"The Buzz on Maggie" (2005)TV series 2005-????

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

17 June 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

You've never met a girl like her.

Plot:

Maggie Pesky is a fun-loving, energetic, creative, and independent thinking tween fly from the metropolis of Stickyfeet, who often ruffles antennae with other insects caught up in conventional, hard-working everyday routines.

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon | School | Insect | Anthropomorphic | Kids And Family

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 29	4:00 AM	DISN
Wed. July 30	4:00 AM	DISN

Cast

Jessica Di Cicco	...	Maggie (42 episodes, 2005-2006)
David Kaufman	...	Aldrin (18 episodes, 2005-2006)
Thom Adcox-Hernandez	...	Pupert (17 episodes, 2005-2006)
Susan Tolsky	...	Mrs. Pesky (17 episodes, 2005-2006)
Cree Summer	...	Rayna (16 episodes, 2005-2006)
Brian Doyle-Murray	...	Mr. Pesky (14 episodes, 2005-2006)

Also Known As:

Disney's The Buzz on Maggie (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-G

Company:

Walt Disney Television Animation

Soundtrack:

Just The Way I Am

The Buzz on the Buzz on Maggie.

So a few years back, Disney Channel was doing pretty good. It featured a menagerie of shows that were popular with the younger crowd, tweens, teens, and even adults. Among these shows was the mega hit, Kim Possible, which rightfully gained a huge fan based, tons of merchandise (Still got my Rufus doll! ;)), and brought in the moolah for the monkeys in suits that run Disney.

So what was the only thing to do? Why, cancel Kim Possible and replace her with Lizzie Maguire in a fly suit! It made perfect sense! If you're a Disney Exec with the brains of an apple snail, that is.

Needless to say, fans were flabbergasted. "THIS?" They cried. "You ****heads cancel Kim Possible and THIS is what you give us in turn?" OK, I was the one who said it, but the feeling was pretty much the same throughout the KP fan base.

'The Buzz on the Maggie' was pretty much doomed. What could have been a cute concept was undermined by lousy characterization, irritating voices, unoriginal plots and a resentment toward it for replacing Kim.

The end of the story is well known: Head Monkey Eisner got the boot and so did 'The Buzz on Maggie.' The sixty-five episode rule that Eisner instated was tossed and Kim was picked up for another season. The Little Fly with the bug eyes and the purple hair was quickly forgotten as we crowded around our sets and waited for Kim to return.

Flies live for a week, so they say. Maggie got two seasons. She should consider herself lucky.