The Jonas Brothers Try A Return To Innocence

nytimes.com:

They had a hit album and tour, experienced public romances and breakups and, in an unanticipated twist, earned some respect. They played -- a bit awkwardly -- with Stevie Wonder at the Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone magazine coordinated a surprisingly lively conversation between Nick Jonas, the band's main songwriter, and one of his idols, Elvis Costello.

But "Jonas," the brothers' new Disney Channel sitcom, which begins Saturday, is a calculated, perhaps fearful step backward, a reclamation of innocence. Here Kevin, 21, Joe, 19, and Nick, 16, play the Lucas brothers, pop stars in retreat, trying to maintain normal lives at high school while fame rages just outside the door.

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Comments

[spiderbucket]

06:11 AM on 05/04/2009

They suck almost as bad as the middle aged women who bring their daughters to their shows and act like 4th graders.

[Isis N]

11:15 PM on 05/03/2009

ANYTHING Jonas = Boring, Bland, Bullsh***t, etc...

For that matter, Disney Celebs = shallow and lame, no exceptions! (That includes you, Billy Ray [comeback] Cyrus!)

What happened to celebs who were famous for TALENT?

[DogTown]

05:18 PM on 05/03/2009

This show is going backwards and will destroy their careers! They are too old and seasoned for this kind of show. They have no place to go now, but down.

[DeniseD]

01:34 PM on 05/03/2009

These boys are so over-exposed, and they are making me ill. Both of my daughters are fans of the Jonas Brothers, and I had to watch their show last night. Needless to say, it was terrible. Even my daughter didn't like it and was very disappointed. If the Jonas Brothers were trying to expand their fan base, I think they missed the mark. In fact, this show might even hurt them. My daughter now wants a refund on her ticket that she purchased for their summer concert.

[ianmcc]

10:15 AM on 05/03/2009

I saw one minute of this proposed new show on a 'sneak peak' during a commercial break for another show I was watching on Disney, and I can honestly say it was one of the absolute worst pieces of absolute crap I have ever seen in my life, and all three of their acting makes Paris Hilton's acting skills look as good as Meryl Streep in comparison. It was that bad.

[nycvagabond]

08:02 AM on 05/03/2009

toooooooooooooooooooooooools

[Herbert Ragan]

07:22 PM on 05/02/2009

And mediocrity wins out again. To hell with the Jonas Brothers, I want to see Amy Winehouse get her own show. I am sick of wholesome boy bands. I want my rock stars passed out, spitting up blood and coughing out a lung.

[entemplin]

06:32 PM on 05/02/2009

i am sick of all these disney stars.

[teron678]

02:14 PM on 05/02/2009

These three are so full of themselves ... same with Hannah Montana (who i had respect for) .....

[Aj Sol]

11:15 AM on 05/02/2009

Sadly, this is what passes for celebrity these days. Its all so boring and childish.

[ianmcc]

09:44 AM on 05/02/2009

Anything that can be said as to how they are marketed by Disney I think was brilliantly depicted in that South Park episode.

[Taaif Mehadi]

09:44 AM on 05/02/2009

they suck

[Glenn Manning]

10:10 AM on 05/02/2009

They are great.

[DogTown]

05:20 PM on 05/03/2009

They are very talented, but their management seems to want to keep them as tweens, but they are getting too old for that,