Disney Channel – Before Miley It Was Lizzie McGuire/Hilary Duff. Pop Culture TV History.

April 14, 2011

Mr. Pop History – The first pre-teen/teen superstar of the Disney Channel dates back to January 2001 when Lizzie McGuire debuted. That started it all – and today, most of the channel’s popular series comes from the age 9-14 audience, then 15 to 18. Disney at one time, contemplated an animated “McGuire” series.

I’d say the next popular “tween” show on that channel – “That’s So Raven” starring then teen idol Raven Simone, formerly of the Cosby Show.

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July 6, 2010

From Alana – “Tween” TV programming – defined as that between kids and teenagers – when did that take off?

Mr. Pop History – Although it had been around, we first heard the “tween” label with the likes of the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon, around 2001. That’s when shows such as Disney’s “Lizzie McGuire” and Nick’s “Fairly Odd Parents” brought the genre out and it hasn’t been the same since.

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