I don't know what to say, but this show is a dissapointment. Jake Paul's character is so dumb, but at least he got fired.
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fjake86730 June 2016After watching this show i was disappointed to state the fact that this wasn't a good show. The jokes were awful, the videos weren't even funny. And to sum it all up i just realized that it was an exact ripoff of icarly. It has the same plot, same style and just makes me really ticked off. What happened to originality in this network, you cancelled all the good shows and has been losing viewers ever since
P.S. Why did you have to get Jake Paul in this. Nothing wrong with him, just why did you have to put him in this. He has so much more potential than to act in a Disney channel show.
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trebordjackson19 January 2019The Show is about two best friends who have a webshow and their geeky nerd that follows them everywhere sound familiar? Instead of Monty Python-esque humor they sing songs. Some of them are actually pretty funny. Frankie is rough life Sam but not nearly as mean, and Page is Sweet and Girly like Carly and is the straight man. There is Dirk the stupid dare devil guy. Jake Paul got fired for being an idiot so his character was abruptly erased from the show. I know he deserved to be fired but couldn't they get an in the sitcom's universe explanation for why he is gone. All I ask for is an off hand comment. Page can say Remember when Dirk and his family moved away that was so sad Frankie: Why are you telling me this I was there Page:I know I just felt like reminiscing. Reminiscing is fun. Frankie: I'm reminiscing choking on olives Page:This went from sad to gross. There is Ameila the bratty diva and there is Bernie the pathetic nerd. That's the show. I f you want to see this show done better watch Icarly.
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lagranluzazul26 August 2016In iCarly's season 2, episode 21, Carly and Sam learns that a network called Dingo Channel is running a show called "Totally Ten" that steals ideas from iCarly. For instance, they have "Random Jumping" instead of "Random Dancing", etc. Just change the name of Dingo to Disney and "Totally Ten" to "Bizaardvark" and voila, you have another Disney "original" series. After watching two episodes (and I will watch no more), I can only say one thing: please, don't recommend this show to the kids, the eighth amendment does not permit to inflict such a cruel and unusual punishment. By the way, in that iCarly episode I mentioned, all the plagiarism finishes when Freddy and Spencer threatens to show the frozen head of Dingo's founder in the web. Well, that's curious, because a well known urban legend says that Walt Disney's body is cryogenically frozen somewhere. Maybe somebody should take old Walt from wherever he is and prevent this show from being renewed for a second season.
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racdew20 July 2016This show has to be one of the worst that Disney has ever created. Not only is it a blatant ripoff of iCarly (even the "Trivia" section here says so!), it isn't even *funny.* Please recheck your definition of "comedy," Disney. I could go on, but it would be rather pointless. You all get the idea.
The YouTube ads are also probably the worst that I've ever seen insofar as drawing in potential viewers. I was forced to sit through a 1:15 ad - my ad skipper that day was nonfunctional - and the only thought that I could muster was that I would never want to watch this, kid or no. Most of the ad was of various people either screaming "BIZAARDVARK!" or doing ridiculous, unrelated things like jumping over another person's shoulders. Really? At the end of it, I still had no sense of what this show was even supposed to be about. I predict that this show won't be on air for very long at all.
And the latest episode about the girls trying to find the person behind all their hate mail? Well, I can't blame the person. Who in their right mind would want to watch these girls do anything, whether in YouTube or on TV?
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This is just a horrible ripoff of iCarly and has disgusting "viral videos". I can't believe it has a 6.5 rating. Don't watch it. Please don't watch it. The jokes aren't funny and Disney isn't taking a step forward with this..........they're falling down flights of steps with it. It's so pathetic, it is Bizarre. Even the theme song is just so bland and stupid. Back to the jokes for a second.......They repeat them over and over! Like this. "Hey guys" *bump into each other*. *bump into each other again and again.* The Blobfish song?? THAT ISN'T FUNNY. We don't care if you have a crush on a blobfish. It is exactly like that trash show "School of Rock" or "iCarly" on Nickelodeon. NOT FUNNY. It already has lots of rants on YouTube from like 8 YEAR OLDS. That's Disney's targeted audience. Remember good Disney Channel live-action shows like Wizards of Waverly Place, Suite Life of Zack and Cody, Lizzie McGuire, That's So Raven, Phil of the Future, Life with Derek, Even Stevens...and now we have a show about making unfunny popular music videos on YouTube..I'm out
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jabcom-8759230 March 2017This show is a piece of trash, and one of the worst Disney Channel shows in the last ten years. Disney channel is obsessed with making shows mainly about teenage girls that are best friends. Some other examples would be Shake It Up, Liv and Maddie, Girl Meets World and Best Friends Whenever. Shake It Up was not popular enough, and Liv and Maddie was over rated. Like this show BFW is garbage, they are both knockoffs of Girl Meets World. Girl Meets World was one of Disney's best shows, and I think that BFW and Bizaardvark were the reason for GMW's cancellation. This show is basically another Disney show about best friends, except this ripped off Icarly big time. Disney needs to get their act together again and come up with better shows than this show, BFW and that horrible Jessie spin off Bunk'd. Disney channel will probably stop making shows if they can't come up with anything, because Stuck in the Middle and KC Undercover are the only good shows on anymore. I think if they were smart they would never got rid of GMW or made these awful shows ever, It's like they want us to really hate them.
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GEFDenver21 February 2018My daughter really likes this show. It is funny. The songs are clever. I have never seen iCarly so I don't care if it is a ripoff. We need fun, lighthearted shows that don't center around teenage dating angst and instead focus on smart creative girls and kids who support each other.
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FinnHudsonFromElsewhere6 July 2017I'm almost 20 years old now, so my taste in television has changed over the years. I still enjoy most of the shows I loved as a child (mostly cartoons from Nick and Cartoon Network) and I still enjoy a lot of sitcoms my mom showed me when I was younger (Friends, Fraiser, Seinfeld, etc). But my love for television remains with shows such as Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and Halt & Catch Fire. But I do like to tap in to my inner-child every once and awhile. I saw a promo for this show when I was watching an episodes of Star Wars: Rebels. I had NO idea what to make of it and I didn't care. But I was so bored one day and they were giving an episode of this show. The episode in question was Frankie Has a Hater. My only reaction was surprise, because of how many times I laughed. Here are some of the aspects of the show that work and don't work.
Work: 1. Madison Hu as Frankie Wong: Madison Hu (at least in my eyes) as a future in Hollywood. She's cute, talented, and incredibly funny. A large portion of the show's success and enjoyment comes from Hu's performance. The perfect cross between subtle, stoic nuances and a crazy and incredibly relatable outbursts, Madison Hu's Frankie Wong is one of the most memorable characters in recent Disney Channel history.
2. Paige & Amelia: While Madison Hu is the show's brightest show, the series' 2 other main actresses are also enjoyable. Oliva Rodrigo as Paige Olvera and DeVore Ledridge as Amelia Duckworth can best be described as teenage girl versions of Jason Bateman's Michael Bluth and Portia De Rossi's Lindsay Bluth from Arrested Development. One is more sarcastic and relies on her interactions with her environment and other characters. While the other is more self-involved, concerned with her looks, kinda mean, but never gets on your nerves. I also love that Amelia isn't your stereotypical dumb hot blond.
3. The Chemistry Between the Actors: All the actors (while not all great) all work very well together. Hu and Rodrigo especially.
4. No Over-Reliance on Social Media trends: The series could have easily just have been "LOOK, SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS! LOOK HOW HIP WE ARE!!!!". Instead they use SM as a way to show you how all the characters are different.
5. It's Just Plain Fun: The show isn't smart, original, or even great. But I'm glad that this show isn't just mindless or annoying. The show isn't concerned with teaching the audience a lesson (watch Girl Meets World and Andi Mack for that) but it is concerned with making you laugh. And if that was the show's sole goal, well they accomplished it.
Don't Work: 1. Jake Paul as Dirk Mann: This show would be EONS better if Jake Paul wasn't on this show. The difference between him and the 4 other series regulars is that Jake Paul sticks out like a sore thumb. Hu, Rodrigo, Ledridge, and Wacker are all ACTORS. Jake Paul was a viner, not an actor, and there are not the same thing. Paul only works when he doesn't talk. He gets on your nerves, he over does it, and sinks the show's quality very very very low. He should have stayed with Vine. Oh wait...
2. Ethan Wacker as Bernie Schotz: Wacker is not bad in the show, in fact he's actually quite funny. It's just that I hate the treatment of the character.
3. The Treatment of Male Characters: In traditional Disney Channel tradition (even from shows of my youth) the male characters are treated as idiots and jerks. Surprise surprise.
4. The Music: The Bizaardvark songs take up too much time and most of them aren't even funny. Some are, but most of them aren't.
5. A Severe Lack of Memorable (Or Good) Recurring Characters: When it comes to ANY sitcom (or even all kinds of TV shows) you need a memorable cast of characters. Not only series regulars, but recurring characters as well. This show has a few (Belissa, Liam, and others) but the problem is that NONE of them are memorable or even that good. They come and go without any sort of impact on the viewer. Hopefully this changes in Season 2 or in Season 3.
CONCLUSION: The show isn't perfect and has a lot of problems, but it has a lot of problems that can be easily fixed. With great lead actresses, interesting humor, and a relatable cast of characters, Bizaardvark is some of the most fun I've had on TV in a long time. B -
Kenjislamberry12 August 2017Not much to talk about its just complete rip of icarly like people have mentioned before . There is nothing redeeming about this show its cringy and has stupid humor that will only appeal to jake paulers . I'm glad Disney fired him . Hes a terrible role model for kids and is doing stupid antics and ruining youtube . Hopefully with jake paul gone this show will loose views and will get cancelled.
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rsengele24 July 2018I am honestly confused by the negative reviews for this show.
Just about every one of the actors are talented (with the exception of Jake Paul who only works because he's basically doing an impersonation of himself), the characters all have real chemistry, they actually grow from episode to episode, and the main characters are two smart girls who are having fun doing something that they love and have a believable friendship. It helps that the story of each episode comes first. The plot lines aren't written around a single joke.
What I really love is that each character falls into a trope, but those tropes are often tweaked to make these characters feel real.
Paige is sweet and always wants to do the right thing (even if it's what only she thinks is right), but she's not always stardust and sunshine--she is capable of being annoyed and snippy and she doesn't let people walk all over her.
Frankie is sarcastic and skeptical of everything and everyone, but she still has a heart and wants the best for the world around her, even if it means doing or allowing something that she doesn't like in order to make someone else happy.
Amelia is the girlie-girl who loves makeup and fashion, she can be self-centered and shallow, but she's not entirely unaware of her own faults or how she effects the people around her. There's even an episode where she realizes that her being shallow can influence the young girls who watch her to not care about school or their own intelligence, so she tries to change that by pretending to care about those things herself. Does she go about in the absolute wrong way? Yes, but that's what comedy is.
Even Bernie and Dirk, who are admittedly the weakest characters on the show, have their moments of being human rather than walking tropes.
For the reviewers saying that the show is unrealistic, SO WAS iCARLY. Do you really think a teenage girl who lives with her older brother who is stuck in adolescence could afford a that level of a studio in their...what was that space even? An apartment attic? With all the latest hightech gear? No.
So what if Bizaardvark has a building where all the "youtubers" hang out and the girls make unrealistically high quality videos. The writers make up for it by being surprisingly aware of what it takes to be on youtube and then work those things into a reality that is entertaining to kids. There's a whole episode about collaborating with other youtubers and how it can either hurt or help your channel. There's an episode about Frankie and Page being upset because the content that takes such little work and creativity is the most popular, while the content that does take those things is often overlooked. There's an episode where Page and Frankie accidentally pander to children and become popular, but have to decide if they want to be popular doing something they hate or invisible doing something that they love. Even within the voogle building, perks are given to the channels based on how many subscribers they have just like on youtube. This show isn't mindless key jingling for kids to rot their brain to. There's actual thought and care behind it that I personally don't think I've seen in one of Disney's live action shows since Wizards of Waverly Place.
Yes, the basic premise is like iCarly, but, honestly, if you watch more than one episode, it's very clear that it's not at all a "rip off" of it. Though, it doesn't matter anyways, iCarly came out in 2007 just after youtube first started. Youtube was an entirely different place at the time: Fred was the most popular channel, Shane Dawson was still doing skits, very few people knew what it was and very few people thought they could make anything out of it. Bizaardvark is the iCarly for today's youtube. Every one of the people yelling about it on here just sound like the old farts who are afraid of change and who can't keep up with "those damn kids."
Seriously, lighten up and stop trashing a show that WASN'T MADE FOR YOU. -
ifeobi-0725328 May 2019The show is really good. I don't get why icarly grownup fans are hating on it
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bryanabanana13 July 2016This show is nothing more than a mess. Not only is the show a basic copy of ICarly with a mixture of A.N.T farm, the acting is absolutely terrible! You have a stereotypical bitchy fashion guru and a stereotypical dumb daredevil. Not to mention, the jokes are just revoltingly unfunny. I couldn't sit through the beginning without cringing.
All of the "funny" moments are just jokes that could have been funny in 2010! And what is with the introduction? It's annoying. Am I suppose to laugh? the one thing I'm confused about is how these writers think of these concepts that even a 9yr old could write. Even if this show has good reviews, these writers are eventually going to run out of ideas. The first episode is so rushed! It would have been better if they actually tried and show more development instead of "funny" jokes with a laugh track played every 5 seconds. Also the whole plot with this show is just a scatter. They are hosting a live show? What?
Overall, this show is going to flop. I'm not going to be surprised if they decide to take it off after 10 episodes. If they actually wanted to be more relevant, the least they can do is stop making half-assed attempts to do so. -
cwinner-827039 July 2016Another failed attempt for Disney Channel to be "original". Ever since Hannah Montana ended, Disney Channel has been going downhill....... Dramatically. To be honest I stopped watching Disney channel when Phineas and Ferb and Gravity Falls ended but when i heard about this, i felt the need that something had to be said. When i first head about this i KNEW it was going to be an exact ripoff off "iCarly" and i'm not even surprised to say it is. At this point, they're not even trying anymore. The show is about two friends who make comedy videos........but lack the comedy. iCarly was random but at least it was funny. I was watching this with my cousins and at least 10 minutes in, they asked if i could change it to Full House....FULL HOUSE. And to top it all off, we have to add a vine star in it..... WHY? they've got better things to do than hang out with 12 year old girls.
All in all, its an unfunny show....ya blew it. -
Okay so when this show first aired on Disney Channel a couple of months ago I thought I would check it out because it was a new show from Disney and I have to say I was very disappointed. The actors are good and all its just the show itself, it is so unrealistic and not funny at all unless your 5 years old. Why can't Disney Channel make family sitcoms like they did with Good Luck Charlie that appeal to kids and adults. When I watched this show I honestly laughed about twice throughout the whole thirty minute episode. It is just about this place where people go and make videos and try and get subscribers. Anyways I would not recommend this show.
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ibisdoodle16 July 2018Jokes: unoriginal, lazy and cheap Characters: lazily written and annoying Set design: Uninspired Music: I rather leak out my ear infection than listen to the show's theme
What is good: The actors are trying their best but they always fall into the generic Disney Channel over acting and peppy attitude. Some of the writer sneak in some real jokes with solid set ups but they never last long enough.
Why do I let the kids control the TV... -
tanyapadilla3 January 2017First i would like to start by saying I love the Disney Channel and I'm the mother of two kiddos who love Disney channel also. Its always playing family movies and the shows are kid oriented. I've been watching Disney since I was a kid and love all the shows that play except this one. Bizaardvark is one of the most annoying shows I've ever watched. Their songs are so dumb.They make no sense and I think that blobfish song was the worst. With the so dramatic song a very close 2nd. I think the two main characters are trying too hard to be funny but their not funny just stupid.I have nothing good to say about this show except "SAD" Please take this show off the air.
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First of all, I think the writers did a terrible job with trying to make this show modern and relatable. They're so out of touch, they have little understanding of what YouTube is really like. First of all, everyone in "Vuuuuuuuugle" seems to have only one purpose, like their channel is only devoted to one thing that's so ridiculous that no YouTuber would never actually do it (like horse face guy) There don't seem to be any normal video makers, no vloggers, no gaming channels, no comedy channels, none of that. Everyone on here seems to be saying that it's a ripoff of iCarly, but the only thing they share is the whole "video" aspect. Literally nothing else.
But, when it all comes down to the big picture, this show isn't THAT bad. I really enjoyed the first episode, but I absolutely hated episodes 2-4. The next 10 or so episodes were nothing special, they were okay. But around the end of of the season I actually started enjoying the show more. At least it doesn't have that stupid "we have a secret that nobody can find out about" plot that's been beaten dead by now, and at least it has okay humor, and it's not all just gross fart jokes and juvenile humor like that. And lastly, the characters aren't stereotypical. The main character, an Asian, isn't a typical smart Asian which all the jokes revolve around. All the characters have their own personalities, which most shows can't seem to do nowadays. -
KamikochiKeith8626 February 2018For a Disney show, the four leads here are above average (I'm thinking of the ill-acted "Andi Mack"). I think they have more natural talent than the usual Teen Nick or Disney show. The problem is, the writing is terrible, and borrows from particularly "iCarly" too often. It also seems to be down-played in its marketing, rather than the over-hyped "Andi Mack". One hopes that this series, with its two Asian American stars, outlasts the heavily-funded Asian American "Andi Mack." An update from its third season. The two lead actors, Madison Hu and Olivia Rodrigo are starting to smirk at their own jokes, yet I think it's Ms Rodrigo who is the better actress here. But it's the mean girl who is the show's breakout star. Devore Ledridge singlehandedly carries the series. Everything is perfect. Her timing, her voice, her body movements are exceptional. Why isn't she in her own series by now?
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nursedesmond28 July 2016These jokes are seriously not funny. I'm using my father's account, so I am a thirteen year old girl, the producer's target audience. It's so unfunny. The girls DESERVED that hate. They weren't funny. The lessons they try and teach are terribly put. So instead of us ignoring the hate, and knowing that we are so much better than that comment, we should just track down the single person who writes the hate comment. Stupid, and EXTREMELY petty. It is basically a rip-off of iCarly and Zoey 101. They need to get some originality, and learn what teen comedy ACTUALLY is. Whatever happened to Good Luck Charlie, or WOWP. Please take this show off air. For both the world, and Jake Paul.
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redblazeky26 April 2019The only similarity is it's about two girls who do things on the internet. iCarly was just them doing silly live-streams from their bedroom. On Bizaardvark they are playing off of the YouTube generation. Paige and Frankie work for a company Vuuugle (YouTube). They create comedy sketch videos and funny music videos. It's also about the interaction between other channels and content creators within Vuuugle, not just interacting with neighbors. It becomes more of an ensemble cast and not just based around Paige and Frankie.
Obviously these negative reviewers didn't even bother giving the show a shot. It's like saying iCarly was a rip off of Wayne's World. Seriously, you all sounds really stupid. -
bkoganbing25 June 2016Bizaardvark, The Magic Kingdom's new teen show looks like it will be similar to those other Disney shows, Sonny With A Chance and So Random. The other two are about comedy television shows and allowed for great creativity with comic sketches. Bizaardvark is an on line channel that two adolescent girls, Madison Hu and Olivia Rodrigo, have in cyber space where they write songs and perform them with comic sketches. They describe themselves as a pair of square pegs unable to find a proper round hole for themselves in their posh prep school.
But life will get better for them if they can make the grade in a studio that caters to the unusual named Vuugle. Looking at the first episode it looks like a tough road ahead, but they're Disney girls so you know they have the right stuff.
Because of Demi Lovato's issues Sonny With A Chance and So Random came to an abrupt end. I hope Disney Studios keeps this one around, it looks promising. -
Where do I even begin? Watching the first episode, I knew this show would be another obnoxious school-setting show with the most irritating characters. The main characters (already forgot their names, not even worth looking up) are very cliché, bland characters. The supporting characters are just as bland. Very little is going on for them. I cannot see them making more than one season of this show, as the concept can't be looked into any further; it's just a school with "famous" web stars. It is literally a rehash of "A.N.T. Farm," which was an absolute disaster. I think Disney should just stick to animated features, as most of their live action shows just don't cut it.
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sikmario20 October 2016Back when I first heard advertisements for this show on the Disney channel, I thought it was going to be a terrible show. I gave it a chance and watched it, and I can definitely say that my thoughts were correct.
This terrible show is about two girls named Paige and Frankie who go to this place called "Vuuugle" after they reach 10 000 subscribers on a site called "Vuuugle". Doesn't this plot seem very similar to another television show? Yep, this show is a blatant rip-off of iCarly, obviously created by two businessmen wondering what would appeal to kids. "Hey, YouTube's popular, let's make a show about that."
The comedy in this show is horribly un-funny. The first joke they try to make in the show is a song about how the two protagonists love a blob fish. "HA, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE BLOB FISHES ARE UGLY, HURR DURR!" No, it's not funny, it's dumb. Then the next joke we get is a science geek saying some words that the seven year old audience wouldn't understand to insult Paige and Frankie's sense of humour. "HA, IT'S FUNNY CUZ HE'S A NERD, HURR DURR!"
There's way too much stereotypes and clichés in this show, just look at the characters. Paige and Frankie are weird and nobody at their school understands them. Dirk is the dumb jock. Amelia is the spoiled brat who thinks she's better than everyone. And Bernie is the pathetic character who always gets hated on despite having no reason to be hated on.
The actors/actresses aren't even remotely good at their jobs. The actors for Paige (Olivia Rodrigo) and Frankie (Madison Hu) get on your nerves very quickly and always sound like they want to die. Dirk (Jake Paul) is a vine star. I would say enough said, but it's surprisingly not enough. He always talks in this annoying deep voice and always shouts at the camera. Amelia (DeVore Ledridge) is always trying way too hard to make her character sound bratty that she in turn sounds very annoying. She's also trying way too hard to be a young Kaley Cuoco, who plays Penny in another show I despise. Finally, Bernie (Ethan Wacker) always sounds way too excited, even when he's supposed to be sad, and he gets on your nerves very easily.
So that's my honest review of Bizaardvark. The point of this review is to tell you to avoid this show like the plague. Good bye. -
ashollychick20 December 2016This show is SO boring! The characters are so cliché, the acting is not very good, their videos and the characters are not funny, and the plot is awful! Once again, Disney has made another cliché uninteresting show with bad actors. Why did they have to bring Jake Paul into this? He's such a funny vine star and he has so much potential. Disney only makes Jake Paul seem like an actor with their stupid script writing, and he's actually good! This is why Disney has been loosing so mhch viewers! All their shows are horrible! All the fantastic, popular, and funny Disney sjows from the 2000s were so good and very popular! And look at Disney now? How much I miss old Disney Channel. Disney channel is running out of ideas!