Nickelodeon's Live Action

[Avaitor]

They've already confirmed tonight's set:

The Secret World of Alex Mack- "The Videotape"
The Wild Thornberrys- "Pack of Thornberrys"
Salute Your Shorts- "Toilet Seat Basketball"
Hey Arnold!- "Longest Monday/Eugene's Pet"

Geez, just put SYS on already. You obviously love it, we obviously love it, we have 3 dead slots, I don't see why not. Tonight's bunch looks good enough, although I'd prefer if they didn't pick Wild Thornberrys. At least it didn't go to the Angry Beavers ep though, since that's already on DVD.

And here's this coming week's set:

Kenan & Kel- "Duh Bomb"
All That- "303"
Doug- "Doug's Hot Ticket/Doug's Dental Disaster"
Hey Dude- "Murder, He Wrote"
Doug- "Doug Runs/Doug Clobbers Patti"
All That- "205" (this one is just a guess, though)
Hey Dude- "Loose Lips"
Kenan & Kel- "The Crush"

Ugh, again? Well, at least the Kenan & Kel eps they chose weren't too bad, and neither Doug eps just aired. I'm voting for the "Murder, He Wrote" episode of Hey Dude, since that hasn't aired yet and may not, as well as the season 3 ep of All That, since I don't recall it. I may watch whatever else they put on, but I'm not too excited here.

[Dr. Insomniac]

So the All That cast apparently had a reunion yesterday and, er, some of them have aged quite well.

Non-fanservicey reunion here.

[Kiddington]

Katrina Johnson = 

Interesting stuff. Haven't seen Lori Beth Denberg in years; she looks exactly the same now as she did in 1995.

On another note, couldn't help but notice that Amanda Bynes appears to be MIA, once again (from what I hear, she's the only notable cast member who never shows up to any of the occasional reunions they do every couple of years). Also surprised to see no Nick Cannon this time around, consider he now runs Teen Nick and all. Hmm...

Edit: So I just noticed that they're calling this the "first ever cast All That cast reunion", which, seems kinda strange. I see people on Twitter saying they've done at least a couple of these in the past, soooo... yeah, weird.

Can anyone confirm if this is actually the first reunion they've ever done, or what?

[Avaitor]

Alicia has aged well. Good thing too, since I've always had a bit of a crush on her. Katrina kind of looks like Tara Strong.

I don't know if there have been any other reunions besides the 10th anniversary special, though. At least, I've never looked into any.

[Avaitor]

This week-

Kenan & Kel- "Duh Bomb"
Both All Thats back to back
Doug- "Doug's Hot Ticket/Doug's Dental Disaster"

Next week's batch-
All That- "Good Burger Special"
Doug- "Doug's Shock Therapy/Doug is Hamburger Boy"
Hey Dude- "Datenite"
All That- "313" (I guess)
Kenan & Kel- "The Chicago Witch Trials"
Hey Dude- "Our Little Champion"
Doug- "Doug's Bum Rap/Doug and Patti Sittin' in a Tree"
Kenan & Kel- "The Limo"

Goddammit, they really are on auto-pilot. You can't even say that any of these episodes haven't aired on the block, since they all have. They really need to change some things for the block.

[Rynnec]

I never understood why they never put back Rocko and Hey Arnold after Clarissa, Doug and K&K ended their runs. I know they probably want to air the K&K episodes they skipped, but there is no justifiable reason why Doug is still on there.

[Avaitor]

I guess. Even All That gets somewhat of a pass since the block takes it's name from it, even if they can't air anything past season 3.

If I was in charge, I'd either retool the whole lineup or keep Hey Dude and replace the other 3. I'd probably bring back Rocko and Arnold, maybe even Clarissa to finish it's run and go to the very beginning, since they skipped the first season and a half, and when we get to the point they started at, I'd replace it with Salute Your Shorts. And if I decide to replace Hey Dude, it'd probably be for one of the game shows.

[Kiddington]

I hate to say it, but I've officially lost interest. 'Twas a good run, but things are just old and stale at this point.

...and wow (on another note), after these past few weeks, I think I'm actually really starting to hate Doug. Seriously. It's not even nostalgic anymore; it's just old, unfunny, and feels like a rather half-assed, dated product of its time. Trust me, I'm not saying this because NC recently did a number on the zombified Disney version either; I've been feeling this way about it for a while. I have to wonder, at this point, if I'd even buy a DVD set for this. I feel nothing when I watch it now; nothing... and that really saddens me, because I absolutely loved this show while growing up.

I hope it's just a phase, because it always hurts when something I loved growing up sours on me down the road. I have a lot of fuzzy memories watching Doug back in the day, but for whatever reason, they've, lately, been overshadowed by how seemingly awful this show is. Is it... is it just me, or what?

[Avaitor]

Yeah, I'm getting very annoyed at the schedule now. All I watch is Hey Dude, which is very dull all things considered.

And the way you feel about Doug is why I don't watch repeated cycles of these shows. I don't want them to get too overly familiar, or I'm afraid that they'll get stale. Doug is a tad too saccharine for me today, but I might still buy a DVD if it comes out. I may not use it much though.

Edit: I will say this. If next week's U-Pick set contains eps from the same 4 shows as the past 2 weeks or is a repeat of a previous set, I'm done with updating this thread, and will be until the lineup makes a much needed change.

[Rynnec]

I agree with you guys. I love Kenan and Kel, and I would really hate it if I became bored with the show before any DVD's are released.

Now that the novelty and nostalgia have worn off for these shows, they need a drastic schedule change right about now.

[Avaitor]

Well, here's something. There's a poll on the FB page asking for which shows you'd want to see in a Thanksgiving marathon. Since I still don't want to activate my account for certain reasons, I can only see the first 3, being Rugrats, Hey Arnold! and Salute Your Shorts.

Can anyone who still has an account check and vote for us?

[Kiddington]

There appears to only be six choices; Rugrats, Salute Your Shorts, and Hey Arnold (which you mentioned), along with Clarissa, Rocko's Modern Life, and Alex Mack (the other three).

What would you like me to vote for on your behalf?

[Avaitor]

Heh, vote for whatever you want.

Out of these, I'd give my love to Alex Mack. SYS, Rugrats and Arnold are the most likely to win, but I think it deserves a shot.

[Kiddington]

Yeah... as of right now, Rugrats and Arnold would win by a country mile.

I went with Alex Mack, since, personally, that's what I'd prefer to see as well. It has pretty much has no chance of winning, but, you never know.

[Avaitor]

Huh, their Twitter replied to me.

AROwnsYou Animation Revelation
@90sAreAllThat But we watch the same 4 shows every night. I think we'd really like it if you go back to other shows or change the schedule

@90sAreAllThat 90's Are All That
@AROwnsYou I feel ya! We're playing around both ways, cause more people actually showed up this Friday with the same shows, it surprised us!

Interesting.