Looks like Disney Channel is ordering fewer episodes of many, if not most, shows now: Jessie's last season had only 20 episodes, Bunk'd season 1 had 21, Liv and Maddie season 3, had 20, Best Friends Whenever's first season had 19, Austin & Ally's final season had 20, as did Good Luck Charlie's final season (but its season 2 lasted 30).
Five years ago most Disney Channel series ran 24-28 episodes per season.
This year so far Disney Channel also imported three series: Mako Mermaids (Australia?), Backstage (Canada), The Lodge (England). I assume it costs much less to import a finished show than to produce an original.
Yeah, I know filankey is not a word, but it's gonna catch on.
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CuriousUserX90
8 years ago
20 isn't that bad (Season 3 of Liv & Maddie had 21 episodes). They finished filming the last season of Liv & Maddie before it even premiered, which from what I know of will have about only 15 or 16 eps, less than what the last season of ANT Farm had (18 eps). It seems like they're trying to get the 2nd and hopefully not last episode of Best Friends Whenever over and done with, with 3 eps to go, and having got through 5 episodes in a week. With the unexpected end to the 1st Season of Stuck in the Middle, now we won't be able to see what Halloween and Christmas is like for the Diaz Family.
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