:Shake It Up (American TV series)

Shake It Up follows the adventures of best friends CeCe Jones (Bella Thorne) and Rocky Blue (Zendaya) who, with the help of Rocky's brother Ty (Roshon Fegan) and his best friend Deuce Martinez (Adam Irigoyen), fulfill their dreams of becoming professional dancers when they land roles as dancers on a local show "Shake It Up, Chicago!". CeCe and Rocky must deal with their new circumstances while balancing maintaining their social status at school, watching CeCe's little brother, Flynn (Davis Cleveland), and the antics of their TV show which include matching the skills of their competition, notably brother and sister duo Gunther and Tinka (Kenton Duty and Caroline Sunshine). The show also has storylines which include Rocky's brother, who also has dance and rapping skills. Singer Selena Gomez performs the theme song, "Shake It Up", which was featured on the Shake It Up: Break It Down soundtrack.

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• Bella Thorne as CeCe Jones
• Zendaya as Rocky Blue
• Davis Cleveland as Flynn Jones
• Roshon Fegan as Ty Blue
• Adam Irigoyen as Deuce Martinez
• Kenton Duty as Gunther Hessenheffer (seasons 1–2)
• Caroline Sunshine as Tinka Hessenheffer

The show was ordered up as Disney's attempt at its first female buddy show,{{clarify|date=March 2012}} but with a dance-driven aspect. Initially carrying the working title Dance, Dance Chicago, the original description was described as the journey of two kids on a contemporary American Bandstand-type show.{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59R0GJ20091028 |title=Disney orders Dance Dance Chicago pilot |work=Reuters |first=Nellie |last=Andreeva |access-date=2010-11-07 |date=October 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100112081144/https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE59R0GJ20091028 |archive-date=January 12, 2010 }} Veteran television producers Chris Thompson, a former writer for Laverne & Shirley and co-creator of Bosom Buddies and Rob Lotterstein, who had worked on several series including Boy Meets World were assigned to work on the story.{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/10/07/dance-driven-sitcom-shake-it-up-premieres-sunday-november-7-on-disney-channel/67077|title=Dance-Driven Sitcom 'Shake It Up' Premieres Sunday November 7 on Disney Channel|work=TV By The Numbers|access-date=2010-11-07|archive-date=2015-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151231000727/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2010/10/07/dance-driven-sitcom-shake-it-up-premieres-sunday-november-7-on-disney-channel/67077|url-status=dead}}{{cite magazine|url=http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/10/28/disney-dance-dance-chicago/|title=Disney preps 'Dance, Dance Chicago'|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Jeff|last=Labrecque|access-date=2010-10-07|archive-date=2012-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318171452/http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/10/28/disney-dance-dance-chicago/|url-status=dead}} Casting for the show began in October 2009. Bella Thorne and Zendaya were cast as the two female leads, as well as Camp Rock cast member Roshon Fegan in a co-lead role. On May 21, 2010, with the title change revealed as Shake It Up, the production for the show was announced to begin in July, and anticipated for a fall 2010 premiere. President of Disney Entertainment, Gary Marsh said the Bella Thorne/Zendaya duo were the most engaging best friends they had seen on the network. On what makes the show different, Marsh said "while buddy comedies have been around since the start of television, ... this is the first time anyone has incorporated dancing into the underlying premise of a sitcom."

The concept of the show has been noted to be very similar to that of fellow Disney Channel series Hannah Montana, and according to The Sun-Sentinel, Shake It Up is the same approach with dance.{{cite web|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-11-06/z/fl-ppl-bella-thorne-110710-20101106_1_disney-channel-big-love-hannah-montana|title=New Disney Channel face is an old pro|work=Sun-Sentinel|first=Tom|last=Jicha|access-date=2010-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616144458/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2010-11-06/z/fl-ppl-bella-thorne-110710-20101106_1_disney-channel-big-love-hannah-montana|archive-date=2012-06-16|url-status=dead}} Additionally, the show is Disney's third series to have a show-within-a-show following "Silverstone" in The Famous Jett Jackson and "So Random/Mackenzie Falls" in Sonny with a Chance. Chuck Barney of the Contra Costa Times said that the show's plots "play out in typical Disney Channel style with uncomplicated story lines, broad humor and moral uplift." In an interview, Bella Thorne said of the show, "It is about them going through the stuff that teens go through every day. The writing is very realistic. I have gone through most of these problems."{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/general/view/20101104new_disney_darlings_ready_to_shake_it_up/srvc=home&position=also|title=New Disney darlings ready to 'Shake It Up'|first=Amy|last=Amatangelo|date=2010-11-04|access-date=2010-11-06|work=Boston Herald|publisher=Herald Media}} Rosero McCoy, a choreographer for Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam was tapped to be a choreographer for the show, along with Claude Racine. The series was shot at Los Angeles Center Studios.

The series succeeds Hannah Montana, Jonas, I'm in the Band and Phineas and Ferb as Disney's latest foray into music-oriented series. According to Rick Bently of the Fresno Bee, the show's timing was to capitalize off the success of the current dance series' Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance.{{cite web|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/11/05/2148288/young-stars-shake-it-up-on-new.html|title=Young stars 'Shake It Up' on new Disney show|first=Rick|last=Bently|access-date=2010-11-07|work=Fresno Bee|publisher=The McClatchy Company|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109023528/http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/11/05/2148288/young-stars-shake-it-up-on-new.html|archive-date=2010-11-09}} Original music for the series has been produced and recorded by the show's cast and various artists, with the theme song "Shake It Up" performed by American singer and actress Selena Gomez.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/news/a284446/gomez-records-new-disney-theme-song.html|title=Gomez records new Disney theme song|first=Robert|last=Copsey|access-date=2010-11-07|work=Digital Spy|date=27 October 2010}} The theme was written and produced by Aris Archontis, Jeanne Lurie and Chen Neeman, who also penned the opening title themes to fellow Disney series Sonny with a Chance and Good Luck Charlie.

File:Bella Thorne & Zendaya 2011 (WB).jpg and Zendaya during a promotional event for the show in 2011]]

In initial casting, Disney searched for two female co-leads. Although boasting elaborate credits of prior television experience, including guest starring on Wizards of Waverly Place, Bella Thorne was cast after never dancing professionally before, and took dance classes three times a week to improve. Zendaya had theater background prior to her casting, and grew up in theater when her mother worked in the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland, California.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2010/tv/news/coleman-thorne-duo-shake-up-disney-1118025924/|title=Coleman & Thorne: Duo 'Shake' up Disney|first=Justin|last=Shady|work=Variety|publisher=Reed Elsevier Inc. |access-date=2010-11-06 |date=October 22, 2010}} Having the same agent that discovered Miley Cyrus, she won the role after several auditions and over 200 other hopefuls.{{cite web |url=http://www.kansascity.com/2010/11/05/2398127/teen-is-living-her-dancing-dream.html |title=Teen is living her dancing dream on the Disney Channel |first=Chuck |last=Barney |agency=Contra Costa Times |work=The Kansas City Star|date=November 5, 2010|access-date=2010-11-07}}{{dead link|fix-attempted=yes|date=May 2017}} On the casting of the two, Judy Taylor, Senior Vice President of Casting for Disney Channel, commented that Zendaya was "completely engaging" with a "great presence" and that Thorne had "high energy" and viewers would "want to get to know her better the instant you meet her." One goal was for the two leads to have chemistry working together, and Thorne said of her relationship with Zendaya, "When we first met, there was this energy. It was like we were meant to be together."

Adam Irigoyen was cast as Deuce Martinez Irigoyen credited his family for his success, moving him out to Los Angeles two years prior for him to start his career. Irigoyen previously worked on Wizards of Waverly Place.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/05/21/disney-channel-orders-new-dance-filled-buddy-comedy-series-shake-it-up-35807/20100521disney01/ |title=Disney Channel Orders New Dance-Filled Buddy Comedy Series, "Shake It Up!" |work=The Futon Critic |access-date=2010-11-07}} Davis Cleveland, whose work included guest appearances on Good Luck Charlie, Zeke and Luther and Hannah Montana, was cast as CeCe's younger brother, Flynn.

Roshon Fegan, who co-starred in both Camp Rock films, was cast as Rocky's older brother Ty. In the recurring role of Gary Wilde, R. Brandon Johnson was cast the day before the pilot and began taping the next day.{{cite web|url=http://www.momlogic.com/2010/11/shake_it_up_the_next_hannah_montana.php |title=Is 'Shake It Up' the Next 'Hannah Montana'? |work=Momlogic |access-date=2010-11-07 |publisher=GNH Productions, Inc.}} Kenton Duty was cast as Gunther, after four audition attempts. Stefanie Scott was originally cast as Gunther's twin sister Tinka, but Disney Channel decided to cast her as Lexi on A.N.T. Farm instead. Casting for Tinka ran again and Caroline Sunshine landed the role after canceling plans for a family vacation so she could audition. The brother/sister duo of Gunther and Tinka is said to be inspired by Ryan and Sharpay Evans of Disney's High School Musical series.{{cite web |url=http://pedrowatcher.ocregister.com/2010/11/05/o-c-teen-lands-role-in-disney-channels-new-shake-it-up-series/29470/ |title=O.C. teen lands role in Disney Channel's new "Shake It Up" series |first=Peter |last=Larsen |access-date=2010-11-07 |work=The Orange County Register |publisher=Orange County Register Communications |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107010027/http://pedrowatcher.ocregister.com/2010/11/05/o-c-teen-lands-role-in-disney-channels-new-shake-it-up-series/29470/ |archive-date=2010-11-07 |url-status=dead }}

Some notable celebrity guest-stars are Renée Taylor, Chris Trousdale, Ben Savage, John D'Aquino, Anneliese van der Pol, Kent Boyd and Cat Deeley of So You Think You Can Dance and America's Best Dance Crew contestants: Jabbawockeez (season 1 winners), Breaks8 (season 1), Quest Crew (season 3 winners), Poreotics (season 5 winners), Jungle Boogie (season 5), Saltare (season 5), IaMmE Crew (season 6 winners), ICONic Boyz (season 6 runners-up), Instant Noodles (season 6), Elektrolytes (season 7 winners) and Beat Freaks (season 3 runners-up).

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On June 5, 2011, a Good Luck Charlie episode "Charlie Shakes It Up" premiered. In this episode Good Luck Charlie characters Teddy, Amy and Charlie all go to Chicago to visit their great-aunt Nell so they can get into the will and get rich. When they arrive, they take the wrong car and are mistaken for the Duncan Sisters (two famous dancers) on Shake It Up Chicago!. Rocky and CeCe notice that they are imposters when Flynn wants to get the real Duncan Sisters' autograph. After Teddy and Amy explain the truth, the real Duncan Sisters appear into the studio. Deuce locks them into the janitor's closet and Teddy, Amy and Charlie perform. Only CeCe, Rocky, Deuce, Flynn, and Gary appeared in the crossover because Disney claimed they only needed "base characters". It was counted as a "Good Luck Charlie" episode and not a "Shake It Up" episode.

It was announced during the 2011 Licensing International Expo that a Shake It Up movie was in the works.{{cite web |last=Gorman |first=Bill |url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/16/disney-channel-original-movies-lemonade-mouth-2-and-shake-it-up-in-development/95818/ |title=Disney Channel Original Movie "Lemonade Mouth 2" and "Shake It Up" In Development |publisher=Zap2It |date=June 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910174815/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/06/16/disney-channel-original-movies-lemonade-mouth-2-and-shake-it-up-in-development/95818/ |archive-date=September 10, 2011 |url-status=dead }} It was confirmed that the movie title would be Shake It Up: Made in Japan and it was also announced that the movie would be 90 minutes long.{{cite web|url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Cable_20/So-it-begins-Disney-Channel-leads-upfronts.asp|title=Media Life Magazine -- For media planners and buyers|access-date=19 October 2016}} It was broadcast on August 17, 2012, as an extended length season two final episode.{{cite web |url=http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2012/august_ep_premieres.pdf |title=Disney Channel Program Episode Premieres - August 2012 |access-date=July 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813025329/http://www.disneychannelmedianet.com/DNR/2012/august_ep_premieres.pdf |archive-date=2012-08-13 |url-status=dead }}
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On December 23, 2011, a rebroadcast of the episode "Party It Up", in which a female character (a supermodel) complimented CeCe and Rocky with the line, "I could just eat you guys up...you know, if I ate!", aired on the channel that evening. Former Disney Channel star Demi Lovato, who left Sonny with a Chance in the fall of 2010 for counseling because of personal issues, commented on the episode, criticizing the network through Twitter for normalizing eating disorders when Lovato had struggled through the issue, and as one of the reasons for leaving the company's fold. Disney Channel's public relations account responded to Lovato by stating that that episode and an episode of So Random! which had an eating disorder joke, "1 full meal a week" and "a minute on the lips, forever on the hips" would be pulled from the network's airing cycle and reviewed further.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/demi-lovato-slams-disney-for-eating-disorder-joke-on-shake-it-up_n_1168436 |title=Demi Lovato Slams Disney For Eating Disorder Joke On 'Shake It Up' (UPDATE) |publisher=HuffPost |date= December 23, 2011|first=Stephanie |last=Marcus}}{{cite tweet|user=DisneyChannelPR|number=150418514426081281|title=@ddlovato - we hear you & are pulling both episodes as quickly as possible & reevaluating them|access-date=December 27, 2021|date=December 23, 2011|author=Disney Channel PR}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gossipcop.com/demi-lovato-slams-disney-channel-eating-disorder-joke-shake-it-up/ |title=Demi Lovato Slams Disney Channel - Eating Disorder Joke |publisher=Gossip Cop |date=2011-12-23 |access-date=2012-01-16}}{{cite web |url=http://disneyinfonet.com/2011/08/18/demi-lovato-fans-upset-over-last-episode-of-so-random-ddlovato-therealtiffany-disneychanphoto/ |title=Demi Lovato Fans Upset Over Last Episode Of So Random |publisher=Disney InfoNet |date=2011-08-18 |access-date=2012-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429190255/http://disneyinfonet.com/2011/08/18/demi-lovato-fans-upset-over-last-episode-of-so-random-ddlovato-therealtiffany-disneychanphoto/ |archive-date=2012-04-29 |url-status=dead }} Later in 2012, the episode started airing regularly on Disney Channel with the joke removed. Disney's PR team said the studio never intended to make light of eating disorders.

The series originally aired from November 7, 2010, to November 10, 2013, on Disney Channel. It premiered on November 12, 2010, on Family Channel and Disney Channel (UK and Ireland) and ended on December 6, 2013, and January 31, 2014, respectively.[http://www.family.ca/shake-it-up/ Shake It Up: Home - family.ca] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528022657/http://www.family.ca/shake-it-up/ |date=2013-05-28 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.disney.co.uk/shake-it-up/index.jsp?int_cmp=tv-dc:home:Carousel6:siu:img1|title=Shake It Up|access-date=19 October 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://disneychannel.disney.com/shake-it-up|title=Shake It Up|access-date=19 October 2016}} It aired on Disney Channel (Australia and New Zealand) as a preview on December 31, 2010, and premiered on February 25, 2011, and ran until February 13, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://disney.com.au/DisneyChannel/shakeitup/?int_cmp=tv:siu:May13:tvhome:charnav:9|title=Shake It Up|access-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111231603/http://disney.com.au/DisneyChannel/shakeitup/?int_cmp=tv:siu:May13:tvhome:charnav:9|archive-date=11 November 2013|url-status=dead}} The series aired on Disney Channel (Europe, Middle East and Africa) from January 29, 2011, until February 2, 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.disney.co.za/shake-it-up/index.jsp|title=Shake it up - Show page|access-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022195403/http://www.disney.co.za/shake-it-up/index.jsp|archive-date=22 October 2013|url-status=dead}} It was also aired on Disney Channel (Southeast Asia){{cite web|url=http://www.disneychannel-asia.com/DisneyChannel/supersites/shakeitup/|title=Disney Channel - Singapore|access-date=19 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914233820/http://www.disneychannel-asia.com/DisneyChannel/supersites/shakeitup/|archive-date=14 September 2014|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} and re-runs are airing on 7Two in Australia.

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An Indian adaptation of the show, also titled Shake It Up, premiered on Disney Channel India on March 30, 2013. However, it is centered on two teenage boys as opposed to two teenage girls.{{cite web |title=Disney brings dance-driven comedy series 'Shake It Up' |url=https://bestmediainfo.com/2013/04/disney-brings-dance-driven-comedy-series-shake-it-up/ |website=BestMediaInfo |access-date=December 27, 2021 |date=April 4, 2013}}

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The series has earned mixed reviews. Tom Gliatto of People magazine gave the series two out of four stars, writing, "Shake It Up doesn't shake up the kid-com formula one bit, but it has something more than the usual shiny-sparkly cuteness."{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20449071,00.html|title=Picks and Pans: Shake It Up|date=December 20, 2010|work=People Magazine}} It currently scores a 4.4 out of 10 on TV.com.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/shake-it-up/|title=Shake It Up - TV.com|access-date=2011-10-29|archive-date=2012-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211203916/http://www.tv.com/shows/shake-it-up/|url-status=dead}} Currently the most watched episode of the series is "Start It Up" with 6.2 million viewers. The episode "Weird It Up" is the least watched episode, scoring 2.5 million viewers.

According to Nielsen Media Research, the series premiere of Shake It Up garnered 6.2 million viewers and made its debut as the highest-rated series premiere in Disney Channel's 27-year history, followed by Wizards of Waverly Place with 5.9 million viewers,{{cite news |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-10-17-nielsens-analysis_N.htm|title=Nielsens: Friday night was 'Murder' on ABC | work=USA Today | first=Gary | last=Levin | date=2007-10-18}} then Liv and Maddie{{'}}s premiere which had 5.8 million viewers then The Suite Life on Deck{{'}}s and Austin & Ally{{'}}s premieres which garnered 5.7 million viewers,{{cite news|last=Levin |first=Gary |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2008-09-30-nielsens-analysis_N.htm |title=USAtoday.com |publisher=USAtoday.com |date=2008-09-30 |access-date=2011-08-20}} and then the March 24, 2006 series premiere of Hannah Montana,{{cite news|last=Oldenburg |first=Ann |url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2007-01-10-miley-cyrus_x.htm |title=USAtoday.com |publisher=USAtoday.com |date=2007-01-14 |access-date=2011-08-20}} which garnered 5.4 million viewers. The premiere scored an 11.0 rating (2.7 million viewers) among the 9- to 14-year-old demographic and a 10.6 rating (2.6 million viewers) among the 6- to 11-year-old demographic. It also became the channel's highest-rated Sunday premiere for an original series on record with total viewers, kids aged 6 to 11 and teens aged 9 to 14.[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/08/shake-it-up-averages-6-2-million-viewers-disney-channels-2-highest-rated-series-premiere-of-all-time/71247/ "Shake it Up"! Averages 6.2 Million Viewers; Disney Channel's #2 Highest Rated Series Premiere Of All Time] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110161907/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/11/08/shake-it-up-averages-6-2-million-viewers-disney-channels-2-highest-rated-series-premiere-of-all-time/71247 |date=2010-11-10 }}, TV by the Numbers. Retrieved 11-8-2010.

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