A.N.T.: Achtung Natur-Talente

It's cute, silly and a bit of fun. Although it will never win any awards it still has it's charm. The characters may be a little weird and out there but they are entertaining in their own ways. China Anne McClain is certainly the star of the show and has great potential. The occasional catchy fun song is thrown in from time to time which also adds to the likability of the show. While it is not superb television it will entertain you.

There are good episodes and bad ones and luckily they ended the show on a high before it dragged out too long. It is great for kids, not so much for people with short attention spans but it really is not that bad.

Advanced Natural Talent, that's what an ANT is in the world of high school Magic Kingdom style. Some of these kids are stretching the boundaries of what might be talent. One young lady has a photographic memory, another kid makes robots, one is an aspiring gymnast. But our protagonist young Chyna Ann McLain only sings beautifully. All the kids are too young for high school and none of them really fit in, nor do the others try. In fact one of them is Carlon Jeffrey who is Chyna's older brother and he's more of a traditional misfit.

ANT Farm is neither the best or the worst of Disney's juvenile comedy shows. It's like Hannah Montana in that it really only comes alive when a very talented young lady like Miley Cyrus opens up and sings.

What is going on with Disney Channel right now? Well after seeing (most of) this show I can sadly say that it has become the epitome of how I view Disney Channel.

I can't even say something good to give it some justice. So what this show is it's a comedy that has a lousy script that makes it effortless for the writers to do work. These writers don't have a clue on how to write kids and what their social life is. Since it is a channel for teens, preteens, or maybe even children watch this garbage, the "actors" have to be at the same brain level as the target audience even if the adults have to act like children and not real people.

The main part is to keep the audience at least captivated for a half of an hour and to just have lame boring humor that only a young child could laugh at. I can't see anyone my age (17) or older to actually laugh and care for this show. Ultimately there are going to be people that doesn't agree with me but the characters are as bad as the flat jokes that exhale through their lungs. I can't really say for their acting capabilities since the directors doesn't really put forth any effort. Their young and barely inexperienced but I don't have any remorse for the adults that may have actually took acting classes. Though they don't have much of a script to work with it's still the whole thing has to be a team effort therefore it doesn't work for me.

One thing with Disney Channel these days is to take their young stars and cash in the success what brings to them. After take in the next in line to be celebrity and who knows what will happen to them after. They picked China a youthful girl that would already become a success on her own, but chose this career instead. They haven't done anything spectacular and will be surprised to see any brilliance come upon them later in their acting career.

I can't relate to the characters, it has no redeeming jokes, directing is lazy including the writing, and the acting can't even come off as a school play. I'm not able to recommend this to anyone that is older than a toddler because believe it or not if the channel had a face it would be A.N.T. Farm with no questions asked.

Now I haven't gone in detail on what doesn't work in this show and for good reason because you see if I did that would mean that I take up more room and time for you to read my thoughts on A.N.T. Farm. So if you are still curious on seeing how bad it really is and why this was a particularly short rant on this subject. Than if you still want to see for your self in the nonsense than don't come back at all.

This is definitely in the top 3 worst Disney Channel sitcoms. What an obnoxious, loud and unfunny show. Also, this show was Disney trying to create another Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana with China Anne McClain and it flopped miserably.

They even model the characters after the one on Hannah Montana

China = Miley, Olive = Lilly, Fletcher = Oliver, The Dad = Robbie, Cameron = Jackson, Lexi & Paisley = Amber & Ashley

This show's premise is idiotic and makes zero sense. You have these 11 year old's' who skip all the way to high school because they're talented in singing and painting? What??? How are these valid reasons to skip a grade. What a lame idea for a sitcom.

The acting is terrible! Everybody obnoxiously overacts, chews up the scenery and screams their lines. Sierra McCormick obnoxiously yells at her lines and China Anne McClain is a horrible actress with weak comedic timing. I despise that low and high voice thing she does when tries to make a sarcastic joke. Ugh....

The characters all SUCK! China is a Mary Sue who can do wrong, is the best at everything, and everybody loves her except Lexi. I hate her singing. She over sings and thinks she best ever!She's selfish, manipulating, mean, egoistic. Olive is an annoying know it all, Fletcher is a wimp who has a creepy obsession with China, Angus is the annoying loser fat kid, Lexi is a mean girl jerk, Paisley is her dumb side-kick, Cameron is the loser older brother who sucks at everything, the dad is an idiot, the mom is irrelevant, Gibson is the idiot man child guidance mentor, the principal is bitchy old fart, Violet is little girl with anger issues. Poor underdeveloped characters that are obnoxious, detached, and cartoonish.

The plots are stupid and shallow. The "jokes" and comedy are lowest common denominator of childish.

I hate this stupid trend of putting the shows title into the name of the episode. Some of the episode names are (Ballet DANTser, Slumber Party ANTics) So stupid!

They make China's character dress and act older than she is. Why is that? Oh and China Anne McClain has to sing in every single episode just so they make money off albums.

They've completely white washed this show. KC Undercover and That's So Raven are black shows. In this show China and her brother are tokens on their show and are surround by a mostly white cast.

Bottom Line.... this show is utter garbage and a failed attempt at trying to create another Hannah Monatana and iCarly! The only episode I liked was when China lost her voice. We didn't have to hear that obnoxious brat's insufferably annoying singing.

I have watched Disney Channel since I was 6. At that age, they had some good shows, like Lizzie McGuire and That's So Raven, and Phil of the Future and Life With Derek, as well as So Weird, also worked too. However, with the birth of "Hannah Montana," Disney went majorly down-hill. Wizards and Good luck Charlie were amusing and tolerable, but Fish Hooks is really stupid and annoying -and Shake it Up?!?! Come on, I loathe the THEME SONG of that...that...(It's so dumb I cannot even call it a show.) However, A.N.T. Farm (and maybe their new show,Jessie) may bring Disney, while not to its former prime (that can never happen again), at least a bigger fan base and less patheticness.I think A.N.T. Farm is, while sometimes cheesy,Cute, eye catching, and watchable! I like the principal a LOT, and Wacky The Wolf random appearances,well...that's ant-tastic! Hahahahahahahahhaaaaaaaa! OK, that's enough random ANT-humor.