From That’s So Raven to Moesha, B2K to The Cheetah Girls, the Era of Tween Idols fed a Generation. Now the Plate is Empty.

Scroll through social media long enough and you’ll see the same lament pop up: where are the tween TV shows and musicians today? Jermaine Dupri even called it out on Joe Budden’s podcast, pointing to the gaping hole where kid stars used to live. That conversation got even louder after a creator on TikTok posed a simple question: who are the Disney Channel “It Girls” right now? Crickets. The silence said more than a thread of think pieces ever could.

Because in the ‘90s and 2000s? We weren’t starving; we were fed. Every Friday night was a cultural handoff. First came TGIF, serving up Boy Meets World, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and Family Matters. Then Disney Channel sealed the deal with their iconic Original Movies: Halloweentown, The Poof Point, The Cheetah Girls, the ones you actually sc