I may be looking at this with nostalgia goggles a bit, but overall I see plenty of potential here for stories that the comics or books just couldn't do.
Also, Nate sounds nearly exactly how I imagined him.
This is why I think the Big Nate show looks bad, but hey, I haven't seen it. The only things keeping it from getting a 0 or 1 with my vote is its really good animation.