Taina

I would just like to say that I love this show. OK its childish and a bit far-fetched at times but it is still a good kids show. The title song is also good and I like it how it is showing Latin-American culture because usually it is either Black-American, White-American, British or Black-British (I'm biased to the last one). However it shows most of the above (minus British stuff). A very good show which doesn't get the credit is deserves. *****- 5 stars.

This is yet another cheaply produced Nick series. It is aimed at Nick's target audience, which means younger teens and below. This show isn't one of the best, not one of the worst. It really has no point, and the only reason I've seen any of it is because of the girl who plays Taina herself. She's really pretty, so it might work some people. I usually find that I need some sort of a solid story to keep watching a beautiful girl. With no story, it gets kind of old. The production values aren't very high...but it's Nick, and most kids aren't going to care, or even notice. A lot of Nick shows are decent, some even really good, but this is just lacking. 4/10

I first saw the show around episode 3 or 4, I think, and the line that had me hooked was when Renee said,"Maritza, shouldn't you slither away some where and eat your young?" [Something like that] This show is hillarious, and what makes me laugh so much more is that the show moved production to CA for their second season and I got to be an extra. They are just as funny on set as they are on the show. In some respects even more funnier. Even though I am barely legal, this show is great for all ages. I know it's cheasy but it truely is family programming, and that's one thing that Nickelodeon has always done. Thank You.

I just watched the Pilot(I taped it) and it seems like it will be a pretty good Nick show. Christina Vidal plays the lead role as Taina(duh). She is a freshman in a Performing Arts Highschool in NYC(woo baby!!). She daydreams and has a very very strong desire to become famous(as do I in some respects). Being that I only have one episode to go on this is all I can give you. Christina has a very good singing voice as shown in the series(we'll get to hear more of it). The show will basically give you Taina's journey through life ,Highschool and her quest for fame. I can't really comment much on the other characters but I did notice Karen Fraction from My Brother and Me as the ballet instructor. I'll hijack Ebert and give it a thumb up.

***a little sidenote** Christina Vidal has lived Taina's life to an extent being that she is also a NYer(woo !!) and she also went to a performing arts highschool. I hope people can latch themselves onto this series because it is very good.

I thought that Taina was a good show, but not great, and my favorite character of the whole show believe it or not is Maritza, I love it when she wears leather pants and I actually had a crush on her despite that she can be obnoxious, Daniel and Lamar are the ones I could do without and I actually also like Renee 'Nee' cause she is a wisecracker, overall this show doesn't deserve any bad reviews and it deserves to be on television more often too, it's way better than the cartoons that they show on Nickelodeon except Doug, and Rugrats (the pre Dil episodes).

Overall if you love teenage sitcoms, then you'll like Taina cause it is a clean laid back show and my little sister actually uses to watch this show and it deserves to be on everyday.