The first season of the television series ''
Hannah Montana'' was aired on
Disney Channel from March 24, 2006, to March 30, 2007, and included 26 episodes. It introduces the five main characters of the series and
Miley Stewart
Miley Ray Stewart is the fictional main character in the Disney Channel television series ''Hannah Montana'', portrayed by Miley Cyrus. She first appeared on television in the pilot episode "Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?" on March 24, 2 ...
's situation of living a secret double life as a teen pop star. The season also introduces several significant
recurring character
A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who frequently appears from time to time during the series' run. Recurring characters often play major roles in more than one episode, sometimes being the main f ...
s such as
Roxy Roker,
Jake Ryan
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High school career
In high ...
, and
Rico Suave.
The season's soundtrack was released on October 24, 2006, under the title ''
Hannah Montana''. The season itself was released on DVD as a four disc set on November 18, 2008, by
Disney DVD. Certain individual episodes had been released earlier on other
''Hannah Montana'' DVDs.
Production
''
Hannah Montana'' debuted Friday, March 24, 2006, on
Disney Channel with "
Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?
"Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?" is the first episode of the Disney Channel sitcom series ''Hannah Montana''. It was written by Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman, and Michael Poryes. It originally aired on March 24, 2006. The episode title is ...
" The first season completed its run on March 30, 2007, with "
Bad Moose Rising". In the United Kingdom it first aired in the Summer period of 2006, then the first series aired on free-to-view channel FIVE showing all episodes, the second series then aired in 2009. The first season consists of 26 colored, full-screen, approx. 23-minute episodes (without ads) recorded using a
multiple-camera setup
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. Production began on November 7, 2005, and ended in September 2006.
Opening sequence
The theme song for ''Hannah Montana'' is "
The Best of Both Worlds" written by
Matthew Gerrard
Matthew Gerrard is a Canadians, Canadian record producer and songwriter.
Biography
Gerrard grew up in Don Mills, a suburb of Toronto's north-east end. He attended George S. Henry Academy, George S. Henry Secondary School where he played trombone ...
and
Robbie Nevil
Robert S. Nevil (born October 2, 1958) is an American pop singer, songwriter, producer, and guitarist who had five ''Billboard'' top 40 hits including his songs "C'est la Vie" (#2, 1986), "Dominoes" (#14, 1987), and " Wot's It to Ya" (#10, 198 ...
, produced by Gerrard and performed by Miley Cyrus (as Miley Stewart and Hannah Montana). John Carta, who also composes the music cues to signify scene changes and commercial breaks, composed the music for the song. The song's lyrics describe the basic premise of the television series.
The full-length version, which is 2 minutes, 54 seconds in length, was included on the show's soundtrack, released in October 2006. For the TV version of the theme, which lasts only 50 seconds, only the first two stanzas and the last two were used.
"Just Like You" and "The Other Side of Me" were originally tested for the opening theme song, before "Best of Both Worlds" was chosen as the theme. Each cast member's name is "wiped" on the screen in a marquee-light-style, and episode clips of the cast members' character are shown as well. The sequence then switches to full-screen episode clips (most of the clips used in the Season One version of the sequence were of the early produced episodes) with the creator's names appearing in the second-to-last clip. The show's title logo design appears at the beginning, and again at the end, of the sequence (the latter portion as with most other portions of the sequence on the "concert stage" feature Cyrus as her character Hannah Montana).
Closing sequence
Episodes of the first season typically end with a scene that is not crucial to the plot, often functioning as a
throwaway joke
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. Credits are shown for the crew and any guest stars or co-stars.
Casting
The show's five stars —
Miley Cyrus
Miley Ray Cyrus ( ; born Destiny Hope Cyrus on November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known for her distinctive raspy voice, her music spans across varied styles and genres, including pop, country, rock, hip ho ...
,
Emily Osment
Emily Jordan Osment (born March 10, 1992) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Osment began her career as a child actress, appearing in numerous television shows and films, before co-starring as Gerti ...
,
Mitchel Musso
Mitchel Tate Musso (born July 9, 1991) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his three Disney Channel roles as Oliver Oken in '' Hannah Montana''; Jeremy Johnson in the animated series ''Phineas and Ferb''; and his Disney XD r ...
,
Jason Earles
Jason Daniel Earles (born April 26, 1977) is an American actor. Known for his role as Jackson Stewart in the Disney Channel sitcom '' Hannah Montana'' and his role as Rudy Gillespie in the Disney XD series '' Kickin' It''.
Early life
Earles wa ...
, and
Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961) is an American country singer and actor. He has released 16 studio albums and 53 singles since 1992, and is known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart", which topped the U.S. Hot Country Songs chart and ...
— appear in all first-season episodes.
Recurring cast are
Shanica Knowles as Amber Addison,
as Ashley Dewitt,
Greg Baker as Francis Corelli,
Morgan York as Sarah,
Cody Linley
Cody Martin Linley (born November 20, 1989) is an American actor and singer. He played a recurring role as Jake Ryan in the television series ''Hannah Montana'', and was a contestant on the seventh season of ''Dancing with the Stars'', in which ...
as
Leslie "Jake" Ryan,
Romi Dames
Hiromi "Romi" Dames (born November 5, 1979) is an American actress.
Biography
Born to a Japanese mother and Jewish American father, Hiromi (later shortened to Romi), lived in Japan until she turned 13; soon after, her father retired and move ...
as Traci Van Horn,
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album d ...
as Aunt Dolly,
Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Ann Lawrence ( Axelrad; born March 26, 1949), sometimes credited as Vicki Lawrence Schultz, is an American actress, comedian, and singer. She is best known for her character Mama (Thelma Harper). Lawrence originated multitudes of charact ...
as Mamaw Ruthie,
Frances Callier
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as Roxy, and
Moises Arias Moises or Moisés is a male name common among people of Iberian origin. It is the Spanish, Portuguese and Tagalog equivalent of the name Moses.
;Places
* Doctor Moisés Bertoni, a village in the Caazapá department of Paraguay
* Moises Padilla ...
as Rico.
There were many guest stars including
Corbin Bleu
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as Johnny Collins,
Paul Vogt as Dontzig,
Matt Winston
Matthew Winston is an American actor. He is the son of special effects artist Stan Winston.
Career
Winston's television appearances include the HBO dramas '' Six Feet Under'' and '' John from Cincinnati'', and as Crewman Daniels in '' Star T ...
as Fermine, Andre Kinney as Cooper,
Ashley Tisdale as
Maddie Fitzpatrick
''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series aired on Disney Channel from March 18, 2005, to September 1, 2008. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award three times and was also ...
, and
Lisa Arch
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as Liza the photographer.
Co-stars for this season are Derek Basco,
Kyle Kaplan
Kyle or Kyles may refer to:
Places
Canada
* Kyle, Saskatchewan, Canada
Ireland
* Kyle, County Laois
* Kyle, County Wexford
Scotland
* Kyle, Ayrshire, area of Scotland which stretched across parts of modern-day East Ayrshire and South Ayrshir ...
,
Creagen Dow,
Jack Taylor,
Blake Berris
Blake Everett Berris is an American actor known for his roles both in independent films and television.
Career
Berris originated the role of Nick Fallon on NBC's soap opera ''Days of Our Lives'' for which he received an Emmy nomination. Other ...
,
Frances Bay
Frances Evelyn Bay (née Goffman; January 23, 1919 – September 15, 2011) was a Canadian-American character actress. In a career that spanned 35 years, she acted in a variety of roles both in film and television. Bay was inducted in Canada's W ...
,
Christian Serratos
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,
Ryan Newman,
Summer Bishil, Kunal Sharma, Cutter Garcia, Helen Duffy, Jeff Mallare, Betsy Kelso,
Noah Cyrus
Noah Lindsey Cyrus (born January 8, 2000) is an American singer and actress. As a child actress she voiced the titular character in the English dub of the film ''Ponyo'' (2008), as well as having minor roles on shows like ''Hannah Montana'' and ' ...
,
Aimee Teegarden, Gena DeVivo, Destiny Edmond, Jay Brian Winnick, Dollar Tan, Jason Thornton, Gary Pease, Marius Mazmanian, and Alec Leddand.
Episodes
*This season consists of twenty-six episodes.
*The series premiere with "
Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?
"Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?" is the first episode of the Disney Channel sitcom series ''Hannah Montana''. It was written by Gary Dontzig, Steven Peterman, and Michael Poryes. It originally aired on March 24, 2006. The episode title is ...
" had 5.4 million viewers breaking the highest-rated series premiere on a kids network in seven years and was the highest rated Disney Channel series premiere until ''
Cory in the House
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''.
In the episode, Miley reveals to Lilly that she is Hannah Montana.
*Season 1 included a special episode called "
On the Road Again?" that was part of "
That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana
"That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana" is a fictional crossover, crossover episode of the Disney Channel sitcoms ''That's So Raven'', ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'', and ''Hannah Montana''. In the United States, it aired on July 28, 2006 ...
". The episode had cross-overs with shows ''
That's So Raven
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'' and ''
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series aired on Disney Channel from March 18, 2005, to September 1, 2008. The series was nominated for an Emmy Award three times and was al ...
''.
Mickey New - That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana
References
General references
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External links
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