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Hannah Montana

Hannah Montana logo
Genre Comedy-drama
Format Sitcom
Created by Michael Poryes
Richard Correll
Barry O'Brien
Starring Miley Cyrus
Emily Osment
Mitchel Musso
Jason Earles
Moises Arias (2+)
Billy Ray Cyrus
Theme music composer Matthew Gerrard
Robbie Nevil
Opening theme "The Best of Both Worlds: The 2009 Movie Mix" (3+) performed by Miley Cyrus
Country of origin  United States
Language(s) English
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 76 (List of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Steven Peterman
Michael Poryes
Producer(s) Patty Gary-Fox
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 23 min. (approx.)
Broadcast
Original channel Disney Channel (USA)
Picture format 480i (SD)
Audio format 4:3 (SDTV)
First shown in USA
Original run March 24, 2006 – present
Status Airing
External links
Official website

Hannah Montana is an Emmy Award-nominated[1] American television series, which debuted on March 24, 2006 on Disney Channel. The series focuses on a girl who lives a double life as an average teenage school girl named Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cyrus) by day and a famous pop singer named Hannah Montana by night, concealing her real identity from the public, other than her close friends and family.

Season 3 premiered on November 2, 2008, and is still airing as of July 2009. Hannah Montana: The Movie was released in theaters on April 10, 2009. The show has been renewed for the fourth and final[2] season and new episodes have been ordered by Disney.[3]

Contents

Production

Michael Poryes, who is credited as co-creator, also co-created the hit Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven. The show is produced by It's a Laugh Productions, Inc., in association with Disney. It is filmed at Tribune Studios in Hollywood, California.

The original idea for this show was based on the That's So Raven episode "Goin' Hollywood", which was supposed to be the pilot episode for a sitcom called Better Days, in which a child star of a popular TV show of the same name was to try her hand at going to a normal school. The episode "New Kid in School" has the basic premise as that aforementioned episode. Other names considered for the title were The Secret Life of Zoe Stewart (discarded as too similar to Zoey 101 on Nickelodeon)[citation needed], The Popstar Life!, and Alexis Texas. Former American Juniors finalist Jordan McCoy and pop and R&B singer JoJo (who rejected the role)[4][dead link] were considered for the role of Zoe Stewart. Miley Cyrus originally auditioned for the role of the "best friend"[5] Lilly Romero, later changed to Lilly Truscott, but they thought she would be better for the main character, so she tried out for Zoe Stewart/Hannah Montana. Zoe Stewart was later changed to Chloe Stewart, which was eventually changed to Miley when she got the part. The names of Hannah Montana were changed a few times. Three of the previous names were Anna Cabana, Samantha York, and Alexis Texas.

In December 2006, Disney announced plans to release Hannah Montana products, including: clothing, jewellery, apparel, and dolls, at select stores.[6] Play Along Toys released the Hannah Montana fashion dolls, singing dolls and Miley Stewart doll, and other merchandise in August 2007. More Hannah dolls were released in November, along with Oliver, Lilly, and later Jake Ryan dolls. They became one of the most popular Christmas toys in 2007.[7] Hannah Montana is signed for at least one more season according to Disney Channel.

According to the Daily Dispatch, the TV series held a global audience of 200 million in 2008. "If Miley’s viewers were a country, they would be the fifth largest population in the world – just ahead of Brazil."[8] By February 2008, the Hannah Montana franchise had become so important that Disney convened an "80-person, all-platform international meeting to discuss Hannah Montana's future."[9] All Disney business segments were represented at the meeting.

Tour ticket scalping

Tickets for every concert sold out, with some tickets scalped for as much as $20,000.[10]

Opening sequence

The theme song for Hannah Montana is "The Best of Both Worlds" written by Matthew Gerrard and Robbie Nevil, produced by Gerrard and performed by Miley Cyrus (as Hannah Montana). John Carta, who also composes the music cues to signify scene changes and commercial breaks, composed the music for the song. The song's lyrics describe the basic premise of the television series.

The full-length version, which is 2 minutes, 54 seconds in length, was included on the show's soundtrack, released in October 2006. For the TV version of the theme, which lasts only 50 seconds, only the first two stanzas and the last two were used.

"Just Like You" and "The Other Side of Me" were originally tested for the opening theme song, before "Best of Both Worlds" was chosen as the theme. Stage and features episode clips of each cast member when each cast member's name appears. Each cast member's name is "wiped" on the screen in a marquee-light-style. The sequence then switches to full-screen episode clips (most of the clips used in the Season One version of the sequence were of the early produced episodes) with the creator's names appearing in the second-to-last clip. The show's title logo design appears at the beginning, and again at the end, of the sequence (the latter portion as with most other portions of the sequence on the "concert stage" feature Cyrus as her character Hannah Montana).

In Season 3, a new version of the opening credits were used. It features Miley as herself and Hannah Montana in a Times Square-like setting. The names of the actors and actresses and clips from the show appear in a sort-of marquee board and it features Hannah Montana with her new wig and clothes style. The song playing is the new version of The Best of Both Worlds.

Lawsuit

On August 23, 2007, Buddy Sheffield, sued Disney over Hannah Montana alleging that he originally came up with the idea for Hannah Montana but was never compensated by Disney. In the lawsuit, Sheffield claims that he pitched an idea for a TV series with the name of "Rock and Roland" to Disney Channel in 2001 with the plot of a junior high student who lived a secret double life as a rock star. The lawsuit claims that Disney Channel executives at first liked the idea but passed on the series.[11]

Cast

The Hannah Montana cast of season one.
(left to right) Mitchel Musso as Oliver Oken, Emily Osment as Lilly Truscott, Miley Cyrus as Miley Stewart, Billy Ray Cyrus as Robby Stewart, and Jason Earles as Jackson Stewart

Main

Recurring

Minor

Special Guest Appearances

Episodes

Season Episodes First airdate Last airdate Notes
Season 1 26 March 24, 2006 March 30, 2007
Season 2 29 April 23, 2007 October 12, 2008 A 30th episode, titled "No Sugar, Sugar" was produced but never aired in the United States.
Season 3 30[12] November 2, 2008 TBA
Season 4 13[13] 11 episodes + 1-hour series finale[13]

Films

Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert

Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert is a musical documentary film from Walt Disney Pictures presented in Disney Digital 3-D. The limited release was intended to be for one week, February 1-7, 2008 in the US and Canada with release in other countries later on, but was extended for viewing as long as theaters wanted. Disney announced the concert was filmed in several cities to be theatrically released upon the US in February and internationally that month. The film uses 3-D glasses.

The opening weekend, February 1-3, 2008, the movie had gross revenue of $29 million. Ticket prices were as high as $15, at least 50% higher than most regular movie tickets in 2008.[citation needed] It was the number one movie of the weekend. Opening in only 638 theaters, it set a record of over $42,000 per theater. It set a record for the highest revenue for a 3-D movie for one weekend. It set a record for gross revenue for a Super Bowl weekend.[citation needed]

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Hannah Montana: The Movie is the film adaptation of the American teen sitcom Hannah Montana. Filming began in April 2008,[14] much of it occurring in Columbia, Tennessee,[15] and Los Angeles, California,[16][17][18] and was completed in July 2008.[19] The film was released on April 10, 2009 in the United States and Canada.[20]

Songs

Soundtracks

Nominations and awards

DVD releases

Series Novelizations

  1. Keeping Secrets - Miley Get Your Gum" & "It's My Party And I'll Lie If I Want To
  2. Face-Off - You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Zit Is About You" & "Oooh, Oooh, Itchy Woman
  3. Super Sneak - She's A Super Sneak" & "I Can't Make You Love Hannah If You Don't
  4. Truth Or Dare - Oops! I Meddled Again" & "It's A Mannequin's World
  5. Hold On Tight - O Say, Can You Remember The Words?" & "On The Road Again
  6. Crush-Tastic! - Good Golly, Miss Dolly" & "Mascot Love
  7. Nightmare On Hannah Street - Torn Between Two Hannahs" & "Grandma Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Favorites
  8. Seeing Green - More Than A Zombie To Me" & "People Who Use People
  9. Face The Music - Smells Like Teen Sellout" & "We Are Family: Now Get Me Some Water!
  10. Don't Bet On It - Bad Moose Rising" & "My Boyfriend's Jackson And There's Gonna Be Trouble
  11. Sweet Revenge - The Idol Side Of Me" & "Schooly Bully
  12. Win Or Lose - Money For Nothing, Guilt For Free" & "Debt It Be
  13. True Blue - Cuffs Will Keep Us Together" & "Me And Rico Down By The School Yard
  14. On The Road - Get Down And Study-udy-udy" & "I Want You To Want Me...To Go To Florida
  15. Game Of Hearts - My Best Friend's Boyfriend" & "You Are So Sue-able To Me
  16. Wishful Thinking - When You Wish You Were The Star" & "Take This Job And Love It!
  17. One Of A Kind - I Am Hannah, Hear Me Croak" & "You Gotta Not Fight For Your Right To Party

Other Novelizations

  1. Hannah Montana: The Movie
  2. Rock The Waves
  3. In The Loop

International release

Hannah Montana is broadcast on the following stations around the world:

Region Network(s) Series premiere
Flag of the Arab League Arab World Disney Channel Middle East March 24, 2006 (original premiere)
MBC3 November 10, 2007
Flag of Argentina Argentina Disney Channel Latin America 2006
Asia Disney Channel Asia September 23, 2006
South Asia Disney Channel India September 23, 2006
Flag of Australia Australia Disney Channel Australia August 7, 2006
Seven Network April 7, 2007
Flag of Belgium Belgium VT4 September 3, 2007
Flag of Brazil Brazil Disney Channel November 26, 2006
Rede Globo April 5, 2008
Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria Jetix August 15, 2008 (initially English only)
BNT 1 March 28, 2009[25]
Flag of Canada Canada Family August 4, 2006
Flag of Chile Chile Disney Channel Latin America November 11, 2006
Flag of the People's Republic of China Mainland China SMG International Channel Shanghai[26] June 30, 2008
Flag of Colombia Colombia Disney Channel Latin America November 12, 2006
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Jetix 2008
Flag of Denmark Denmark Disney Channel Denmark September 29, 2006
DR 1 January 2007
Flag of the Dominican Republic Dominican Republic Disney Channel Latin America November 12, 2006
Flag of Finland Finland Finnish version of Disney Channel Scandinavia February 29, 2008
Flag of France France Disney Channel France October 3, 2006
Flag of Germany Germany Disney Channel Germany September 23, 2006
Super RTL September 24, 2007
Flag of Iceland Iceland Sjónvarpið 2007
Flag of Ireland Ireland RTÉ Two, Disney Channel May 6, 2006
Flag of Israel Israel Arutz HaYeladim
Jetix
June 6, 2007
2009
Flag of Italy Italy Disney Channel (Italy) September 21, 2006
Flag of Japan Japan Disney Channel Japan[27] October 14, 2006
TV Tokyo October 5, 2007
Flag of the Republic of Macedonia Macedonia A1 television September 29, 2008
Flag of Mexico Mexico Disney Channel Latin America November 12, 2006
Azteca 7 TV Azteca July 6, 2007
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Jetix
First season dubbed in Dutch, as of season two subtitled.
May 17, 2008
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Disney Channel New Zealand
TV 3 Sticky TV
August 7, 2006
Flag of Norway Norway Disney Channel Scandinavia September 29, 2006
Flag of Pakistan Pakistan Disney Channel (US Premiere) March 24, 2006
Disney Channel Arabia March 24, 2006
Disney Channel India September 23, 2006
Jetix Pakistan January 5, 2008
GEO Kids (Airing the show with Urdu subtitles) November 2008
WikKid Plus (Dubbed in Urdu) January 12, 2009
Flag of Panama Panama Disney Channel Latin America November 12, 2006
Tele 7 January 2, 2008
Flag of Peru Peru Disney Channel Latin America November 11, 2006
Flag of Poland Poland Disney Channel Poland December 2, 2006
Flag of Portugal Portugal Disney Channel Portugal 2006
Flag of Quebec Quebec VRAK.TV June 18, 2007
Flag of Romania Romania TVR 1 July 3, 2007
Jetix August 15, 2008
Flag of Russia Russia STS September 1, 2008
Flag of South Africa South Africa Disney Channel South Africa September 29, 2006
Flag of Spain Spain Disney Channel Spain January 2007
Flag of Slovakia Slovak Republic STV 1 May 2007
Jetix July 2007
Flag of Sweden Sweden Disney Channel Scandinavia September 29, 2006
Flag of the Republic of China Taiwan Disney Channel Taiwan November 4, 2006
Flag of Turkey Turkey Digiturk April 29, 2007
Disney Channel Turkey April 29, 2007
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Disney Channel UK, Five May 6, 2006
Flag of the United States United States Disney Channel March 24, 2006
ABC Kids

Video games

See also

References

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  8. ^ Teen queen is global brand by Stephen Armstrong 2009/05/21 (accessed 06-24-2009)
  9. ^ Karl Taro Greenfeld, "How Mickey Got His Groove Back," Condé Nast Portfolio, May 2008, 126-131 & 150.
  10. ^ CBS Interactive (2007-11-21). "Outcry Over "Hannah Montana" Ticket Prices". CBS News. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/11/21/earlyshow/leisure/music/main3530260.shtml. Retrieved on 2007-05-17. 
  11. ^ Ryan, Joal (August 24, 2007). "A Roundhouse Blow to Hannah Montana". E! News. http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=fbb0caac-e257-4f07-9fa7-0ca5ee357387. Retrieved on 2007-08-25. "Sheffield's lawsuit states Disney could owe him "millions of dollars" in profits and damages." 
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  25. ^ http://bnt.bg/bg/programme/index/1/bnt_1/28-03-2009 BNT 1 schedule for Saturday, March 28, 2009
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  27. ^ "Disney Channel, Japan". http://www.disneychannel.jp/movie/dc.html. Retrieved on 2007-02-21.  Credited as: Secret Idol: Hannah Montana

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