Backstage

This is not a good show. Even by Disney TV/kids show standards this is boring and very poorly written. Acting is not great, but they are kids, so who knows how good they might actually be?

When I first started to watch it, I was skeptical but before i knew it time was passing by and I was already on episode 5! I really hope they make a season 3. Not often I find a series that I enjoy so much and want more.

I didn't realize season 3 isn't out yet so I actually had to stop binge watching it so I don't go through the rest of season 1 and 2 so fast! Hopefully by the time I am done watching the first two seasons the third one will be right around the corner. I watch this show on Netflix.

I live in the U.S., so I have to watch it on Disney. The Disney shows have been going downhill, as everyone already knows. The only actual shows I watch on this channel are the Canadian imports. Sometimes they stop airing them, so I must watch it online. To be completely honest, I had low expectations for this series. But, after watching the premiere, I grow to enjoy this show a lot.

This show is a drama containing high school students going through trouble with their relationships at Keaton. This show clings into the story of their troubling problems and having to stay close to one another. The stress these students face is relatable. It seems it would be enjoyable for teens. But, young children might find this show a bit confusing.

Overall, this is one of the most remarkable drama I've seen in a while. Though it barely ever comes on anymore, I still watch the episodes constantly online. I can watch the same ones nonstop, and still be interested in what happens.

Backstage is an amazing show with likable characters, nicely thought-out messages, and a compelling plot. I recommend this show. You won't regret watching this drama.

Occasionally the Disney Studios imports some shows from other countries for its lineup. Following in the tradition of Life With Derek and My Babysitter's A Vampire from Canada comes Backstage. If I had to best describe it, it's a version of Fame done like a reality show.

A whole lot of talented teens are the students of a performing arts high school, talented in real life as they are on the small screen. But this is structured like a reality show. Backstage is the story of a lot of talented teens going to a performing arts high school like the one in Fame. We see the kids both performing and in interviews telling of their various issues, with faculty, with each other, and mostly their own angst about knowing whether they have the right stuff.

Backstage is a nice and pleasant and unassuming show. With no star regulars per se carrying it on name recognition here's hoping it lasts for a while.

I ended up giving this show a chance. Most likely because I went to an arts school. At first I found the show underwhelming, It wasn't bad, but also not very meaty. Over time it started to develop and once it started firing on all cylinders (quite a ways into the first series) I became very impressed. It's not just a kids show, though it's formatted like one and leaves out a lot of real world themes that high school teens wrestle with. It is on the Canadian family channel.

Besides being loaded with incredible music and dance performance that get better and better as the show moves on. Despite toning down on content to landing somewhere between G and a soft PG, it's a fantastic, real, and extremely engaging binge worthy show that deserves to run a very long time.

I hope the slow start of the show, and the initial lack of depth and complexity doesn't hold it back from becoming the phenomenon it turns into and deserves large and long term traction for. It initially does feel like only a tween show but evolves into something genuinely fantastic.