Liv et Maddie

Another IMDb User called "Dog With a Blog" "The Brady Bunch" meets Mister Ed," or something to that effect. Likewise, "Liv and Maddie" is a new version of "The Patty Duke Show." Not "Double Trouble," "Sister-Sister," or "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody," and it's spin-off series. In those twin-coms, the main characters were played by real twins. In fact, in an interview, Dove acknowledged the connection, and said she would love to see Patty Duke have a guest appearance on the show.

Some of you already know the story; Teenage actress Liv Rooney has just finished the final season of a sitcom called "Sing It Loud!," and returns home to her family in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, including her Twin sister Maddie both of which are played by Dove Cameron. While Liv is a star on the small screen, Maddie is the high school basketball star. The other family members include nerdy brother Joey Rooney (Joey Bragg), diabolical little brother Parker Rooney (Tenzing Norgay Trainor), school psychologist Karen Rooney (Kali Rocha), and high school basketball coach Pete Rooney (Benjamin King). Many of the episodes involve Liv's attempts to adjust to a normal high school life.

Liv Rooney, is the definition of girly-girl to the extreme. Combine Ann Marie with Quinn Morgendorffer, and jack the girliness of the two of them up past ten, and you've got Liv. Maddie is supposed to be the tomboy, but not much of one. Maddie's teammates include a girl named "Stains" played by ex-So Random player Bridget Shergalis, and Willow (Jessica Marie Garcia) who has a gigantic unrequited crush on Joey. The show also gives credit to Cameron's body doubles, something which as far as I know, the producers of The Patty Duke Show never did (although I could be wrong).

As Liv, Dove Cameron is an unbelievably fantastic singer; Way better than Laura Marano, and she's amazing herself. Therefore she was a terrific choice not only for the starring role, but the show within the show. But the true measure of her skills as an actress can be found in the episode "Skate-A-Rooney," where we meet Liv's brain dead skater-dude of a boyfriend who dumps her in a text message. One viewing of a crucial scene from the episode, and you will know the definition of a broken songbird.

Later episodes deal with Liv being sought out for the role of the hero of a graphic novel series about a Space Werewolf (No, I didn't make that up), who would be better off played by a 28-45 year old man than a teenage girl. Normally, casting a 16-year-old diva girl like Liv Rooney in the starring role would make John Wayne playing Genghis Khan look like casting Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi. Yet Hollywood chooses her anyhow, and she actually looks good as the hero. Meanwhile Maddie has to try to deal with her feelings towards another Jock at school best known as "Diggie," played by Cameron's real-life boyfriend Ryan McCartan. Mainly, they involve Maddie's willingness to admit to everyone else that Diggie is her boyfriend, something that comes to a head when an ex-cast member of Liv's old sitcom flirts with Diggie, even as Maddie is about to leave town to join the Junior Olympic Basketball Team.

Needless to say, I'm looking forward to the season finale. From what I gather of the promos, it looks triumphant, and I mean that in the traditional sense of the word.

when I saw the previews for this show all I could think was "o god not another show. "But this show actually really isn't as bad as it looks since all of the shows these days stink, you just start to learn to accept new shows. This is one of those shows.Dov Cameron does a great job playing as a role of both of the twins.(though it is disappointing that liv actually isn't real. But what I really liked about this show was that it was nothing like the new shows. It was humorous but not only that is actually has a plot in the story and they do a pretty good job entertaining you. In words this show is a entertaining and humorous show with likable characters this show deserves a 8/10.

After several downpours of poor crappy Disney shows like Shake it up. I never thought Disney channel would have any good shows again. But I was wrong!

Liv and Maddie is one of the best Disney Sitcoms in a long time. Dove Cameron does a fantastic job of being under the pressure of playing Liv and Maddie. Everyone does a good job of acting. But what makes it so funny is that the chemistry between them all them goes so well and goes with the flow. The jokes are very good, and the script is written very well. The plot of each episode makes you hang on to the edge of your seat to find out what happens next.

Though there are a couple of flaws. The intro lyrics do NOT make any sense whatsoever, also the poor choices of which scenes to put in the episodes because some do not lead to the pathway plot directions.

Overall it is a fantastic show nearly better than Good Luck Charlie but that show still just steals victory over this masterpiece.

I would rate it a 9/10

Thank you for reading my review

First, I must say, I am Disney Obsessed. I'm 20 years old, and after watching the channel with my little sister, I got hooked on it. From the good as in Good Luck Charlie to the iffy but alright shows like Shake It Up. What can I say, I'm a kid at heart :)

Anyway! Liv and Maddie is a pretty good new show! The pilot was awesome, the episodes after varied between just as good to alright. My least favorite was the one with Liv in the "smart Olympics". I'm sure the series will only get better though. Dove is a beautiful and talented actress in my opinion, and she's doing a good job playing two completely different girls. Also her singing is beautiful, but I digress. The little brother is kind of annoying, but the rest of the family is funny. And Maddie's friend Willow is funny as heck!

All in all, it's not perfect but its definitely worth watching!! I have hope for it and I think it's a nice replacement for GLC.

Disney seems to have entered another 'dark age' with its sitcoms. Bland shows that last for 2 seasons tops, low ratings and a lack of fresh ideas.

Liz and Maddie seems to be the last good sitcom this channel had. (Not saying that the shows that aired alongside liv and Maddie were good, but live and Maddie on its own was the last good show.)

Dove Cameron plays both roles really well, and the acting from others is fine as well. Some characters can be written annoying such as Joey, but they have lots of charm. Least favorite character was that friend Maddie has, think name was willow or something. Jokes are more hit and miss than I like, but they do hit.

Biggest problem seems to be that it doesn't have the quality the older Disney sitcoms have. And most of those weren't even that great! If it didn't air on Disney Channel, but on Fox or another cable network as a family friendly sitcom, the show would get a 4. I'm just happy that this show was good at the time it aired.