Company type | Subsidiary |
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Founded | November 3, 2003 [1] |
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Headquarters | Studio City, Los Angeles, California, US [1] |
Parent | Disney Branded Television |
It's a Laugh Productions, Inc. is an American production company owned by The Walt Disney Company which produces live-action teen sitcoms and sketch comedies airing on Disney Channel and Disney XD. [4] It is a division of Disney Branded Television.
Most shows are produced and filmed at Hollywood Center Studios, though Good Luck Charlie and Austin & Ally were filmed at Sunset Bronson Studios; the pilot episode of Hannah Montana was filmed at Hollywood Center before moving to Sunset Bronson for the rest of the series; Sonny with a Chance and Austin & Ally filmed at The Burbank Studios before a move to Hollywood Center in their second respective seasons. Pair of Kings was recorded at Sunset Gower Studios before moving to Hollywood Center for its third and final season. Shake It Up was filmed at LA Center Studios (as well as the second and third seasons of Good Luck Charlie). Jonas is the only production as of 2019 to record in a single-camera setup with film cameras rather than the normal multi-cam using video cameras. It was also filmed on location with closed sets.
It's a Laugh Productions, Inc. was founded on November 3, 2003, [1] and by Don Mink [2] and Amy Rabins, [3] former executives of Brookwell McNamara Entertainment.
# | Name | Creator(s) | Production(s) | Premiere date | End date | No. of episodes | Network |
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1 | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody | Danny Kallis Jim Geoghan | March 18, 2005 | September 1, 2008 | 87 | Disney Channel | |
2 | Hannah Montana | Michael Poryes Rich Correll Barry O'Brien | Michael Poryes Productions | March 24, 2006 | January 16, 2011 | 98 | |
3 | Cory in the House | Dennis Rinsler Marc Warren | Warren & Rinsler Productions | January 12, 2007 | September 12, 2008 | 34 | |
4 | Wizards of Waverly Place | Todd J. Greenwald | October 12, 2007 | January 6, 2012 | 106 | ||
5 | The Suite Life on Deck | Danny Kallis Jim Geoghan | Danny Kallis Productions (seasons 1–2) Bon Mot Productions (season 3) | September 26, 2008 | May 6, 2011 | 71 | |
6 | Sonny with a Chance | Steve Marmel | Varsity Pictures | February 8, 2009 | January 2, 2011 | 47 | |
7 | Jonas | Michael Curtis Roger S. H. Schulman | Mantis Productions (season 1) Turtle Rock Productions | May 2, 2009 | October 3, 2010 | 34 | |
8 | I'm in the Band | Michael B. Kaplan Ron Rappaport | November 27, 2009 | December 9, 2011 | 41 | Disney XD | |
9 | Good Luck Charlie | Phil Baker Drew Vaupen | April 4, 2010 | February 16, 2014 | 97 | Disney Channel | |
10 | Pair of Kings | Dan Cross David Hoge | September 10, 2010 | February 18, 2013 | 67 | Disney XD | |
11 | Shake It Up | Chris Thompson | November 7, 2010 | November 10, 2013 | 75 | Disney Channel | |
12 | A.N.T. Farm | Dan Signer | Gravy Boat Productions | May 6, 2011 | March 21, 2014 | 62 | |
13 | So Random! | Steve Marmel | Varsity Pictures | June 5, 2011 | March 25, 2012 | 26 | |
14 | Kickin' It | Jim O'Doherty | Poor Soul | June 13, 2011 | March 25, 2015 | 84 | Disney XD |
15 | Jessie | Pamela Eells O'Connell | Bon Mot Productions | September 30, 2011 | October 16, 2015 | 98 | Disney Channel |
16 | Austin & Ally | Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert | Kevin & Heath Productions | December 2, 2011 | January 10, 2016 | 87 | |
17 | Lab Rats | Chris Peterson Bryan Moore | February 27, 2012 | February 3, 2016 | 90 | Disney XD | |
18 | Crash & Bernstein | Eric Friedman | October 8, 2012 | August 11, 2014 | 39 | ||
19 | Dog with a Blog | Michael B. Kaplan Philip Stark | Diphthong Productions | October 12, 2012 | September 25, 2015 | 69 | Disney Channel |
20 | Liv and Maddie | John D. Beck & Ron Hart | Beck & Hart Productions Oops Doughnuts Productions | July 19, 2013 | March 24, 2017 | 80 | |
21 | Mighty Med | Jim Bernstein Andy Schwartz | October 7, 2013 | September 9, 2015 | 44 | Disney XD | |
22 | I Didn't Do It | Tod Himmel Josh Silverstein | That's Not So Funny Productions (season 2) | January 17, 2014 | October 16, 2015 | 39 | Disney Channel |
23 | Girl Meets World | Michael Jacobs April Kelly | Michael Jacobs Productions | June 27, 2014 | January 20, 2017 | 72 | |
24 | K.C. Undercover | Corinne Marshall | Rob Lotterstein Productions | January 18, 2015 | February 2, 2018 | 75 | |
25 | Best Friends Whenever | Jed Elinoff Scott Thomas | Diphthong Productions (season 1) Entertainment Force | June 26, 2015 | December 11, 2016 | 30 | |
26 | Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything | Devin Bunje Nick Stanton | Poor Soul 37 Monkeys (season 2) | July 22, 2015 | January 2, 2017 | 37 | Disney XD |
27 | Bunk'd | Pamela Eells O'Connell | Bon Mot Productions (seasons 1–3) That's Not So Funny Productions (season 4) A Little Too You (seasons 5–7) | July 31, 2015 | August 2, 2024 | 161 | Disney Channel |
28 | Lab Rats: Elite Force | Chris Peterson Bryan Moore | Britelite Productions | March 2, 2016 | October 22, 2016 | 15 | Disney XD |
29 | Bizaardvark | Kyle Stegina & Josh Lehrman | June 24, 2016 | April 13, 2019 | 63 | Disney Channel | |
30 | Raven's Home | Michael Poryes Susan Sherman | Entertainment Force (seasons 1, 5 & 6) November 13 (season 2) Done Deal Productions (season 2) Funny Boone Productions (season 3; episodes 1–14) Institute for Individual Education (season 3; episodes 15–season 4) | July 21, 2017 | September 3, 2023 | 122 | |
31 | Coop & Cami Ask the World | Boyce Bugliari Jamie McLaughlin | Bugliari/McLaughlin Productions | October 12, 2018 | September 11, 2020 | 49 | |
32 | Sydney to the Max | Mark Reisman | Mark Reisman Productions | January 25, 2019 | November 26, 2021 | 63 | |
33 | The Villains of Valley View | Chris Peterson Bryan Moore | Britelite Productions | June 3, 2022 | present | 37 | |
34 | Alice In The Palace | Jed Elinoff Scott Thomas | June 3, 2022 | upcoming | 0 |
# | Title | Director | Writer | Producer(s) | Release date | Budget | Gross | RT | IMDb |
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1 | Hannah Montana: The Movie | Peter Chelsom | Dan Berendsen | Alfred Gough Miles Millar | April 10, 2009 | $30 million | $169.2 million | 44% | 4.5 |
# | Title | Release date |
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1 | Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie | August 28, 2009 |
2 | The Suite Life Movie | March 25, 2011 |
3 | Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! | December 2, 2011 |
4 | The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex | March 15, 2013 |
# | Title | Air date | Crossover between |
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1 | That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana | July 28, 2006 | That's So Raven , The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, and Hannah Montana |
2 | Take This Job and Love It | June 16, 2007 | Hannah Montana and Cory in the House |
3 | Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana | July 17, 2009 | Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck, and Hannah Montana |
4 | Weasels on Deck | October 11, 2010 | I'm in the Band and The Suite Life on Deck |
5 | Charlie Shakes It Up | June 5, 2011 | Good Luck Charlie and Shake It Up |
6 | Austin & Jessie & Ally All Star New Year | December 7, 2012 | Austin & Ally and Jessie |
7 | Good Luck Jessie: NYC Christmas | November 29, 2013 | Good Luck Charlie and Jessie |
8 | Jessie's Aloha Holidays with Parker and Joey | November 28, 2014 | Jessie and Liv and Maddie |
9 | Karate Kid-tastrophe | March 27, 2015 | Jessie and The Suite Life on Deck |
10 | Lab Rats vs. Mighty Med | July 22, 2015 | Lab Rats and Mighty Med |
11 | The Ghostest with the Mostest | October 2, 2015 | Jessie and I Didn't Do It |
12 | Girl Meets World of Terror 2 | October 2, 2015 | Girl Meets World and Austin & Ally |
13 | Bite Club | October 2, 2015 | I Didn't Do It and Austin & Ally |
14 | All Howl's Eve | October 4, 2015 | K.C. Undercover and Jessie |
15 | Cyd and Shelby's Haunted Escape | October 4, 2015 | Best Friends Whenever and Girl Meets World |
16 | Scary Spirits & Spooky Stories | October 4, 2015 | Austin & Ally and K.C. Undercover |
17 | Haunt-a-Rooney | October 4, 2015 | Liv and Maddie and Best Friends Whenever |
18 | Raven About Bunk'd | July 24, 2020 | Raven's Home and Bunk'd |
Notes:
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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody is an American teen sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series aired on Disney Channel from March 18, 2005, to September 1, 2008. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award three times and was also nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award three times.
Phillip David Lewis is an American actor, comedian, and director. He is best known for playing hotel manager Mr. Moseby on the Disney Channel series The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and its spin-off, The Suite Life on Deck. Lewis has also appeared in series such as Lizzie McGuire, Friends, The Wayans Bros., Yes, Dear, Scrubs, and How I Met Your Mother.
Hannah Montana is an American teen sitcom created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, and Barry O'Brien that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between March 2006 and January 2011. The series centers on Miley Stewart, a teenage girl living a double life as famous pop singer Hannah Montana, an alter ego she adopted so she could maintain her anonymity and live a normal life as a typical teenager. Episodes deal with Miley's everyday struggles to cope with the social and personal issues of adolescence while maintaining the added complexities of her secret identity, which she sustains by wearing a blonde wig. Miley has strong relationships with her brother Jackson and father Robby Ray, as well as her best friends Lilly Truscott and Oliver Oken, who become aware of her secret. Overarching themes include a focus on family and friendships as well as the importance of music and discovering one's identity.
Richard Thomas Correll is an American television actor, director, writer, and producer. After working as an actor during his childhood and teenage years, he transitioned to directing in the 1990s, and he has gone on to direct episodes for series such as That's So Raven, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, Hannah Montana, Cory in the House, The Suite Life on Deck, I'm in the Band, How to Rock, A.N.T. Farm, Jessie, Austin & Ally, Liv and Maddie, K.C. Undercover, Bunk'd, and Raven's Home. Correll also co-created Hannah Montana, alongside Michael Poryes and Barry O'Brien.
The Suite Life on Deck is an American teen sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan, and developed by Kallis and Pamela Eells O'Connell. The series aired on Disney Channel from September 26, 2008, to May 6, 2011. It is a sequel/spin-off of The Suite Life of Zack & Cody. The series follows twin brothers Zack and Cody Martin and hotel heiress London Tipton in a new setting, the SS Tipton, where they study-abroad at Seven Seas High School and meet Bailey Pickett while Mr. Moseby manages the ship. The ship travels around the world to nations such as Italy, France, Greece, India, Sweden and the United Kingdom where the characters experience different cultures, adventures, and situations.
"Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana" is a trilogy of crossover episodes between three Disney Channel original sitcoms which premiered in the United States on July 17, 2009. The crossover spanned across episodes of Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck, and Hannah Montana. In the crossover, Max, Justin and Alex Russo join regulars from The Suite Life on Deck aboard the SS Tipton, and Cody Martin attempts to retrieve tickets for a Hannah Montana concert in Hawaii, while Miley Stewart, en route to the concert on the SS Tipton, loses her mother's lucky anklet – triggering a streak of bad luck. This TV Movie is the sequel to That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana.
Good Luck Charlie is an American sitcom that aired on Disney Channel from April 4, 2010, to February 16, 2014. The series' creators, Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, not just children. It focuses on the Duncan family of Denver as they adjust to the births of their fourth and fifth children, Charlotte "Charlie" and Toby. In each episode, Teddy Duncan adds to a video diary that contains advice for Charlie about their family and life as a teenager. Teddy tries to show Charlie what she might go through when she is older for future reference. Each video diary ends with Teddy saying the eponymous phrase, "Good luck, Charlie".
Eric Dean Seaton is an American television director, producer and graphic novelist.
Bob Koherr is an American TV director and film director known for directing episodes of Anger Management and various Disney Channel multi-cam comedies.
Adam Weissman is an American television director. He is known for his work directing comedy series for Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, including Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide, Drake & Josh, Zoey 101, iCarly, Hannah Montana, True Jackson, VP, Good Luck Charlie, Victorious, I'm in the Band, A.N.T. Farm, Austin & Ally, Liv and Maddie, Game Shakers, Bizaardvark, Henry Danger, Danger Force, Cousins for Life, Side Hustle, The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder, and Erin & Aaron.
Jessie is an American comedy television series created by Pamela Eells O'Connell that aired on Disney Channel from September 30, 2011 to October 16, 2015. The series stars Debby Ryan, Peyton List, Cameron Boyce, Karan Brar, Skai Jackson, and Kevin Chamberlin.
Shannon Flynn is an American television director. Flynn is best known for her directorial work on teen sitcoms for Nickelodeon and Disney Channel, such as Hannah Montana, Sonny with a Chance, Good Luck Charlie, How to Rock, Austin & Ally, Jessie, The Haunted Hathaways, Liv and Maddie, The Thundermans, Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn, Bella and the Bulldogs, Best Friends Whenever, Bunk'd, Raven's Home, Coop and Cami Ask the World, and Instant Mom.
The second and final season of the television series Jonas, rebranded Jonas L.A. for this season, aired on Disney Channel from June 20, 2010 to October 3, 2010, and included 13 episodes. It follows the five main characters of the series as they spend their summer vacation in Los Angeles after the Jonas' tour was over, a few months after the events of the first season.
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