SO WEIRD was a show played in Disney Channel whose principal characters were Fi, a 14 years old teenage; Jack, Fis sister; Molly, a widowed-star; and the Bells. Cara is the youngest daughter of James DeLizia and Sherry DeLizia. This meant those lesser known heroes had to wait till season three to show up again. In 2010, he got another big break when he earned a spot on the Nickelodeon series The Fresh Beat Band. And that's exactly why Disney cancelled it. Why did Cara leave so weird? Molly comes to them in the RV and tells them it is time for her second show and that means bed. Who is Cara from the Disney Channel married to? Synopsis. I appreciate how Fi was continually mentioned throughout season 3 through phone calls, chat rooms, and the Thanksgiving episode when they went to visit her (although we didnt actually get to see her), but it really wasnt as great a show without her. "At the moment I'm focusing on being a mom to this amazing little human being and in the next few months I plan on looking for a job as a lawyer in the civil rights or criminal defense field," she told MTV News in 2015. The focus of the show is on Fiona "Fi" Phillips (Cara DeLizia), who is obsessed with all things supernatural and seems to encounter them everywhere.As the story goes, the Phillips-Kane Band, consisting of Fi's parents Rick and Molly Phillips (the latter . He is slated to star in a 2018 holiday movie about two bumbling elves titled Holly, Jingles and Clyde 3D. I [have spent] the last 30 years trying not to look at it. Many, many other shows, however, did not. As far as we know, she doesnt have any plans to get back into acting. He reappears in later episodes to keep her away from other spirits and people who claims are a threat to her, depending on how one reads it, this may be seen as evidence he was telling the truth but this is questionable at best, especially since in one episode he tried to prevent her from talking to a person who knew her father and wanted to give her information. A High School Musical show seemed like the next logical step for Disney, so why did they give up on it? Fis actor, Cara DeLizia, chose to leave the show after the second season, so she only appears in the first episode of season 3, in order to pass the torch. His most recent role was in the 2020 movie All Joking Aside. This rule is no longer enforced, but Disney will still cancel most shows after their fourth season. Since then, Eric has stayed out of the spotlight. Since the show's conclusion, Brown has kept busy both making music and acting, recently appearing in the NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton (2015). The series was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia. The dog doesn't even blog that much. Is Backstage legit? Now, I respect Cara DeLizia's decision to leave the show to see what else she could do (But at the same time I can't help but wonder what opportunities she thought she'd lose from just one more season of SW). Since then, she has been committed to her work, outdoing her characters in every film. 'We are still working hard to bring you fresh content and good vibes, even in these trying times!' . Now married, DeLizia dropped out of the spotlight and goes by Cara DeLizia Rich. Another memorable early show of theirs is The Jersey. Along with being a mom to three little boys, she is also the executive director of the Pou Timoun Foundation. By 2001, Disney Channel had begun to find the winning formula for iconic TV shows, and one of those early successes was Lizzie McGuire. Fans of the franchise loved it, but before the first season was even finished rumors of cancellation were already floating around due to low ratings. Once decoded the messages lead Fi to a rooftop where she is attacked by a three-headed demon and saved by the spirit of her father. is backstage cancelled ?? During an interview with E! It has never been aired since. season . Disney Channel had some really unique shows back in the 90s, as they were still trying to figure out what kind of shows they wanted to make. After leaving that show in 1997, she made a few minor appearances before the opportunity for So. Set between the first and second films, the series follows a young program named Beck (voiced by Elijah Wood) as he leads a revolution in the Grid against the villainous Clu. The show was supposed to star Luke Benward and G Hannelius in the lead roles as a romantic couple, very much like Troy and Gabriella from the DCOMs. The season begins by introducing the main characters, starting with the protagonist in the series, Fiona Phillips, who narrates an introduction to the episode's paranormal topic before the main title sequence. Nope, they were pretty bad. The Famous Jett Jackson was a very entertaining show and was even well-liked by critics. During seasons one and two, a music video that starts out with a talking scene between Jack and Clu and then Molly asks them and Fi to go to bed while they act jovial and happy, was aired. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. As the daughter of John Phillips, the legendary musician, Mackenzie Phillips was already a star when she was cast in So Weird. One of their more recent attempts was 2011's hidden camera show PrankStars, in which kids would meet their favorite Disney stars in "unpredictable and humorous" situations. (2011-12), Tiffany Thornton quickly rose to prominence among the Disney Channel's group of young stars. Instead of Cara DeLizia as Fi, we see Alexz Johnson as Annie. Her biggest TV breakthrough was in Disney Channel's Original Series So Weird (1999), in which she played "Fiona Phillips" - a girl who is being chased by the paranormal. Although he does have an Instagram profile, he hasnt been active since his father, Ernie Lively, passed away in the summer of 2021. They featured Cara DeLizia as Fi, a teenage girl curious about paranormal phenomena. He was also the voice of Sid in the Toy Story franchise. When The Thirteenth Year premiered in 1999, Chez Starbuck was the hunkiest merboy we'd ever seen. Camille has a master's degree from Saint Joseph University's Writing Studies program, and she currently works as the Writing Center Assistant Director at a small university in western Pennsylvania. Even TV critics admitted the show was pretty good, though in a "guilty pleasure" sort of way. Alongside her incompetent sidekick Ron Stoppable, they stopped the schemes of various supervillains such as Dr. Drakken and Shego. [3] Having never been released on DVD, this marked the first time So Weird was available to watch legally in the U.S. since 2003. Also, theres no way of knowing how season 3 would have turned out if she stayed. The live-action sitcom would occasionally cut away to animated segments that showed Lizzie's feelings and thoughts about a given situation. (Although I think its safe to assume that if the original writers stayed, anything theyd come up with would have been better than the season 3 we got). They produced So Weird, a kid-friendly version of the hit sci-fi horror show. Now I'm rewatching the series so here's my blog of stuff I've realized while watching the show. However, her role as Molly Phillips, Mackenzie was the perfect fit. Following her role on So Weird, she had many voice acting roles. You know him as Eric Matthews, the popular (and occasionally moronic) older brother on Boy Meets World (1993-2000) and the spin-off Disney series Girl Meets World (2014-). He also released an album called Extravagant God. I mean, shes the main character. The eponymous Kim Possible was a high school cheerleader who led a double life as an international super spy. Fortunately for Greenwald, Disney saw talent in him and asked if he could develop a series for their newest star, Selena Gomez, and the rest is history. Seeing that the show was beginning to outgrow Disney Channel's target demographic, Girl Meets World was cancelled after its third season. She was the main character, Fiona Philips, on the American-Canadian television series, So Weird, whcih aired on the Disney Channel from January 18, 1999, to September 28, 2001. Cara's father is a consultant. See more awards Show by. so weird. In her breakout role on So Weird, DeLizia played Fiona "Fi" Phillips, an adolescent girl obsessed with the paranormal. Outside of his career, Brown has faced some personal struggles in recent years. Prior to So Weird, he portrayed Andy Brinker in the Disney Channel original movie, Brink, and he was already a fan favorite. 37years (April 10, 1984) Briefly.co.za recently published an article on Dallas Yocum's biography. The lead protagonist for the rest of the season and series is Annie, who is a friend of the family. Hes her older brother. Fi first "encounters her father in the second episode titled "Web Sight" where an unknown force sends her internet articles warning her of the future. For viewers of a certain age, Fi (Cara DeLizia) was our very own Fox Mulder in tiny female form. 16 The Magic Washed Out Fans could still catch reruns of the show every night at 12:30am. Once that DCOM became a massive hit, though, The Odd Cousins was officially dropped by Disney. The lead for the rest of the season is Annie, who is a friend of the family. Since the shows end, Dave is one of the few cast members who has continued to work consistently. In 2011, Mackenzie released a memoir titled High on Arrival. Even though it only aired for three seasons, So Weird's legacy continues to live on. Along with The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Disney premiered another Marvel cartoon starring everybody's favorite web head: Ultimate Spider-Man. Disney hoped the Brothers would be able to dethrone Nickelodeon's iCarly for the top spot. Reruns appeared years later on Disney XD, proving the show's long-lasting popularity. Clu Bell is played by Erik Von Detten, who is most recognizable for his role as Josh on the Princess Diaries. So Weird. From 2002 to 2003, she was on the popular show Boston Public, but that would mark her last major opportunity. Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (1999) was so popular it spawned two sequels and landed Storms additional acting workboth as a regular character on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives and voice acting on the Disney animated series Kim Possible. Erik von Detten was unavailable during much of the show's second season, only appearing in 7 of its 26 episodes. DeLizia became engaged to Robert Chambers in 2001. She got her start in acting at the age of 5 doing theater productions. But their first big hit that would come to define the type of programming they would have even to this day is clearly Even Stevens. 2001, which is when So Weird was canceled, also marked his appearance in the movie The Princess Diaries. Will there be a Kim Possible 2? After Carla DeLizia left the show, a new character named Annie was introduced. In one of the best early Disney Channel original movies, Kirsten Storms plays the unforgettable Zenon Kar, who saves a space station (her home) from destruction at the hands of a dastardly bad guy. Von Detten returned in the third season in several guest spots. Where is Cara DeLizia now? Carey, first introduced in season 2, becomes a series regular. At long last, now that the mystery around her father's death is solved, Fi is able to have a proper farewell with him. The Disney television cartoon show Kim Possible was canceled, despite excellent ratings, for the most basic of reasons: accounting. Fourteen-year-old Fi Phillips investigates the paranormal while touring the country in a bus with her widowed rock-star mom and her skeptical brother, Jack. The series ended in 2006 after only 65 episodes. Following the release of Tron: Legacy, Disney thought it might be a good idea to produce an animated series based on their cult science-fiction franchise, so in May of 2012, Tron: Uprising premiered. The Disney star graduated in 2008 from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in geography. Still, many viewers resisted the new character because they felt that Fi was irreplaceable. Dave Ward began his acting career in the late 1980s. In a last ditch effort to show they could still pull ratings, they announced in April 2014 the pilot movie and the first two seasons would have a marathon on Canadian channel YTV and urged fans to tune in so they could produce a second movie and third season.