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Disney Channel has ordered a new animated comedy called “Kiff” from South African creators and executive producers Lucy Heavens (“Space Chickens in Space”) and Nic Smal (“Caillou”) debuting in 2023. The logline: The series follows Kiff, an optimistic squirrel whose best intentions often lead to complete chaos, and her best friend Barry, a sweet and […]
Disney Channel has greenlit the sibling superhero comedy “Hamster & Gretel” from Dan Povenmire (“Phineas and Ferb”). Povenmire will executive-produce the new animated series, which is inspired by his relationship with his younger sister. The music-filled “Hamster & Gretel” introduces Kevin and younger sister Gretel, who are about to be bestowed super powers by space aliens. But something goes […]
Disney Channel has greenlit a third season of animated comedy “Amphibia” before its second season opener on Saturday, July 11 at 8:20 p.m. ET on Disney Channel and DisneyNOW. Brenda Song (“Dollface”) voices the lead role of independent and fearless teen Anne Boonchuy, who is magically transported to the fantastical world of Amphibia, a rural […]
Disney Channel original series “Bunk’d,” set at fictional Camp Kikiwaka and spun-off from “Jessie.” has been greenlit for a fifth season. Erin Dunlap (“Andi Mack,” “Jessie”), who joined the series as executive producer in season four, will return as sole showrunner for season five. Former executive producer Phil Baker (“Good Luck, Charlie,” “Andi Mack”), who […]
Disney Channel has ordered a third season of itslive-action comedy “Sydney to the Max” ahead of its season two premiere, scheduled for 2020. The daughter/father comedy, set in the present day with flashbacks to the 1990s, follows middle schooler Sydney Reynolds who lives with her single dad, Max, and her unconventional grandmother, Judy. As Sydney […]
Disney Channel ordered 11-episodes of a series called “Sulphur Springs,” a live-action, time travel mystery series from writer and executive producer Tracey Thomson (“The Young and the Restless”). Chuck Pratt (“Star”) will serve as showrunner and executive producer. Jennifer Phang (Freeform’s “Cloak & Dagger”) directed the pilot episode. Production is set to begin in New Orleans […]
Live action comedy “Gabby Duran & the Unsittables” has received a straight-to-series order, and production is currently underway in Vancouver for a 2019 premiere on Disney Channel. Showrunners and writers Mike Alber and Gabe Snyder (“Kirby Buckets”) serve as executive producers alongside Joe Nussbaum (“Just Add Magic”). Nzingha Stewart (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “Good Girls”) will direct […]
Production has begun on “Star Wars Resistance,” a new animated adventure series about Kazuda Xiono, a young pilot recruited by the Resistance and tasked with a top-secret mission to spy on the growing threat of the First Order. It will premiere this fall on Disney Channel in the U.S. and, thereafter, on Disney XD and […]
Disney Junior has ordered a third season of the animated “Mickey and the Roadster Racers,” Disney Channel’s #1 series among Kids 2-5, for a third season. Season two of the series will open on Friday, April 13 on Disney Channel, with new episodes will also be available on the DisneyNOW app and Disney Junior VOD that […]
