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DISNEY CHANNEL TO DEBUT SECOND SEASON OF PLAYHOUSE DISNEY HIT SERIES "IMAGINATION MOVERS," SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Special Guest Stars and More Than 25 New Original Songs Included
Disney Channel will debut the second season of its hit music-filled Playhouse Disney series, "Imagination Movers," SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 (10:00 a.m., ET/PT). New episodes of the series, starring New Orleans' favorite alternative rock band for preschoolers, will air every Saturday throughout September. The season will include more than 25 new original songs by the band.
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Guest stars include Cheri Oteri ("Saturday Night Live") as a slightly bumbling tooth fairy, Joey Fatone ('N Sync, "Dancing with the Stars") as a baseball player, Nancy O'Dell ("Access Hollywood") as a sportscaster, Willie Garson ("Sex and the City") as a famous bicyclist, Grammy Award-winning blues artist Chris Thomas King ("O Brother Where Art Thou") as musician T-Bone Crosby, Duff Goldman ("Ace of Cakes") as a baker, Joshua Gomez ("Chuck") as a pirate, and Disney Channel stars Jason Dolley ("Good Luck Charlie") and Nicole Anderson ("JONAS") as Prince Charming and Cinderella, respectively.
"Imagination Movers" is a hit with audiences around the world, airing in over 55* countries/territories and in 12 languages since September 2008. In the U.S., the series ranks among TV's Top 5 programs with preschoolers 2-5 in 3Q09 to date, and year to date has reached over 46 million unduplicated Total Viewers. Globally, "Imagination Movers" is the #1 original Playhouse Disney series launch ever among kids and Total Viewers in Australia, and in 1Q09 ranked as the #1 series on Playhouse Disney in the UK, Denmark and Sweden, while ranking as a Top 5 series in Italy, India and the U.S.
The popular Imagination Movers are: Rich Collins, a former journalist and father of five young children; Scott Durbin, an award-winning teacher and father of two young children; Dave Poche, an architect and father of two young children; and Scott "Smitty" Smith, a New Orleans firefighter who was a member of the Hurricane Katrina search and rescue effort.
"Imagination Movers" features the blue-suited band – Rich, Scott, Dave and Smitty – as everyday guy brain-stormers working hard to solve "idea emergencies" in their Idea Warehouse, a place of infinite inspiration. Each 30-minute episode features five songs presented in music video style performances.
The Imagination Movers' latest CD, "For Those About to Hop," a soundtrack from Season One of the television series, was released nationwide earlier this month by Walt Disney Records. Their first album from Walt Disney Records, "Juice Box Heroes," was released in spring 2008.
Skot Bright and Sascha Penn ("Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream," "Dave Chappelle's Block Party") are executive producers along with Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Rick Gitelson ("Handy Manny," "Rugrats"). Band members Collins, Durbin, Poche and Smith are co-executive producers. "Imagination Movers" is produced by Penn Bright Entertainment and Zydeco Productions in association with Disney Channel.
"Imagination Movers" airs weekdays at 9:30 a.m., ET/PT and weekends at 10:00 a.m., ET/PT during Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney programming block for preschoolers. The series carries a TV-Y parental guideline.
Playhouse Disney, seen in a daily programming block on Disney Channel U.S. and on 21 Playhouse Disney channels around the world, encourages preschoolers to imagine and learn through original series, short-form and acquired programming that includes song, movement and entertainment. Guided by an established curriculum, Playhouse Disney supports multiple areas of child development: physical, emotional, social and cognitive; thinking and creative skills as well as moral and ethical development through carefully constructed themes, storylines and endearing characters.
Source: NTI, U.S. ratings, Most Current. 2009 to date: 12/29/08-7/5/09. 3Q09 to date: 6/29-7/12/09. 1Q09: 12/29/08-3/29/09. U.S. reach based on standard 6 minute qualifier.
*Countries include: Australia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Denmark, Italy, Spain, Sweden, UK, Canada, US, but note that many feeds go to additional countries where ratings are not available).
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