About a decision. (No offense sitcom lovers)

[perryfan86]

Um... Hi, I've always loved Disney and being in Canada I get Family Channel which is basically the Disney Channel there.
But they made a huge decision! That I really do not agree with... in fact it's a really bad one.

Okay, they had all these cartoons.

Kim Possible, Jake Long, Recess, The Weekenders, The Emperor's New school, And Fillmore.
Okay, I am a Disney cartoon person, not an Disney sitcom person.

But they made a decision and the network tossed all cartoons but one... replacing them with. 'Hanna Montana, Both suite life shows, Wizards of waverly place, Jonas, Cory in the house, Sonny with a chance... and other stuff like that.
What were they doing!? All those fun unique cartoons for shows just because that's what's popular at the time?
The only cartoon they kept was Recess (Which has been on the air for at least 13 years... I liked the show but after so many years I got completely sick of it...but out of all the ones to keep?)
What I did like is that they instantly started showing Phineas and Ferb after getting rid of everything else. (Sort of makes up for it)
(My opinion the silliest most hilarious original disney show ever made.)
No offense but to me it seems like they care more about how popular the celebrities are than the quality of the show. (I mean, just because Hanna Montana herself is extremely famous does not automatically make her show funny.)
I watch disney for the humour and adventures and animation which made the movies and cartoons so darn awesome.
Not for sitcoms that I don't find funny or entertaining whatsoever.
(I am sure there are lots of people out there who do, and if they do that's okay... I don't judge people like that.)
I'm my opinion Disney succeeded because of it's animation.
That is what I love most about it.
But only having two Disney animated shows on the entire network?
I am really sorry. I should not be negative on this site... but it had really annoyed me for a while now that they would do that!
I grew up with Disney solely because of the cartoons.
I am a kid at heart which is why I always loved Disney.

[meggyc]

I for one have never been a fan of the Disney sitcoms, even as a small child. I was always into cartoons. The live action, teeny-bopper stuff has never appealed to me. The sad thing is that this seems to be the Disney Channel's current bread and butter in that Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers are popular with kids today.

It wouldn't be so awful if there was another outlet for animation fans. I know that if I were a kid growing up today, I would be miserable because there would be nothing worth watching for me.


Don't worry about being negative. It's a valid opinion.

[perryfan86]

Thanks, it's just that there are alot of Disney fans who do like that sort of thing so I tried to be as fair as I could not wanting to start a heated argument.
But the sad thing about this is... being in Canada I don't get Toon Disney!
All the classics, shows I haven't seen in years... I miss Darkwing duck, Completely forgotten about Talespin I don't even remember if I liked it, Chip and Dale Rescue rangers being just awesome, and Ducktales was well known for having the catchiest Disney theme song in existence.
But people over here gave that all up long ago, to replace it with a show about two kids in a hotel/cruiseship just being wacky. That's it! Wacky... nothing else...
How is that better?
Sadly... I admit out of all of the sitcoms that's the only one I can find somewhat watchable.

Anyway, I'm just going to end this topic by crossing my fingers hoping Disney soon puts Phineas and Ferb on season DVD'S soon. I read up on that... Disney saying they don't usually do that with cartoons. So many fans assume they won't.
Yet my sister and I have the first two seasons of Kim Possible.
And my best friend had the first season of C&D RR.
So with Phineas and Ferb seeming to be the only cartoon on Disney at the moment that is still making episodes why not?
Good songs, lame villian, fun humour, interesting running gags, well written plots (In which both episode plots eventually interacting with each-other in perfect sync making a fun ending.)
and a platypus secret agent who can kick butt as good as any human!
If you ask my personal opinion I think it's one of the more popular disney shows "because" it isn't a sitcom which basically every single other one is...
That's all I had to say.

[joplin4]

The problem is that they replaced the cartoons with bad sitcoms. Well, I watch them from time to time if nothing else is on television. I wish they had it structured like the Disney Channel in the 90s. You had shows for little kids in the morning. Then, there were the pre-teen cartoons like "Ducktales" and "Gummi Bears". Then, there was something for the entire family in the evening (usually a Disney movie). After that, the programming day concluded with Disney for the mature audiences. This usually featured "Disneyland" episodes and MMC episodes from the 1950s. Also, they would show an old live-action film.