#this is why star vs the forces of evil went downhill after season 2

[ruesteas]

I recently saw a few posts about how people want ninjago to not be for kids and like? Are you that insecure about liking a kids show you can’t let kids have their show? These are the people who always want cartoons to be serious because that somehow is equal to good writing even though it’s unrelated (ie Craig of the Creek being the best show made by CN right now and it being a slice of life comedy).

[awinger24]

Save Disney Channel!

From 1983 to 1997 as a premium channel, Disney Channel has aimed towards family-oriented programming with a balance of animation and live-action programs, as well as movies too.

Things change in 1996. When Anne Sweeney became president of the Disney Channel, things changed.

In April 1997, Disney Channel rebranded and transitioned into a basic cable network. Disney Channel ratings increased between 2000 and 2002 thanks to the success of shows like Lizzie McGuire and Even Stevens, launching careers for their respective lead actors. Hilary Duff and Shia Labeouf. On the other hand, the network premiered their first two original animated series’, The Proud Family and Kim Possible.

In September 2002, Disney Channel introduced a new on air logo that many 90s to early 2000s children remember. Zoog and Vault Disney were removed and replaced with more reruns of their original programming.

Despite that, the network kept a fair balance between their live-action and animated content. This also marked the start of their current Wand ID bumpers.

But what sparked the Disney Channel’s first success in years?

- That’s So Raven: Raven Symoné (and her music career), the show’s high ratings, the first to break the channel’s 65 episode rule, and most of all, sitcoms from It’s a Laugh Productions.

- The Cheetah Girls: paving the way for other music-themed original programming

- The Suite Life of Zack and Cody: The first sitcom under the It’s a Laugh banner.

- Hannah Montana: The show that became the network’s first "successful" franchise launching merchandise from the show and launching Miley Cyrus’ musical career.

2006 didn’t mean that Hannah Montana was successful, this fact doesn’t strive away from the downfall the network will face.

Anne Sweeney became president of the Disney-ABC TV group two years prior Hanna Montana’s premiere, stating that she’ll remake the network to "the major profit driver in the company”.

Dropping all their acquired program in favor for more original programming, and airing less animation, this would go on for more than a decade. Cross promoting actors with singing careers, and even flashy on screen graphics that shy away from what the network used to be.

There are still successful animated series on the channel such as Phineas and Ferb, and Fish Hooks. But that’s not enough to compare to many other shows they put on air such as Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck, Sonny With a Chance, Good Luck Charlie, Shake it Up, A.N.T. Farm, Jessie, and Austin & Ally. All of these shows have at least one actor/actress that has a music career.

Throughout the next couple years within the 2010s, Disney Channel is now a shell of it’s former self.

In 2012 and 2013 respectively, Disney Channel aired Gravity Falls and Wander Over Yonder, which proved to be very successful animated cartoons. Yet again, aired less and ignored compared to their sitcom “hits”, along with Liv and Maddie and Dog with a Blog added to their lineups.

In 2014, Disney Channel shifted their animated shows to their premium sister network, Disney XD. People could still watch them under the “Disney XD on Disney Channel” night time block. But that didn’t save the network from low viewership. Along with a new logo and rebranding, the downfall only got worse.

2016 brought a small return of animated program with Elena of Avalor, the first original series since Wander Over Yonder’s tenure on the channel. Also, Stuck in the Middle made it’s debut marking the first single camera comedy since “Jonas/Jonas L.A.” Well, only one new sitcom premiered and that’s Bizaardvark.

Now in March 2017, Disney Channel rebranded their on-air bumpers yet again. They had an animation block that lasted for 2 months but still their live action content and original movies overshadow their animated show. Premiering that year was Andi Mack, a single camera drama from the creator of Lizzie McGuire, and Raven’s Home, another spinoff of That’s So Raven after Cory in the House in 2007.  Animated series such as Tangled: the Series, the acquired Canadian series, Hotel Transylvania: The Series, aired on the channel.

Late into 2017, a new mobile streaming app called Disney NOW was introduced. The app has contributed to success of Disney’s on-air and programming content. DisneyNOW will probably lead to another factor, declining on-air TV ratings since consumers with cable providers are able to watch any show on the app whenever and wherever.

Going into 2018, all their former programming was removed from the network and now only 6 shows now shine on the network. Reruns of Bunk’d and Stuck in the Middle, Raven’s Home, Bizaardvark, Andi Mack, and the new Coop and Cami Ask the World. All of these shows get heavily re-run on the channel.

Also in that year, they announced many of Disney XD’s animated series are moving to Disney Channel.

Big Hero 6: The Series premiered in the Summer of 2018 but it only gets aired twice a week. Tangled the Series for Season 2 now goes under the name, Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, but it also gets less air time. That means, not even a single rerun of an episode after it first aired on TV.

The only time you could see animated content on Disney Channel is weekdays from 2-3:30 PM with Ducktales, Big City Greens, and Gravity Falls reruns.

This wouldn’t help since the channel’s current target audience is at school. The worst thing for weekends is that they air their animated content only from 6 AM to 9 AM. For example, reruns of Milo Murphy’s Law returneda airing at 7 AM, in order to pave the way for it’s crossover with Phineas and Ferb in January 2019. But it’s still considered graveyard hours since some viewers don’t even get an opportunity to watch it, same goes for airings of Phineas and Ferb, Ducktales, Big City Greens, and Gravity Falls.

In addition to a decline in ratings (even their successful live-action content couldn’t get 1 or 2 million liked they used to), Disney Channel completely went downhill for overshadowing their live action content, less air time for animation even in graveyard hours, and becoming a channel for teenyboppers (mainly pre-teen to teen females) showing stuff about music, fashion, and sponsors for girl-related products, Disney Channel isn’t the image not even the late Walt Disney would imagine.

Even for the Walt Disney Company being a huge entertainment empire with their movies, theme parks, and merchandising, they honestly don’t give any light on the Disney Channel since they are part of a television division they get ignored by.

The Disney Channel as we know became a generic, flamboyant, influenced-by-trendy, but most of all, the dissatisfied channel on Earth. Not even close to why Disneyland and Walt Disney World are huge successes.

That’s why I created this petition (and a friend of mine is starting a subreddit that I am contributing too). We want you to save Disney Channel and bring it back to it’s former glory. To bring a better balance of variety between their live-action and animated programming, but more importantly, promote more and give more air time to it’s original cartoons. Very soon, we hope that the channel could treat upcoming content like new episodes of Star vs the Forces of Evil, and new shows such as Amphibia, The Owl House, and 101 Dalmatian Street.

Bring back reruns of old shows and air more of Disney's great animated series.

We like to bring together a community of people from all kinds of fandoms and fanbases and restructure the channel that Disney fans in general want.

Our mission: Save Disney Channel.

Once we reaches ten thousand supporters, our group, SaveDisneyChannel will give them the opportunity to contact management at Disney-ABC Television Group about approving what we call, the "Revive Mickey Mouse Channel" (RMMC) plan in form of phone calls or emails. “Mickey Mouse Channel” refers to period where Mickey Mouse was the mascot of Disney Channel from 1983 launch up until it’s removal in 2006, as SaveDisneyChannel wanted them to become mascot again. Once it's approved by executives, it will spark a huge restructuring effort on Disney Channels Worldwide (Disney Channel’s parent company), simpler to Walt Disney Animation Studios being restructured after Disney acquired Pixar back in 2006. See, you can write many opinions that Disney Channel fans wanted in general. We will pick up wishes you want to restructure the channel and write it into opinions!

Let's save Disney Channel!

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