Hannah Montana (TV series)
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| Genre | Children's sitcom |
| Creator(s) | Michael Poryes Richard Correll Barry O'Brien |
| Starring | Miley Cyrus Billy Ray Cyrus Emily Osment Mitchel Musso Jason Earles |
| Opening theme | "Best of Both Worlds" |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 31 |
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| Executive producer(s) | Steven Peterman Michael Poryes |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 23 minutes (approx.) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Disney Channel |
| Picture format | 1080i |
| Original run | March 24, 2006 – Present |
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Hannah Montana is an American television series which debuted on Friday, March 24, 2006 on Disney Channel. The series focuses on Miley Stewart / Teen Pop Singer Hannah Montana played by Miley Cyrus, who lives a double life as an average teenage girl at school during the day and a famous pop singer at night, concealing her real identity from the public other than her close friends and her family.
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[edit] Main characters
[edit] Lilly Truscott/Lola Luftnagle
A friend of Miley Stewart who attends concerts with Miley under different aliases, always "Lola" but a different second name. She is played by Emily Osment.
[edit] Oliver Oscar Oken
Oliver was best friends with Miley and was shocked when he had the chance to meet Hannah Montana. Except when Hannah pulled off her blonde wig, she was revealed to be Miley. Oliver is played by Mitchel Musso. His middle name is Oscar. He is known as Smokin' Oken.
[edit] Jackson Rod Stewart
He is the brother of Miley Stewart, and son of Robby Ray Stewart. Jackson has a few good friends, including his best friend, Cooper. His interests are food, girls, his image, his car, and his money... Jackson loves his sister, but like his daddy, he always treats his sister as normal, rather than a super star. Though he sometimes gets jealous of the attention Miley gets, Jackson always keeps his sister's secret. Jackson is played by Jason Earles.
[edit] Minor characters
[edit] Guest Appearances
- Cody Linley as Jake Ryan (Zombie Slayer on Zombie High)
- Corbin Bleu as Johnny, Miley's crush in Lilly, Do You Wanna Know A Secret?
- Vicki Lawrence as Robby Ray's mother Mamaw in Grandma, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Play Favorites
- Dolly Parton as Aunt Dolly in Good Golly, Miss Dolly
- Ryan Newman as Young Miley in Smells like Teen Sellout
- It has been confirmed by TV Guide that Curb Your Enthusiasm star Larry David and his two daughters (who are Hannah Montana fans) will be starring as themselves in a future episode.[citation needed]
- Also confirmed (on Access Hollywood), Brooke Shields will guest star as memories of Miley's mother.
- Billy Ray Cyrus confirmed that Zac Efron would be making a guest appearance in a season 2 episode.
- Miley confirmed on MTV's "Total Request Live" that Jesse McCartney would be playing a love interest in a future episode on Season 2.
The series is set in modern day Malibu, California. The show centers on Miley Stewart (Hannah Montana) (played by Miley Cyrus) and her life as an 8th grade student in grade school. Nobody except her dad, brother, close relatives, and good family friends knows that she is the famous pop superstar, Hannah Montana. She lives in a house by the beach with her father Robby (played by Miley's real life father Billy Ray Cyrus) and 16-year-old brother Jackson (played by Jason Earles). The Stewarts are from Nashville, Tennessee. Miley's mother died four years ago in a plane crash over New Mexico, leaving singer-songwriter Robby broke and a widower and the sole caretaker of their children, giving up his previous career as a famous country singer. He is also the disguised manager of Hannah Montana. Miley's two best friends Lilly Truscott (played by Emily Osment) and Oliver Oken (played by Mitchell Musso) also live nearby and attend school with her. Each episode deals with adolescent life issues, personal conflicts, or problems that are easily solved, with lessons learned by the show's end. Seasonal events in the series correlate with the actual seasonal events of the original airdate.
[edit] Episodes
| Season | Ep # | First Airdate | Last Airdate |
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| Season 1 | 26 | March 24, 2006 | March 30, 2007 |
| Season 2 | In production | April 23, 2007 |
[edit] Production
The show is co-created by Michael Poryes, who also co-created the hit Disney Channel Original Series That's So Raven and is produced by It's a Laugh Productions, Inc., in association with Disney. The series premiere scored record ratings for Disney Channel: 5.4 million viewers, a response "beyond our wildest expectations," according to the president of Disney Channel Entertainment.[1]
The series' working title was The Idol Life, but was later changed to Hannah Montana.[verification needed] Other names considered for the title were The Secret Life of Zoe Stewart, and The Popstar Life!. Former American Juniors finalist Jordan McCoy, Pop/R&B singer JoJo (who rejected the role), and actress Alyson Stoner were considered for the role of Zoe Stewart. Miley Cyrus originally auditioned for the role of the "best friend"[2] 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 (due mainly to the release of Nickelodeon's new show Zoey 101), 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. Alexis Texas was almost used, but they thought that it would overate Texas as a hillbilly state.
In December 2006, Disney announced plans to release Hannah Montana products including clothing apparel, stationery and dolls.[3] Play Along Toys will be releasing the Hannah and Miley dolls and other merchandise. Hannah Montana is signed for at least one more season according to Disney Channel. Filming for the second season started in December.[citation needed]
[edit] Theme song and opening
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 2:54 (minutes/seconds) in length, was included on the show's soundtrack, released in October 2006. For the TV version of the theme, which lasts only 51 seconds, stanzas one and two and stanzas seven and eight 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.
The opening sequence is set on a concert 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).[4]
[edit] International
Hannah Montana is broadcast on the following stations around the world:
[edit] Notes
- ^ Jacques Steinburg, "A Tale of Two Tweens: One Real and One Disney", The New York Times, April 20, 2006.
- ^ "'Hannah Montana' Livin' the Rock Star Life! DVD Review" (English). Disney DVD Reviews (2006-10-20). Retrieved on October 23, 2006.
- ^ Disney Launches Hannah Montana Products URL accessed December 26, 2006
- ^ Opening sequence
- ^ Disney Channel, Japan. Retrieved on February 21, 2007. Credited as: Secret Idol: Hannah Montana
[edit] External links
| Hannah Montana |
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| Characters |
| Miley Stewart | Lilly Truscott | Oliver Oken | Jackson Stewart | Robby Stewart | Minor characters |
| Episodes |
| List of episodes | That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana |
| Media |
| Songs | Soundtrack | Video game |
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