It's a Laugh Productions

It's a Laugh Productions

Type	Subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company
Genre	Television and film production company
Founded	2004
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California, USA

It's a Laugh Productions, Inc. is a production company best known for producing the live-action sitcoms that air on Disney Channel and Disney XD. It is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.

All shows are taped at Hollywood Center Studios, with the exceptions of Hannah Montana and Good Luck Charlie, which are taped at Sunset Bronson Studios (formerly Tribune Studios); Sonny with a Chance, which was taped at NBC Studios (before moving to Hollywood Center Studios for its second season); Pair of Kings, which is taped at Sunset Gower Studios; and Shake It Up, which is taped at LA Center Studios (as well as the second season of Good Luck Charlie). However, the shows are still similar to all of the studio's other programs. Jonas L.A. was the first live-action sitcom to be filmed in a single-camera film format as opposed to the videotaped, multi-camera format of other Disney Channel sitcoms. It was also filmed on location with closed sets.

History

It's a Laugh was launched in 2004, replacing Brookwell McNamara Entertainment, producers of Even Stevens and That's So Raven, as producers of Disney Channel programming. The first two shows to hold the It's a Laugh label have all had more than 60 episodes produced. It's a Laugh programs aired on the Disney Channel are known as Disney Channel Original Series, and on Disney XD as Disney XD Original Series. The first Disney XD Original Series to be produced by It's a Laugh is I'm in the Band.

Shows

#	Name	Premiere date	End date	Number of episodes	Network
1	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	2005-03-18 !March 18, 2005	2008-09-01 !September 1, 2008	87	Disney Channel
2	Hannah Montana	2006-03-24 !March 24, 2006	2011-01-16 !January 16, 2011	98
3	Cory in the House	2007-01-12 !January 12, 2007	2008-09-12 !September 12, 2008	34
4	Wizards of Waverly Place	2007-10-12 !October 12, 2007	2012-01-06 !January 6, 2012	106
5	The Suite Life on Deck	2008-09-26 !September 26, 2008	2011-05-06 !May 6, 2011	71
6	Sonny with a Chance	2009-02-08 !February 8, 2009	2011-01-02 !January 2, 2011	46
7	Jonas L.A.	2009-05-02 !May 2, 2009	2010-10-03 !October 3, 2010	34
8	I'm in the Band	2010-01-18 !January 18, 2010	2011-12-09 !December 9, 2011	41	Disney XD
9	Good Luck Charlie	2010-04-04 !April 4, 2010	present	56	Disney Channel
10	Pair of Kings	2010-09-22 !September 22, 2010	present	39	Disney XD
11	Shake It Up	2010-11-07 !November 7, 2010	present	35	Disney Channel
12	So Random!	2011-06-05 !June 5, 2011	present	25
13	Kickin' It	2011-06-13 !June 13, 2011	present	19	Disney XD
14	A.N.T. Farm	2011-06-17 !June 17, 2011	present	23	Disney Channel
15	Jessie	2011-09-30 !September 30, 2011	present	14
16	Austin & Ally	2011-12-04 !December 4, 2011	present	10
17	Lab Rats	2012-02-27 !February 27, 2012	present	2	Disney XD

Films

Cinematic films

#	Title	Release date	Budget	Gross	RT	IMDb
1	Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert	02008-02-01 February 1, 2008	$7,000,000	$70,642,036	71%	2.7
2	Hannah Montana: The Movie	02009-04-10 April 10, 2009	$35,000,000	$155,545,279	44%	3.6

TV films

#	Title	Release date
1	Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie	02009-08-28 August 28, 2009
2	The Suite Life Movie	02011-03-25 March 25, 2011
3	Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!	02011-12-02 December 2, 2011
4	Shake It Up: The Movie	TBA

Crossovers

Main article: List of Disney Channel crossovers

#	Title	Air date
1	That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana	02006-07-28 July 28, 2006
2	Take This Job and Love It	02007-06-16 June 16, 2007
3	Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana	02009-07-17 July 17, 2009
4	Weasels on Deck	02010-10-11 October 11, 2010
5	Charlie Shakes It Up	02011-06-05 June 5, 2011

• Notes: The Suite Life series was featured in 4 crossovers. Hannah Montana has starred in 3 crossovers, too.

TV specials

#	Title	Air date
1	Wish Gone Amiss Weekend	02007-07-13 July 13, 2007

SD and HD programming

Sonny with a Chance and all series produced since 2009, as well as seasons of existing series produced before 2009 that continued into that year were produced in high definition, but all series shot prior to 2009 were produced in standard definition.

External links

• It's a Laugh Productions at the Internet Movie Database