Even Stevens (2000–2003)
9/10
The pinacle of the Disney Channel era, before Disney got "Friends"ized and The WBized by "The Suite Life"
5 January 2024
Teamwork, fam, friendship, bro/sis warmth, romance. This show is a great show. What really sells it is Margo Harshman being Christy Carlson Romano and her bros little sis and their fluff baby. UPN/Warner Bros./WB flagship worthy stuff. Disney has always been great, and if any show evokes the drops of "A dream is a wish your heart" makes and the Disney Channel pop stars and Jump5, it's this show. Shia Labeouf plays Louis Stevens, a creative and over-the-top little bro, who Ren gets bothered by so much. Louis is funny because he manages to troll her, but even through all of that, through thick and thin they're there for each other. This show epitomized what Disney was. And had "Hannah Montana" not went the "Suite Life" route, utilizing KTLA Tribune studios, they could have been that. OK, I'm just saying that in anger. I hate the fact that they used an unpopular studio and couldn't get their hand out of the cookie jar so to speak. But this is a great show. Shia Lebeouf has made a name for himself. But Christy has nothing bad to say because she, although not being as big a name, she's become a big name too and she has a hard-hitting Youtube channel too. And the dad is played by a good actor (he was on "Voyager," so UPN/Warner Bros./WB flagship). The teen "Seinfeld", as Louis has a Kramer poster.

This is a far contrast to "Cheetah Girls" which set the seeds for Disney becoming Tribune and The WB, although it really ddn't start until "Suite Life." But everything about that movie has the ingredients. Not to mention Adrienne Bailon is a joke to her Nuyoricans (being I'm part Nuyorican) and supports Autism Speaks, which hates autistics.
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