Nickelodeon’s Failed Musical Sitcoms

BTR was so underrated. More people need to talk about it because it always seemed to get overshadowed by whatever Dan Schneider show was on. Not to mention I loved the little sister character! They even had a whole episode where she tried to be a “typical” girl and get girl friends only to embrace herself to dive into what wacky janitor shenanigans was going on.

Im in firm belief that BTR was one of the major stepping stones to bring back the Boy Band back in the early 2010's. At the time the show was airing, there wasn't a major boy band at the time that was very successful. With the help of the TV show, it brought the band and the idea of a boy band into many people's eyes, leading them to be successful. It led the way for even bigger successes such as One Direction and (to an extent) BTS and other Kpop groups. Its pretty cool and people tend not to talk about this.

BTR is literally the only successful project... and Victorious if we count Ariana Grande. but on that technicality, we could also count Rags as we do have Max with a pretty successful career.

Fun fact about the Snoop Dogg thing around this time when he was doing a bunch of kids shows is because his own kids were the age where they could watch the shows and he wanted to do more projects that were more family and kid friendly so that his kids could watch the stuff that he was in

"How to Rock" was actually a good show and funny. It was also a ratings hit but it was canceled due to Nick "wanting to go in a new direction". The direction was into shows targeting little kids ages 2-11 (the same reason why 'Victorious' got axed). If not for that, the show would've been renewed for a 2nd season.

i feel so bad for the amount of hate that victoria justice got back in the day, even still a bit now

oh i remember make it pop. it was an attempt to incorporate nickelodeon music with a kpop inspired style that was slowly getting popular from around 2015. i think there were some alright songs from it but honestly the most memorable thing from that show was the overdramatic plot of the storyline

It’s a shame Nickelodeon’s attempt at music show wasn’t as popular, especially with how talented the actors are

You forgot "Taina", a show that Nick aired back in the early 2000s. It was basically an early '00s version of "Victorious".

I honestly would have seen so much potential in How to Rock. My Paramount+ binge for it was very worth it, they had a handful of good music & characters.

Big Time Rush was the only show that was successfully made and they’re literally still successful. They were the show and the band, who went on tours, made merch, and was had an amazing ending in the show

Bro BTR was HUGE is basically started the start of boy bands in the 2010s.

JoJo Siwa is surprisingly Nickelodeon's most successful music act, and she wasn't even in a sitcom. I wonder how they learned to market her. She kind of was there Hannah Montana (and she could barely even sing lol). She just had LOTS of personality, an interesting look with her bows, and appealed to that young audience

Who remembers Make it Pop?🙈

17:42 I LOVE this show!!! I’ll never forgive Nickelodeon for canceling this “How To Rock” & not giving us a cd soundtrack. It was a great show. Yeah it was a little rough around edges but all pilots & first seasons r because everyone is trying to figure out their characters. This show deserved…maybe if was on Disney it would’ve had a better outcome

Cymphonique Miller and Max Schneider are both SO TALENTED! How To Rock isn't the best show, like it's kind of cliche, but I found the songs relatively good (they're the weakest of all our childhood shows), but Cymphonique's voice makes up for it. They could've done so much with her, it's a real shame...maybe she should've been on Disney instead

14:00 thank you, I also hated the Ariana fans saying she shoulda been the clear star, bro she was a nobody, AND THATS NOT HOW THE DAN SCHNEIDER FORMULA WORKED, you grabbed a former star, and made them a spin off All That-Kenan & Kel - Amanda Show - Drake and Josh - iCarly - Sam & Cat. Zoey 101 was an outlier bc Britney Spears had a sister, and then that lead to Victorious, but they had already chose Victoria Justice bc she was on iCarly

I think the reason Hannah Montana was popular is that the concept was great, and that Miley was bullied at school but the bullies worshipped her secret self was probably a power fantasy to many. To me at least, it wasn't very funny, but the concept was engaging even though being a celebrity is something of what I want to be the least. But "would she be able to keep it a secret" was engaging. The whole show has an identity crisis if you think about it 😅

Yay mentioning Big Time Rush being inspired by The Monkees!!! I think it’s so important to note that this concept was already done and proven successful in the 60s with the Monkees getting legit number 1 chart hits. Also there’s some BTR episodes and moments that are definitely paying homage to Beatles and Monkees (which The Monkees were a Beatles inspired thing) Although Micky Dolenz of the Monkees has compared The Monkees to Glee specifically I think this whole phenomena going on in the 2000s-2010s is similar.

Big time rush was everything to me (and still is!). I tuned into every new episodes and reruns. They were definitely the most successful out of the list just on how well they did during the shows run. Im talking sold out concerts, tv cameos, guest appearances on talk shows. Even performed at the white house and the thanksgiving day parade! They did a lot compared to other shows! Im glad that things worked out for them during the pandemic and they were able to keep the name and perform some of their older songs on top of their newer ones. And i do remember watching Make It Pop, but i had stopped paying attention halfway through their 2nd season. I was aware of kpop in 2015 and i was interested in the concept of the show. But i remember some kpop fans out there was bashing the concept and calling it cringe before they had the chance to air it. lol