Sonny with a Chance

2009-2011
2 seasons
Disney Channel
Comedy, Family
TV-G

Sonny Monroe is destined for stardom after Hollywood producers see a film that she made and put on the Internet. She is soon whisked away from her home in Wisconsin and arrives in Hollywood, where she is offered a starring role in her favorite TV show that will change her life.

2009-2011
2 seasons
Disney Channel
Comedy, Family
TV-G

Demi Lovato to Romance Santana on Glee

She may be a former Disney Channel star, but it sounds like Demi Lovato's return to TV is going to get pretty steamy. Naya Rivera, who plays Santana on the Fox musical, told People that Lovato is...

Tue, Aug 27, 2013

Demi Lovato: Being a Celebrity Can Be Dangerous

Demi Lovato says that being a celebrity can be dangerous — and she knows first-hand. "Promoters gave me drugs and alcohol in restaurants or clubs. I thought I was having fun [but] being a celebrity can be dangerous," Lovato says in an interview with Britain's Fabulous magazine. "Nobody says 'no'. That's why so many end up overdosing and dying. It could definitely have happened to me."

Tue, Apr 24, 2012

Exclusive: Disney Channel Sets Debut Date for Live-Action Series Austin & Ally

The Disney Channel's newest live-action series Austin & Ally will debut on Sunday, Dec. 4 at 8/7c, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. The comedy follows the titular partnership of two wannabe musicians. Austin (newcomer Ross Lynch) is an extroverted singer, and Ally (Laura Marano) is a brilliant, but extremely shy songwriter. When Austin decides to "borrow" one of Ally's songs and record it, the video becomes an overnight Internet sensation and the two join forces. Raini Rodriguez and Calum Worthy also star as the pair's best friends Trish and Dez.

Thu, Oct 27, 2011

Exclusive: Disney Channel Sets Debut Date for Live-Action Series Austin & Ally

Demi Lovato, Like Catherine Zeta-Jones, Has Bipolar Disorder

Months after leaving a treatment center for "physical and emotional issues," Demi Lovato reveals that she learned she suffers from bipolar disorder. "I never found out until I went into treatment that I was bipolar," the 18-year-old actress and singer told People. "Looking back it makes...

Thu, Apr 21, 2011

Demi Lovato, Like Catherine Zeta-Jones, Has Bipolar Disorder

Demi Lovato Is Leaving Disney's Sonny with a Chance

Demi Lovato is leaving the Disney Channel sketch comedy Sonny with a Chance to focus on her music career, she tells People.com. "I don't think going back to Sonny would be healthy for my recovery. Being in front of a camera would make me nervous," says Lovato, who completed a three-month rehab stint for "physical and emotional issues" in January...

Tue, Apr 19, 2011

Demi Lovato Is Leaving Disney's Sonny with a Chance

VIDEO: Demi Lovato Thanks Fans, Excited to Get Back to Work

Charlie Sheen, take note: This is how people act post-rehab. In a new video, Demi Lovato, the star of the Disney Channel's Sonny with a Chance, has thanked fans for their support during her time in a treatment facility. Demi Lovato leaves treatment facility On Nov. 1, Lovato canceled her worldwide tour to seek medical treatment for what her rep said were...

Tue, Mar 8, 2011

VIDEO: Demi Lovato Thanks Fans, Excited to Get Back to Work

Disney Channel to Revamp Demi Lovato Series

With star Demi Lovato in treatment for "emotional and physical issues," Disney Channel has found a way to rework her TV series around her absence. Disney and Sonny with a Chance  producers will temporarily restructure the series to focus on the...

Sat, Nov 13, 2010

Disney Channel to Revamp Demi Lovato Series

Exclusive: Henry Winkler, Alyssa Milano to Voice Kick Buttowski — Suburban Daredevil

Henry Winkler and Alyssa Milano will voice upcoming episodes of Disney XD's Kick Buttowski —Suburban Daredevil, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. 

Thu, Nov 11, 2010

Exclusive: Henry Winkler, Alyssa Milano to Voice Kick Buttowski — Suburban Daredevil

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010

Desperate Housewives9/8c ABC Gaby might have bitten off more than she could easily chew last week when she gave Bob the OK to track down her real daughter. In any event, Carlos certainly thinks so, and you're likely to see if he's right tonight when you meet the Sanchez family. You can also look for the Bree-Renee smackdown over Keith (Brian Austin Green) to intensify; and you'll see Susan in her Va-Va-Broom get-up in places where she won't want anyone, especially Mike, to see her. Mike and Susan are also losing their tenants: Paul Young buys back the house he shared with his late first wife, Mary Alice. — Paul DroeschRead on for previews of Mad Men, Rubicon, Sunday Night Football, Sonny with a Chance, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Luther.

Sun, Oct 17, 2010

Tonight's TV Hot List: Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010

VIDEO: Tiffany Thornton Loves Demi Lovato Like a Sister

Did Demi Lovato need a shoulder to cry on after she broke up with Joe Jonas? "Demi is a strong person — I've never seen her in any 'woe is me' moment," Tiffany Thornton, Lovato's Sonny with a Chance costar tells TVGuide.com.

Fri, Oct 15, 2010

VIDEO: Tiffany Thornton Loves Demi Lovato Like a Sister

Demi Lovato Checks In to Grey's Anatomy

Demi Lovato is heading to Grey's Anatomy for May sweeps, TVGuide.com has confirmed. The 17-year-old Disney star (Sonny With a Chance) will guest-star as...

Mon, Mar 29, 2010

Sonny with a Chance's Tiffany Thornton Is Engaged

The forecast for Tiffany Thornton's love life looks good. Thornton, one of the stars of the Disney Channel's Sonny with a Chance, is engaged, according to People.Disney Channel renews Hannah, Sonny with a ChanceThornton, 23, and Christopher Carney, a court officer, got engaged in December...

Fri, Feb 5, 2010

Sonny with a Chance's Tiffany Thornton Is Engaged

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

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 ...

Mon, Jun 1, 2009

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

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 ...

Thu, Feb 5, 2009