The Wannabes (TV series)
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The Wannabes is a television situation comedy
, created by Doreen Spicer-Dannelly (of Disney's Jump In! and The Proud Family), which follows the lives of classical performing arts high school students who want to be pop stars. The five stars of the series are from the pop recording group, Savvy. Although not produced or filmed in Australia
, the series premiered on June 14, 2010, on both ABC1
and ABC3
in an tween oriented timeslot.
. Twenty-Six episodes are planned for the first series. Filming was proposed to be done in Houston, Texas, however the location was changed. The school they film at is Parker High School campus. The series is produced by Savvy Productions, LLC and Stern-LeMaire Productions Inc., and distributed by Bradford Licensing LLC. One of the producers, Christine LeMaire, explained the series is not going to be a Disney Channel Original series, "No, it is an independent production licensed to overseas networks. We have not shopped the U.S. yet. We don't know which network will pick us up here in the USA." Ironically, Starz Kids & Family picked up USA rights.
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Situation comedy
A situation comedy, often shortened to sitcom, is a genre of comedy that features characters sharing the same common environment, such as a home or workplace, accompanied with jokes as part of the dialogue...
, created by Doreen Spicer-Dannelly (of Disney's Jump In! and The Proud Family), which follows the lives of classical performing arts high school students who want to be pop stars. The five stars of the series are from the pop recording group, Savvy. Although not produced or filmed in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, the series premiered on June 14, 2010, on both ABC1
ABC1
ABC1 was a United Kingdom based television channel from Disney using the branding of the Disney owned American network, ABC.The channel initially launched exclusively on the British digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on 27 September 2004. On 10 December 2004 it was launched on...
and ABC3
ABC3
-Future shows:Programming confirmed for future broadcast will include:* After School Care * Bindi's Boot Camp * Bushwacked! * Dance Academy * Dancing Down Under...
in an tween oriented timeslot.
Plot
The Wannabes, follows six high school students attending an arts academy boarding school in hope that they will become pop stars, until they realise the stuffy academy only teaches classical music and dance.Throughout the series they face problems about their careers, normal teenage issues and of course they are always trying to avoid their grumpy principal at every cost because he loves detentions.Cast
- Shaylen Carroll as Shaylen Carlson
- Gabrielle "GiGi" LeMaire as Sarah Moody
- David LaDuca as Rupert Pesckow
- Mariah Parks as Mariah Pettigrew
- Drew Reinartz as Drew Robinson
- Stephen Scott as Frank Moody
- Alan Shaw as Alan Taskin
- Andrew Bowen Stern as Andrew Stark
Production
The filming for series one started on August 3, 2009 in Howell, MichiganHowell, Michigan
Howell is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 9,489. It is the county seat of Livingston County and is located mostly within Howell Township, but is politically independent from Howell Township...
. Twenty-Six episodes are planned for the first series. Filming was proposed to be done in Houston, Texas, however the location was changed. The school they film at is Parker High School campus. The series is produced by Savvy Productions, LLC and Stern-LeMaire Productions Inc., and distributed by Bradford Licensing LLC. One of the producers, Christine LeMaire, explained the series is not going to be a Disney Channel Original series, "No, it is an independent production licensed to overseas networks. We have not shopped the U.S. yet. We don't know which network will pick us up here in the USA." Ironically, Starz Kids & Family picked up USA rights.
Episodes
| Episode # | Title | ABC1 Airdate |
|---|
International Broadcasts
| Country | Channel | Year |
|---|---|---|
 Australia |
ABC3 ABC3 -Future shows:Programming confirmed for future broadcast will include:* After School Care * Bindi's Boot Camp * Bushwacked! * Dance Academy * Dancing Down Under... |
2010 - |
 Canada |
Family | 2010 - |
 United States |
Starz Kids & Family | 2011 - |
 Israel |
Noga | November 2010 - |
 Germany |
Super RTL Super RTL Super RTL is a Cologne-based German television network operated by RTL Disney Fernsehen GmbH & Co. KG. It was the second German television channel aimed mostly at children... |
June 18, 2011 - |
 Brazil |
HBO Family | November 11, 2010 - |
 Colombia |
HBO Family | November 11, 2010 - |
 Argentina |
HBO Family | November 11, 2010 - |
 Mexico |
HBO Family | November 11, 2010 - |
 Chile |
HBO Family | November 11, 2010 - |
 Republic of Macedonia |
MKRTV | 2010- |
 Poland |
teleTOON+ | November 1, 2010- |
 India |
Disney Channel India Disney Channel India For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel . For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel.Disney Channel India is an Indian television channel specializing in television programming for children through original series and movies as well as third party programming... |
August 22, 2010- |
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