Series synopsis
Sonny with a Chance is an American comedy family television series that premiered on Disney Channel on February 8, 2009. It ended on January 2, 2011. It was created by Steve Marmel. It stars Demi Lovato, Tiffany Thornton, Sterling Knight and Brandon Mychal Smith.
Allison "Sonny" Munroe makes the leap from the Midwest to Los Angeles to join the cast of "So Random!," the most popular sketch comedy TV show for kids and tweens. Her fellow young actors are resident teen queen Tawni, super suave Nico, gregarious funnyman Grady and quirky Zora. Now Sonny must somehow balance these new friendships while adjusting to her family's decidedly different way of life in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Sonny must also contend with heartthrob Chad Dylan Cooper, star of the rival s ...
Premise
Allison "Sonny" Munroe makes the leap from the Midwest to Los Angeles to join the cast of "So Random!," the most popular sketch comedy TV show for kids and tweens. Her fellow young actors are resident teen queen Tawni, super suave Nico, gregarious funnyman Grady and quirky Zora. Now Sonny must somehow balance these new friendships while adjusting to her family's decidedly different way of life in Hollywood. Meanwhile, Sonny must also contend with heartthrob Chad Dylan Cooper, star of the rival show "MacKenzie Falls," who makes it known that he thinks his dramatic work is better than her comedy career.
Premise: She's in for the ride of her life.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Demi Lovato as Sonny Monroe
- Tiffany Thornton as Tawni Hart
- Sterling Knight as Chad Dylan Cooper
- Brandon Mychal Smith as Nico Harris
- Doug Brochu as Grady Mitchell
- Allisyn Snyder as Zora Lancaster
Guest cast
- Robert Adamson as Hayden
- Christina Moore as Tammi Hart
- Kelly Blatz as James Conroy
- Selena Gomez as Selena Gomez
- Eric Toms as Gilroy Smith
- Carol Locatell as Edith
- Elisa Donovan as Sharona
- Brent Tarnol as Josh
- Vicki Lewis as Joy Bitterman
- Steven Grayhm as Blake Rattison
- William Jonathan Georges as Devon
- Jeff Dunham as Jeff / Walter
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 48 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | ||
| Season 1 | 21 | February 8, 2009 | November 22, 2009 |
| Season 2 | 25 | March 14, 2010 | January 9, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mackenzie Falls Season Finale Short | |
| 2 | Demi's Big Break |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Sketchy Beginnings Sonny enters the set excited but doesn't know that she's off for a difficult time with Tawni. Other than that, she's all good and definitely ready. |
February 8, 2009 |
| 2 |
West Coast Story Sonny invites the cast from a rival show to a so-called peace picnic to promote goodwill between them, but the event doesn't go exactly as planned. |
February 8, 2009 |
| 3 |
Sonny at the Falls Sonny's idea for a sketch is rejected by her cast mates, but she is comforted by Chad and the "MacKenzie Falls" cast, who lavish her with expensive gifts. |
February 15, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Walk a Mile in My Pants Sonny hosts a "Walk-A-Thon For Books" for kids and gives each of them Tawni's Extreme Skinny Jeans. When Chad hears of this, he then hosts a "Walk-A-Thon Against Books" and also sells the skinny jeans. Then, all the kids end up suffering from SPS (Skinny Pants Syndrome). |
March 14, 2010 |
| 2 |
Sonny Get Your Goat Sonny and Tawni are invited on an exchange program to Glendovia because of the success of their Check-it-Out Girls sketch, but refuse to go together due to an unknown argument. When Tawni goes she is shocked to discover that it is a cultural wasteland and that the Glendovians think the characters are real check out girls. Meanwhile, an exchange student impresses a girl Nico and Grady like, and they both think it is because of his mustache. They then wear a mustache trying to impress her, but they get themselves stuck in their own mustaches because of the glue. |
March 21, 2010 |
| 3 |
Gassie Passes Feeling that Gassie doesn't get the affection that he deserves, Sonny takes it upon herself to show the dog love, love that it doesn't get from its trainer. Sonny then finds out that giving the dog affection effects Gassie's mood to flatulate on command when filming the "Gassie" sketches as well jeopardizing the feature film "Gassie & We". Sonny then gives Gassie too many dog treats that may have killed him. In the end it turns out Gassie was in shock from too many meatball treats and gets the love he deserves, also putting Chad into shock by pretending to be dead. Meanwhile, Nico and Grady borrow money from Dakota Condor to invest in fart noise lunch boxes for "Gassie & We". |
March 28, 2010 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Disney Channel |
|---|---|
| First aired | February 8, 2009 |
| Last aired | January 2, 2011 |
| Runtime | 22 minutes |
| Status | Canceled |
| Schedule | Sunday at 20:00:00 |