Disney Channel Greenlights 'Best Friends Whenever'

By R. Thomas Umstead
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Disney Channel has greenlit a new comedy series, Best Friends Whenever, the network announced Friday.

The series stars Landry Bender (Disney XD's Crash & Bernstein) and newcomer Lauren Taylor as who when a science experiment goes wrong, become unstuck in time, leaping forward and backward whenever they want – and sometimes even when they don't. The series will debut this Fall, according to Disney.

Michael Kaplan (Dog With A Blog), along Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas (both of Disney XD's Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja) will serve as executive producers, while Shelley Jensen (Austin & Ally, Good Luck Charlie) will direct multiple episodes.

R. Thomas Umstead
R. Thomas Umstead

R. Thomas Umstead serves as senior content producer, programming for Multichannel News, Broadcasting + Cable and Next TV. During his more than 30-year career as a print and online journalist, Umstead has written articles on a variety of subjects ranging from TV technology, marketing and sports production to content distribution and development. He has provided expert commentary on television issues and trends for such TV, print, radio and streaming outlets as Fox News, CNBC, the Today show, USA Today, The New York Times and National Public Radio. Umstead has also filmed, produced and edited more than 100 original video interviews, profiles and news reports featuring key cable television executives as well as entertainers and celebrity personalities.