"Good Luck Disney"

Oh My Gosh there's NOTHING on TV!!! I know, I know.... I should read a book but I just want something VAGUELY interesting on in the background. Why don't ANY of these stupid TV execs figure out that we've all seen the reruns a million times and we're reduced to watching alien shows on the History Channel??? Not to mention that there are hardly ANY well-written shows on during the school year because most shows these days are inane reality shows, so people named Snooki and The Situation can get rich over acting stupid (or just being themselves) which is the same thing.

At least the Disney Channel understands that kids are out of school, and since most are parked right in front of the tube instead of going outside for whatever reason, it's a good time to introduce some new shows. And since DD is still coming of age (and there's nothing else on), we've been watching a lot of Disney Channel.

Our favorite new show is "Good Luck Charlie," (which reminds me of the family sitcoms in the 80's), about a cute family with married parents (gasp) and 4 cute children. But we can RELATE to it, something their execs haven't figured out is the key to success/ratings. For example, new show, "Shake It Up," they just introduced is about 2 girls and 2 guys who are the stars of a dance show called 'Shake It Up Chicago." I realize they are trying to horn in on the popularity of all the new dance shows, but it's unrelatable for the kids since one millionth of one percent of kids would have this opportunity. And you never see the parents, which is kind of the new trend on kid shows. Yet another new show taking advantage of a current craze is their "My Babysitter is a Vampire," (hello Twilight fans) which is a completely HORRID show with teenagers and ugly fangs, and they mention "getting a hickey," which I think is a little much for Disney... But then on "Shake It Up" they kept saying "kiss their butt," which also seems inappropriate. (Yes, I've been on vacation for the last week, so Disney's been on alot....) Then, there is "Wizards of Waverly Place," (hello Harry Potter fans) which has been a break-out role for Selena Gomez, and is just okay. New show, "A.N.T. Farm" has an extremely talented African-American girl, a triple threat (act/sing/dance) but it has no chemistry. They have a new cartoon series, "Fish Hooks," which is eerily similar to Nickelodeon's wildly popular "Sponge Bob Square Pants," and soon they will be introducing a new show bringing back "The Cosby Show's" Raven Simone, who did have her own Disney show called "That's So Raven" until she was well into adulthood. I realize with Disney's cash cow, Miley Cyrus, now gone and the gynormous void left from the "Hannah Montana" series ending, they had to get serious. I mean really, what kind of birthday parties will little girls have since we've had years of Hannah Montana merchandise out the wazoo?

But the Disney people, for the most part, just don't get it. This country still likes to see fairly normal families in sitcoms that we can relate to. The rest?

It's just too easy to keep channel surfing...