Correct me if I'm wrong, but I didn't think Smurfs was Disney. And I know Spongebob isn't. Plus Spongebob isn't that great. IMO, anyway.
I, too, will add to the many who miss the old Disney Channel greats. You and Me, Kid....that was a good show. Oh, and KIDS, Inc. was a combo skit/music video show that used popular music of the time and averted drama based plots. HM, on the other hand, IMO, is a dramedy (drama/comedy) based teeny bopper show built on poor music, and marketed to children years younger than the actors on the show.
That, in my opinion, is the strangest aspect of the new Disney Channel. They are purposely marketing TV programs portraying 13-18 year olds in 13-18 year old situations, to 10 year olds. That seems like a fundamental disconnect to me. :shrug: When I was 10, it seemed most programs I was interested in, showed kids my own age, in appropriate situations. With the exception of the new MMC, probably cause I had an older sister who watched it. Or I was watching what I refer to as the last golden age for TV kids cartoons. Darkwing Duck, Rescue Rangers, Talespin, Ducktales, the new Winnie the Pooh, Goof Troop, not too mention the good work put out by other studios, such as Batman, Fraggle Rock, Ghostbusters, GI Joe, Transformers. Ok, I'm getting too nostalgic.
Not being a parent, I can't say for sure, but does it seem like children these days just don't watch as many cartoons as they used to?? The Disney Channel doesn't even seem to ever show any movies that aren't HSM or CR anymore. It's really become a shell of it's former self. It's really unfortunate.
EDIT: After looking at the schedule for this evening, and it being a while since I looked at their schedule, I completely agree with the previous posters that they could at least show some older programming overnight. Kim Possible is on at 2:30 AM, for example. That makes absolutely no sense.
