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One common thing to hear nowadays, especially from people from Generation Y is how kids TV shows aren't as good as they used to be, and how they don't make kids shows like they used to. Many people from Generation Y have early childhood memories of the kids shows that were on TV in the '80s and '90s. Even kids today who weren't alive when those shows aired seem to prefer TV shows back then over what's on today. It's hard to explain why, but a lot of the TV shows for kids nowadays aren't as good or memorable as they were when we were kids. It seems like those shows have gone downhill since the dawn of the 21st Century. However, there are a couple of examples of good kids shows that have been on TV since then. TV shows that we can consider entertaining, well done, and worth our time. The Suite Life Of Zach and Cody is definitely one of them. This is a show on the Disney Channel that started airing in 2005 and continued until 2008. It was later followed by The Suite Life On Deck from 2008-2011. But, of the entirety of the series, I have to say I like Season 1 the best, the episodes that aired in 2005. I also want to say, that I seriously can't believe how long it's been since the year 2005. I mean, a little more than a month from now it will be 2015, so 2005 is almost a decade behind us. Man, time flies I remember that year as if it was yesterday. It was the year I graduated from High School. But, to think of the good TV shows on TV back then, The Suite Life Of Zach And Cody was definitely one of them. I found that show on TV, without even having heard about it, and an episode of the show really entertained me so I continued to watch the show back then. There was even a girl I was friends with during my first semester of college that watched it too. To review the show, I haven't watched that many episodes since back then, as the show seemed to go downhill after Season 1. I also stopped watching that show regularly, as I started to consider the show cheesy and thought that the show was probably mostly meant for prepubescent kids. But, when I watch the episodes today, even if they aired after the first season, it takes me back to when I watched this show back in 2005. It was a pretty well done show. We get to know the hotel the twins live in, The Tipton. I've looked up online to see if there is a real hotel called the Tipton in Boston, and from what I heard, there isn't. But, that hotel will seem real to us as we watch that show, and we'd want to stay there. The characters on that show, seem to take great pride in the Tipton, especially the manager Mr. Moseby. We have the main characters, Zack and Cody played by twins who were in an earlier movie called Big Daddy. We see the funny adventures those kids have at the hotel and in their lives. We see how their single divorced mother Carey tries to raise them, and she seems like a good mother, but a little crazy at times. We also see how they frequently bother Mr. Moseby, but we know while sometimes he acts like he doesn't like them, he cares for them so much and the twins really care for Mr. Moseby. We probably prefer them the most at age 12. How the main characters are 2 boys, this show can also be just as much for girls as there are two other characters, London and Maddie that have about as much screen time as the boys. Maddie is a girl that's smart and works at the hotel. She's a good friend with London. London on the other hand is rich, and an idiot. London does not know what it's like to not be rich. She also is a girl with style. This show is also a funny show with a laughing track that comes on during the funny scenes. The show however has some flaws. Like one, the show is obviously shot on like a stage where they don't show the other side of the room. Frequently scenes take place in the lobby, in the twins suite, ballroom, or hallway. The only episode I can think of that shows the pool in the hotel is the first episode, as they tried to pretend there was some big swimming pool at the top floor which obviously there wasn't. The characters on the show also act more fiction than realistic, probably to entertain a younger audience. Of all the episodes I've seen, my favorite episode was from Season 1, The Ghost In Suite 613. That episode was really good and funny, I've heard it was the twins favorite episode they worked on that season too!! You can watch this show, or show your kids it. It's got good reviews, and was quite popular. I'm sure no matter what projects the cast do in the future, we will always remember them from this show. This show is definitely one of the better shows of the 21st Century, and a good TV show you can watch on the Disney Channel. I give it an 8/10. It still had some flaws, and some of the episodes weren't entertaining. Still, great show!

To be all of about 12 and living the life of luxury in a permanent suite at a five star hotel. That's the premise of The Suite Life Of Zack and Cody starring real life identical twins Cole and Dylan Sprouse. They play Zack and Cody Martin whose mom, divorced from their Dad is the hotel lounge singer and played by Kim Rhodes.

Of course the twins get into the usual trouble of kids in Disney comedies. Their nemesis and he considers them his nemesis is hotel manager Phill Lewis. I have to say that Lewis has a real gift for comedy, his reactions to situations are quite good, almost Jack Benny like.

The twins Dad has popped up in a few episodes. They got divorced because she was tired of life on the road, especially raising two kids and liked this steady gig at the Hotel Tipton. The hotel maintenance man played by Robert Stepenek is crushing out on her big time. It's a part of the storyline I'm not crazy about. Stepenek's character Arwen is a geeky sort who you know in real life Rhodes would brush off in a Boston minute. I hope they pair Arwen with someone, especially if and when the show completes its run you know Mom and Dad will get back together.

Two secondary characters are millionaire teen Brenda Song whose Daddy owns the hotel and others in the chain and she lives there. She's friendly rivals with Ashley Tisdale who's a working class kid from Boston and who runs the concession stand after school. They're a mismatched pair indeed. Tisdale's played the teen villainess Sharpay in the High School Musical series, light years from her character of Maddie Fitzpatrick. And Brenda Song's character of London Tipton is a reincarnation of Marie Wilson. She's got more air in her head than a NASA pressure chamber. Back in the day Rudy Vallee had a hit song Kitty from Kansas City which could have been London's theme.

For the Sprouse twins when the show eventually runs its course I hope the Magic Kingdom is considering a remake of The Prince and the Pauper.

The suite life of Zach and Cody is a pretty funny and nice show, its hilarious at times and sometimes very dull. The first season was good but the second season and later on are great. The acting in the first season is very shaky and Zach and Cody act bad but then they eventually get better. Some characters like London and Carey are very annoying. Most of the "jokes" the characters say aren't funny, they just seem kinda random and weird. Another thing that sort of bugs me is in a lot of episodes, Zach and Cody always try to get girls and go on dates. I know there around 16 in real life but in the show (season 1 and 2) they look really young and its creepy seeing them always trying to hit on girls. Other than that the show is good, the newer episodes are the best.

I was watching this show with my little cousin and it is a very funny kids show. The twins are so adorably cute, Maddie is such a sweetheart, London is kind of clueless but cool, their mother is really funny, and the hotel manager is really funny. The lifeguard is as dumb as anyone I've ever known but he's really adorable at the same time. Kids should watch this show because even though there's always something going on in the hotel, you'll always learn a lesson at the end of each episode. There happens to be something always going wrong but then they make everything right. I love watching this show even though I'm too old to be into it but everyone can enjoy it and relate to it at times. Even adults would find this really hilarious and I mean it! That's so Raven sometimes over exaggerates, Lizzie Mcguire is too good to be true, but Phil of the Future and The suite life are really great television shows. If anyone gets to see this....go right ahead and watch it. So I give it a thumbs up!!!

And for me that is saying a lot, seeing as I do not like Hannah Montana or Cory in the House. The Suite Life of Zack and Cody is far from perfect, but I actually like it. I do agree London can be obnoxious(though Brenda Song does perform her well), the laughter track is distracting and there are some predictable moments on the show.

However, I loved the concept and it works well. Apart from London, though she has her moments, both Zack and Cody are very cute and endearing and Maddie is surprisingly likable as well. I also think the writing is funny, and the story lines while on the predictable side are at least interesting. And the acting is not too bad, maybe so to start with but it improved I think. Dylan and Cole Sprouse are great and very natural in the leads, while Ashley Tisdale interacts well with them too and Phil Lewis consistently makes me laugh. The episodes do move briskly and I have never been bored.

Overall, it is a good show, flawed it is but it is funny and I think the leads are likable. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Disney Channel is a guilty pleasure for me. I watch it with my younger brothers, but I think I enjoy it more than they do.

I have laughed loud and long over episodes of "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody." The show is about two mischievous twins who live in an exclusive hotel, a perk of having a lounge singer for a mother. Yes, this is another twin show, this time starring Cole and Dylan Sprouse rather than Mary Kate and Ashley. The characters of Zack and Cody are easier to keep straight than the Olsen twins' roles ever were. Zack's the obnoxious one. Cody's the smart one.

The twins are no where near as funny as the characters that surround them, though. Phil Lewis is the comically stiff-upper-lipped, but strangely likable, hotel manager. Disney channel veteran Brenda Song is the lovely, Paris Hilton inspired hotel heiress who is conceited and sheltered to comical levels. Brian Stepanek and Adrian R'Mante have supporting roles. Brian Stepanek is the eccentric inventor/handy man Arwin, who is sometimes good for a laugh. Adrian R'Mante, on the other hand, as bell boy Esteban, is consistently hilarious and steals the show whenever he's on screen.

Kim Rhodes, as the twins' mother, is mainly there to deliver the moral of each episode, but she occasionally gets in a good joke or two.

But the main pull for me is 20-year old actress Ashley Tisdale. Her comic timing is perfect. Her delivery is funnier than most other actresses on TV. Her facial expressions are fantastic. And she's gorgeous. If there's any justice in Hollywood, her career will continue long after this show ends.

Finally, kudos to the writers. The problem with most TV comedies is you can see what's coming a mile away. The adventures of Zack, Cody, and company, on the other hand, are hardly ever predictable.

Pros of this show: 1) Brenda Song as London Tipton. She portraits the role wonderfully. she can play dumb easily and also show that she is a rich and spoilt brat.

2) Ashley Tisdale because she does not need to play foolish to be funny. her witty quotes make me laugh a lot.

3) Mr.Moseby because he really makes me laugh by his one liners on Zack and Cody. his expressions are incomparable.

4) Esteban because he plays a funny man showing his extraordinary acting abilities.

5) Muriel because she makes me fall off my seat even in her minute roles.

6) Arwin as he plays a clumsy but clever man who keeps doing odd experiments and makes us laugh.

7) the plots of the first season are imaginative and do not have the same, boring topics about love for family and friends.

8) Mrs.Ilshashicle- something for playing an evil, rough and tough character who keeps bossing upon everyone and has the look that can scare of small toddlers.

9) Carey Martin for being a good and funny mother.

Cons: 1) Many of the quotes sound repetitive. some of the quotes are said many times and so they get a bit dull and lose its fun.

2) The plot of the episodes of the second season are stupid, repetitive and boring. Many of them are the same. Zack keeps competing with Cody or has a quarrel with him or London and Maddy keep arguing about London being dumb. even Maddy's and London's experiences at their school is almost the same and thus become stupid.

3) The second season is boring with the same lame jokes, stupid plots and cold ends. There is nothing fresh in them.

4) Zack and Cody's acting is mediocre. They have to do something to improve it.

5) Carey Martin's role gets carried away in some of the episodes. She gets greedy, sometimes childish.

6) The episode in which Zack and Cody meet Raven and Hannah Montana is the stupidest thing i have seen. The episode was so boring that i wanted to throw up! Overall, it is a good show that warms the heart and makes us feel to watch it. So I am giving it 7 out of ten.

This is one of my favorite childhood shows beside iCarly, Drake&Josh, Kim Possible, That's So Raven, Cory in the House, Jimmy Neutron, and Phineas and Ferb. I love the cast, materials, and setting. The Sprouse Bros killing it in their roles as Zack and Cody across 4 shows and a movie. Also, London Tipton is also one of my favorite characters on both shows and I think she should get her own spinoff.

I am a fully grown man, and I am laughing my behind off watching this show.

I did not grow up in the US, and only saw a few episodes growing up. But I remember liking the episodes I did get a chance to watch. But now that I have a chance to watch them all, I started watching it. And surprisingly, it held up pretty darn well! The show might have been made for kids, but the plots are not bad, and decently put together. So far it has not started to feel forcibly funny, which is more than what can be said for many adult comedy shows. It may not have much re-watch value, but you can at least rent it, or buy it if have kids or plan on having kids. Gather some friends and have a fun afternoon reliving the childhood! Easily recommended.

Disney channel is very hit or miss. Fortunately this one was a hit. Zack and Cody made me laugh so much as a kid especially when they kept making Mr. Mosby mad. It's just too funny and goofy. A really great show for kids to watch growing up. Strongly recommend!

Yeah I love shows about bratty rich kids who can treat girls like crap and get away with anything. I wish I could do that when I was 10. Oh better yet let me do that now that I am 21, and probably end up in jail, yea., Why do you have to write 10 lines of text in order to leave summaries about a show. This is my opinion of the show take it or leave it. All I know is if I was like that I would be screwed up right now, and probably pretty stubborn about not getting what I want all the time. This is why people look down on American television. Feel free to comment back, I could be completely wrong. Other than that I feel I would have loved this show when I was a kid, but my parents would get a handful trying to control me after I got jealous of some kids lifestyle on a TV show it like because they have all kinds of money.

When I watched this, I was expecting it to be pretty crap. The Sprouse twins lately seem to be Olsen twin wannabes (clothes line, TV show, plot less crappy movies), and for that reason I thought this would be as bad as an Olsen project. But no, The Suite Life is actually pretty entertaining. Judging by only one episode, it has a lot of potential and, if they effort is put in, could become a great show. Once again, because I expected this to be like an Olsen adventure, I wasn't expecting an awful lot from the two leads, Cole and Dylan Sprouse, but they surprised me. They work off each other very well, are great to watch, and have loads of screen energy. And their acting surpasses what I expected from them. The Suite Life definitely has what it takes to liven up Disney, and if nothing else, it's a fun way to pass half an hour. The potential is there, but really it could go either way. With any luck, it will succeed.

The first time I saw this show, it seemed like another new 21st century Disney show, like "That's So Raven," which is just horrible because of the plot that isn't thought out well enough, and the cheap laughs and exaggerations. I gave the show some time, and IN time, I began to like the show. If I were to rate the show out of ten, I'd give it an eight because there are some cheap exaggerations and laughs. But, after all, a lot of great shows are like that.

Older Disney shows like Boy Meets World were very good, without the cheap laughs and exaggerations, and I'd like to see more of those. But, for now, Zack & Cody is the best Disney Channel show right now.

The show is about 2 twins Zack and Cody {Dylan and Cole Sprouse}. They live in Tipton Hotel a high class hotel. Because there mom is singer Carrie Martain in the tipton {Kim Rhodes} and they torcher Mr.Mosby the manager {Phil Lewis} by trying to keep the tipton in tip top shape. There Meril the maid, Awrin the freaky janitor that has crush on there mom, Esban the bell boy. There is the teenage rich hotel heiress {PAIRS HILTON version}London {Brenda Song} that is dumber that a coal bucket. My favorite Maddie {Ashley Tisdale} the teenage candy counter girl. She is what makes the show what it is! Her hair is like perfect and she's great!

Zack and Cody Martin (Dylan and Cole Sprouse) are twins who live in a suite on the 23rd floor of the swanky Tipton Hotel in Boston, where their divorced mom Carey (Kim Rhodes) works as the lounge singer.

The first season, is by far the best of the series. I'm not saying it's great by any means, just the most watchable. Most of the stories revolve around the twins using the hotel as their personal playground, much to the annoyance of the hotel's manager, Mr. Moseby (Phill Lewis). This leads to a lot of really broad, physical comedy, the sheer volume of which overcomes some of this show's very serious shortcomings (such as the rather poor acting of the Sprouse twins. Let's face it: they're just don't have any real acting talent).

Aside from the lead actors, the rest of the cast, including Ashley Tisdale and Brenda Song (as spoiled heiress London Tipton) are game. Token adults Lewis and Rhodes are fine, although Rhodes is generally relegated to straight man duty for now (she would become a much wackier character by the third season, but by then, the show is not really worth watching).

This show is awesome. I normally watch nickelodeon(even as bad as its getting), but i change the channel to watch this show. One day i was bored and switching through the channels. i seen a cute girl (Ashly Tisdale) and that it had twins witch caught my attention since there's not a whole lot of shows that have twins.(I'm a twin also). I seen that it was awesome. And now its a show i watch on a consistent basis.

this show is funny witch would interest any1 that likes comedy. Ashly Tisdale is really cute witch would interest guys. This show is different cause it takes place in a hotel.

they chose some young actors and actresses that i think have a good future.

Now I know that when entering the magical world of Disney t.v. shows, it is almost a law to leave believability and credulity at the door before you step in. I have actually LET myself enjoy several Disney shows of the past and present (Lizzie Mcguire, That's So Raven, Hannah Montana.) What can I say? I'm a big 21 year old baby who enjoys her guilty pleasures every now and then.

However, I cannot,, for the life of me, understand how in the world people are able to convince themselves to like this contrived, unimaginative, unrealistic (yes, even more unrealistic than the average Disney show), and all-around bad piece of tripe--I mean, t.v. show, otherwise known as the Suite life of Zack and Cody. Now, I'm not feeling particularly articulate and energetic, so I will convey what I feel is wrong with this show in as simplistic and succinct a manner as possible:

In a nutshell: The acting. People are not joking when they say how horrible the Sprouse twins are. They ARE really bad. Bad even for Disney's standards. I'm no acting guru, but by golly those two "kids" really cannot deliver any line with the least amount of believability or realism. It often appears as if they're remembering the lines right there on the spot. The hell?

The plots: What's the appeal in watching two..."kids" run around and wreak mayhem in a hotel (which by the way, is unrealistic in itself: a FIVE STAR hotel that has a lobby the size of my room?) and interact with characters who are equally as annoying and unlikeable as they are? What element is there to relate to?

Maddie and London: These two I put in a category of their own. They're the cherry on top of a lopsided, messy, tasteless cake. Like the Sprouse twins, they have me lamenting over how much Disney has lowered their standards in the acting department. Ashley Tisdale just needs to drop off the face of the earth. She's not talented. She can't sing. Her role has no depth and no range, except if you count being an obnoxious airhead. Something about that girl just bugs me. She's one of the reasons (aside from the horrible Sprouse twins) why I couldn't get into the show from the start. No wait, I'm lying. Her obnoxiousness is only topped by Brenda Song's character. She's another that needs to just go away. This chick always plays the same type of snobby, rich, pretentious, and superficial roles and it's getting tiring. I do not find her appealing. I do not find her cute. London is an atrociously insipid character. I role my eyes and snort out in disgust over her pathetic antics. Actually, I role my eyes and snort out in disgust over her appearance in the show, period.

Now, I think I've written enough. My brain neurons are still throbbing from having expended so much needless energy. But seriously, I could sit here all night and recount all the things that are pathetic about this show. But I'm not. I've wasted enough time.

This show is probably the first Disney Show I ever watched, and boy was it entertaining. It's characters were fun, especially our two lead brothers, and Ashley Tisdale is awesome. The stuff these brothers get into are entertaining. The hotel set is pretty cool, and overall is a great Disney show classic from the 2000's

I'm probably going to be hated, yelled at, and possibly ignored by all Cole and Dylan Sprouse fan girls from this comment, but I'm going to express my opinion: This is a bad show.

The acting, first off, is very bad. The Sprouse Twins cannot seem to give any of their lines believability or even a hint of emotion. They are very 'wooden' in their acting, along with basically every actor of this show.

The script is also poorly written, which may explain some of the bad acting. The lines are very corny, and not the least bit funny in my opinion. Most of the experiences in this show are fake and could never happen, therefore adding another negative to this show.

The characters in this show have not been developed very well. Cody, who is apparently a smart, intelligent child, seems to be just as girl-obsessed and dimwitted as Zack's character.

Lastly, this show just seems to be a 'wannabe' Mary-Cate and Ashley show, creating it even worse.

Overall, I dislike this show and I really haven't any idea what makes it so enjoyable. I can barely watch a full episode without turning off the TV in annoyance from the character's and the plots. Of course, it's a worthy effort, giving it three more stars than it really deserves. Lastly, I know that this show is supposed to be for children, but I am twelve years old-therefore, I should still quialify as a child. Therefore, with proof that I am still a child, I simply give this statement: This show is unenjoyable, corny, and overall plain bad.