A.N.T.: Achtung Natur-Talente

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.

This show really needs to be reworked. It seems to be a Hannah Montana knock-off. The lead character is a singer (without the secret identity). Since the show began I have come to seriously dislike the Chyna Parks character she is constantly bossing her friends around insisting that they do what she wants with little concern for their feelings of ideas. The show would be much better if she went from a lead character to a costar and they elevated the other characters to equal status. The two cheerleaders Lexi and Paisley are good though they should make Paisley a bit smarter (she is in High School after all). And Lexi's schemes always make me laugh. The Angus character just needs to go away he is absolutely useless. Since the show began he was only useful in one episode. Finesse Mitchell is hilarious as the dad (Darryl) but I think that there are some Cops out there that may not care for him. Overall if they tone down Chyna and spotlight the other characters this show will be a really good show.

Update: After watching pretty much every episode I think I have figured out the basic storyline for each episode.

The show opens with one or more of the cast members either wanting to do something not wanting to do something or doing something.

Enter Chyna. She sees what is happening and she either doesn't want the cast member do something, wants them to do something or wants to do it herself.

She comes up with a plan to get her way; regardless of what her "friend(s)" want.

She drafts her "friends" into helping her. Her plan fails. She sings a song.

Chyna's "friends" apologize.

I put "friends" in parenthesis because she doesn't treat them like true friends. Also they are still using the autotuner for Chyna's songs. This is usually used for people that do not sing very well. So its use confuses me since I cannot believe that Disney would have somebody sing if they really can't

I had no high hopes for this show, and I was right, this show is awful. Let me start with the characters, we have: The smart fun girl(Chyna Parks); The crazy wacky Girl (Olive Doyle) ; And the Guy who hangs out with them (Fletcher Quimby) and has a crush on Chyna. Hasn't iCarly already done this? The characters are 2 dimensional, by that I mean they have no deep character what-so-ever. The acting is mediocre and sounds too forced and fake, making the show quite bad in general. Also, the premise is very simple and plain, I'm assuming the idea was: "Hey! How about we take middle-schoolers, and put them in High School! Genius!" The comedy is very dull and annoying, relying on randomness and visual gags. For example, Chyna opens her locker and a bunch of plastic balls fall out; Fletcher paints his teacher as a skeleton, etc. This show also uses young children in attempt to connect to the audience, which doesn't work.

Take my advice, watch something else.

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.

I cannot see how this show even passed the drawing board. I know Disney has had poor taste lately but this just adds to the idea of failure. Basically, the show is a bunch of pre-teens who are in an advanced program set at their local high school. One of them is a musical prodigy even though it is blatantly obvious that she cannot play any of those instruments. The other is a person who can memorize everything they see and hear. That is not exactly likely. The jokes are cheesy and overdone. I cannot see that plan even passing in the real world. Where do you get enough geniuses to create this program? The acting is lousy and very overly dramatic. Just skip A.N.T. Farm.