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Show name | That's So Raven |
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Format | Family/Teen sitcomFantasy |
Camera | Videotape; Multi-camera |
Runtime | approx. 23 minutes |
Creator | Michael PoryesSusan Sherman |
Starring | Raven-SymonéOrlando BrownKyle MasseyAnneliese van der PolT'Keyah Crystal Keymáh (seasons 1-3) Rondell Sheridan |
Executive producer | Michael Poryes (season 1)Sean McNamaraDavid Brookwell (seasons 1-3)Dennis RinslerMarc Warren |
Company | Disney Channel Original Productions (entire run)Brookwell McNamara Entertainment (seasons 1-3)That So ProductionsWarren & Rinsler Productions (both; season 4)It's a Laugh Productions |
Theme music composer | John Coda |
Opentheme | "That's So Raven", by Raven-Symoné, Orlando Brown and Anneliese van der Pol |
Endtheme | "That's So Raven (instrumental)" (used in Season 1-3 and some episodes of season 4) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Location | San Francisco, CA (setting)Sunset-Gower Studios, Hollywood, CA (taping location, season 1)Hollywood Center Studios, Hollywood, CA (taping location, seasons 2-4) |
Network | Disney Channel/ABC |
Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
First aired | |
Last aired | |
Num seasons | 4 |
Num episodes | 100 |
Status | Ended |
List episodes | List of That's So Raven episodes |
Followed by | Cory in the House (2007-2008) |
Website | http://tv.disney.go.com/disneychannel/thatssoraven/index.html |
Website title | Official Website |
That's So Raven is an American television sitcom/fantasy style show. The show premiered on Disney Channel on January 17, 2003, and ended on November 10, 2007, and continues to appear regularly on Disney Channel, as well as being a long time staple of the Saturday morning ABC Kids block on ABC. The show spawned Disney Channel's first spin-off series: Cory in the House. It is Disney Channel's longest-running live-action series, airing 100 episodes over 4 seasons, and the highest-rated series ever to air on Disney Channel in first-run. The series was nominated in 2005 and 2007 for Emmy Awards for outstanding children's programming.
The original idea pitched for the show was a modern-day sitcom with a teenage twist, revolving around a re-creation or revival of the comedy stylings of I Love Lucy. The pitch concept was retained, but producers added the idea of giving the main character a supernatural ability that would get her into curious situations. The show is set (but was not produced) in San Francisco and revolves around teenager Raven Baxter, played by Raven-Symoné, her friends Eddie (Orlando Brown) and Chelsea (Anneliese van der Pol), and her family members focusing on brother Cory (Kyle Massey). The title character draws on her talent, ingenuity, psychic powers and a variety of disguises to get into and out of amusing adolescent and pre-adolescent situations.
Reruns of episodes currently air on Disney Channel, the ABC Kids Saturday morning segment of Disney-owned ABC broadcast network in the United States, in Canada on Family and VRAK.TV, and various episodes also available on DVD. No announcement has been made as to whether the show will get complete season releases on DVD or Blu-ray. That's So Raven still performs well in repeats, gathering around 2 million viewers a repeat, earning more than any other Disney Channel show, which usually gather under one million.
The show filmed a pilot episode in 2001 and first season in Summer 2002 which premiered on Disney Channel UK that September. Disney Channel waited until the new year before premiering it in the United States on January 17, 2003.
That's So Raven was responsible for many firsts for Disney Channel: the series was the highest-rated series in the history of Disney Channel and the first series to garner more than three-million viewers; the longest-running original series in Disney Channel history (and first Disney-produced series to reach 100 episodes); the first Disney-produced series to produce a spinoff (Cory in the House); first Disney Channel sitcom, and one of only four live action original series, where the lead and most of the supporting main characters are minorities (The Famous Jett Jackson and Cory in the House being the others).
In addition, it was also the first Disney Channel sitcom to be shot on videotape, to use a multi-camera format, to be shot in front of a studio audience or use a laugh track, and to use the simulated film look created by FilmLook, Inc. (all of which has become standard on all Disney Channel comedies, though a 'filmized' appearance will be given to all of the channel's videotaped sitcoms produced from 2009 onward, as the live-action Disney Channel Original Series begin being produced in high definition).
The first three seasons were produced by Brookwell McNamara Entertainment. Raven-Symoné received a producer credit for the show's fourth and final season. It became the first Disney Channel series to create a spin-off, Cory in the House, which followed her younger brother, Cory, as his dad becomes the head chef for the President of the United States, causing the two of them to move to Washington D.C.
In the fourth season of That's So Raven and on Cory In The House, Victor states that Tanya (T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh) is in England as a lawyer. The show shot its final few episodes in January 2006, but they weren't shown until a year later, with the series finale shown in March 2007 and the second-to-last episode shown that November.
Each season had opening credits composed of various clips from the episodes of that season. Season two followed the guideline when it first premiered, but once season three premiered, the opening credits from season two were replaced with the opening credits from season three, with some clips from season two episodes being shown in the season three opening. The season three opening credits are still being used in season two episodes. Each season also made an exception to the guideline by showing a few clips from the previous seasons, most of the time when it was needed. For example, if the group of clips being shown was of the characters dancing, then a clip of a character or characters would be shown.
Each opening sequence, before going to the title card, always ended with the main cast being together (in clips that were not part of any episode). Seasons one, two, and three were of the Baxters sitting on their living room couch, and season four was of the Baxters (with the exception of Tanya), Eddie, and Chelsea coming down the Baxters' living room stairs.
At the end of the opening credits, Raven stands next to the title card and says, "Yep, that's me." This remained in season four, except with a new addition. Raven's catchphrase "Oh, snap!" was dubbed in right before she says, "Yep, that's me."
Raven-Symoné performs most of the theme, while Brown performs a rap near the end of the theme and some scattered vocals in the beginning of the theme. Van der Pol sings the show's title in the chorus. A full-length version of this theme was heard in a music video which aired a few months before the show's U.S. premiere and also can be heard on the show's first soundtrack, released in 2004.
In Disney Channel Asia, an Asian version of the show's theme song was made. The music video debuted on January 17, 2007, back-to-back with the 100th episode of That's So Raven. Andrew Ackall made a cameo in season 3 as Raven's adopted cousin.
In February 2005, That's So Raven toys were featured in the McDonald's Happy Meal. In April 2005, a doll based on Raven Baxter was released and another was released the following year.
In September 2005, the show also spawned a fragrance and an MP3 player. That same month, the clothing line was shipped to Macy's stores. As of 2006, That's So Raven merchandise has made $400 million. The show released its fourth DVD in July 2006, entitled Raven's Makeover Madness. Sales have reached an estimated $650 million.
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Cory in the House is the first Disney Channel spin-off and premiered on January 12, 2007. It was the one chosen out of the many pitched and proposed spin-offs that were to have aired after the completion of That's So Raven, including one about Raven going off to college. Originally Raven-Symone was offered her own spin-off, but she denied it, therefore Disney Channel decided to give the spin-off to Kyle Massey.
The storyline involves Cory and his father Victor adjusting to life in Washington, D.C.; Victor has received a job as the Head Chef to the President. The show takes place while Raven is attending fashion college and Cory's mom is still in London.
The series is similar to its sister show, That's So Raven. Cory has two best friends, one a boy, Newton Livingston III (Jason Dolley), and one a girl, Meena Paroom (Maiara Walsh). Note that in That's So Raven, the main character also has two best friends, one a boy and one a girl. Cory attends a middle school in Washington, D.C. Also in the series, the president's daughter Sophie (Madison Pettis) constantly pesters Cory, like Cory did to Raven in That's So Raven. Cory also participates in crazy situations in which he learns a moral lesson and will most likely get punished. Candy Smiles plays in Cory's love-life multiple times, and Stickler continuously spies on Cory, Newton and especially Meena.
In one episode, Raven-Symoné guest starred as Raven Baxter, who came to show designs of new tour guide uniforms to President Martinez (John D'Aquino). Unfortunately, she has a vision of a clock falling on the President, and tackles him, earning the Secret Service a chance to chase her around the grounds. Cory poses as his sister to display the uniforms, modeled by Newton and Meena. Raven is discovered outside the Oval Office window, and chased, until she actually does save Mr. Martinez from the clock. The episode ends with the credits sequence for That's So Pooshnick, a show from Meena's country about a psychic girl who can see the past and always ends up messing up trying to stop the vision from happening again.
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