Disney Channel Sets Premiere For Monstober's 'Invisible Sister'

via press release from Variety:

Disney Channel’s “Invisible Sister” will premiere on Oct. 9, Variety has learned.

The telepic marks the first leading role in a Disney Channel original movie for “Girl Meets World” star Rowan Blanchard.

Based on Beatrice Colin and Sara Pinto’s novel “My Invisible Sister,” the live-action adventure/comedy follows Cleo, whose science project takes a wrong turn, causing her popular sister Molly to become completely invisible. The accident spurs the introverted Cleo to step into the shoes of her older sister and take her place in an important lacrosse game, while trying to convince everyone that nothing is wrong — while trying to reverse Cleo’s experiment before Molly’s invisibility becomes permanent.

Blanchard plays Cleo, and co-stars with fellow Disney actress Paris Berelc (“Mighty Med”), who plays her sister.

The TV movie also stars another familiar Disney face, Karan Brar — the “Jessie” alum and “Bunk’d” regular will play Cleo’s best friend and fellow science whiz kid George. The cast is rounded out by Rachel Crow (“The X Factor”), who will play Molly’s best friend and teammate; newcomer Austin Fryberger as Molly’s boyfriend; Will Meyers (“Bella and the Bulldogs”) as Cleo’s crush; and Alex Désert (“The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes”) as the high school science teacher.

“Invisible Sister” is set in New Orleans during Halloween. The Oct. 9 premiere date coincides with the cable net’s month-long Halloween-themed programming event “Monstober.

“Blanchard’s “Girl Meets World” co-star Sabrina Carpenter is also set to topline a Disney Channel Original Movie with “Adventures in Babysitting,” which is inspired by the 1980s film of the same name. Disney’s “Descendants” star Sofia Carson co-stars in the film, set for a 2016 debut.

“Girl Meets World” was nominated for an Emmy for outstanding children’s program.

Nickelodeon Announces September 2015 Live-Action Programming Highlights

Nickelodeon September 2015 Live-Action Programming highlights

(All times Eastern, all times p.m. except when noted -- always subject to change)

This September introduces the new live-action fall schedule. Henry Danger, Game Shakers, and Bella all premiere new seasons this month. Henry Danger, Game Shakers, and Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn will fill the Saturday schedule: Danger at 8/7c, Shakers at 8:30/7:30c, and NRDD at 9/8c. Wednesday nights will have its own night of premieres with Thundermans, Bella and the Bulldogs, and 100 Things To Do Before High School: Thundermans at 7:30/6:30c, Bella at 8/7c, and 100 Things at 8:30/7:30c.

100 Things To Do Before High School on Nickelodeon:

Sat Sep 19 - 8:30 - Scavenger Hunt Thing!

Sat Sep 26 - 8:30 - Make a New Friend Today Thing!

Bella and the Bulldogs on Nickelodeon:

Wed Sep 30 - 8:00 - 201 - Wide Deceiver

Game Shakers on Nickelodeon:

Sat Sep 12 - 8:30 - 101/102 - Sky Whale

Sat Sep 19 - 8:30 - 103 - Tiny Pickles

Sat Sep 26 - 8:30 - 103 - Babe's Jacket

Henry Danger on Nickelodeon:

Sat Sep 12 - 8:00 - 201 - The Beat Goes On

Sat Sep 19 - 8:00 - 202 - A Very Special Bathroom

Sat Sep 26 - 8:00 - 203 - The Meat Ball

Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn on Nickelodeon: 

(No new episodes in September)

The Thundermans on Nickelodeon:
Wed Sep 30 - 7:30 - 305 - Are You Afraid of the Park?

UPDATE: Nick cancelled all the Nicky, Ricky, Dicky, and Dawn premieres and replaced them with 100 Things. Thundermans and Bella & The Bulldogs will remain on Wednesdays, but were moved a week later on September 30.

Disney Channel Announces September 2015 Programming Highlights

Disney Channel announces September 2015 Programming Highlights. 

*All programming subject to change*

Monday, September 07
Original Series -Episode Premiere
K.C. Undercover "Runaway Robot"
(7:00 PM - 8:00 PM ET/PT)
In this special one-hour episode, K.C. Cooper enlists the help of former spy and computer engineering expert Simone Deveraux when her family's sophisticated robot, Judy, runs away and is captured by enemy agents.
Guest starring Raven-Symoné ("The View," "That's So Raven") as Simone Deveraux

TV-Y7 FV

Friday, September 11
Original Series - Episode Premiere
JESSIE "Identity Thieves"
(8:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET/PT)
When Luke becomes the brain of the family and Zuri the new trendy fashionista, Ravi and Emma feel their identities have been stolen.
TV-G

Friday, September 11
Original Series - Episode Premiere
Girl Meets World "Girl Meets I Am Farkle"
(8:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET/PT)TBD
Guest starring: Lee Norris as "Stuart Minkus," Kristanna Loken as "Jennifer Bassett Minkus" and Cecilia Balagot as "Smackle"
TV-G

Friday, September 11
Original Series - Episode Premiere
I Didn't Do It "Drum Beats, Heart Beats"
(9:00 PM - 9:30 PM ET/PT)When Jasmine starts spending more time with Logan over drum lessons, she discovers she still has feelings for him even though she is dating Owen.
TV-G

Sunday, September 13
Original Series - Episode Premiere
Liv and Maddie "Continued-A-Rooney"
(8:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET/PT)While Joey and Maddie try to catch Diggie before he departs for Australia, Liv covers for Maddie at home. But when Diggie shows up at the Rooney house, chaos ensues, reminding Parker of his favorite soap opera drama. Meanwhile, Liv gets a call from her manager telling her she landed a coveted role in a new TV show "Voltage."
TV-G

Sunday, September 13
Original Series - Episode Premiere
Liv and Maddie "Voltage-A-Rooney"
(8:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET/PT)Maddie enlists Liv's help to build a giant Paulie Porcupine head for the Homecoming parade, but Joey and Parker accidentally destroy it while playing around with a stunt-prop from Liv's TV show, "Voltage."
TV-G

Friday, September 18
Original Series - Episode Premiere
JESSIE "Katch Kipling"
(8:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET/PT)When Mrs. Kipling becomes a celebrity, it puts a strain on her relationship with Ravi. Meanwhile, Bertram preps Emma for an audition and Zuri tries to be more independent.
TV-G

Friday, September 18
Original Series - Episode Premiere
Girl Meets World "Girl Meets Cory and Topanga"
(8:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET/PT)When Riley comes to the realization that her parents, Cory and Topanga, are making a positive impact in the world, she questions the impact she's making to the world.
TV-G

Friday, September 18
Original Series - Episode Premiere
I Didn't Do It "The Doctor Is In"
(9:00 PM - 9:30 PM ET/PT)Lindy becomes smitten with Dr. Gabriel, a young veterinarian, and gets upset when Logan starts hanging out with him. Meanwhile, Garrett gets a job offer at a fast food place.
Guest starring Bradley Steven Perry ("Mighty Med," "Good Luck Charlie") as Dr. Scott Gabriel
TV-G

Friday, September 18
Original Series - Episode Premiere
Dog With A Blog "Avery Starts Driving"
(9:30 PM - 10:00 PM ET/PT)After running over a neighbor's lawn gnome, Avery asks Tyler to help her prep for her driving test. Meanwhile, Chloe's afraid that getting older will jeopardize her title as "the cute one."
TV-G

Sunday, September 20
Original Series - Episode Premiere
Austin & Ally "Bad Seeds & Bad Dates"
(8:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET/PT)Ally learns that the new woman her Dad is seeing also happens to be the mom of a very difficult student at the A&A Music Factory.
TV-G

Sunday, September 20
Original Series - Episode Premiere
Best Friends Whenever "Back to the Future Lab"
(8:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET/PT)Cyd and Shelby discover a major clue to the future lab memory and it is somehow tied to Barry's Science mentor Janet Smythe, who also employs Shelby's dad.
Guest starring Nora Dunn ("Saturday Night Live") as Janet Smythe
TV-G

Sunday, September 20
Original Series - Episode Premiere
Liv and Maddie "Co-Star-A-Rooney"
(9:00 PM - 9:30 PM ET/PT)Casting is underway for Liv's co-star in "Voltage" and some familiar faces show up for the auditions. Meanwhile, Karen arranges a "cleansing ceremony" for Maddie to help her let go of her feelings for Diggie.
TV-G

Friday, September 25
Original Series - Episode Premiere
Dog With A Blog "Stan's Secret is Out"
(8:00 PM - 8:30 PM ET/PT)Ellen and Bennett find out that Stan can talk, and shortly after the entire James-Jennings family is taken hostage by the U.S. Space Command's Alien Division. Together, the Jennings-James family must work together and devise an escape plan, all while protecting Stan.
TV-G

Friday, September 25
Original Series - Episode Premiere
Girl Meets World "Girl Meets Rileytown"
(8:30 PM - 9:00 PM ET/PT)After Maya hurts Riley's feelings, the group learns that Riley is overly sensitive because another classmate is making fun of her. Riley's friends encourage her to like herself for who she is.
TV-G

Disney Channel First-Half 2015: TV Show Rankings

Disney Channel was at its lowest in fall of 2014. However, now in the first-half of this year, they slowly rose up from the low ratings. The network still gets lackluster ratings many times, but the total viewers is boosting and smoothly coming above 2 million viewers. Disney Channel has done a great job getting much better ratings so fast and is over showing Nickelodeon who is at rock bottom currently averaging from 1.0-1.4 million viewers, a point Disney Channel has fortunately never reached. Here are the TV show rankings from January 9, 2015 - July 31, 2015:

1. K.C. Undercover

KC Undercover gave Disney Channel the best ratings in a long time with a comedy when it premiered on January 18th with 3.5 total viewers. The show has averaged in 2.45 ratings for the episode its premiered. The first season is scheduled to have 29 episodes with a second season already ordered.


2. Liv & Maddie

Liv & Maddie has hard a great second season. The comedy is the most popular show on the network this summer staying on top of 2 million viewers as well as gathering a solid fan base. The show's lead, Dove Cameron, also has starred in the DCOM, Cloud 9, and the upcoming Disney Channel event of the year, Descendants. This year the series averaged at a 2.32 rating. It's most recent episode, Frame-A-Rooney, part of Disney's Whodunit weekend gained 2.53 million viewers and was the highest rating of the special weekend despite its late 9:30 time slot. The third season began production in June and will premiere sometime this fall. 
(Opinion: I wouldn't be surprised if Liv & Maddie got the rare fourth season.)

3. Girl Meets World

Girl Meets World was ranked #1 last fall on 2014 second-half list. It has been the only show on Disney Channel that has consistently never had ratings below 2 million viewers. Sunday nights (KC Undercover, Austin & Ally, Liv & Maddie, etc.) are usually more popular that Friday nights (Jessie, Dog With a Blog, I Didn't Do It, BUNK'D, etc.), but Girl Meets World meets the limits to overthrow its Friday night company and top Sunday night's episodes. The show has an average of 2.27 million viewers. Blanchard and Carpenter, the show's stars, continue to grow their social media status in the industry as Carpenter released her debut album and Blanchard has been giving inspiring speeches across the United States. Blanchard is also the new Danimals endorser along with Disney XD actor, Jake Short. 

4. Austin & Ally

Austin & Ally has remained a hit ever since 2011. It has beat out the channel's top successor Jessie this year with an average rating of 2.13 million viewers. This season continues to follow the four buds back together for one last year of high school as they prepare to figure out what to do with their lives and resumes boosting the career of Ally Dawson while Austin Moon is eager to make music again. Meanwhile, Trish's managing agency garners a boy band, Boynado, and Dez returns from film school only to reveal he is no longer with Carrie.




5. Jessie


Jessie is ending this year along with Austin & Ally, but Emma, Zuri, and Ravi have just began their adventure with their spinoff, BUNK'D. The pilot garnered 4.24 million viewers, better than previous series premiere for Best Friends Whenever. Jessie has had an unfortunate drought this year in rating. The consistency of Season 1 to 3 has stopped this season with a 2.02 average rating. The ratings are great for Disney Channel now, but is lackluster compared to Jessie's early ratings. However, the show remains a fan favorite. No doubt the series finale with gather big ratings.



6. I Didn't Do It

I Didn't Do It was #6 on last year's list and although it was the last spot, it has improved the ratings this year. With an average of 1.94 ratings, this season has impressed more viewers with its friendships rather than the Season 1 flashback technique that was later abandoned in Season 2. The show was recently moved from Sunday nights to Friday nights in July. Its past two episodes have gotten 1.79 and 1.90 viewers respectively. An announcement for Season 3 is expected early this month. Its 19-episode current season has 6 episodes left and will go on to run until this November.



7. Dog With A Blog

Dog With a Blog has always been a fan-favorite and personally my favorite of the Disney Channel. However, this season has seemed to not be popular with the viewers. Dog With a Blog has remained the lowest show on Disney Channel from the start of Season 3 because of its rareness to get above 2 million viewers. Its one hour special this May got 2.19 million viewers, the rating Girl Meets World and KC Undercover get for their half hour episodes. The show has unfortunately been cancelled and will conclude this September with a one hour special. The next episodes airs on August 7 at 9:30/8:30c.


8. Best Friends Wherever

              Best Friend Whenever premiered to 3.54 million viewers following Teen Beach 2. We've only premiered 4 episodes and that's why it is at the end of the list. 3 of the 4 episodes has been above 2 million viewers with an average of 1.99 million viewers. The show has done exceptionally well so far.

Carlos Penavega to Guest Star in 'The Thundermans'

 via press release of Variety:

Carlos PenaVega has been cast to guest star in Nickelodeon’s hit TV show The Thundermans.

The 25 year-old actor will appear in the episode titled “No Country for Old Mentors” playing the role of “Tech Rider”, a tech savvy superhero who becomes Phoebe’s (Kira Kosarin) mentor. The episode will air this Fall.

The Thundermans, starring Kosarin and Jack Griffo as superhero twins Phoebe and Max, is currently in production for its third season. This time around, the brother and sister confront a new family dynamic that will change their lives forever as they face being exposed after someone close to them learns their secret identities.

Since its season two launch, The Thundermans has consistently ranked #1 in its time period with kids, averaging a 3.5/1.1M (K2-11) and 4.7/884K (K6-11). The Thundermans was created by Jed Springarn who also counts as executive producer of the series alongside David Hoge and Dan Cross.

PenaVega made his Nickelodeon debut playing the role of King Bee in Ned’s Declassifies School Survival Guide. He then went on to star in one of the channels highest rated live-action series, Big Time Rush, as Carlos Garcia.

Most recently, PenaVega has also been tapped to play Kenickie in Fox’s three-hour live productionGrease: Live! set to air Jan. 31, 2016 starring Julianne Hough, Aaron Tveit and Vanessa Hudgens.