplays and Disney shows them all the time! It pisses me off. My fav. character was...Jett! lol he's such a cutie! Lee Thompson Young is going to be in a new movie though so that's good.

I'm in trouble.

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Those shows didnt "suck", but like Proud Family and The Jersey, and Phil of the Future suck.

Disney is just falling faster and faster into a show suckfest.

It's Cute How You Think I'm Listening.

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yeah the jersey was absolutely a stupid show. it bugged me big-time but if there wasnt anything else on i was forced to watch it. Lee Thompson is really hott though from TFJJ. MMM, he's a cutie. Well thats my 2 cents.

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Jet Jackson was tight like Smart Guy and those other old shows. The new shoes, especially the Suite Life of Zack and Cody, suck so much balls. The acting is so terrible and there are no plots.

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I actually liked the jersey and I like Phil of the Future.

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i used to watch that show when i was a little kid! i think at one point i didn't like it, but then i started to love it. my favorite character was definitely J.B. he was great! and kayla was cool too.

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Actually, it's called the 65 episode rule. Once the show hits 65 episodes, off it goes. Although with a few exceptions.

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More like a 65-Episode policy.

B. Blair

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IF there was no "3 seasons only" rule, do you know how long these shows would go on?
Lizzie McGuire was so popular it would still be going on!
But I wouldn't mind Jett Jackson going on still. I haven't seen a re-run of that show in forever.


"You seem somewhat familiar. Have I threatened you before?"

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man this was one of the greats back in the 90s. too bad disney started to stink it up in 1999 with all the (un) original movies(at least they don't do as many anymore as they did in 2000!)but Cara left So Weird, they started the Jersey, and then when lizzy mcsquire came out, argh! Even Stevens was pretty decent the first season, but what the heck with keeping them in the same grade all 3 seasons, and Shia just got too old to be acting the exact same as he was when he was like 12/13. Not to mention all the 8th graders were at least old enough to be high school seniors by the end. Hollywood sucks, why do you have to 13 to play an 11 year old, 16 to play 13, and 20 to play 16? oh yea, duh, sex appeal!

it was awesome back in the 90s watching bug juice(first 2 seasons at least), spellbinder, ocean girl, new MMC, jett jackson, so weird, ready or not...now disney and nick have really stunk it up! what i wouldnt give to go back to my middle school days in the mid & late 90s.

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that's so raven--what season is that on rite now i cant wait for it to end!!!

it sux!!

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Disney has now axed the 3 season rule. SO a return is possible when the Lee and the other two finish college and are willing to do it.

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they need to just put all of the shows that were on late 90's to 2000ish bak on theyve ran out of ideas now (good ones at least) and i havent watched disney in so long now that every show sucks! and lizzie mcguire needs to be banned from television along with all the shows that they've put on in the last year or two

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Does anyone else miss the 90s, damn i miss the 90s

I always thought dogs laid eggs and I learned something today- Peter Griffin, Family Guy

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agreed. i dont even remember what this show was about but i remember watching it every chance i got lol. I wish they would bring back shows like so weird, in a heartbeat, flash forward etc. those were the good ones.

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That's So Raven will be the first ever Disney show to go on to its 4th season.

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that's so raven is one of the most ridiculous shows ever created.

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it's not that bad. lizzie mcguire and the jersey were rediculous. personally, i think that they should bring back so weird and flash forward. i loved those shows. the babysitters club and ready or not were good too.

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Yah. Thats so raven has been on for so long. I remember i watched it in like, first grade. It just got finished whitch means it was on for like, 6-7 years. Also it had basically 7 or 14 seasons. And at the end they didnt even make a movie for it but they did do a spin off were "Cory" (ravens little brother)and ravens dad go to the white house as chefs. Its totally not realistic but i like it.

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Yes, I agree with you all. I am only 15 right now, but I do remember all of those great disney shows. Bug Juice, Jett Jackson, In a heartbeat, So weird ,and the torklesons. Ha ha.. I remember back when they had those robots. The zoogs? and the in concert shows, 3 hour tour, and all that goodness. That`s so Raven is prob. the only thing I can stand on there right now.

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Aw....Bug Juice. You're taking me back. I remember Flash Forward cause I used to watch it all the time. That Ben Foster was funny, along with his cute girlfriend. I remeber watching Jett Jackson whenever it came on. What a life he lived as a young star on tv with milllion of girls chasing after you.

PLEASE PUT THE RE-RUNS BACK ON DISNEY. I miss em.

Anybody watch all of the old Nick shows like "Hey Dude" and "Pete and Pete?"

Love those!

All we have is memories at this moment in time.

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Anybody watch all of the old Nick shows like "Hey Dude" and "Pete and Pete?"

I DID!!!! pete and pete are out on dvd at best buy. when i get money i will so buy them!! any way, since when did this thread get mean? i was agreeing with everyone then BAM people started talking about how great thats so raven was. it sucks great big monkey balls. raven was only good in the cosby show. remember her in that? shes was a cutie! stress on was...any way, what was that show called about the paramedics? was it in a heartbeat? i cant remember, but those two guys were really cute. anyway again, jett was sooo hot!! i loved that show!!! and that cop guy was hot too!! man, bug juice, flash forward, so weird(eric von detton, hottie!!). ive noticed that most of the guys on disney channel were pretty cute. what happened? maybe im to old. is 16 old? gosh darnit.

there should just be a channel with disney/nickolodeon re-runs. from nick; are you afraid of the dark?(so cheesy, but i loved it!!), super sloppy double dare, pete and pete, legend of the hidden temple, guts, figure it out(episodes with lori beth or danny temoreli), all that(the GOOD episodes with josh, lori, kenan, kel, danny, etc., the GOOD episodes!), kenan and kel, okay the list can go on.

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Jett Jackson started off slow but then it got really good (book censorship, anorexia, gun violence, romance, Jett learning first hand what being a non-famous African American in bias America feels like after he lost his wallet during radio interview and was stuck in the city on his own) And BOOM! It was done for. They cancelled the show right when it was getting really good!

All they had to do was get and keep better writing, cause until the show actually got good, the only reason I watched it was because of Lee Thompson Young. He has that special "IT" factor that just draws you into watching him. Yes he's hot and handsome (God's beautiful creation) but he's adorable and real because you also get the feeling he's a dork (a hot dork), and he's becoming more and more a man of integrity, and you HAVE to watch him. You wanna know how he feels, what he's thinking, what he's gonna do next. They had a good thing going for them with Jett Jackson (Lee Thompson Young). They really should have tried harder.

Meanwhile, That's So Raven is cute and funny, but not down to earth. Lizzie McGuire only had one thing going for it: The bias barbie/pop trend of bleach blonde hair. Even Stevens got annoying-- unless your mood could tollerate the loud, cocky antics of Shia Labouf. Phil of the Future is cute, but it too is in the Airhead department of tv shows, despite "Phil"s good looks. The Proud Family and KimPossible were always irksome.

Jett Jackson was a down-to-earth show that got increasingly more interesting and I remember watching it with my friends. Guys wanted to be Jett AND Lee. Girls wanted to be with Jett AND Lee. So Weird got better and then got cancelled after replacing the interesting girl with the annoying chick I really could not buy.

It looks like Disney's way of relating to youth is by insulting the youth's intellegence with shows that get dumber and dumber or more ridiculous by the second. All I know is... I miss Jett Jackson because it got good, it served a good purpose both dramatically and racially, and most of all, it starred Lee Thompson Young... and he was the best part of it all!


FOR OTHER FANS OF LEE THOMPSON YOUNG: Lee has been in...

MOVIES:
Jett Jackson: The Movie (Disney)
Redemption (FX, w/Jamie Foxx)
Friday Night Lights (Theaters, 2004)
Akeelah and the Bee (Theaters, 2006)
Prom King (Theaters, Before 2010, a Movie Script
I wrote for Mr. Young to play the lead in &
am now currently editing on Final Draft 7)

TV:
The Robitussin Commercial (Kid)
The Famous Jett Jackson (Star)
The Guardian (On Trial?)
Philly (On Trial?)
Jake 2.0 (African Prince)
Kevin Hill (Character's Nephew)
Cartoon Voice-Overs (Proud Family, other)
SOUTH BEACH (Club/Hotel Manager, UPN, 2006)

IF I LEFT ANYTHING OUT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

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Well if u guys lik the cartoons that liked 2 com on nick if u hav nicktoons then u cant watch most of those lik Angry Beavers (hilarious (sp?)) but on Nick Gas i think they hav legend of the hidden temple and figure it out

George Bush doesnt care about black people. LMFAO!!!!

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Hey they play Legend of the hidden temple n otha game shows on Nickeleodeon game shows. OMFG! I luved so weird n The famous Jet Jackson. I remeber when I was in 2nd grade chliin watchin that show (that was like 6 years ago) I miss the shows! N smart guy too! But i don't think I eva saw Hey Dude" and "Pete and Pete". Y did Annie take place of Fiona on So weird?

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yup loved them salute your shorts as well

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i loved bug juice. i didnt know they made a jett jeackson movie

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Yep. Thats true. And if some of the dumb people above say its so-called "ridiculous", then don't watch it when their timeslot is on. If Thats So Raven is ridiculous then so is the rest of Disney Channel because my niece loves Disney and that show and shes 6.

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it was two hour tour but close enough. i taped one of those concerts from back in the day, it was bwitched and five in concert and theres like 5 minutes in the beginning with all the zoogs and that little song thing that went with them. i watch it every now and again just cuz im a dork that way, im 18 and still want all those old shows back again, is that pathetic?

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I remember back when they had those robots. The zoogs?


Haha, I loved those robots! I was so sad when they disappeared.


People who think they know everything are annoying to those of us who actually do.

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I actually liked this show especially on some of the real-life related episodes (like book censorship, Riley's sister's bullimia, etc.). I'd say this show is 100X better than all of the Disney Channel T.V. shows put together.

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I think they really should put this show back on. I do not remember flash forward could you tell me what is was about? Lizze was such a stupid show she can NOT act. And now they have got shows about flies( the buzz on maggie come on now). Bug juice was such a good show to. There was about a circus that kids did was that bug juice or another show?

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Why is there no re-runs? That is the question!

"All you have to do is fall in love, play the game.... play the game of love."

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Because Disney is stupid and Lee Thompson Young deserves his own show AND movie that has nothing to do with them! Thank you!




I Don't PLAY Hard To Get-- I Just AM.

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jett jackson and so weird were awesome shows! two of the best on disney channel. i can't believe they cancelled them. they should have never had phil of the future, and shows like that. at least i get to see alexz johnson in instant star on the-n.

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I like "The Famous Jett Jackson" and "That's So Raven". I think these are the two best shows the channel has ever aired. True, "That's So Raven" (my favorite TV show) is going into it's fourth season, equaling 100 episodes. Though many of you don't like it, obviously the majority of Disney Channel viewers like it. My parents like it and they are age 30 and 34! Heck! My grandmother even watches it from time to time with me. LoL

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the jersey was a freaking great show your stupid if u thought it sucked and shows get cancelled its a normal thing

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The Jersey went on for so long because they made shows at a slower rate. But yeah, I miss the old Disney AND Nickelodeon like "The Jersey" and "Jett Jackson". Do you guys remember these:
Salute Your Shorts
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Clarissa Explains It All
Smart Guy
So Weird (before the "Instant Star")
Totally Circus
Bug Juice

Man, those were the days. The shows on now are too immature. "Suite Life" SUCKS. Sorry to offend anyone, but that's just the way it is. I don't like "Naturally Sadie" because it replaced Radio Free Roscoe for the family channel. I can only watch "That's So Raven" for so long (2 episodes) before it grates on my nerves. "The Buzz" and "Proud Family" are just plain STUPID. But that's just my opinion.

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I Highly agree with everything you say 'plukie', I dont even watch Thats So Raven, the Proud Family is alright, as long as you only pay attention to the parents. Oscer is the only one that makes that show watchable, it reminds me of 'Grounded For Life' which is now on ABC. I miss So Weird, Bug Juice, Jett Jackson, In A Heart Beat, The Jersey, & all those other great shows. The only show truely worth watching at all on Disney now, is Lilo & Stitch, & even then, the movies are alot better.

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bug juice, the circuce show was about kids who went to a cirucs every year and they became the preformers and they traveled from town to town putting it on. hey dude salute ur shorts, clarrissa explains it all, all that after danny tamborellie left it. he was little pete from pete and pete. pete and pete, danny t-all that, machelle tractenberg the best out of the show ice princess-never saw that one. euro trip best guy movie out there except girls might like the beach scene ;) or the scene in vatican in a confesional. she was also on buffy the vampire slayer. hey dude. meloney is married to ben stiller now and was in dodgeball. the guy who played ted was on two of a kind it was with the olsen twins i think im older then them or am i a few days younger them i forget i was at the tail end of 85. urikas castle little kids show muppet babies, fraggle rock on dvd with clarrissa and pete and pete. muppet show , care bears, gummy bears, didn't watch the next one if i could help it but my little sister loved the show my little ponnies. pound pupies, gumby, captian planet-most of these characters are famous woppie goldburg and a few others i forget, ricky ullman im assuming is jewish he was born in israel. i use to like the disneys saturday morning show i remember when u had to pay to get disney and so i use to watch the free previews of it so on saturday it was like the house of mouse catchy tune that one except each cartoon was one after the other one. ducktales the cast from this show is now voices for mickey and the gang. flipper. lassie. alice in wonderland a girl had a mirror and she would have adventures in wonderland when she walked through been to where the writter got his idea from and where they got the design for hogwarts from and the great hall. its in oxford england. peperann. boy meets world the show with the mathew brothers. the wonder years. so weird are you afraid of the dark. anyone remember snick. the waltons. reading rainbow was cancelled in 2004 but he was also in star treck and captian planet. so little time the girl something davidson was in it. this show was the 4th show i think mk and ashley olsen did. the show before that was 2 of a kind with brad. my mom use to come in while i was watching 2 of a kind then saw boy meeets world and thought the 2 red heads from boy meets world and 2 of a kind looked the same. you wish was on for a year. aladin tamone and pumba did pocahontice have a tv show 2? jungle book had one 2 bonkers dark wing duck. tails spin. full house. i remember when they first canceled the reruns. me and brother and sister were devisted. raising dad what about me. i remember at night when i use to get ear innfections and tubs i would catch reruns of the partrige family. lamchops play along. some will think im gay for this but i hate this show i saw the guy in the suit once when they made the first kids hospital in ri. barney. hey arnold. pinky and the brain. 101 dalmations tv show. there was a show i forget what its call but kids were in a resturant or concert hall and they were a band and they sung and they also helped people in it. they brought a girl back to a house where she lived but then they find out the weird house was going to be distroyed and went to find her. baby sitters club flash forward the jersey the simpsons married with children i use to see this in the 80s older brother use to watch it my mom use to try and not get us to watch it. i now own it well season 2 on dvd. vh1 and mtv when they played music before they went all tv shows on us. the abc family has gone through a few names in my life time family chanel then turned to fox family then abc family. wild fire smallville boy meets world full house grounded for life gilmore girls and 7th heaven are good shows on it i think it was family matters, eirkal's show. sister sister smart guy taj mowery now wade on kim possible made a few appearences on his sisters show sister sister. attack of the killer tommatos gohst busters teenage mutant ninja turtle the old ones batman spiderman superman. you can't do that on television. nicks trade mark was made on that show slim. but here is an interesting fact nickelodeon doesn't own the show or slim so who ever made it could sue nick if they wanted to. sabrina the teenage witch melissa joan hart her second show also had selma moon fry punky bruster. punky brewster or how ever u spell it. thats all the shows i can think of at 4:13 in the morning.did i say gumby? if forget if i did. well night all beatle juice.

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i miss all the old disney shows. it is going down the tubes...no joke. i wish they would at least show reruns of Jett Jackson. It was truly one of the best shows disney ever had. i know that they have to come up with new shows n stuff (the 65 episode rule) but couldn't they have kept like the top one or 2 for us dieheart fans? ya know what i mean?

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I just noticed there were some messages about the bulemic sister "Food for Thought" episode. That was one of Rachel McAdam's earliest role (if it wasn't the first)... so I guess the show helped HER career at least!

Dunno why it was cancelled. And like all you others, I miss the 90s shows!

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But Boy Meets World lasted longer, is that why they do a three season rule?

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do any of you remember the name of the show with the guy and the girl that lived next to each other since they were born? i liked that show. i think they used to go to a pizza place. and there was that one epesode where the guy had a party and didnt invite the girl and they played twister or something. anyway.

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Flash Forward?

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lol,I remember Flash Forward. Is there any place I can go to get old Disney TV show episodes?? I absolutely hate the direction Disney is going in nowadays. I mean, you turn on the TV and shows like "Naturally Sadie" are on. That show is the lamest thing since Furbies! Ugh, they're really beginning to piss me off.

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Boy Meets World was actually an ABC show that originally aired on ABC, and was created and started airing before Disney bought ABC. As such, it was subject to the ABC rules of production, not the rules that apply to shows made for the Disney Channel. They just showed it on the Disney Channel, because technically, Disney did already own the show, and it was popular among the target demographic for the Disney Channel. You can definitely tell that Boy Meets World was not a Disney Channel show because Disney literally banned three episodes of the series from ever being aired on the Disney Channel, because they deemed the subject matter of those episodes (alcohol abuse, sex/the progression of Cory and Topanga's relationship) to be completely inappropriate for the target audience of the Disney Channel. Thus, Boy Meets World was not a Disney Channel original, explaining its more typical series lifetime.

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the jett jackson movie was awesome! and yeah, i miss 'so weird'... but i really didn't know that there was a "3 seasons only" rule so thanks for tellin me.

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For some reason I was thinking about this show this morning, and so I decided to look it up here. Maybe its just because I'm older now (19) but I really feel that Disney has gone down the tubes as well. Granted, I rarely watch it anymore, but if I'm really bored or not feeling well I will ocasionally turn it on, but just can't stand most of it. I really enjoyed watching "So Weird" when they had the original Fiona on. I also liked "Bug Juice" and the circus version. I remember watching Jett Jackson and "Flash Forward" reruns after school. As for classic Nick, that was great as well. I'd love for them to release the original "All That" episodes, the original "Are You Afraid of the Dark" episodes, as well as "Legends of the Hidden Temple," "Guts," "What Would You DO," "Salute Your Shorts," "Hey Dude," etc. They had some great shows but I won't even watch Nick anymore because I find that most of it is incredibly crass and not funny at all.

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I liked all the shows jdfan63 mentioned. I'm 22, so that's probably why I like the older shows better. I'm not sure if which were Nickelodeon or Disney but I remember other shows I liked:

Mr. Wizard's World (lol, old science dude)
Out of Control (w/ Dave Coulier)
You Can't Do That On Television
Roundhouse (precursor to All That)
Wild and Crazy Kids
Double Dare
Adventures of Pete and Pete
Secret World of Alex Mack
Mystery Files of Shelby Woo
In a Heartbeat

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I hate to say it but I totally forgot about this show! :(

Probably cause it hasn't been aired in ages :(

I miss this show!

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Yeah I'm not sure about the whole 3 season limit because LIzzie was heading for another season alhtough her last season was actually season 2. and her film was on the big screen due to her FAME I mean that show was the highest rated TV series on Disney Channel.
As in for the "NEW" shows on Disney Channel yeah they are sucking bad, Disney is falling appart with their new shows, i mean That's So Raven could probably be the last good original of Disney CHannel, but other than that it's really failing at coming up with something good.
This is not only for Disney Channel it appears that after 2001 the networks are starting to fall appart with something new. Cartoon NEtwork was well viewed due to it's original Cartoon Cartoon show such as Dexter's, PowerPuff Girls, and others like DBZ which was on Toonami, then their big screen released of PowerPuff Girls began their suck fest.
Nick also began to fail once thei decided to release and cancel Hey Arnold, also they stoped most of the Teen Nick shows such as Amanda Show, Keanen and Kel, and All That, although All That still runs I guess it has LOST it's touch completly. the cancelation of Rugrats for sure lost a huge part of it's creativity.
Disney Channel's LIzzie McGuiere and Even Stevens were making the top ratings on Disney CHannel but Hilary Duff's mother decided her daughter was WAY too good for just a simple chidren's show and pull her out of it by making Disney fire her after she claimed over 2,000,000 for a sequel of LIzzie and over 100,000 per episode for the high school season. Even Stevens was also cancel due to their 3 season thing and the channel began to fall appart they took the smart move to bring That's So Raven which keept it holding tight in there but still the networks have honestly been doing mistakes lately.

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They really should start showing shows like this again. And hey, why not go the same way with Nickelodeon? Start showing "Are You Afraid of the Dark" again, along with the original All That (that would be sweet!) Salute Your Shorts, etc. All great shows. Some with Disney, although some of their shows are not good but The Famous Jett Jackson along with So Wierd are great. Or, were...

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Man fo real, dis show was tite, but and so were some other of da old disney show. But man Lizzie Mcguire just plain out sucked. Even Stevens was hilarious tho. As for Cartoon Network, there doin pretty good with Adult Swim. But Nickelodeon used to be a whole lot better. With Keanen and Kel and the original All That, man dat station was da bomb. Hey arnold was pretty tite too.

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Oh how I miss the Mystery Files of Shelby Woo. I used to love that show because it was all about mystery which none of the other shows had at the time. Yeah Disney has sort of gone down the drain.

Enid: I think only stupid people have good relationships.
Seymour: That's the spirit.

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i feel ya on all them shows! i'm 24 so i go waaay back too.

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lizzie mguire dominated all the shows why do you think it was the only one to get a movie in theaters ? and it ran from i think 2000 to 2002 it was successful.

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I once heard that Disney was planning on starting a new channel that would just air their old teen shows. I wonder if it's true. Does anyone know? I loved this show. And I was 25 when this show started airing. I just liked the whole premise behind it. It was good to see somebody from hollywood that was down to earth for a change, even if it was fake. Look how stupid people are considered the "in" crowd nowadays. Not exactly what I want my kid to emulate. If there was a way to get these on dvd, I definitely would.
Even if they were tivo copies. Anyone know, drop me a line at [email protected].

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They should've made a "So Weird" movie. If the "new old show channel" thing is real, someone better let me know!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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its a 65 episode rule, which usually lasts 3 seasons

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If you sign this petition they might make a new channel for the teen shows and get rid of that stupid a** 65 rule.

http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/newdisneychannel


yea I do remeber so weird n the famous jett jackson n the jersey...I kinda got on my nerves tho

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No, That's so Raven is way ABOVE the 65 episodes/3 seasons rule. So, no, that is not technically what they go by anymore.

tomorrow's never promised

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Oh man I miss the Disney Vault too! There was something so cool about watching those old nostalgic shows. I was wondering where Disney Vault went :(

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Does anyone remember that show where one friend ate an old haburger and died, then came back to eath as an angel? What was it called? Boy was that funny to watch as a pre-teen! lol

:-)

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it was called teen angel. that show was just weird. but that whole cotton candy clouds thing, that was genius... and now i wanna eat a cloud...

hey does anybody remember when lee did this --->ô¿o ? look! i can do it too!!!

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Basically disney can only show 65 episodes of a certain show, so I guess they completed their 65 and they had to cancel it. It was a really good show though I liked it.

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