Mooks: Recommend a tv show for DD

[expectantsteelerfan]

Any recommendations for shows to watch for my 9 year old DD?  She likes live-action shows about kids her age-teenagers like the Babysitters Club, Fuller House, and loves movies like the Zombies and Descendants movies (although she's not into princesses or Disney stuff really).  I'm sure there are tons out there, but she just needs someone to recommend something in order to think it's worth trying and I have no idea.
We have cable, Netflix, Amazon, and Disney plus, although we gravitate towards Netflix most.  

[CrazyLucky]

Has she tried the MC2 show? That one was ok. Just add Magic.

[macmars45]

Babysitters Club on Netflix was excellent.

The first HP movie maybe?

[waverly]

My DD is 8. They watched Odd Squad for a while then she moved onto another mystery show that was all girls, Project MC I think.

We both liked H2O Just Add Water the original series. We just watched the Enola Holmes movie.

Did you watch Mandalorian from Star Wars on Disney Plus?

[mrshandy]

My kids love Jessie and Bunkd.

[InBetweenDays]

Not a show, but we just watched Enola Holmes on Netflix and it was great. A few violent scenes but nothing too bad.

[nicolewi]

Just Add Magic, fos sure!! The original series with Kelly, Hannah and Darby.

[fn2187]

Bunk’d. If that’s the show about camp kikiwaka.

[mrsGreeko]

My 11 year old DD mainly watches all of the “secrets of the ____ zoo” shows on Disney+. Or The Simpson’s.

Probably not helpful. .

We watch Once Upon a Time (now on Disney+) as a family and both my 8 and 11 year olds are into it. But it might be on the mature side for her to watch alone.

Full House is on Hulu if she liked Fuller House, it’s fun to watch the original.

Girl Meets World on Disney+ and also Boy Meets World

Kim Possible on Disney+. My 14 year old still loves this show and has since she was like 5. Shrug. It’s a cartoon though.



H20 just add water on Netflix (I think)

We also watch Mandalorian as a family and previously watched Merlin (great show, very appropriate for that age) and the new adventures of the monkey king (kids loved it). Both on Netflix or they were (not sure since they always move stuff on and off)

[luckystar2]

Oct 2, 2020 14:44:37 GMT -5 nicolewi said:

Just Add Magic, fos sure!! The original series with Kelly, Hannah and Darby.

Yes! Just Add Magic is a great show. Dd and I started watching it together when it first came out so she was about the same age as your daughter. I really enjoyed the show too. It’s nice to have a show we can watch together that we both like.

[CrazyLucky]

God, how I hate Bunk'd. It's so awful and the stereotypes are so bad. The little Black girl is sassy. The little Asian girl is driven by a tiger mom and really smart. The girl from the country is a dumb hick.

[AdaraMarie]

My 10 year old loves Alexa and Katie even though is is about high school girls. I watched it all with her and I don't remember there being anything particularly inappropriate.

She also liked pup academy or something like that which is a mix of live action and talking dogs. Seemed cute but I didn't watch much.

She has been watching Bunkd too, but I haven't seen any of that one.

Inliked Girl Meets World and watched some of it with dd when she was younger. At that time it started getting a little too old for her, but it might be the right age to try it again.

[VillainV]

The Healing Powers of Dude on Netflix is really cute. It’s about a kid with social anxiety who returns to public school after being homeschooled, his emotional support dog named Dude, and the new friends he makes.

[minniemouse]

My girls have recently watched -
Julie and the Phantoms on Netflix
My Perfect Landing on Netflix
Coop and Cami Ask The World- Disney
Sydney to the Max - Disney
Bunk’d - Disney
The worst witch - Netflix
This one is a cartoon but Dd2 loves it -Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir.
For movies, Back to the Future series and the Mighty Ducks
Oh, and Liv & Maddie was a hit in our house a year or so ago.

[nicolewi]

luckystar2, we all watched it together, too! Me and all the kids. I got into it and wouldn't let them watch it without me. Such a great show. WHY aren't there more shows like that that the whole family can watch?

"The Kicks" was like that, too, except it only had one season and ended on a cliffhanger. SUCH a bummer.

[luckystar2]

Oct 2, 2020 19:46:15 GMT -5 nicolewi said:

luckystar2, we all watched it together, too! Me and all the kids. I got into it and wouldn't let them watch it without me. Such a great show. WHY aren't there more shows like that that the whole family can watch?

"The Kicks" was like that, too, except it only had one season and ended on a cliffhanger. SUCH a bummer.

Oh we liked The Kicks too (my dd plays soccer)! We were so bummed it ended on that cliffhanger too!

[AdaraMarie]

Oct 2, 2020 19:01:42 GMT -5 minniemouse said:

My girls have recently watched -
Julie and the Phantoms on Netflix
My Perfect Landing on Netflix
Coop and Cami Ask The World- Disney
Sydney to the Max - Disney
Bunk’d - Disney
The worst witch - Netflix
This one is a cartoon but Dd2 loves it -Miraculous Ladybug and Cat Noir.
For movies, Back to the Future series and the Mighty Ducks
Oh, and Liv & Maddie was a hit in our house a year or so ago.

Ah yes, my dd also loved Miraculous. I hated it at first because if the way they pronounce "miraculous" in the theme song, but once I got over it, it's pretty good.

[DarcyLongfellow]

Just Add Magic is adorable

I assume she's seen Liv and Maddie?

Both my girls (7 and 11) enjoyed The Inbestigators on Netflix. Also The Who Was Show.

Another vote for Alexa and Katie, although if she's super sensitive just be aware that one of the main character's battle with cancer is a main plot point.

Babysitters Club

My girls liked the first season of The Worst Witch, but then lost interest.

Stranger Things? Maybe a bit too scary. My 11 year old loves it, and I know many/most of the 5th graders in her class last year had seen it.

For movies, the new Adventures in Babysitting and Feel the Beat are both very cute and fun. Both have Sofia Carson (Evie in Descendants) in them.

Has she seen Mary Poppins Returns?

For "reality" type shows -- Nailed It, Great British Baking Show, Brainchild (can't recommend this series enough).

[1yeartogo]

My dd lives nailed it and free reign.

[edwardo123]

Netflix
The Inbestigators
Little Lunch
Ebola Holmes

Hulu- we have watched these as a family, sometimes skipping an episode or needing to explain something
Mixedish - the best, no need to skip
Blackish
American Housewife

[186momx]

My DD is 9 and starting to broaden her TV watching. These are all from Netflix
A Series of Unfortunate events we watch the Jim Carrey movie and now she is reading the books and watching the series
Great British baking show!
Scooby Doo Mysteriously Inc
Avatar the last airbender and Kora the next series after the orginal
History 101
She still enjoys Magic School Bus

[expectantsteelerfan]

Oct 3, 2020 7:31:25 GMT -5 edwardo123 said:

Netflix
The Inbestigators
Little Lunch
Ebola Holmes

Hulu- we have watched these as a family, sometimes skipping an episode or needing to explain something
Mixedish - the best, no need to skip
Blackish
American Housewife

LOL she watches American Housewife with me because I love that show.  She liked it even before she first saw Zombies.  But yeah, sometimes I have to turn it off.  She also begs to watch Grey's Anatomy with me but there are few parts of that I'll actually let her watch.

[CloudBee]

What about YouTube? Nature shows? My son loves Brave Wilderness. Sometimes the host brings his daughter on.

Miller Wilson is also popular in our house.

[edwardo123]

Oct 3, 2020 19:42:52 GMT -5 expectantsteelerfan said:

Oct 3, 2020 7:31:25 GMT -5 edwardo123 said:

Netflix
The Inbestigators
Little Lunch
Ebola Holmes

Hulu- we have watched these as a family, sometimes skipping an episode or needing to explain something
Mixedish - the best, no need to skip
Blackish
American Housewife

LOL she watches American Housewife with me because I love that show.  She liked it even before she first saw Zombies.  But yeah, sometimes I have to turn it off.  She also begs to watch Grey's Anatomy with me but there are few parts of that I'll actually let her watch.

My oldest is 11 and my youngest is 5. My 5 year old has watched so much more than my oldest did at that age. Another favorite is The Goldbergs. She is wanting to watch Stranger Things, but it’s hard to find time when my youngest isn’t around.

[somersault72]

I know it's not new but Lizzie McGuire is on Disney+. 

[expectantsteelerfan]

Just coming back to say thank you for all the recommendations. I wrote them all down on a post-it for dd, and she picked Liv and Maddie to start with (she seriously hadn't watched any recent shows). We have the full series of Full House on DVD and she's watched that and Fuller House several times. She also watched some of Boy Meets World, but I stopped her after the first 2 seasons because I forgot how 'relationship' oriented it got. And she watches lots of reality baking and other competition shows with me, but she really wanted a new series she could watch on her own.

The biggest bonus of her obsessively watching Liv and Maddie now is that she is now also obsessed with basketball when previously she had basically never picked up a ball before. Now she is outside dribbling and shooting hoops pretty much every free moment she gets, which is awesome!

[nicolewi]

I feel like there's a huge need for positive, sitcom-type tween programming. I would LOVE more shows for kids that show NICE characters their age dealing with real-life type issues in a positive way, without a big emphasis on fashion or dating or whatever.

[huskymom]

My kids have been watching Bunk’d (so terrible), The Who Was show (I think that’s what it’s called?) and A Series of Unfortunate Events which I loved catching an episode of- I kind of want to go back and watch it myself!

[jamaicam]

Ds1 (8) thought InBESTigators was amazing. And I liked it too!
Also Miraculous and The Worst Witch

I am not a fan of Bunk'd at all.