60-493: So Random! is an American Disney Channel sketch comedy series that premiered on June 5, 2011. It was announced as an independent series after Demi Lovato left the parent series, Sonny with a Chance . The series features the actors who acted in Sonny with a Chance , besides Lovato: Tiffany Thornton , Sterling Knight , Brandon Mychal Smith , Doug Brochu , and Allisyn Ashley Arm along with other featured actors who recur in
120-719: A National Hockey League (NHL) game—known as the Big City Greens Classic— as part of ESPN's coverage of the league . The broadcast was themed around the Disney Channel animated series Big City Greens , visualizing data from the league's player and puck tracking system with 3D animated players. Disney Jr. is a daily morning program block aimed at preschoolers, spiritually succeeding Playhouse Disney which launched on April 6, 1997, as part of Disney Channel's morning lineup. On May 26, 2010, Disney-ABC Television Group (now Walt Disney Television ) announced
180-431: A base of more than 611,000 subscribers by December of that year. In October 1983, the channel debuted its first made-for-cable movie, Tiger Town , which earned the channel a CableACE Award . The channel had reached profitability by January 1985, with its programming reaching 1.75 million subscribers by that point. In September 1990, TCI 's Montgomery , Alabama , system became the first cable provider to carry
240-581: A basic cable record for the single most-watched television program until December 3, 2007, when corporate sister channel, ESPN , surpassed it with the telecast of an NFL game between the New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens on its Monday Night Football programme by 0.3 million viewers more (17.5 million viewers). The Cheetah Girls media franchise was also notably successful in terms of merchandise and sales for its concert tours and soundtrack albums. Its debut film from 2003, being
300-403: A celebrity or figure from one of its programs holding a wand and drawing the then-current form of the Disney Channel logo on the screen. This celebrity will introduce their name, the program they are featured on, and finish with the line "And you're watching Disney Channel." Dubbed a 'Wand ID' by fans, this format typically ends in a variation of the mnemonic. For a period, ESPN 's broadcasts of
360-477: A hotel food market without paying. After police arrived outside the hotel, Musso was visibly intoxicated. It was discovered that Musso allegedly had multiple outstanding warrants, and was subsequently taken into police custody in Rockwall, Texas . Musso faced charges of "public intoxication, theft (under $ 100), expired registration, failure to display a driver's license, and violating a promise to appear notice." He
420-427: A localized channel feed already exists in that country. Some critics disapprove of the Disney Channel marketing strategy led by Anne Sweeney , president of the Disney Channel from 1996 to 2014. Under Sweeney, the Disney Channel's programming was geared mainly towards preteen and teenage girls, with a decrease in animated programming. Criticism was also aimed at removing almost all Walt-era and pre-1990s material from
480-428: A pickle jar, and Zora goes offstage to tell him to stop. She asks what he's doing, and he tells her that he always has a pickle before the show and can't open the jar. Zora opens the jar without difficulty, horrifying Grady. However, the episode "Miss Piggy" would be the first and only episode to feature backstage scenes where Grady, Zora, and a couple other cast members visit Miss Piggy in her dressing room. Each episode
540-530: A sketch. Special music guest : Mitchel Musso Guest stars : Grace Bannon, Damien Haas, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Bridget Shergalis, Shayne Topp Tony Hawk guest stars and does a sketch on the show while the main cast of the show tries to make him do something extreme. He finally flies out at the end of the show. Special guest : Tony Hawk Guest stars : Grace Bannon, Damien Haas, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Bridget Shergalis, Shayne Topp and Drew Baker Coco Jones performs "Stand Up" and participates in
600-972: A sketch. Special musical guest : Coco Jones Guest stars : Grace Bannon, Damien Haas, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Audrey Whitby Jacob Latimore performs "Like 'Em All", Tomato Sue raps about ketchup, and Reynaldo starts a fight between sisters during his Spanish lesson! Special musical guest : Jacob Latimore Guest stars : Damien Haas, Coco Jones, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Bridget Shergalis, Shayne Topp Mindless Behavior performs " My Girl ". The So Random! cast tries to find Rufus. Special musical guest : Mindless Behavior Guest stars : Damien Haas, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Shayne Topp, Audrey Whitby and Drew Baker Sketches : Awkward Years Cocoon, The Coolest Kid in School: Part 1, Mr. McNamara, The Coolest Kid in School: Part 2, The Platowski Brothers, Crazy Carson's Lost N Found, The Coolest Kid in School: Part 3 Colbie Caillat performs " Brighter Than
660-588: A song called "The Girl Can't Help It" for another Disney Channel Original Movie , Princess Protection Program . "Let it Go" and "The Girl Can't Help It" was featured on the Disney compilation album, Disney Channel Playlist , which was released on June 23, 2008. And sang "Livin' like Kings" on Disney XD's Pair of Kings on Disney Channel. Also in 2009, Musso collaborated on the School House Rock song "The 3 R's"; an educational song about recycling. In
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#1732800845719720-405: A studio effort, Musso released his self-titled debut album on June 2, 2009. His debut single, "The In Crowd", a cover of a John Hampson song, premiered on Radio Disney on December 5, 2008. The song is also featured on Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 11 . His second single, " Hey ", was released on May 15, 2009, on Radio Disney with an accompanying music video that premiered on Disney Channel . He
780-502: Is High School Musical 2 , which debuted on August 17, 2007, to 17.2 million viewers and set a current longstanding record for the highest-rated television premiere in the history of the channel. Following High School Musical 2 , the movie that had the second highest-rated Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) premiere was Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie , followed by Camp Rock , Descendants 2 , Princess Protection Program , Teen Beach Movie , and Jump In! . It also set
840-501: Is an American pay television channel that serves as the flagship property of Disney Branded Television , a unit of the Disney Entertainment division of The Walt Disney Company . Launched on April 18, 1983, under the name The Disney Channel as a premium channel on top of basic cable television systems, it originally showcased programming towards families due to availability of home television sets locally at
900-407: Is formatted as a sketch comedy series, So Random! retains the fictional universe style of the sitcom it spun off from, with the main cast members playing both the characters they originated on Sonny with a Chance , in addition to playing the characters appearing in each of the sketches. Such a reference to Sonny with a Chance was made when Grady kept hitting the applause button while trying to open
960-716: Is said that the "XD" in the channel's name does not have an actual meaning. Also known by its trade name, " Disney Channel Animation ", it is the television animation production studio division of The Walt Disney Studios and based in Glendale, California , providing original animated programming for the three main Disney-branded children's channels. A live-action production studio based in Studio City, Los Angeles , California , that provides original sitcoms and comedy programs primary for Disney Channel. Despite being
1020-416: Is the best way to move forward. I am especially thankful to my family and fans for their unwavering support and encouragement. I am glad to now put this in the past." This incident is what caused his character to be written out of Pair of Kings and the show PrankStars to be cancelled. On August 26, 2023, Musso was reportedly acting belligerent after being asked to pay for a bag of chips he had taken from
1080-494: Is typically written by two writers (whereas opening segments and sketches in a traditional sketch comedy series are written by a team of up to twelve writers). Except for Demi Lovato, the main cast of So Random! is identical to that of its parent series, Sonny with a Chance . Cody Simpson performs " All Day ". Special musical guest : Cody Simpson Guest stars : Grace Bannon, Damien Haas, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Shayne Topp Greyson Chance performs " Waiting Outside
1140-499: Is when they stopped using the "Premiere Films" label and renamed it the " Disney Channel Original Movies " (DCOM) thereafter. The first movie to be released under the Disney Channel Original Movie category was Under Wraps , a Halloween themed movie that aired for the first time on Disney Channel on October 25, 1997. The most successful original film under the banner in terms of popularity and accolades
1200-477: The Disneymania 6 CD in 2008 and sang the song Stand Out for the Disneymania 7 CD in 2010. For their 2009 Disney Channel Original Movie , Hatching Pete , Musso teamed up with co-star Tiffany Thornton , from Sonny with a Chance , to record a song called "Let It Go" that was used in the film. The two also worked on a music video for the song which was released to Disney Channel . Musso also recorded
1260-680: The Disney Channel Original Movie , Life Is Ruff , the voice of Aang in the unaired version of the pilot episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender , the voice of DJ in the film Monster House , and Hannah Montana: The Movie , which was released on April 10, 2009. He appeared in the Disney Channel Games in 2006 on the Green Team, and appeared on the Red Team in 2007 and 2008. He also appeared in
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#17328008457191320-568: The Little League World Series baseball tournament frequently featured cross-promotion with music-related Disney Channel properties, with past editions having featured collaborations with High School Musical , the Jonas Brothers , Camp Rock , and Phineas and Ferb . In March 2023, Disney Channel broadcast a live professional sporting event for the first time, carrying a youth-oriented alternate broadcast of
1380-461: The blind . This is accompanied by an on-screen mark at the beginning of certain scheduled programming indicating to viewers that the service is available. Some episodes of Gravity Falls , Austin and Ally , Good Luck Charlie , and Phineas and Ferb show the AD))) mark and a 2-tone sound repeated 3 times at the beginning of the episode to give notice of the audio description track available through
1440-547: The Hill as the voice of Bobby Hill 's friend Curt in the episodes "The Powder Puff Boys" and "Bobby Rae" as well as the surfer kid in "Four Wave Intersection" in 2007. In addition to his role as Oliver Oken in Disney Channel's Hannah Montana , Musso also voiced Jeremy Johnson in Phineas and Ferb , a boy on whom the title characters' sister, Candace ( Ashley Tisdale ) has a crush. Other acting credits include Raymond Figg in
1500-738: The Lines ". Special musical guest : Greyson Chance Guest stars : Grace Bannon, Damien Haas, Bridget Shergalis, Shayne Topp, Audrey Whitby and Matthew Scott Montgomery, Nancy Cartwright Selena Gomez & the Scene performs " Who Says ". Special musical guest : Selena Gomez & the Scene Guest stars : Damien Haas, Bridget Shergalis, Shayne Topp Sketches : Schooled by Grammar, Teen Rage, Lil' Texters, Olaf Glutella: Fake Foreign Exchange Student, Garlic Garden, Sag Down Smackdown Mitchel Musso performs " Get Away " and participates in
1560-1028: The Restaurant, Why? With Mia, Cheerleader Tryouts, Awkward Moments Justin Bieber performs " Mistletoe ". Special musical guest : Justin Bieber Guest stars : Matthew Scott Montgomery, Shayne Topp, Damien Haas, Bridget Shergalis and Audrey Whitby (in the audience uncredited) Christina Grimmie performs "Advice". Special musical guest : Christina Grimmie Guest stars : Matthew Scott Montgomery, Shayne Topp, Damien Haas, Bridget Shergalis and Audrey Whitby Andy Grammer performs " Keep Your Head Up ". Special musical guest : Andy Grammer . Guest stars : Matthew Scott Montgomery, Coco Jones, Damien Haas, Shayne Topp, Audrey Whitby Cole & Dylan Sprouse guest star and participate in several sketches. Special guest : Dylan and Cole Sprouse and Debby Ryan Disney Channel Disney Channel
1620-842: The SAP feed. Disney Junior displays the AD)) mark and the intended SAP track on newer episodes of Little Einsteins . (ABC positions this mark in the bottom-left corner of the screen.) Disney Channel has established presence in various regions across the Americas, most of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, India, and Japan. Channels were also available in Australia, New Zealand, Italy, the United Kingdom and Ireland, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey, but ceased broadcast in
1680-3040: The Sun ". Special musical guest : Colbie Caillat Guest stars : Damien Haas, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Audrey Whitby, Shayne Topp, Bridget Shergalis Sketches : The iPatch, Angus Comes to Dinner, Cheereleader Tryouts: Part 1 , The Coolest Kid in School: Part 4, Cheereleader Tryouts: Part 2, The Coolest Kid in School: Part 5, Cheereleader Tryouts: Part 3, The Coolest Kid in School: Part 6 Far East Movement and Miguel perform " Rocketeer ". Special musical guests : Far East Movement , Miguel Guest stars : Damien Haas, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Shayne Topp, Bridget Shergalis Kicking Daisies perform "Keeping Secrets". Special musical guest : Kicking Daisies Guest stars : Damien Haas, Matthew Scott Montgomery, Shayne Topp, Bridget Shergalis, Audrey Whitby, Grace Bannon Sketches : Crazy Carson's Lost 'n' Found, Simple Country Boy: Part 1, Project Airport Runway : Part 1, Flash Mob: China Shop, Project Airport Runway: Part 2, Simple Country Boy: Part 2, Project Airport Runway Part 3, Your Daughter's Closet Dave Days performs " What Does It Take ". Special musical guest : Dave Days Guest stars : Matthew Scott Montgomery, Shayne Topp, Damien Haas, and Audrey Whitby Sketches : All Magical Student Wheel of Fortune, Teachers Don't Try to Be Cool, Chilly Slab Ice Creamery, Ice Heels, Vampire Kittens Hot Chelle Rae performs " Tonight Tonight ". Special guest : Chelsea Kane Special musical guest : Hot Chelle Rae Guest stars : Matthew Scott Montgomery, Damien Haas, Shayne Topp, Bridget Shergalis, Audrey Whitby, Miss Piggy guest stars and participates in several sketches. Special guest : Miss Piggy , (Performed by Eric Jacobson ) Guest stars : Matthew Scott Montgomery, Damien Haas, Shayne Topp Sketches : Pitching to Piggy Part 1, Pitching to Piggy Part 2, Odor Meaters, Sweets vs. Grain, Pitching to Piggy Part 3, Pitching for Miss Piggy Part 4, The Real Princesses of New Jersey Iyaz performs " Pretty Girls " featuring Mann . Special musical guests : Iyaz , featuring Mann Guest stars : Matthew Scott Montgomery, Damien Haas, Shayne Topp, Audrey Whitby, Bridget Shergalis Sketches : Candy Pants, Halloween Do's and Dont's: Part 1, Sally Jensen: Kid Lawyer, Halloween Do's and Dont's: Part 2, Fly Guy (Superhero), Halloween Do's and Dont's: Part 3, Rufus: Halloween Bridgit Mendler , Adam Hicks and Hayley Kiyoko perform " Determinate ". Special musical guests : Bridgit Mendler , Adam Hicks and Hayley Kiyoko Guest stars : Matthew Scott Montgomery, Shayne Topp, Damien Haas, Chris Brochu , Bridget Shergalis and Audrey Whitby Pia Toscano performs her new single called, "This Time" Special musical guest : Pia Toscano Special guest stars : Leigh-Allyn Baker and Mia Talerico from Good Luck Charlie Guest stars : Matthew Scott Montgomery, Shayne Topp, Damien Haas, Bridget Shergalis and Audrey Whitby Sketches : Rufus at
1740-580: The United States—down from its peak of 100 million households in 2011. The channel's international footprint , once encompassing 46 channels available in 33 languages, has also diminished in parts of Europe and most of the Asia-Pacific due to the launch of Disney+ and competition from other streaming and social media platforms. Disney Channel launched nationally as a premium channel at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time on April 18, 1983, under
1800-548: The Utah State Fair. Musso's second release, Brainstorm , was released on November 23, 2010. He made a video for each one of his songs on the album to "Tell the whole story." His song "Celebrate" was in the radio Disney Top 3. On 23 September 2022, after a ten-year hiatus, Musso returned to the music industry, releasing a new single, titled, "DRANK", for his upcoming mixtape, Ghost. The mixtape released on October 28, 2022. On October 17, 2011, at 3:43 a.m., Musso
1860-663: The animated film, Monster House , and starred as Raymond Figg in the Disney Channel Original Movie , Life Is Ruff , released in 2005. Musso's self-titled debut album was released on June 2, 2009, on Walt Disney Records . The album debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200 . Musso was born in Garland, Texas , the son of Katherine ( née Moore) and Samuel Musso, who were involved in community theater in Dallas, Texas . He has two brothers – Mason Musso , who sang lead vocals in
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1920-567: The band Metro Station , and Marc Musso, an actor. He is of Italian and English descent. He grew up in Rockwall, Texas . In 2003, Mitchel made his Hollywood film debut in Secondhand Lions , alongside his brother Marc. Before Musso was cast in Secondhand Lions , he had been in several films beforehand: Am I Cursed? as Richie and The Keyman as a Cub Scout , both in 2002. Musso also starred in three episodes of King of
1980-575: The channel also maintains rights to films from other studios. Some films released by Bagdasarian Productions (such as The Chipmunk Adventure and Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein ) have also aired on Disney Channel, although most of them are not currently owned by any of The Walt Disney Company's divisions. In between regularly scheduled programming and advertisement breaks, Disney Channel features bumpers . These bumpers have varied in content substantially throughout
2040-418: The channel as a basic cable service. Between 1991 and 1996, a steadily increasing number of cable providers began shifting The Disney Channel from a premium add-on offering to their basic tiers, either experimentally or on a full-time basis; however, Walt Disney Company executives denied any plans to convert the channel into an ad-supported basic service, stating that the premium-to-basic shifts on some providers
2100-613: The channel in 2002 with the removal of the late-night "Vault Disney" block devoted to this material, which used to make up the majority of the channel's programming since its inception in 1983. In 2008, Sweeney explained that Disney Channel, resulting from its multi-platform marketing strategy using television and music, would become "the major profit driver for the [Walt Disney] Company." The channel has also pulled (and sometimes re-shot) episodes that have featured subject matter deemed inappropriate for its target audience, due either to humor or to timing of real-life events. On June 13, 2023,
2160-619: The channel space held by Soapnet – a Disney-owned cable channel featuring soap operas – due to that genre's decline in popularity on broadcast television and the growth of video on demand , online streaming , and digital video recorders negating the need for a linear channel devoted to the soap opera genre. After a period during which cable providers unwilling to drop the network immediately retained it to prevent subscriber cancellations, Soapnet ceased all operations on December 31, 2013. The former Playhouse Disney block on Disney Channel rebranded as Disney Junior on February 14, 2011, along with
2220-469: The channel's various program franchises, including Kim Possible and Hannah Montana . In June 2012, The Walt Disney Company announced that it would stop advertising or promoting food or beverage products that do not meet strict nutritional guidelines. Disney Channel purportedly became the first media company to take such a stance on stopping the marketing of junk food products to kids. Due to its commercial-free format, such advertising appears only in
2280-590: The early 2020s, with most content moving to Disney+ or Disney+ Hotstar . On December 14, 2022, Disney ceased its distribution of programs in Russia in response to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine . Disney Channel also licenses its programming to air on certain other broadcast and cable channels outside the United States (formerly including Family Channel in Canada), regardless of whether or not
2340-582: The existing international channels. Disney-ABC Television Group once planned to launch a Playhouse Disney Channel in the United States in 2001, however it never happened despite launching internationally. Launched on February 13, 2009, as the successor to Toon Disney, Disney XD is a cable and satellite television channel which was originally aimed at young male audiences aged 6 to 14, but has since included girls in its programming. The channel showcases action and comedy programming from Disney Channel and
2400-588: The expansion of the block in to a 24/7 cable and satellite channel which debuted on March 23, 2012. The channel would be commercial-free channel and compete with other preschooler-skewing cable channels such as the Nick Jr. Channel and Sprout (now Universal Kids ). The channel features programs from Disney Channel's existing preschool programming library and films/movies from the Walt Disney Pictures film library. On its launch, Disney Junior took over
2460-640: The experiences of Sonny, and the rest of the cast. The full length sketch comedy episode format was played within Sonny with a Chance during season 2 of the series for the Christmas and Halloween episodes. In November 2010, Lovato underwent treatment for "physical and emotional issues," and in April 2011, they confirmed that they would not be returning to Sonny with a Chance for its third season. They stated that returning to acting immediately wouldn't be healthy for their recovery. Following Lovato's departure from
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2520-902: The first Disney Channel original musical television film, premiered to over 84 million global viewers and its sequel premiered to 8.1 million American viewers and in the process became the most successful of the film series. An 86-date concert tour featuring the eponymous girl group was ranked as one of the top 10 concert tours of 2006, smashing the record at the Houston Rodeo previously set by Elvis Presley in 1973, selling out with 73,500 tickets in three minutes at one point. In addition to its original television films, Disney Channel has rights to theatrically released feature films, with some film rights shared with sister network, Freeform . Alongside films released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (mainly consisting of releases from Walt Disney Pictures , Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar ),
2580-469: The form of underwriter sponsorships during promotional breaks. On July 1, 2012, Disney Channel began providing Descriptive Video Service audio in compliance with the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010, which required network owned-and-operated stations and affiliates in the 25 largest television markets as well as the five highest-rated cable and satellite channels (including Disney Channel) to offer audio descriptions for
2640-414: The former Jetix block from Toon Disney, alongside some first-run original programming and off-network syndicated shows. Disney XD, unlike its sister channels Disney Channel and Disney Junior, operates as an ad-supported service, similar to its predecessor Toon Disney. The channel carries the same name as an unrelated mini-site and media player on Disney.com , which stood for Disney Xtreme Digital , though it
2700-481: The history of the channel, created using a broad array of artistic methods such as traditional animation , digital animation , claymation , live action , and puppeteering . They have been praised for their high quality composition and ingenuity. However, they became especially iconic in September 2002, when Disney Channel underwent a major rebranding, including in its bumpers and logo. These bumpers highlighted
2760-504: The iconic 'mouse ears' logo throughout them, featuring various videos that culminated in both the appearance of the logo, alongside a newly introduced theme song, which is regarded as its most recognizable and is still used to this day. This theme song consists of a four-note mnemonic jingle composed by the late Alex Lasarenko, former executive of Tonal Sounds and creative director at Elias Arts . In addition to its logo and jingle, Disney Channel's most recognizable bumper format consists of
2820-439: The name The Disney Channel . The channel's development with help from its founding president Alan Wagner , and formally announced the launch of its family-oriented cable channel in early 1983. The channel – which initially maintained a 16-hour-per-day programming schedule from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Eastern and Pacific Time – would become available on cable providers in all 50 U.S. states by September 1983, and accrue
2880-530: The opening sequence of the series Primos , which premiered on the Disney Channel in July 2024, was released by Disney Branded Television , with a mixed reception to the sequence on social media , including from Latinos and Mexicans . Some viewers argued that the sequence had various negative stereotypes , complained about names of some characters, and claimed the Spanish pronunciation of some characters in
2940-642: The prime production source of Disney Channel shows, many of its projects are still co-produced and financed by The Walt Disney Company . Walt Disney EMEA Productions Limited is the network's European production studio located in London , England, which co-produces original programs within Europe alongside other companies. Disney Original Documentary is a banner from Disney Branded Television for documentary -based programs broadcast on Disney Channel and released on Disney+. In 2010, Disney Channel All Star Party
3000-480: The sequence was incorrect. Mitchel Musso Mitchel Tate Musso (born July 9, 1991) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his three Disney Channel roles as Oliver Oken in Hannah Montana ; Jeremy Johnson in the animated series Phineas and Ferb ; and his Disney XD role as King Brady on Pair of Kings . He was the host of Disney Channel's PrankStars . He voiced DJ in
3060-574: The series Pair of Kings for a third season. Musso did not return for the new season and, instead, he was replaced by a new character played by Adam Hicks . Musso sang a remixed remake of the song " Lean on Me " for the Disney film, Snow Buddies ; the music video is included on the DVD and the song is included on the Radio Disney Jams, Vol. 10 CD. Musso also sang the song "If I Didn't Have You" with Hannah Montana co-star Emily Osment for
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#17328008457193120-576: The series, So Random! was introduced as its own series that focused more on comedy skits than Sonny with a Chance. Filming for the season began on January 30, 2011. Each episode features sketch comedy skits with the So Random! cast, as well as a musical performance by a guest star. Originally intended to be a third season of Sonny with a Chance , Disney began to describe the show as a separate series following Lovato's confirmed departure. Each episode typically consists of five or six sketches. Though it
3180-431: The series. The series premiere was watched by 4.07 million viewers. On May 2, 2012, Tiffany Thornton indicated that the series had not been renewed for a second season and the show was cancelled after only 1 season. In Sonny with a Chance , Demi Lovato plays the title character, Sonny Monroe, a new member of the cast of the sketch comedy show So Random! , which is presented as a show-within-a-show . The series follows
3240-817: The television film Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire alongside Chuck Norris and Selena Gomez . On June 2, 2008, Musso was a surprise guest at the Spotlight Awards at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly , Massachusetts . He presented awards to the Best Actor and Best Actress of the 2007–2008 theatrical year. In 2008 Musso, Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus all made "family" guest appearances in Metro Station 's music video for " Seventeen Forever ". In early 2009, Musso
3300-424: The time. Since 1997, as just Disney Channel , its programming has shifted focus to target mainly children and adolescents ages 6–14. The channel showcases original first-run children's television series , theatrically-released and original television films and other selected third-party programming. As of November 2023 , Disney Channel is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in
3360-590: Was cast, alongside The Suite Life on Deck and House of Payne 's Doc Shaw , in a new television series for Disney XD titled Pair of Kings . The series began production in March 2010, following the production of the final season of Hannah Montana in which Musso will only be a guest. The series premiered on September 10, 2010. It was announced that Musso would be the host of Disney Channel's latest hidden camera reality series, PrankStars , which premiered on July 15, 2011. On December 12, 2011, Disney XD renewed
3420-474: Was part of a five-year "hybrid" strategy that allowed providers to offer the channel in either manner. On April 6, 1997, the channel officially rebranded as Disney Channel , although occasionally marketed as " Disney " from 1997 to 2002. Television films have also been produced for broadcast on Disney Channel since its launch under the banner of Disney Channel Premiere Films , with the first film released being Tiger Town in 1983, until October 1997, which
3480-614: Was pulled over in Burbank, California , failed to slow down for traffic cops, and charged with a DUI suspicion. He was approached by the police who then smelled alcohol and proceeded to give him a field sobriety test and breathalyzer. Musso, aged 20, was under the legal drinking age and blew above the legal limit of .08 blood alcohol content . His bail was set at $ 5,000, but he was released on account of no outstanding warrants. Musso told E! Online , that, "In becoming an adult, I have learned first hand that stepping up and taking responsibility
3540-526: Was released for the Nintendo Wii . The four-player mascot party game, in which the stages resemble board games , features characters from Disney Channel programs such as Sonny with a Chance , Wizards of Waverly Place , and JONAS L.A. Several video games based on the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb were released by Disney Interactive Studios . The Disney Channel website also featured various Flash games incorporating characters from
3600-625: Was the host of the Disney Channel series Prank Stars and sang the theme song. In July and August 2009, Musso opened for Metro Station . He also launched a headlining tour in August, with KSM , as his opening act. The tour concluded September 24 in New Orleans, Louisiana. On Saturday, September 4, 2010, he put on a free concert at the Great New York State Fair 's Chevy Court. One week later he put on another free show at
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