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| Source: ABC Entertainment March 18th, 2004--The new comedy "Phil of the Future" will be added to ABC Kids, the Saturday morning children's programming block on the ABC Television Network in Fall 2004. The live-action comedy series, which premieres on Disney Channel in June, joins the lineup's other marquee kids' programming from The Walt Disney Company: "Lilo & Stitch: The Series," "That's So Raven," "The Proud Family," "Disney's Fillmore," "Disney's Kim Possible," "Lizzie McGuire" and "Power Rangers DinoThunder." The announcement was made today during presentations to advertisers on the multiple kids programming platforms of The Walt Disney Company: ABC Kids on broadcast TV, and ABC Family, Toon Disney and Disney Channel on cable television. Jonathan Barzilay, senior vice president and general manager, ABC Kids & Toon Disney, said: "We are thrilled to welcome 'Phil of the Future' to ABC Kids this fall. ABC Kids continues to be the showcase for the best properties from The Walt Disney Company's kids television platforms, and we look forward to bringing our audience another strong season of diverse, compelling programming." Premiere dates for the ABC Kids' 2004-05 season lineup will be announced at a later date. The ABC Kids Saturday schedule is as follows: 9:00 a.m., ET/8:00 a.m., PT Disney's "Lilo & Stitch: The Series (returning, animated) 9:30 a.m., ET/8:30 a.m., PT Disney's "Fillmore!" (returning series, animated) 10:00 a.m., ET/9:00 a.m., PT "The Proud Family" (returning series, animated) 10:30 a.m., ET/9:30 a.m., PT "That's So Raven" (returning series) 11:00 a.m., ET/10:00 a.m., PT "Phil of the Future" (new series) 11:30 a.m., ET/10:30 a.m., PT "Lizzie McGuire" (returning series) 12:00 noon, ET/11:00 a.m., PT Disney's "Kim Possible" (returning series, animated) 12:30 p.m., ET/11:30 a.m., PT "Power Rangers DinoThunder" (returning series) All series carry a TV-G parental guideline and six of the series have an Educational/Informational (E/I) designation. Descriptions of the series follow: "Phil of the Future" (11:00 a.m., ET/10:00 a.m., PT) is an upcoming Disney Channel original series focusing on Phil Diffy (Ricky Ullman of Disney Channel's Original Movie, "Pixel Perfect"), a boy teen from the year 2121 who gets stranded in the present day when his family's time machine malfunctions during a vacation. Not only does Phil have to handle universal issues such as being the new kid in school and making friends, he also has to learn how to get along in a new century and keep his family's future origins a secret. Phil is able to open up to neighbor Keely Teslow (Alyson Michalka) and learns there's no need to be embarrassed by his paranoid engineer dad, Lloyd (Craig Anton), his robotic mother, Barbara (Lise Simms), his mischievous little sister, Pim (Amy Bruckner), or their stow-away cave man, Curtis (JP Manoux). Douglas Tuber and Tim Maile ("Lizzie McGuire") created and executive-produce "Phil of the Future." Tim O'Donnell (Lizzie McGuire"), Hayma "Screech" Washington ("The Amazing Race"), Matt Dearborn ("Even Stevens") and Tom Burkhard ("Even Stevens") also serve as executive producers. "Phil of the Future" is a production of 2121 Productions, Inc. in association with Disney Channel. The series carries an E/I designation. Disney's "Lilo & Stitch: The Series" (9:00 a.m., ET/8:00 a.m., PT) answers the question: If Stitch was Dr. Jumba's beloved Experiment 626 in Disney's 2003 hit film, what happened to the other 625? Jumba's remaining experiments have landed all over Hawaii in the form of dehydrated pods. The experiments become activated when submerged in water and, much like Stitch, each experiment has its own specific talents for destruction ... and comedy. Lilo and Stitch's mission is to catch Stitch's "cousins" before they fall into the clutches of the evil Dr. Jacques von Hamsterviel and his henchman, Gantu, turn te experiments' natures from bad to good, and find places where each can belong and contribute to the community. The series returns virtually the entire cast from the film, including Chris Sanders ("Lilo & Stitch"), Daveigh Chase ("The Ring"), Kevin McDonald ("The Kids in the Hall"), David Ogden Stiers ("The Dead Zone") and Tia Carrerre ("True Lies"). Executive Producers are Tony Craig, Roberts Gannaway and Jess Winfield. The series is produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and carries an E/I designation. Disney's "Fillmore!" (9:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m., PT) -- Schoolyard justice has a hip defender in Safety Patrol Officer Cornelius Fillmore, the title character of this animated series. Produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, the series captures the essence of the great 1970s cop shows - in the guise of a smart, quick-witted seventh-grader out to stop crime in its school-age tracks. "Fillmore!" features the voice talents of Orlando Brown ("That's So Raven"), Tara Strong ("The Powerpuff Girls"), Horatio Sanz ("Saturday Night Live"), Wendie Malick ("Just Shoot Me") and Jeff Probst ("Survivor"). Scott M. Gimple ("Disney's Pepper Ann," "Mrs. Munger's Class") is the creator and executive producer. The series carries an E/I designation. "The Proud Family" (10:00 a.m., ET/9:00 a.m., PT) is Disney Channel's hip, Emmy and NAACP Image Award-nominated animated sitcom. Infused with style, sass and a lot of heart, the stories follow Penny Proud (Kyla Pratt), a 14-year-old African-American girl making it through her tween years with the help of a motley but loving crew of friends and family. Parents Oscar (Tommy Davidson) and Trudy (Paula Jai Parker) keep Penny on the straight and narrow when she goes slightly astray; feisty Suga Mama (Jo Marie Payton) never lets her grandbaby down; and friends Dijonay (Karen Malina White), Zoey (Soleil Moon Frye), Sticky (Orlando Brown) and La Cienega (Alisa Reyes) do their best to provide genuine, if sometimes misguided, friendship. Bruce Smith ("Space Jam") created the series, and executive-produces it along with Ralph Farquhar ("The Parkers"), Tom Wilhite, Willard Carroll and Kurt Albrecht. "The Proud Family" is a production of Jambalaya Studio and Hyperion Studio in association with Disney Channel. The series carries an E/I designation. "That's So Raven" (10:30 a.m., ET/9:30 a.m., PT) -- Disney Channel's original series, "That's So Raven," stars the NAACP Image Award-winning Raven as a savvy, fashion-forward teen whose visions of future events always manage to land her in trouble instead of helping her out of it. Raven's visions often include her best friends, Chelsea (Anneliese van der Pol) and Eddie (Orlando Brown), her loving and protective parents, Tonya (T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh) and Victor (Rondell Sheridan), her precocious brother, Kyle (Kyle Massey), and her new crush, Devon (Lil' J). Raven often dons zany disguises and concocts crazy schemes to discover information she isn't meant to know, or to keep those she loves from being hurt. David Brookwell and Sean McNamara ("Even Stevens") are the executive producers, along with Marc Warren and Dennis Rinsler ("Even Stevens," "Full House"). The series was created by Michael Poryes ("Cybil") and Susan Sherman ("Boy Meets World"). "That's So Raven" is a production of Brookwell McNamara Entertainment in association with Disney Channel and carries an E/I designation. "Lizzie McGuire" (11:30 a.m., ET/10:30 a.m., PT) is Disney Channel's Emmy nominated tween sensation and was also voted Favorite Television Series for two consecutive years at the Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. It serves up the comic foibles of middle school tween Lizzie McGuire and features an intermittent animated version of Lizzie who offers up commentary on what Lizzie is really thinking. Oh, if the real Lizzie could only be so sharp-tongued and savvy! Instead she must experience the triumphs and th horrors of being a tween, as she and her best friends, Miranda Sanchez and Gordo, try to survive seventh grade with their dignity and maybe a little popularity intact. Starring are Hilary Duff, Hallie Todd, Robert Carradine, Lalaine (cq), Adam Lamberg and Jake Thomas. Created by Terri Minsky, the series is executive-produced by Stan Rogow ("State of Grace") and Susan Jansen ("Boy Meets World"). It is from Stan Rogow Productions in association with Disney Channel. The series carries an E/I designation. Disney's "Kim Possible" (12:00 noon, ET/11:00 a.m., PT) - The three-time Daytime Emmy Award nominee follows the comedic adventures of a typical high school girl who, in her spare time, saves the world from evil villains. For Kim Possible, saving the world is a cinch compared to asking a boy to the dance in this animated action-comedy series. Kim is assisted in her heroic quests by her best friend, Ron Stoppable, his pet, a Naked Mole-rat Rufus and webmaster buddy Wade. Featured are the voices of Disney Channel stars Christy Carlson Romano ("Even Stevens"), Will Friedle ("Boy Meets World"), Tahj Mowry ("Smart Guy") plus Nancy Cartwright ("The Simpsons"), John DiMaggio ("Futurama"), Nicole Sullivan ("The King of Queens") and Gary Cole ("The West Wing"). The series' creators and executive producers are Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley. It is a production of Walt Disney Television Animation in association with Disney Channel. "Power Rangers DinoThunder" (12:30 p.m., ET/11:30 a.m., PT) -- The marvel of seemingly typical teens morphing into mighty heroes combines with the awe of dinosaurs in "Power Rangers DinoThunder," the 12th installment of the world's most popular kids' action/adventure franchise, "Power Rangers." The newest edition of the popular franchise is highlighted by the return of one-time Power Ranger Tommy Oliver (1993-97), now a high school science teacher after years of working on Dino Zords, a top secret experiment that combined dinosaur DNA and modern technology. When an evil villain resurfaces, Tommy must quickly teach three students to harness the power of the Dino Zords - a giant Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops and Pteranodon -- and morph into the Power Rangers. Starring are Jason David Frank ("The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers") as Tommy Oliver/Black Power Ranger; Kevin Duhaney as Ethan James/Blue Power Ranger; Emma Lahana as Kira Ford/Yellow Power Ranger; James Napier as Connor McKnight/Red Power Ranger; Jeffrey Parazzo as Trent; Latham Gaines as Mesogog; Miriama Smith as Ilsa and Mrs. Randall; Katrina Devine as Cassidy; Tom Hern as Devin and Islay Johnston as Hayley. The executive producers are Douglas J. Sloan and Ann Austen. Koichi Sakamoto is the co-executive producer and episodic director. Janine Dickins is the producer. "Power Rangers DinoThunder" is produced by Village Roadshow KP Productions Ltd. |
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