Selena Gomez | Sonny with a Chance

 

• Genre: Teen sitcom
• Created by: Steve Marmel
• Starring: Demi Lovato, Tiffany Thornton, Sterling Knight, Brandon Mychal Smith, Doug Brochu, Allisyn Ashley Arm
• Opening theme: "So Far So Great" by Demi Lovato
• Composers: Chris Alan Lee, Scott Clausen, Danny Jacob
• No. of seasons: 2
• No. of episodes: 47
• Executive producers: Brian Robbins, Sharla Sumpter Bridgett, Michael Feldman, Steve Marmel
• Producer: Patty Gary Cox
• Production companies: Varsity Pictures, It's a Laugh Productions
• Network: Disney Channel
• Release: February 8, 2009 – January 2, 2011

Sonny Munroe is a cheerful and ambitious 15-year-old from Wisconsin who has experienced success by uploading comedic videos to the internet. After she is discovered in a nationwide casting call, she moves to Hollywood, Los Angeles, to join the cast of a popular sketch comedy series for teenagers titled So Random!. The series centers on Sonny's life working on the program as well as her home life. She comes to terms with the difficulties of working on a television set alongside her castmates, in particular the self-centered Tawni Hart, who is unkind to Sonny. The So Random! cast also includes the suave Nico Harris and his best friend Grady Mitchell, as well as the cunning Zora Lancaster. Comedy sketches from So Random! are included within the series. The cast of So Random! work at the same television studio as their rival television program, Mackenzie Falls, a drama series which stars the teen idol Chad Dylan Cooper. Sonny with a Chance explores the portrayal of a teenager with an ambitious dream, in the same style as other teen series such as Hannah Montana and iCarly. The theme of following dreams is recognized as a prominent attribute of shows produced by Disney Channel.

"Battle of the Networks' Stars"

Chad is making an autobiographical movie about his life and hires actress Selena Gomez to play the role of Sonny. However, problems arise when Gomez detects the romantic tension between Sonny and Chad and tries to get them to admit their feelings for one another. This culminates in Gomez storming off set and quitting the movie after she gets fed up with Sonny and Chad's constant arguing, though not before she manages to get the two to allude to having crushes on one another. Eventually, Chad agrees to let Sonny play the role of herself. Meanwhile, Nico and Grady meet a pair of actors who look identical to them, but somehow have much better luck with girls, and enlist their doppelgängers' help in picking up women.