Save Disney Shows November 2010 Events
Save Lilo & Stitch Weekend Bash – 11/05-08/10
Save 10 Things Day – 11/10/10
Save W.I.T.C.H. Day – 11/11/10
Save Kim Possible Day – 11/28/10
It’s important to remember that paper letters are the key to our efforts, and events are spaced out so you have at least a week to prepare as many as you can. Please refer to our how to help section for addresses: http://help.savedisneyshows.org
Then on the day of the event, you can also send faxes, make phone calls, and use our email program at http://sdsmail.org
Kim Possible DVD Box Sets!
Don’t get too excited, but yes, there are Season one and Season two Boxed sets for the greatest ever Disney animated series, Kim Possible! Disney Movie Club is now offering seasons one and two for $24.95 each. The sets are Disney Movie Club exclusives and will not be available on amazon, ebay, etc.
I would like to strongly urge all KP fans to purchase these sets as soon as possible. I don’t like how they’re forcing us to sign up for Disney Movie Club in order to order the sets but after all we’ve done to get these sets I’m going do it and I hope you do too.
(To forward this information to other KP fans on twitter/facebook/etc. you can use the custom short link: http://sds.me/kp-dvds)
You can read more about the sets and sign up for DMR on the DC Fans Blog.
Disney’s Shake it Up premieres November 7th!
I urge you all to give this show a chance. Once you get into it, it’s actually very watchable.
The buddy comedy “Shake It Up,” television’s first dance-driven sitcom, from veteran producers Chris Thompson (“Laverne & Shirley,” “Bosom Buddies”) and Rob Lotterstein (“The War at Home,” “Ellen”), premieres SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7 (8:30 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel. The series stars 13-year-old Bella Thorne and 14-year-old Zendaya as best friends CeCe and Rocky, whose dreams of becoming professional dancers are realized when they land roles as background dancers on the most popular teen dance show, “Shake It Up, Chicago!”
While the best friends pop, lock and learn the challenging contemporary moves for each week’s dance show, they revel in their newfound status, but also quickly learn they’ll need more than fancy footwork to match wits with the show’s other dancers, notably the highly competitive siblings, Gunther and Tinka. At the same time, with their best friend Deuce and Rocky’s brother Ty, they also must quick step through the complex twists and turns of an average big city high school, as well as Windy City family life, including their obligation to babysit CeCe’s mischievous younger brother, Flynn.
Read moreon the DC Fans Blog.
November Disney Channel Highlights
Looks live a pretty good mix of shows overall. Two new Fish Hooks, Wizards, Sonny, Charlie and On Deck episodes, with four for Shake it Up.
Wizards kicks off it’s fourth (and final?) season on Friday November 12th after the shocking events that frame the end of season three. And Sonny‘s spectacular Christmas special finally premieres Sunday November 28th.
Read moreon the DC Fans Blog.
New DCOM: Avalon High
This DCOM is definitely an interesting idea. Although it is difficult to say how well they will pull it off until we actually see it.
“Avalon High,” a new Disney Channel Original Movie that puts a contemporary twist on Arthurian legend, premieres FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 (8:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel and Disney Mobile for Sprint TV, MobiTV and Flo TV. Starring Britt Robertson (“Life Unexpected”) and Gregg Sulkin (“Wizards of Waverly Place,” Disney Channel UK’s “As the Bell Rings”), the movie is based upon the award-winning novel by best-selling author Meg Cabot (“The Princess Diaries”). It follows Allie, a transfer student to Avalon High, who discovers that her new classmates are reincarnations of King Arthur and his Court.
In “Avalon High,” Allie Pennington is ecstatic when her parents, traveling professors, tell her she will be staying at Avalon High until she graduates. She can finally join the track team, make new friends and be a normal high school student. But shortly after arriving, Allie discovers that something strange may be afoot. While researching a term paper on King Arthur’s legacy, she begins to notice some interesting parallels between the past and the present – from handsome quarterback Will, his cheerleader girlfriend, Jen, and their best friend, Lance, to Will’s brooding step-brother, Marco, a quirky kid named Miles and football players who act like knights of the roundtable. The deeper Allie searches, the more convinced she is that her school is a contemporary Camelot, and it’s up to her to solve the mystery of Avalon High before notorious traitor Mordred wins again.
Read moreon the DC Fans Blog.
Jimmy Blackburn: Disney Channel VP Programming
Jimmy Blackburn has joined Disney as Vice President, Programming Research, Disney Channels Worldwide, it was announced today by Kelly Pena, Senior Vice President, Research, Disney Channels Worldwide, to whom he will report. Blackburn spent the past 10 years at Nickelodeon where he was most recently Senior Director, Kids & Family Audience Research.
In his new role, Blackburn is responsible for directing a team of TV and digital media researchers for the Disney Channels Worldwide portfolio — Disney Channel, Disney XD, Playhouse Disney (soon to be rebranded Disney Junior), ABC Kids, Radio Disney and their related digital platforms — including the planning, development and analysis of audience data. He will also serve as a key advisor to executive management, working closely with programming, scheduling, acquisitions, marketing, media relations, ad sales and finance teams.
Read moreon the DC Fans Blog.
Sean Cocchia and David Cobb Promoted
Disney Channels Worldwide has promoted two key executives into new roles — Sean Cocchia has been named Senior Vice President and General Manager, Radio Disney, and David Cobb has been named Vice President, Business Planning and Strategy, Disney Channels Worldwide. The announcement was made today by Carolina Lightcap, President, Disney Channels Worldwide, to whom they each will report. David Cobb will also have a reporting line into Jewell Engstrom, Chief Financial Officer, Disney ABC Networks Group.
Cocchia has been an executive with Disney since 1998 and was most recently Senior Vice President, Business Planning and Development, Disney Channels Worldwide. His new responsibilities will include strategic management of the national Radio Disney network which is available on over 35 terrestrial radio stations and via RadioDisney.com, Sirius and XM satellite radio, iTunes Radio Tuner, mobile phones and on the Radio Disney iPhone App.
Read moreon the DC Fans Blog.
Greg meets Hilary Duff
In the tradition of ending each newsletter with a story from from Los Angeles, SDS is proud to present Webmaster Greg’s visit tothe Grove in LA to see, meet, and get the autograph of the multi-talented Hilary Duff at her book signing on October 19th. Newlywed Hilary, who you might remember from a little show called Lizzie McGuire, was there to promote her new novel Elixir.
Read moreon the DC Fans Blog.
