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Disney Channel Renews Hannah with a Change, Sonny with a Chance

Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato

Two of the Disney Channel's teen queens will continue their reigns: The cabler has ordered new seasons of Hannah Montana and Sonny with a Chance.

Hannah Montana, starring Miley Cyrus, will begin production on Season 4 early next year. Coming off of this season's upcoming cliff-hanger, the next cycle will find the Stewart clan struggling to say goodbye to their Malibu home.

"Hannah Montana has become one of the most iconic series in television history," Disney Channel president Gary Marsh said in announcing the pick-up. "Miley and the producers have proposed a change ... read more

Tonight's TV Hot List for Sunday, Feb. 8, 2009

Jennifer Hudson, The 51st Annual Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards
8 pm/ET CBS
The biggest concert of the year takes place tonight at L.A.'s Staples Center. Yeah, a few awards will be dutifully doled out over the three-hour event, but it's the stellar performances that most viewers will be talking about at work and school tomorrow, such as Kanye West and T.I. rapping "Swagga Like Us," and Taylor Swift duetting her self-penned "Fifteen" with Miley Cyrus. Lead Grammy nominee Lil Wayne also performs, as do Coldplay, U2, Paul McCartney, Radiohead and the Jonas Brothers. For nostalgia buffs, there's a Four Tops tribute headlined by Jamie Foxx and Ne-Yo.

Read on for previews of XIII, Brothers & Sisters, Sonny with a Chance and Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. read more

VIDEO: Demi Lovato Previews Her Sonny New Series

When Sonny Munroe lands in Los Angeles, her simple life will never be the same. That's the set-up for Sonny with a Chance, a new Disney Channel comedy starring 16-year-old Demi Lovato and making its debut this Sunday at 8 pm/ET.

Summing up the series as "30 Rock, Disney-fied," Lovato tells us, "I play this girl who gets to come to Hollywood and appear on her favorite sketch comedy show" — the fictional and teen-targeted So Random! 

Sonny and her new castmates engage in a rivalry with the cast of Mackenzie Falls, an angsty teen drama that shoots across the lot. The catch is, Mackenzie's leading (young) man, Chad Dylan Cooper ... read more

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