-winning live-action Disney Channel Original Series which premiered on October 12, 2007 on
. The series was created by Todd J. Greenwald, and stars
, as three siblings with magical abilities. The series began filming in July 2009 in
) is also part of the storyline. The three Russo siblings are wizards and live with their Italian-American father Jerry (
The children are not allowed to use magic without supervision, and only one of the three will keep their magic abilities once they are adults; this will be determined by a magic competition. Their father Jerry once did this competition and won, but gave his powers to his brother in order to marry his mortal wife Theresa, because a wizard is not allowed to marry a mortal. Alex often gets into trouble for using magic unsupervised. Justin always makes sure Alex does not get into any more trouble than she's already in. Along the way, all of the kids learn moral lessons relating to friends, family, and school.
The series was created and is executive produced by Todd J. Greenwald, who began developing the show, after working as a writer and consulting producer during the first season
. The show is produced by It's a Laugh Productions and Disney Channel Original Productions. The theme song, written by John Adair and Steve Hampton, is of techno-pop style and is performed by
. The series is filmed at
The Disney Channel Original Movie, based on the series, premiered on August 28, 2009 on Disney Channel.
from February 16 to March 27, 2009. The movie received 11.4 million viewers on its premiere, making it Disney Channel's second highest viewed movie.
Merchandise based on the series will be released in fall 2009. A video game and a
The show's complete first season was released on September 10, 2009 in Germany.
The first season of the show was released in volumes in the UK on October 5, 2009.
The show debuted on Disney Channel on October 12, 2007. In February 2009, the episode "Helping Hand" broke the record for the largest audience in the 7PM (Eastern Time) time period on the Disney Channel, with a total of 4.5 million viewers. In June 2009, "Paint By Committee" became the series' most-watched episode with 6 million viewers. The episode aired after
, which contributed to the episode's ratings. The show is broadcast on the following channels, in the following countries:
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USA United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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Disney ChannelDisney Channel is a cable television channel specializing in television programming for children through original series and movies as well as third party programming. It is marketed to mostly children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has increased with an older audience,...
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October 12, 2007 |
Wizards of Waverly Place |
Turkey TurkeyTurkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe...
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DigiturkDigiturk is a Turkish Satellite television provider, founded in 1999, with services starting in mid-2000. They offer, both national cable TV channels and their own channels, national radio, and music streams of different genres. Digiturk is also the current owner of the broadcasting rights of...
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| Disney Channel Turkey For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel.Disney Channel Turkey is a kids' television that broadcasts kids & youth shows in Turkish or with turkish subtitles. It was first launched in April 29, 2007 by...
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October 12, 2007 |
Pakistan PakistanPakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located at the crossroads of South Asia, the Middle East, and Central Asia...
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Disney ChannelDisney Channel is a cable television channel specializing in television programming for children through original series and movies as well as third party programming. It is marketed to mostly children; however, in recent years the diversity of viewers has increased with an older audience,...
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October 12, 2007
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Australia AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
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Disney Channel Australia For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel.Disney Channel is a television channel that is broadcast in Australia and New Zealand...
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October 19, 2007 |
Seven NetworkThe Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1970, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne. It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
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New Zealand New ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses , and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands. The indigenous Māori named New Zealand Aotearoa, commonly translated as The Land of the Long White Cloud...
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October 19, 2007 |
Canada Canada (English)Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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October 26, 2007 |
UK United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
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October 4, 2009 |
UK United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
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Ireland IrelandIreland is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland, separated by the Irish Sea, is the island of Great Britain...
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India IndiaIndia, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal...
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Disney Channel India For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. 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...
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May 5, 2008 |
Sri Lanka Sri LankaSri Lanka , officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka , is an island country in South Asia, located about off the southern coast of India...
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Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a country in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
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Malaysia MalaysiaMalaysia is a country in Southeast Asia that consists of thirteen states and three Federal Territories, with a total landmass of . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government. The population stands at over 28 million inhabitants...
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Disney Channel Malaysia Disney Channel Malaysia is Disney Channel For Malaysian viewers and is available in three language "English", Malay", Chinese". This channel is only available on Astro on channel 615 and to choose the language just click . The old name for Disney Channel Malaysia was Disney Channel Asia.- Schedule :...
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March 9, 2008 |
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Disney Channel Netherlands Disney Channel Netherlands is the Dutch language edition of the Disney Channel, owned by the Walt Disney Company. It will be launched on October 3rd, exclusively on UPC Netherlands.-Cartoons:*6teen*Phineas and Ferb...
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3 October 2009 |
Wizards of Waverly Place
(Airing with Dutch subtitles) |
Israel IsraelIsrael officially the State of Israel , is a developed state in Western Asia located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its...
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June 2008 |
המכשפים מווברלי פלייס |
Bulgaria BulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a country in the Balkans in south-eastern Europe. Bulgaria borders five other countries: Romania to the north , Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia to the west, and Greece and Turkey to the south...
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BNT 1 |
March 28, 2009 |
Магьосниците от Уейвърли Плейс |
| Disney Channel Bulgaria Disney Channel is a Bulgarian language children's television channel that began broadcasting on September 19, 2009 , after replacing Jetix CEE...
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September 19, 2009 |
France FranceFrance , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...
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Disney Channel France Disney Channel France is the French language edition of the Disney Channel, owned by the Walt Disney Company. It was launched in March 1997, primarily on the CanalSat platform....
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January 22, 2008 |
Les Sorciers de Waverly Place |
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August 31, 2009 |
Canada Canada (French)Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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VRAK.TVVRAK.TV is a Canadian French language cable television specialty channel aimed at youth audiences. VRAK.TV is currently owned by Astral Media.-History:...
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Italy ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares its northern, Alpine boundary with France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia...
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January 26, 2008 |
I Maghi Di Waverly |
Poland PolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe . Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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Disney Channel Poland For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel USA.Disney Channel Poland is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel broadcasting to Poland...
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February 29, 2008 |
Czarodzieje z Waverly Place |
Arab League Arab WorldThe Arab World refers to Arabic-speaking countries stretching from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east, and from the Mediterranean Sea in the north to the Horn of Africa and the Indian Ocean in the southeast...
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Disney Channel Middle East Disney Channel Middle East is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel broadcasting to the Middle East and North Africa, with exceptions of Iraq, Libya, and Syria. It is advertising-free and funded by subscription fees.-History:...
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February 29, 2008 |
Wizards of Waverly Place
(Airing with Arabic subtitles) |
Finland FinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic country and democracy situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland...
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Disney Channel Scandinavia For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel USA.Disney Channel Scandinavia is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel broadcasting to the Nordic countries and Baltic states...
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February 29, 2008 |
Waverly Placen velhot |
Denmark DenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries; southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and it is bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea...
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Magikerne på Waverly Place |
Norway NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a country in Northern Europe occupying the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, as well as Jan Mayen and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard under the Spitsbergen Treaty...
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Sweden SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe...
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Magi på Waverly Place |
Germany GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium,...
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Disney Channel Germany |
March 8, 2008 |
Die Zauberer vom Waverly Place |
| 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...
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September 1, 2008 |
Switzerland SwitzerlandSwitzerland , officially the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 states named cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities...
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April 11, 2009 |
Austria AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west...
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ORF 1 |
June 20, 2009 |
Hong Kong Hong KongHong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...
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Disney Channel Asia Disney Channel Asia is a franchise of Disney Channel, airs on most parts of Southeast Asia. Its broadcasting HQ is from Singapore, all times listed here are GMT+8...
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March 9, 2008 |
Wizards of Waverly Place(all)
Những phù thủy xứ Waverly (Vietnam)
(Airing the show with Indonesian, Malay and Chinese Subtitles)
(Dubbed in Hong Kong, Thailand, and South Korea, Vietnam) |
Indonesia IndonesiaThe Republic of Indonesia is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands. With an estimated population of around 237 million people, it is the world's fourth most populous country, with the world's largest population of Muslims.Indonesia is a republic, with an...
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Philippines PhilippinesThe Philippines officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, is a country in Southeast Asia with Manila as its capital city. It comprises 7,107 islands in the western Pacific Ocean....
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Singapore SingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island city-state located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, lying north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands. At , Singapore is a microstate and the smallest nation in Southeast...
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South Korea South KoreaSouth Korea, officially the Republic of Korea and often simply referred to as Korea, is a country in East Asia, located on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul, the second largest...
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Thailand ThailandThe Kingdom of Thailand is an independent country that lies in the heart of Southeast Asia.It is bordered to the north by Laos and Burma, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the west by the Andaman Sea and Burma...
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Vietnam VietnamVietnam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam , is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east...
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BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean...
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Disney Channel Latin America Disney Channel Latin America is an cable television channel and is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel, broadcasting to Latin America and the Caribbean. It is broadcast in five feeds, North Zone, Center Zone, South Zone, Pacific Zone and Brazil...
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March 23, 2008 (Advance)
April 11, 2008 (Premiere) |
Os Feiticeiros de Waverly Place |
| Rede Globo Rede Globo is a Brazilian television network, owned by media conglomerate Organizações Globo. The network is currently the largest in the Latin America and the fourth largest in the world, just behind the U.S...
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June 29, 2009 |
PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...
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Disney Channel Portugal |
September, 29 2008 |
Dominican Republic Dominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are occupied by two countries...
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Disney Channel Latin America Disney Channel Latin America is an cable television channel and is an edition of the The Walt Disney Company-owned Disney Channel, broadcasting to Latin America and the Caribbean. It is broadcast in five feeds, North Zone, Center Zone, South Zone, Pacific Zone and Brazil...
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March 23, 2008 (Advance)
April 14, 2008
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Los hechiceros de Waverly Place |
Argentina ArgentinaArgentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires. It is the eighth largest country in the world by land area and the largest among Spanish-speaking nations, though Mexico,...
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Bolivia BoliviaBolivia, officially Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is bordered by Brazil to the north and east, Paraguay and Argentina to the south, and Chile and Peru to the west....
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Chile ChileChile, officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
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Colombia ColombiaColombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a constitutional republic in northwestern South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the northwest by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean...
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Haiti HaitiHaiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Creole- and French-speaking Caribbean country. Along with the Dominican Republic, it occupies the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago...
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Mexico MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
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Peru PeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.Peruvian territory was home to the Norte Chico...
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Paraguay ParaguayParaguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay , is one of the two landlocked countries which lie entirely within the Western Hemisphere, the other being Bolivia, both in South America....
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Uruguay UruguayUruguay , is a country located in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to 3.46 million people, of whom 1.1 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area. An estimated 88–94% of the population are of mostly European and/or mixed descent.Uruguay's only land border is...
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VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially titled Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It is a continental mainland with numerous islands located off its coastline in the Caribbean Sea...
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Panama PanamaPanama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of both Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the...
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Taiwan TaiwanTaiwan , also known as Formosa , is the largest island of the Republic of China in East Asia. Taiwan is located east of the Taiwan Strait, off the southeastern coast of mainland China...
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Disney Channel Taiwan For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel.Disney Channel Taiwan is a television channel that is broadcast in Taiwan....
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March 28, 2008 |
《少年魔法師》 |
JapanJapanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Disney Channel Japan For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. For the original Disney Channel, see Disney Channel.Disney Channel Japan is a television channel that is broadcast in Japan.-Current Shows:* JONAS* Hannah Montana...
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April 18, 2008 |
ウェイバリー通りのウィザードたち |
Spain SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. [The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though España , Estado español and Nación española are used interchangeably...]
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Disney Channel Spain Disney Channel Spain is a channel TV dedicated to children, and a subsidiary of the company Disney ChannelandDisney-ABC Cable Networks Group. It began broadcasting in 1998 and its scheduling is based on the contents of the factoryDisney....
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January 18, 2008 |
Los Magos de Waverly Place |
Antena 3Antena 3 de Television, S.A., is a Spanish television network and media company, present in the television, radio and cinema industries. It was the first private station in Spain, commencing broadcasts in 1990. Significant shareholders include Planeta-De Agostini and RTL Group...
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Czech Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a country in Central Europe that is sometimes considered to be Eastern European. The country borders Poland to the northeast, Germany to the west and northwest, Austria to the south and Slovakia to the east. The capital and largest city is Prague...
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JetixJetix is a Worldwide children's television programming brand owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Jetix brand is used for blocks and channels featuring action-related and adventure-related live-action and animated programming....
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November 2008 |
Kouzelnící z Waverly |
Slovakia SlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe with a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia borders the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south. The largest city is its capital, Bratislava...
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Hungary HungaryHungary , in English officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in the Carpathian Basin of Central Europe, bordered by Austria, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. Its capital is Budapest. Hungary is a member of OECD, NATO, EU, V4 and is a Schengen state...
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Belize BelizeBelize , is a country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, composed of many cultures and speaking many languages. Although Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official language...
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Albania AlbaniaAlbania , officially the Republic of Albania , is a Mediterranean country in South Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Montenegro to the north, Kosovo to the northeast, Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south-east...
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Junior Junior comes from the Latin for "younger".It may refer to:* Junior , the suffix given to a child with the same name as a parent * Atlético Junior, a football team from Barranquilla, Colombia...
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July, 2009 |
Magjistaret e sheshit Uejverli |
Romania RomaniaRomania is a country located in Southeastern and Central Europe, North of the Balkan Peninsula, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea. Almost all of the Danube Delta is located within its territory...
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Disney Channel Romania Disney Channel is a Romanian language, that broadcasts in Romania and Moldova, children's television channel that began broadcasting on September 19, 2009, after replacing Jetix .-Disney rebrand:...
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September 19, 2009 |
Magicienii Din Waverly Place |