I love this show. My son and I enjoy watching L & M whenever it comes on. Even the reruns don't get old. It is a little different than the other shows as they talk to all the viewers during certain situations. Liv and Maddie are both funny but Joey steals the show. He knows his limitations yet he has this certain confidence about him. Parker is also a very good character. The tunnel episodes are so funny. Joey and his nemesis, Artie, could do a show almost by themselves. The mother on there needs a bit of work as she is trying to be a little too cool for a mom. The dad, Diggy, stains and Willow make up for a very good backing cast. Great comedy and great music makes everything seem to mesh into one hilarious episode after another.

Arggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!!!Hate hate hate hate hate this show more than death!!!! Get it off the channels!!!!! Let's take a look at the characters aka the banes of my existence!Liv: so perkilicious it makes me want to make want to puke! Cute not. Pretty not. Good actor not. Hate this girl just like dove Cameron the ugliest ickiest evilest grossest bad bad actress EVER! Liv is a disgusting diva who tries to make amazing maddie Girly cuz apparently she's not as good as liv herself. Also a terrible singer. Maddie: cool an all. I only like her cuz she's not girlified. Plus her "I'm gonna crush the other team but I'm too Whiney baby to get the boyfriend without being all jittery" stereotype is just plain awful. Joey: idiotic gross looking nerd. I mean his hairs gross. And his voice is just so bleh like ew. This guy is just plain stupid and can leave the show. We won miss him. Bye bye! Parker: kinda cool. But so gross. and annoying little brother stereotype is old news. Yawn!!!!.... AnywayMom: tired out poor lady. She's nice character but strives to be a cool mom and I hate how the moms in shows have to be not cool. Dad: ugly gross old man who needs to grow up and get over his problems. He is the most annoying character and is too loud. All the Disney shows have some kind of weird coach who yells constantly. The plot is just terrible, a two year old knows what happens next before he theme song starts playing ( btw what does better in stereo mean? Like seriously?) and I could've come up with a better non cliché idea than opposing twins. Horrible show.

I bet the Disney Channel company was probably too drunk or have been watching too much straight porn to start making good shows again and put stupid, real life shows that are unfunny. How does this get a 6.7 when the most awesome movie that's even funnier than this crap, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl has a 3.4?! I can't believe they're making more episodes in 2015! Someone should start blackmailing the Disney Chanel company that if they don't stop making stupid shows or don't cancel the stupid shows and bring back the good shows, they're gonna tell the whole world that they watch straight porn (I actually hope that happens).

Another IMDb User called "Dog With a Blog" "The Brady Bunch" meets Mister Ed," or something to that effect. Likewise, "Liv and Maddie" is a new version of "The Patty Duke Show." Not "Double Trouble," "Sister-Sister," or "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody," and it's spin-off series. In those twin-coms, the main characters were played by real twins. In fact, in an interview, Dove acknowledged the connection, and said she would love to see Patty Duke have a guest appearance on the show.Some of you already know the story; Teenage actress Liv Rooney has just finished the final season of a sitcom called "Sing It Loud!," and returns home to her family in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, including her Twin sister Maddie both of which are played by Dove Cameron. While Liv is a star on the small screen, Maddie is the high school basketball star. The other family members include nerdy brother Joey Rooney (Joey Bragg), diabolical little brother Parker Rooney (Tenzing Norgay Trainor), school psychologist Karen Rooney (Kali Rocha), and high school basketball coach Pete Rooney (Benjamin King). Many of the episodes involve Liv's attempts to adjust to a normal high school life.Liv Rooney, is the definition of girly-girl to the extreme. Combine Ann Marie with Quinn Morgendorffer, and jack the girliness of the two of them up past ten, and you've got Liv. Maddie is supposed to be the tomboy, but not much of one. Maddie's teammates include a girl named "Stains" played by ex-So Random player Bridget Shergalis, and Willow (Jessica Marie Garcia) who has a gigantic unrequited crush on Joey. The show also gives credit to Cameron's body doubles, something which as far as I know, the producers of The Patty Duke Show never did (although I could be wrong).As Liv, Dove Cameron is an unbelievably fantastic singer; Way better than Laura Marano, and she's amazing herself. Therefore she was a terrific choice not only for the starring role, but the show within the show. But the true measure of her skills as an actress can be found in the episode "Skate-A-Rooney," where we meet Liv's brain dead skater-dude of a boyfriend who dumps her in a text message. One viewing of a crucial scene from the episode, and you will know the definition of a broken songbird.Later episodes deal with Liv being sought out for the role of the hero of a graphic novel series about a Space Werewolf (No, I didn't make that up), who would be better off played by a 28-45 year old man than a teenage girl. Normally, casting a 16-year-old diva girl like Liv Rooney in the starring role would make John Wayne playing Genghis Khan look like casting Martin Landau as Bela Lugosi. Yet Hollywood chooses her anyhow, and she actually looks good as the hero. Meanwhile Maddie has to try to deal with her feelings towards another Jock at school best known as "Diggie," played by Cameron's real-life boyfriend Ryan McCartan. Mainly, they involve Maddie's willingness to admit to everyone else that Diggie is her boyfriend, something that comes to a head when an ex-cast member of Liv's old sitcom flirts with Diggie, even as Maddie is about to leave town to join the Junior Olympic Basketball Team.Needless to say, I'm looking forward to the season finale. From what I gather of the promos, it looks triumphant, and I mean that in the traditional sense of the word.