The first season of the television series ''

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'' was aired on

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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

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s such as Roxy Roker, Jake Ryan, and Rico Suave. The season's soundtrack was released on October 24, 2006, under the title ''

''. 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

'' debuted Friday, March 24, 2006, on

with " Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?" 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

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. Production began on November 7, 2005, and ended in September 2006.

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 hop ...

, Emily Osment,

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 role ...

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 was ...

, and Billy Ray Cyrus — appear in all first-season episodes. Recurring cast are

Shanica Knowles Shanica Channell Knowles (born November 17, 1990) also known simply as Shanica, is an American actress, singer-songwriter and instrumentalist, known for her roles as Amber Addison on '' Hannah Montana'', Shauna Keaton on ''Jump In!'', and Vaness ...

as Amber Addison, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle as Ashley Dewitt,

Greg Baker Gregory Baker (born April 16, 1968 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is an American television and film, actor and musician. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles as Elliott, a producer on the show '' Sports Night'', Mr. Corelli, Miley Stewart ...

as Francis Corelli,

Morgan York Morgan Elizabeth York is an American writer and former child actress best known for her roles as Kim Baker in the film ''Cheaper by the Dozen'', Lulu in ''The Pacifier'' (2005), and as Sarah in the '' Hannah Montana'' series. Career Her first ...

as Sarah, Cody Linley 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 as Mamaw Ruthie, Frances Callier as Roxy, and

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as Rico. There were many guest stars including

Corbin Bleu Corbin Bleu Reivers (; born February 21, 1989), known professionally as Corbin Bleu, is an American actor and singer. He made his acting debut in the 2004 adventure comedy film ''Catch That Kid''. He has since appeared in the Discovery Kids dra ...

as Johnny Collins, Paul Vogt as Dontzig, Matt Winston as Fermine, Andre Kinney as Cooper,

Ashley Tisdale Ashley Michelle Tisdale (born July 2, 1985) is an American actress and singer. During her childhood, she was featured in over 100 advertisements and had minor roles in television and theatre. She achieved mainstream success as Maddie Fitzpatr ...

as Maddie Fitzpatrick, and

Lisa Arch Lisa Arch ( Kushell; born November 23, 1971) is an American actress and comedian, known for her recurring role on ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' as Cassie with wife of Larry's cousin, Andy, her roles in the 1997–98 season of the FOX Network comedy s ...

as Liza the photographer. Co-stars for this season are Derek Basco, Kyle Kaplan,

Creagen Dow Creagen Dow (born May 1, 1991) is an American actor, writer, producer and programmer who had a recurring role as Jeremiah Trottman on the Nickelodeon series ''Zoey 101''. He has also guest-starred on ''The Big Bang Theory'', '' Rizzoli & Isles' ...

, 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, Christian Serratos, Ryan Newman,

Summer Bishil Summer Yasmine Bishil (born July 17, 1988) is an American actress. She first came to prominence starring as Jasira in the 2007 film '' Towelhead'', for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Over the followi ...

, 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 Aimee Teegarden (born October 10, 1989) is an American actress, model, and producer. She starred as Julie Taylor in the NBC drama ''Friday Night Lights (TV series), Friday Night Lights'' (2006–2011). In 2014, Teegarden starred as Emery Whitehil ...

, 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?" 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''. 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". The episode had cross-overs with shows ''

That's So Raven ''That's So Raven'' is an American television teen sitcom that was created by Michael Poryes and Susan Sherman, and aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between January 2003 and November 2007. The series centers on Raven Baxter (Raven-Sym ...

'' 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 also ...

''.Mickey New - That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana

References

General references * *

External links

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