I've seen all the LM episodes, as well as all of the episodes of the more recent shows like "The Suite Life ...",
"That's So Raven" and "Naturally Sadie". I know it's still an opinion, but it seems like LM was better than all of them. The trend today is that the boy-crazy girls (and yes, Lizzie was one of them) now start getting their way. Although Lizzie was totally crushing on Ethan Craft, she never got what she wanted with that. It was a really big deal that she got to kiss a guy in one of the episodes. As for Gordo, it took until the LM Movie for that thing to be totally realized.
Now take a look at other shows. Raven's had multiple boyfriends, the big one of course would be Devon Carter. It was never a big deal about Raven finding a boyfriend; it all happened rather suddenly. It seems that almost every episode has to do with someone chasing after someone else.
This is the same for "The Suite Life Of Zack and Cody". There's very little to be redeemed about this show.
All I can say is, if this is a trend, The Disney Channel might even be competing with MTV in a few years in terms of its loose content.
All I can say is, The Disney Channel had FANTASTIC stuff when it came to Lizzie McGuire (and Even Stevens, kudos!).
Other Thoughts?
PSUIrishDave



