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Disney Channel Renews ‘Stuck In The Middle,’ ‘Bunk’d’

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:32:00 +0000

Disney Channel has greenlit new seasons of live action series Stuck In The Middle and Bunk’d, the network announced Thursday.

Season two of Stuck In The Middle, which stars Jenna Ortega as the middle child of seven brothers and sisters with distinctive personalities and conflicting schedules, will premiere Sept. 15, according to network officials.

Bunk’d – a spinoff of network series Jesse that follows siblings as they spend another summer at a rustic camp in Maine – will return for a third season in 2018.

In addition, Disney XD has renewed its hidden-camera prank series Walk The Prank for a third season, said network officials.

Disney XD Renews ‘Walk The Prank’

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 17:23:00 +0000

Disney XD has renewed its original series Walk The Prank for a second season, the network said Thursday.

The series, which blends scripted comedy with real hidden-camera pranks, is the network’s top video on demand series, generating 2.6 million video starts by 425,000 unique visitors, according to Disney.

Walk the Prank, produced by Horizon Productions and created and executive produced by Adam Small (Mad TV) and Trevor Moore (Whitest Kids U Know), will resume production on its second season this fall with and is expected to return to the air in 2017.

Disney XD Orders ‘Walk the Prank’ Series

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Fri, 23 Oct 2015 18:30:00 +0000

Disney XD will blend comedic storytelling with hidden camera reality pranks as part of its new series Walk the Prank, the network said Friday

The series, create by Adam Small (MAD TV, Jamie Kennedy Experiment) and Trevor Moore (Whitest Kids U Know), will begin production in January and is scheduled to premiere in 2016. The single-camera series follows a team of practical jokesters who create hilarious over-the-top pranks for an online hidden camera show.

"We are confident that Adam and Trevor will give Disney XD one-of-a-kind storytelling and unscripted surprises with the pranks," said Adam Bonnett, Executive Vice President, Original Programming, Disney Channels Worldwide. "We are lucky to be in business with these creators and ready to 'Walk the Prank' with them!"