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| ] is known for its original series. The following is a summary of original series from the Channel's 20+ year history. | |||
| ==The 1980s== | |||
| Disney's first original series is '']'', which was also Disney Channel's first series to be syndicated. The series was mainly a musical series with a cast of kids ages 8 to 13. The series lasted from ] to ] and featured a young ] as one of its many cast members. | |||
| Disney Channel premiered a series called '']'', also called ''The New Leave It to Beaver'' in ]. It featured most of the cast from the 1960s classic sitcom that starred Jerry Mathers as Beaver Cleaver, a boy who gets into some pretty funny situations that get him into trouble. | |||
| Disney launched '']'' in ] ], a series which would later be known by another name, '']''. The series starred Hayley Mills as Carrie Bliss, a widow who teaches at a junior high school in Indianapolis. The series was initially rejected by NBC but was later accepted by the network following some retooling. The series aired only 13 episodes on Disney. The series is currently syndicated packaged together with the original ''Saved by the Bell'' and its ''College Years'' series. The series featured most of the cast of ''Saved by the Bell'', ] (Zack Morris), ] (Samuel "Screech" Powers), ] (Principal Richard Belding) and ] (Lisa Turtle). | |||
| ==The 1990s== | |||
| Disney premiered '']'', a '90s update of ''The Mickey Mouse Club'' which featured as cast members, ], ] and most notably ], ] and ]. ''MMC'' lasted until 1993. | |||
| Disney also aired its own production of ''Avonlea'' from 1993 to 1996. | |||
| In 1997, Disney premiered a sitcom (Disney's first Canadian import) called '']'' that starred ] and ] as two teens who were best friends (and next door neighbors) since childhood and also chronicled their own friends and family. The series lasted until 1999. | |||
| Disney premiered a couple of game shows during the late 1990s including a television version of the Parker Brothers game '']''. | |||
| Disney's Original Series really began developing in the late '90s with the series '']''. Seen by many as sort of a version of '']'' for younger viewers, ''So Weird'' premiered in early 1999 and starred ] as Fiona Phillips (usually referred to as Fi by her friends and family), who always investigated the supernatural. Her brother didn't really believe in the supernatural however but his friend Clu (]) and his brother Carey (]) became part of Fi's journey's. | |||
| After the show's second season, DeLizia left the series for unknown reasons, (her character had apparently wanted to live a "normal" life after investigating the supernatural most of her life) she did appear in one last episode and ] joined the series as Annie Thelen, who continued Fi's investigations of the supernatural. Annie's (and Alexz Johnson's) singing talents were explored on a few occasions during her run on the series. The show one of only two Disney Channel Original Series not to feature a "nuclear family" as Fi's rock star mom Molly (]) was a widow. | |||
| Disney also premiered ''The Famous Jett Jackson'' in 1999. The series starred ] as the title character, a teenager who starred in the action series ''Silverstone'', a show-within-a-show about a teenage secret agent. Jett wanted to live a normal life away from Hollywood but wanted to keep doing the show, so he (and ''Silverstone'') moved to Jett's old hometown, (the fictional) Wilsted, ]. The pilot showed how much of a celebrity Jett was in his hometown as he had to outrun a mob of fans. He reconnected with his cop father (]), his grandmother (]) and his best friend (]). He also made a new friend in Kayla (], no relation to Hilary Duff of ''Lizzie McGuire''). Jett also kept in touch with his mother (]) back in L.A., who visited Jett in Wilsted on occasion. The show featured some guest appearances by Britney Spears and ]. The series lasted until 2002 and in the same year, the series became the first Disney series to have a movie version titled ''Jett Jackson: The Movie'', appropriately enough. | |||
| ==The 2000s== | |||
| Disney Channel's first Original Series in the 21st Century was ''The Jersey'', a series about a group of four teens (played by Michael Galeote, Courtnee Draper, Theo Greenly and Jermaine Williams) who form the ] Club. Nick (Galeota) is given his late grandfather's old football jersey. When he puts in on, suddenly, he finds out the jersey had the ability to transport him (or anybody) into the bodies of sports celebrities. His friends and cousin Morgan didn't believe him at first until they transported themselves. They transported into the bodies of such sports stars as ], ] and ]. They kept the secret of the jersey a secret however in season three, Nick's sister (]) wound up finding out about the jersey's secret. The series lasted until August ]. | |||
| '']'' was about a group of teens who worked as EMTs (Emergency Medical Technicians). The series has the unfortunate distinction of being Disney's shortest-lived series lasting only 20 episodes. The series premiered in 2000, and was Disney Channel's last original drama series. | |||
| In June ], Disney premiered ''Even Stevens'', a series which despite its slapstick comedy was popular with some critics. It was even more popular among viewers. The series starred ] and ] (no relation to ]) as siblings Louis and Ren Stevens. Louis is a class clown and gets into a lot of sticky situations that usually get him into a lot of trouble. Ren was a perfectionist, who was Student of the Week for 15 weeks straight as mentioned in one episode. However in some episodes, Ren was revealed to be not so perfect on occasion. A movie version of the series called ''The Even Stevens Movie'' premiered in August 2003, only a few months after the show's final episode aired. The series won a Daytime Emmy in 2003 for Best Children's Television Program. | |||
| In January ], ''Lizzie McGuire'' made its debut. The series starred ] as the title character, who was trying to get through junior high school and deal with her family including bratty brother Matt (Jake Thomas). Executive producer Stan Rogow says that the visual look of the show was partly inspired by the movie '']''. The series is best noted for an animated version of the Lizzie character (voiced by Duff) who tells the audience what Lizzie's really thinking. The series became Disney's first major hit series, its rebroadcasts continue to garner good ratings. | |||
| In November of the same year, Disney premiered its first original animated series (outside of the Playhouse Disney lineup), '']''. The series was also Disney's first series focusing on African-American characters. The series focused on the Prouds, a family living in the suburbs (the show's actual location is unknown). The family consists of 14-year-old Penny (voiced by ]), her father, Oscar (voiced by ]), who is the owner of Proud Snacks, a company which makes snack foods which the characters agree is terrible. Matriarch Trudy (voiced by ]), Penny's siblings, twins Bebe and Cece and Suga Mama (voiced by ]) and her dog Puff. The series also focuses on Penny's friends including Dijonay (voiced by Karen Malina White), Sticky (voiced by ]) and rival LaCieniga (voiced by [[Alisa Reyes). | |||
| In June ], Disney premiered another animated series, '']'', a series about a teenager (voiced by Christy Carlson Romano) who by day is a normal teenager but also moonlights as a superhero. Her best friend/sidekick Ron (who is one of very few people in Kim's life who knows she's a crimefighter and voiced by ]) "helps" Kim in the missions. Tagging along with Kim and Ron is Ron's pet naked mole rat Rufus (voiced by ], the voice of Bart Simpson on '']'') and tech wiz Wade (voiced by ]). Two movie versions of the series were made, only one of which is considered a ]. The series is one of two DCOS to surpass the 65 episode mark. | |||
| In January ], Disney premiered what would be its most popular series '']''. Originally called ''Absolutely Psychic'', the series focuses on the life of Raven Baxter (]), a teenager who possesses psychic abilities which are limited mainly to allow her to see into the future. She tries to prevent her visions from coming true and accidentally makes them come true. One such example is in "Art Breaker", when Raven has a vision that a statue made to look like her as an actual Raven made by her best friend Chelsea gets knocked over, only a couple of seconds after she has the vision, she accidentally knocks it over. The series also focuses on Raven's friends Chelsea (]) and Eddie ], Raven's brother Cory (]) and her parents Tanya and Victor (] and ]). | |||
| The series is very popular in the U.S. and other countries around the world. The series will be one of onlt two Disney Channel series to produce and air 100 episodes. The fourth (and final season) will begin in March. | |||
| The series has numerous merchandise including video games, a clothing line and even a makeup line. | |||
| During 2003 and ], Disney Channel premiered several original animated series, including '']'', '']'' and '']''. | |||
| In July 2004, Disney Channel premiered the series '']''. The series starred ] as Phil Diffy, a 15-year-old from the year 2121, who with his family gets stuck in the 21st century after their time machine breaks down. Having to adjust to living in an era, where food doesn't come in spray cans, they try to keep "present-dayers" as they refer to those in the 21st century from finding out they're from the 22nd century. Phil becomes a best friend to "present-dayer" Keely Teslow (]). During the second season, however, there were numerous clues that Keely and Phil both had crushes on each other which led to some very awkward moments between the two. Phil's sister Pim (]) is a troublemaker who has a dream of world domination as clued in a few episodes. Lloyd and Barbara (] and ], respectively) try to adapt to 21st century life. Lloyd is kind of a kid at heart and is very paranoid about people finding out they are from another century. The Diffys have a caveman, who stowed away in their time machine and lives in their garage which they name Curtis (], who also plays Mr. Hackett). | |||
| When the series ends sometime in the spring or summer of 2006, 45 episodes will have been broadcast, making it one of Disney Channel's shortest-lived Original Series. | |||
| ] was a big year for Disney Channel Original Series. In January, Disney premiered '']'', a series about a teen who has the ability to change into a dragon. | |||
| In March, '']'' launched. It stars twins ] and ] as Zack and Cody Martin, who live in a suite in the fictional Tipton Hotel in ] with their mother, Carey (]) who is a singer at the Tipton. Zack has a crush on candy counter girl Maddie Fitzpatrick (]), who is also he and Zack's babysitter. Maddie has an unusual friendship with the hotel's heiress, London Tipton (]). Marion Moseby (]) is the hotel's manager who is bewildered by Zack and Cody's antics. The series is currently the #2 most watched series on Disney Channel. | |||
| Disney premiered two new Original Series in the summer of 2005 with the animated series '']'' about a "pre-teen" fly who tries has a passion for rock and the Canadian import '']'' about a intelligent teenager named Sadie Hawthorne (]) who tries to deal with people including brother Hal and her friends. | |||
| In September, '']'' (Disney's third original series produced in Canada, the second produced with ]) premiered. It stars ] as Derek, who becomes part of one new family when his mother marries the father of Lizzie (]). | |||
| Disney's most recent original series is '']'', a animated series based on the 2000 movie '']'' that premiered in February. One noticable difference from the movie and is sequel '']'' is the voice of Emporor Kuzco. He was voiced by ] in the movies, however Kuzco is voiced by ''Phil of the Future]]'' 's ] in this series. | |||
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