It’s the Holiday Season…

…And it’s time for some holiday-related, short rants!

Do Disney and Nickelodeon do holiday related specials, anymore? I know that there’s a Big Time Rush special premiering tonight (Which, they completely spoiled in the commercials for it), and on Disney, the Sonny with a Chance holiday special’s on again, as well as another special, but I forgot what it was. Could the fact that they’re competing be anymore blatant?

And I know that seems like a lot of holiday specials, but:

• Hannah Montana hasn’t had any Christmas specials. At all. Especially weird, seeing as the Cyrus family is pretty religious? The closest they’ve had is “Killing me Softly with his Height”, which wasn’t really Christmas themed. It was just about Miley dating a guy who works as an elf at the mall. And she was prejudiced because he was short. They also had “'It’s the End of Jake as We Know it”, which was just about Hannah filming a Christmas special while breaking up with Jake. You’d think they’d have an episode relating to the holiday.
• Wizards of Waverly Place hasn’t had any specials, either. I guess since Disney’s using the “They’re magic! And Christmas doesn’t like magic!” excuse.
• Jonas, the short-lived show featuring the JoBros, didn’t have any specials, and the Jonases are religious, too.
• The network also hasn’t really made any ‘Holiday movies’ like they used to, and they don’t show much, either. And The Ultimate Christmas Present is being shown at 2 PM on a Monday afternoon. And that night, what are they showing? 16 Wishes. One of the worse Disney TV movies.

And at the moment, HM and WoWP are probably the network’s most popular shows. So, why haven’t they done much for the holidays? Disney do you think the holidays are ‘lame’? If you haven’t noticed, ABC Family’s doing the 25 Days of Christmas!

Last Friday, I watched TV’s Funniest Holiday Moments: A Paley Center for Media Center. I didn’t know most of the stuff, but I still laughed at some- specifically the Murphy Brown turkey fiasco, the All in the Family Christmas carolers, and the Seinfeld Christmas card. Friends was on twice, which was awesome, because that show typically gets forgotten about for these types of stuff. It also was number one! So here’s to Friends!

I want to do something Christmas related in The Sims 3, but I don’t know what.

Zynga games everywhere (on Facebook) are having holiday deals for stuff, including Christmas/Hanukkah/Winter decorations (Both cash and free!) and they also have gift cards. The gift cards are pretty blatant, but whatever.

I want to watch Home Alone some time this month. It’s my favorite Christmas movie. Large, semi-dysfunctional family from the ‘90’s during Christmas? Count me in!

Nickelodeon: Parasiting off of Disney?

I know it's been a month since I've made an update, but hey, better now than never to make a post, right? Anyway, I've noticed Nick's been copying a Disney 'cash crop': Music. Disney had the High School Musical trilogy, and Camp Rock, Nick had Spectacular. Disney has JONAS, now, Nickelodeon's having Big Time Rush.
But yeah, when will they stop stealing each other's ideas?

Oh No They Didn't!

So, today, Disney had the Fashion Flops Marathon on Disney Channel, which is probably and most likely just to subliminally promote their fashion lines for Wizards of Waverly Place, JONAS, and the "Don't go back to school- Arrive!" thing. The episodes were just episodes which involved trendy clothes, fashion shows, and runway models. Well, that's what the commercials suggested, I didn't actually watch it, though I browsed through what episodes there were on the website, and guess what?
A certain girl with supernatural powers who works at a fashion line didn't have episodes from her show on. Yeah, that's right. Disney left out That's So Raven.

Seriously, WHAT?

After looking at the list myself, I thought some of these episodes weren't even fashion related, but just had one tiny scene that was good for the commercial. Shipnotized, (We're So Sorry) Uncle Earl, Keeping it Real, and Sonny at the Falls all had little for the fashion theme of the marathon. They could've easily squeeze That's So Raven in, but noooo, Disney has to be so obsessed with only the new stuff, that they couldn't have a more appropriate show for the marathon.
They could've even have Cory in the House. Making the Braid, Beat the Press, and That's So in the House(To an extent) all dealt with fashion-related plots. But nooo, Disney had to have episodes which has little to nothing on clothes.

On the topic of marathons, since when has Disney been airing marathons back to back? Yesterday, they had Rockin' Sunday, which was probably just an excuse to show Camp Rock again. Also, did anyone notice Sterling Knight in the background of the Rockin' Sunday promo thing, even though he wasn't in Camp Rock?

JONAS- My Guilty Pleasure

Before I begin this post, let me tell you how much I dislike the Jonas Brothers. I used to like them, back at 2007, when they were still not that famous. However, after their acting debut, I soon changed my mind- the Jonas Brothers were annoying. I hated them, and any fan of them was practically my enemy. Camp Rock didn't make things any better.

Fast forward to a few months ago; I watched not one, but two episodes of JONAS, because I was forced by my cousin to watch them. She said it was funny, and I decided to watch, just to prove her wrong.

I hated it.
Even worse, I despised it with a burning passion hotter than the sun.
The show was just, too ugh. Everything was wrong about it. Everything. From the cast, to the jokes, to the writing, it was just horrible. I felt like every time I watched it, I became stupider.

However, a few days ago, I watched a few more episodes, unwillingly at first.(To those of you who watch JONAS, I watched Frantic Romantic and Detention) Then, I kind of, well, tolerated it. I don't know why, but something about the show seemed, well, interesting. I'm not sure what that 'Mystery Substance' is, but I'm guessing it's Macy, Nicole Anderson's character.

Do I like this show? Not really. Will I continue watching it? Maybe. Personally, I like it more than Suite Life on Deck at the moment, but at this moment, I'd like Blues Clues more than Suite Life on deck.