That's So Raven could be lauded as the best kids TV show coming from Disney for some time. Starring one-time Cosby Show and Hangin' With Mr Cooper actress, Raven Simone, she plays a character named Raven Baxter: a typical teenager who has the ability to see into the future and finds herself in a whole manner of wild, wacky and crazy situations, which often involve her family members, mother Tanya, father Victor and her younger brother, Cory and her two best friends, Chelsea and Eddie. By the end of each episode, Raven and the other characters all learn a few things about life and themselves. Dutch-born Anneliese Van Der Pol puts in a good performance as Chelsea, whilst fans of the 90s Olsen twins sitcom, Two Of A Kind may recognise Orlando Brown.
Raven Simone does demonstrate her versatility as a comic actress by means of playing and dressing up as various types of characters on the show and taking on different character roles. As she has grown up over the years, we as an audience, got to see her branch out and thus, in this show she is not so much Olivia but Raven Baxter. There are not as many child stars today with the capability and ability to do well on screen, but Raven's experience in working and performing in hit shows such as The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Cosby Show and Hangin' With Mr Cooper at such a young age has probably given her a slight advantage over her other younger peers. But she's on form here on That's So Raven.
I was very surprised though to see how good That's So Raven was because my initial impressions were because it was mainly a kid's show, the style of humour that accommodated the sitcom would be much too adolescent for me to get to grips with, as well as to like. But in fact, I liked it quite a lot and found the show itself to be quite enjoyable to watch.
And yet while this is a Disney show, I cannot fathom why it cannot do well with a different network such as NBC, ABC, CBS or UPN for example. The plot of the show is interesting,-yet one of the most original I have seen for a sitcom, the show is well written with a good cast and interesting characters, and thus it generates plentiful of good laughs.
Overall, this is a good but fun-packed show worth tuning in for, no matter how old you are, if you like to watch Raven in an almost entirely different role, then That's So Raven is well worth a look
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