SDS April 2010 Newsletter

Save Disney Shows April 2010 Events

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

Is Wizards Saved?

Wizards of Waverly Place Creator and Executive Producer Todd Greenwald recently tweeted ““Relax everybody. Now you can go back to not doing your homework. ;)” along with this image:

Selena Gomez (also via Twitter) added: “P.s. Wizards is not over. We’ll be back :)”

And while we don’t have an official confirmation (such as a press release from Disney) we feel fairly confident that the show has been renewed and that we will be see seeing Season four.

We’ll be monitoring the situation at SDS, and should we get any any important news regarding season four (one way or the other) we will be sure to pass it along in a future newsletter.

In the mean time, if you still want to email Disney, it couldn’t hurt.

2010 Disney Shareholder Meeting

Disney held their 2010 Annual Meeting of the Shareholders this March 10th in Texas.

Unlike past meetings which played host to events like the late Roy Disney’s Save Disney campaign, this year’s meeting was rather tame. CEO Bob Iger said the Disney Channel “has become a huge value generator for the Company” and that he’s really excited for Toy Story 3. That’s about it.

If you’d like to read the full play by play for yourself, you can find more at the SDS Blog.

Should we Save Aaron Stone?

Aaron Stone

Phil of the Future‘s J. P. Manoux has told us that Disney XD’s first original series Aaron Stone has been cancelled. Several SDS members have expressed an interest in trying to save this show, but we’re not sure if there’s enough support for the show to pull it off. If you think we should organize a campaign to save Aaron Stone, please contact Webmaster Matthias on twitter, or email Webmaster Greg.

Good Luck Charlie Premieres Sunday!

Good Luck Charlie, Disney Channel’s newest family sitcom staring Bridgit Mendler and Jason Dolley, premieres this coming April 4th at 8:30 PM Eastern and Pacific. But if you don’t want to wait, you can download the first episode “Study Date” for FREE from iTunes for a limited time.

Webmaster Greg went to a filming of Good Luck Charlie last December and another filming last February. He feels that this new series is a great move for the channel and he really hopes that it gets off to a good start! 🙂

Aly Michalka & Ashley Tisdale are Hellcats

Great news for Aly and Ashley fans. Half a decade after the demise of Phil of the Future, Aly Michalka is getting a new series on the CW. “Hellcats centers on a college girl from the wrong side of the tracks (Michalka) who, after losing her scholarship because of budget cutbacks and her mother’s (Gail O’Grady) chronic irresponsibility, joins the Hellcats, the college’s competitive cheerleading team.”

But it gets even better because Ashley Tisdale “will play Sierra, the peppy and fiercely intense captain of the Hellcats who, after an initial clash with Marti (Aly Michalka), her new roommate, realizes that she just might be the godsend the Hellcats need to win the championship.”

It’s great to see these two phenomenal actresses returning to TV. And with their combined star power, they’ll hopefully pull in enough of an audience to carry a network show. Stay tuned! 🙂

Read more about the new show at the DC Fans Blog.

New Series Pair of Kings

Webmaster Greg also attended a filming for Disney XD’s newest series Pair of Kings on March 25th! This new series stars Mitchel Musso (Hannah Montana) and Doc Shaw (The Suite Life on Deck) as twin kings of a tropical island kingdom. But these teenage kings run into more trouble then they expect amid the superstitions and strange customs of the native people.

Read more about the show and the filming at the DC Fans Blog.