With Disney's acquisition of Marvel in 2009 and LucasFilm in 2012, Disney has become one of the most successful mass media conglomerates in existence. One area that they have not been doing so well in at the moment, however, is television.
The Disney Channel has created some notable shows in its time, some aging well while others have fallen short. For a plethora of reasons, some modern Disney Channel shows have become unbearable to watch today. These shows might have been fun and exciting at their debut but have since then become irrelevant, not up to standard, and even controversial.
8 Gamer's Guide To Pretty Much Anything Has An Outdated Message Now That The Fortnite Hype Has Died Down
Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Anything stars Cameron Boyce as a 15-year-old video game pro who, after an injury, must experience the normalcy of high school life. Though there are some nice nods to different video game tropes throughout the show, the whole theme of the series is a bit outdated.
When Fortnite was in its heyday, kid pros were common. A 16-year-old nicknamed "Bugha" even won 3 million in the Fortnite Cup. The hype around that type of lifestyle is now gone, and so the message of the show just doesn't connect with audiences as well anymore.
7 Disney Stopped Promoting The Tron Franchise, So Tron Uprising Become Obsolete & Irrelevant
The Tron franchise had so much potential but Disney stopped promoting the franchise after Tron Legacy released. It became irrelevant and people soon forgot about the world and the characters. And so when they attempted to promote this show, nobody was interested and so nobody watched.
At the core, this show misunderstands its audience. It tries to cater to an older fanbase who are familiar with the franchise while advertising it to children on Disney XD, who might not be familiar with the characters and storylines. Unless another Tron film is released, Tron Uprising will continue to be a forgotten Disney cartoon.
6 Girl Meets World Tries To Recreate The Magic Of Boy Meets World But Falls Short
Boy Meets World was a classic 90's show. It was fun but mature, teaching audiences about the struggles and hardships of growing up, becoming an adult, and taking responsibility for your actions.
Girl Meets World falls prey to the general issues that plague most sequels, trying to emulate the original. It tries to communicate the same positive message to teens, but it just doesn't have the same feel to it. It attempts to modernize a classic show by giving it a Disney twist that just doesn't work.
5 Jonas Wasn't Interesting Enough To Keep Fans Hooked
In Jonas, the Jonas brothers play fictional versions of themselves. The show is essentially just a huge advertisement for the Jonas Brothers.
The jokes and storylines are geared toward younger audiences and the brothers are stereotyped according to their personalities. Joe is the stereotypical pretty boy, Kevin is the unpredictable older brother, and Nick is the aspiring musician. Making fun of each of the brother's traits was a fun idea that started out interesting but quickly turned dull. Instead of watching this show, fans should consider supporting them directly through their music.
4 Little Einstein Has Become A Giant Meme Now
Little Einstein was a show that originally aired on Playhouse Disney, a subdivision of the Disney Channel designated for younger audiences. It aired in the mornings on the Disney Channel and consisted of mostly cartoons. Though this is a toddler show, and can therefore be unfamiliar to many readers, most have probably heard of its opening theme.
Because of the popularity of the song, the show has become unbearable. Memes have made the show more popular than it should be, and for the absolutely wrong reason.
3 Shake It Up Was Too Stereotypically Disney
Shake It Up is a show starring Bella Thorne and Zendaya as two aspiring dancers who get a shot at the big leagues, dancing for a local show in Chicago. Shake It Up is a culmination of all the stereotypical tropes of a Disney sitcom. It is about a group of kids who have a dream. Their dream gets fulfilled by a deus ex machina in the pilot. For the rest of the season, they have unrelated adventures, and then their dream becomes better at the end of the season with little build-up.
That pretty much sums up Shake It Up. There's nothing too special about the show as it lacks originality.
2 Phineas & Ferb Had Old Gags That Quickly Became Boring
Though surprising to some, Phineas and Ferb is a show that has not aged well. The premise of the show was original when it first came out — two brothers wanted to make the most out of their summer by building cool and exciting things around their neighborhood. The problem is that everything became very repetitive.
Every episode has the same structure. They build things, their sister Candace tries to expose their shenanigans to their parents, and their pet platypus goes and does secret agent stuff. This is the same problem that modern Family Guy faces, which is why many fans don't watch the show nowadays. Too much of the same makes the show feel like a drag.
1 Bizaardvark Featured An Actor Who Became Quite Controversial
Jake Paul, the Vine and YouTube personality, starred on the show for the first two seasons of Bizaardvark as a main character before getting fired and kicked off the Disney Channel. With a tainted reputation and a rather controversial figure involved, the series took a hard hit as a result.
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