Good News for the Disney Channel

daguru · Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject: Good News for the Disney Channel

Good ratings win for the Disney Channel, from MediaWeek:

theEpiphany · Gate Agent Joined: Posts: 854

Weird...Disney Channel is NOT what it used to be...It's all the same stuff on 4 different channels...

I miss the throwback to the Mickey Mouse Club / Vault Disney etc...Kids of today have no idea who ElFago Baca / Swap Fox / Davey Crockett / Texas John Slaughter are...

It's sad when all they see is stuff like Even Stevens / Kim Possible.
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WDWFan · Pilot Joined: Mar 01, 2006 Posts: 10863

I think a lot of this is interpretation.

First, I have started to see "sponsors" appearing on the Disney channel. "this show brought to you by". This bothers me a bit. I liked the fact there were no ads. I hope it stays where it is.

Second, what quality competition do they really have? Not hard to be first when every one is so pathetic.

Disney does produce good shows, but they also show a TON of repeats. My kids must have seen every episode of each series a dozen times at this point.

I think the small tykes shows are definitely better, with Dora, Diega, Manny, and Mickey himself... But they still have not found anything that met the quality of Lizzie Maguire.

The Tweens are so in favor of it because of the same thing that makes MySpace a hit. It is a community. The same stars, appearing in spots, the star competitions, the tie in to the web sites. I'd attribute the community atmosphere more than the latest round of shows.

Finally they have totally dropped the ball on the adult market. Vault Disney was Fantastic! They really need to consider bringing this back, but maybe not as tentatively as showing it only from 11 - 4 in the morning.

kmiller15211 · Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 5:43 am Post subject:

Is there a reason why they don't put stuff about the parks on that station? I mean, the whole Discovery/Travel/Learning Channel is built on those Disney park episodes. At any night at 7 PM, I can flip through the stations and usually find an 'inside the Disney parks' show. I wonder why Disney wouldn't be doing that themselves.

I miss the old old days of Donald Duck Presents, which used to show the classic shorts.

blinkereye123 · Airplane Inspector Joined: Aug 10, 2007 Posts: 142

Hi folks. I think the problem with Disney Channel right now is the same as with all of cable television; it's gotten too specific. Let's face it' when you've got 4 or 5 channels all run by the same entity you're bound to repeat your self sooner or later. What gets me about Disney is that there's so much there to work with from the beginning, ( I mean, we are talking about a company that's been in operation for almost 80 years), you would think that with all the accumulative material they would be able to divvy up their programs more evenly. If some people want 'classic' programming there could easily be one or more channels for that as well as however many are necessary for current material. Sure, we all know that if we really, REALLY want ot find our niche then there's always the net, (hello!), but if we want to have something to come home to then I think ANY entertainment company needs to diversify itself a little better; after all, we ARE paying for it, one way or another. Well, that's my two cents, until later, peace.