It's a Laugh Productions

It's a Laugh Productions, Inc.
	Logo used since 2019
Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	Film; Television;
Genre	Teen sitcoms; Sketch comedy;
Founded	November 3, 2003; 20 years ago
Founder	Don Mink; Amy Rabins;
Headquarters	Studio City, Los Angeles, California, US
Parent	Disney Branded Television

It's a Laugh Productions, Inc. is an American production company owned by The Walt Disney Company which produces live-action teen sitcoms and sketch comedies airing on Disney Channel and Disney XD.^[4] It is a division of Disney Branded Television.

With the notable exception of Jonas,^[5] most shows are produced and filmed before a live studio audience using a multi-camera setup, and released with a laugh track. While production takes place mostly at Hollywood Center Studios, other locations, such as Sunset Bronson Studios (as is the case for Hannah Montana),^[6] The Burbank Studios and Los Angeles Center Studios, have also been used.

History

The 2009 version of the logo of It's a Laugh Productions, used until 2020.

It's a Laugh Productions, Inc. was founded on November 3, 2003,^[1] and by Don Mink^[2] and Amy Rabins,^[3] former executives of Brookwell McNamara Entertainment.

Filmography

Television series

#	Name	Creator(s)	Production(s)	Premiere date	End date	No. of episodes	Network
1	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody	Danny Kallis Jim Geoghan		March 18, 2005	September 1, 2008	87	Disney Channel
2	Hannah Montana	Michael Poryes Rich Correll Barry O'Brien	Michael Poryes Productions	March 24, 2006	January 16, 2011	98
3	Cory in the House	Dennis Rinsler Marc Warren	Warren & Rinsler Productions	January 12, 2007	September 12, 2008	34
4	Wizards of Waverly Place	Todd J. Greenwald		October 12, 2007	January 6, 2012	106
5	The Suite Life on Deck	Danny Kallis Jim Geoghan	Danny Kallis Productions (seasons 1–2) Bon Mot Productions (season 3)	September 26, 2008	May 6, 2011	71
6	Sonny with a Chance	Steve Marmel	Varsity Pictures	February 8, 2009	January 2, 2011	47
7	Jonas	Michael Curtis Roger S. H. Schulman	Mantis Productions (season 1) Turtle Rock Productions	May 2, 2009	October 3, 2010	34
8	I'm in the Band	Michael B. Kaplan Ron Rappaport		November 27, 2009	December 9, 2011	41	Disney XD
9	Good Luck Charlie	Phil Baker Drew Vaupen		April 4, 2010	February 16, 2014	97	Disney Channel
10	Pair of Kings	Dan Cross David Hoge		September 10, 2010	February 18, 2013	67	Disney XD
11	Shake It Up	Chris Thompson		November 7, 2010	November 10, 2013	75	Disney Channel
12	A.N.T. Farm	Dan Signer	Gravy Boat Productions	May 6, 2011	March 21, 2014	62
13	So Random!	Steve Marmel	Varsity Pictures	June 5, 2011	March 25, 2012	26
14	Kickin' It	Jim O'Doherty	Poor Soul	June 13, 2011	March 25, 2015	84	Disney XD
15	Jessie	Pamela Eells O'Connell	Bon Mot Productions	September 30, 2011	October 16, 2015	98	Disney Channel
16	Austin & Ally	Kevin Kopelow & Heath Seifert	Kevin & Heath Productions	December 2, 2011	January 10, 2016	87	Disney Channel
17	Lab Rats	Chris Peterson Bryan Moore		February 27, 2012	February 3, 2016	90	Disney XD
18	Crash & Bernstein	Eric Friedman		October 8, 2012	August 11, 2014	39	Disney XD
19	Dog with a Blog	Michael B. Kaplan Philip Stark	Diphthong Productions	October 12, 2012	September 25, 2015	69	Disney Channel
20	Liv and Maddie	John D. Beck & Ron Hart	Beck & Hart Productions Oops Doughnuts Productions	July 19, 2013	March 24, 2017	80	Disney Channel
21	Mighty Med	Jim Bernstein Andy Schwartz		October 7, 2013	September 9, 2015	44	Disney XD
22	I Didn't Do It	Tod Himmel Josh Silverstein	That's Not So Funny Productions (season 2)	January 17, 2014	October 16, 2015	39	Disney Channel
23	Girl Meets World	Michael Jacobs April Kelly	Michael Jacobs Productions	June 27, 2014	January 20, 2017	72
24	K.C. Undercover	Corinne Marshall	Rob Lotterstein Productions	January 18, 2015	February 2, 2018	75
25	Best Friends Whenever	Jed Elinoff Scott Thomas	Diphthong Productions (season 1) Entertainment Force	June 26, 2015	December 11, 2016	30
26	Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything	Devin Bunje Nick Stanton	Poor Soul 37 Monkeys (season 2)	July 22, 2015	January 2, 2017	37	Disney XD
27	Bunk'd	Pamela Eells O'Connell	Bon Mot Productions (seasons 1–3) That's Not So Funny Productions (season 4) A Little Too You (seasons 5–7)	July 31, 2015	August 2, 2024	161	Disney Channel
28	Lab Rats: Elite Force	Chris Peterson Bryan Moore	Britelite Productions	March 2, 2016	October 22, 2016	15	Disney XD
29	Bizaardvark	Kyle Stegina & Josh Lehrman		June 24, 2016	April 13, 2019	63	Disney Channel
30	Raven's Home	Michael Poryes Susan Sherman	Entertainment Force (seasons 1, 5 & 6) November 13 (season 2) Done Deal Productions (season 2) Funny Boone Productions (season 3; episodes 1–14) Institute for Individual Education (season 3; episodes 15–season 4)	July 21, 2017	September 3, 2023	122
31	Coop & Cami Ask the World	Boyce Bugliari Jamie McLaughlin	Bugliari/McLaughlin Productions	October 12, 2018	September 11, 2020	49
32	Sydney to the Max	Mark Reisman	Mark Reisman Productions	January 25, 2019	November 26, 2021	63
33	The Villains of Valley View	Chris Peterson Bryan Moore	Britelite Productions	June 3, 2022	December 1, 2023	37
34	Wizards Beyond Waverly Place	Jed Elinoff Scott Thomas	Entertainment Force Potato Monkey Productions	October 29, 2024	present	2

Films

Theatrical films

#	Title	Director	Writer	Producer(s)	Release date	Budget	Gross	RT	IMDb
1	Hannah Montana: The Movie	Peter Chelsom	Dan Berendsen	Alfred Gough Miles Millar	April 10, 2009	$30 million	$169.2 million	44%	4.5

Television films

#	Title	Release date
1	Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie	August 28, 2009
2	The Suite Life Movie	March 25, 2011
3	Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas!	December 2, 2011
4	The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex	March 15, 2013

Crossovers

#	Title	Air date	Crossover between
1	That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana	July 28, 2006	That's So Raven, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody, and Hannah Montana
2	Take This Job and Love It	June 16, 2007	Hannah Montana and Cory in the House
3	Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana	July 17, 2009	Wizards of Waverly Place, The Suite Life on Deck, and Hannah Montana
4	Weasels on Deck	October 11, 2010	I'm in the Band and The Suite Life on Deck
5	Charlie Shakes It Up	June 5, 2011	Good Luck Charlie and Shake It Up
6	Austin & Jessie & Ally All Star New Year	December 7, 2012	Austin & Ally and Jessie
7	Good Luck Jessie: NYC Christmas	November 29, 2013	Good Luck Charlie and Jessie
8	Jessie's Aloha Holidays with Parker and Joey	November 28, 2014	Jessie and Liv and Maddie
9	Karate Kid-tastrophe	March 27, 2015	Jessie and The Suite Life on Deck
10	Lab Rats vs. Mighty Med	July 22, 2015	Lab Rats and Mighty Med
11	The Ghostest with the Mostest	October 2, 2015	Jessie and I Didn't Do It
12	Girl Meets World of Terror 2	October 2, 2015	Girl Meets World and Austin & Ally
13	Bite Club	October 2, 2015	I Didn't Do It and Austin & Ally
14	All Howl's Eve	October 4, 2015	K.C. Undercover and Jessie
15	Cyd and Shelby's Haunted Escape	October 4, 2015	Best Friends Whenever and Girl Meets World
16	Scary Spirits & Spooky Stories	October 4, 2015	Austin & Ally and K.C. Undercover
17	Haunt-a-Rooney	October 4, 2015	Liv and Maddie and Best Friends Whenever
18	Raven About Bunk'd	July 24, 2020	Raven's Home and Bunk'd

Notes:

Both "That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana" and "Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana" are counted as three separate episodes (the former being the That's So Raven episode "Checkin' Out", The Suite Life of Zack & Cody episode, "That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana", and the Hannah Montana episode "On the Road Again", while the latter being the Wizards of Waverly Place episode "Cast-Away (To Another Show)", The Suite Life on Deck episode "Double-Crossed", and the Hannah Montana episode "Super(stitious) Girl").
"Take This Job and Love It" is officially counted as a Hannah Montana episode.
"Weasels on Deck" is counted as an I'm in the Band episode.
"Charlie Shakes It Up" is counted as a Good Luck Charlie episode.
"Austin & Jessie & Ally All Star New Year", "Lab Rats vs. Mighty Med", "Raven About Bunk'd", and "Good Luck Jessie: NYC Christmas" are counted as an episode for both series, due to them being a separate event.
Part 1 of "Austin & Jessie & Ally All Star New Year" is produced as an Austin & Ally episode while part 2 was produced as a Jessie episode.
Part 1 of "Lab Rats vs. Mighty Med" was produced as a Lab Rats episode while part 2 was produced as a Mighty Med episode.
Part 1 of "Good Luck Jessie: NYC Christmas" was produced as a Good Luck Charlie episode while part 2 was produced as a Jessie episode.
"Jessie's Aloha Holidays with Parker and Joey" is officially counted as a Jessie one-hour episode with Liv and Maddie characters.
Part 1 of "Raven About Bunk'd" was produced as a Raven's Home episode while part 2 was produced as a Bunk'd episode.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "It's a Laugh Productions, Inc. (C2563713)". Business Entity Detail. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Executive Profiles: Don Mink". Variety. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Executive Profiles: Amy Rabins". Variety. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
^ Jonathan Gray & Derek Johnson, ed. (February 12, 2013). "Chapter 15: The Mouse House of Cards" (eBook). A Companion to Media Authorship. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118495254. Retrieved April 27, 2014. The vast majority of Disney Channel pilots are produced by Disney subsidiary It's a Laugh Productions ...
^ Rice, Lynette (April 24, 2009). "The Jonas Brothers Take On TV". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1044/1045. p. 94. Archived from the original on July 23, 2013. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
^ Philpot, Robert (February 13, 2007). "Miley's Moment". Topix. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

[ca-1] "It's a Laugh Productions, Inc. (C2563713)". Business Entity Detail. Archived from the original on March 15, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2014.

[vxp-2] "Executive Profiles: Don Mink". Variety. Retrieved April 27, 2014.

[vxp0-3] "Executive Profiles: Amy Rabins". Variety. Retrieved April 27, 2014.

[4] Jonathan Gray & Derek Johnson, ed. (February 12, 2013). "Chapter 15: The Mouse House of Cards" (eBook). A Companion to Media Authorship. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118495254. Retrieved April 27, 2014. The vast majority of Disney Channel pilots are produced by Disney subsidiary It's a Laugh Productions ...

[takeontv-5] Rice, Lynette (April 24, 2009). "The Jonas Brothers Take On TV". Entertainment Weekly. No. 1044/1045. p. 94. Archived from the original on July 23, 2013. Retrieved 2009-05-03.

[mileysmoment-6] Philpot, Robert (February 13, 2007). "Miley's Moment". Topix. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2020.

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Upcoming	StuGo (2024)
See also	25 Days of Christmas Brookwell McNamara Entertainment Disney Channel Storytellers Disney Television Animation Former original series It's a Laugh Productions DisneyNOW

v t e Former Disney Channel original programming
1980s debuts	Good Morning, Mickey! (1983–1992) Contraption (1983–1989) EPCOT Magazine (1983–1999) Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983–1986) Donald Duck Presents (1983–1985) Mousercise (1983–1996) You and Me Kid (1983–1986) Disney Family Album (1984–1986) D-TV (1984–1989) Dumbo's Circus (1985–1989) Sidekicks (1986–1987) Videopolis (1987–1989) The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1991) The All-New Mickey Mouse Club (1989–1997) Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1989–1990) Teen Angel (1989) Teen Angel Returns (1989)
1990s debuts	TaleSpin (1990–1991) Disney Channel in Concert (1991–1997) Darkwing Duck (1991–1992) The Secret of Lost Creek (1992) Adventures in Wonderland (1992–1995) Goof Troop (1992–1993) Donald's Quack Attack (1992–2003) Bonkers (1993–1994) Walt Disney World Inside Out (1994–1996) Aladdin: The Series (1994–1995) Gargoyles (1994–1997) Groundling Marsh (1995–1997) The Shnookums & Meat Funny Cartoon Show (1995) The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa (1995–1999) Flash Forward (1995–1997) Quack Pack (1996) Mighty Ducks (1996–1997) Going Wild with Jeff Corwin (1997–1999) 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1998) The Ink and Paint Club (1997–1998) Bug Juice (1998–2001) Mad Libs (1998–1999) Off the Wall (1998–1999) Disney's Hercules: The Animated Series (1998–1999) The Famous Jett Jackson (1998–2001) So Weird (1999–2001) The Jersey (1999–2004)
2000s debuts	Totally Circus (2000) Even Stevens (2000–2003) In a Heartbeat (2000–2001) Totally Hoops (2001) Lizzie McGuire (2001–2004) The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2003) The Proud Family (2001–2005) Kim Possible (2002–2007) Totally in Tune (2002) That's So Raven (2003–2007) Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003–2006) Dave the Barbarian (2004–2005) Phil of the Future (2004–2006) Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (2004–2006) American Dragon: Jake Long (2005–2007) The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2008) The Buzz on Maggie (2005–2006) The Emperor's New School (2006–2008) Hannah Montana (2006–2011) Disney Channel Games (2006–2008) The Replacements (2006–2009) Shorty McShorts' Shorts (2006–2007) Cory in the House (2007–2008) As the Bell Rings (2007–2009) Phineas and Ferb (2007–2015) Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2012) Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream (2008–2010) The Suite Life on Deck (2008–2011) Cars Toons (2008–2014) Sonny with a Chance (2009–2011) Jonas (2009–2010) Have a Laugh! (2009–2012)
2010s debuts	Good Luck Charlie (2010–2014) Fish Hooks (2010–2014) Shake It Up (2010–2013) Take Two with Phineas and Ferb (2010–2011) A.N.T. Farm (2011–2014) So Random! (2011–2012) PrankStars (2011) Jessie (2011–2015) Austin & Ally (2011–2016) Gravity Falls (2012–2016) Code: 9 (2012) Dog with a Blog (2012–2015) Wander Over Yonder (2013–2016) Liv and Maddie (2013–2017) Mickey Mouse (2013–2019) I Didn't Do It (2014–2015) Win, Lose or Draw (2014) Girl Meets World (2014–2017) K.C. Undercover (2015–2018) Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015–2019) Best Friends Whenever (2015–2016) Descendants: School of Secrets (2015) Bunk'd (2015–2024) Descendants: Wicked World (2015–2017) Stuck in the Middle (2016–2018) Walk the Prank (2016) Bizaardvark (2016–2019) Elena of Avalor (2016–2018) Milo Murphy's Law (2016–2019) Mech-X4 (2016–2018) Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017–2020) Andi Mack (2017–2019) Raven's Home (2017–2023) DuckTales (2017–2021) Big Hero 6: The Series (2017–2021) Bug Juice: My Adventures at Camp (2018) Star Wars Resistance (2018–2020) Coop & Cami Ask the World (2018–2020) Sydney to the Max (2019–2021) Fast Layne (2019) Just Roll with It (2019–2021) Amphibia (2019–2022) Gabby Duran & the Unsittables (2019–2021)
2020s debuts	The Owl House (2020–2023) Disney Fam Jam (2020) Secrets of Sulphur Springs (2021–2023) Disney's Magic Bake-Off (2021) The Ghost and Molly McGee (2021–2024) The Villains of Valley View (2022–2023) Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion (2022) Saturdays (2023) Hailey's On It! (2023–2024) Pretty Freekin Scary (2023)
See also	25 Days of Christmas The Disney Afternoon Current original series Disney Channel Storytellers Disney Television Animation It's a Laugh Productions

v t e ABC Kids
Disney's One Saturday Morning (1997–2002)	The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show (1997–2000) Schoolhouse Rock! (1997–2000) The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1997–2002) Doug (1997–2001) Science Court (1997–2000) Recess (1997–2004) Pepper Ann (1997–2001) 101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997–1999) Jungle Cubs (1997–1998) Mrs. Munger's Class (1997–1998) Hercules (1998–1999) Mickey Mouse Works (1999–2000) Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999–2001) The Weekenders (2000–2002) Teacher's Pet (2000–2002) Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000–2001) House of Mouse (2001–2002) Lloyd in Space (2001–2002) Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action! (2001–2002) Teamo Supremo (2002–2003) NBA Inside Stuff (2002–2004)
ABC Kids (2002–2011)	Lizzie McGuire (2001–2005) Even Stevens (2001–2002, 2005) The Proud Family (2002–2006) Fillmore! (2002–2005) Kim Possible (2002–2006) Power Rangers Wild Force (2002–2003) Lilo & Stitch: The Series (2003–2006) That's So Raven (2003–2011) Power Rangers Ninja Storm (2003–2004) Power Rangers Dino Thunder (2004–2005) Phil of the Future (2004–2006) W.I.T.C.H. (2005) Power Rangers S.P.D. (2005–2006) The Buzz on Maggie (2005–2006) The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005–2011) The Emperor's New School (2006–2011) Power Rangers Mystic Force (2006–2007) The Replacements (2006–2011) Hannah Montana (2006–2011) Power Rangers Operation Overdrive (2007–2008) Power Rangers Jungle Fury (2008–2009) Power Rangers RPM (2009) Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (re-version) (2010)
Related topics	Children's programming on the American Broadcasting Company Disney's One Too Disney–ABC Domestic Television Saturday morning programming on Disney Channel It's a Laugh Productions Disney Television Animation

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2000s debuts	Aaron Stone (2009–2010) Yin Yang Yo! (2009) Phineas and Ferb (2009–2015) Jimmy Two-Shoes (2009-2011) Kid vs. Kat (2009-2011) Zeke and Luther (2009–2012) I'm in the Band (2009–2011)
2010s debuts	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil (2010–2012) Pair of Kings (2010–2013) The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (2010–2012) Goalmouth (2011-2014) Kickin' It (2011–2015) Lab Rats (2012–2016) Ultimate Spider-Man (2012–2017) Motorcity (2012–2013) Tron: Uprising (2012–2013) Gravity Falls (2012–2016) Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (2012–2015) Crash & Bernstein (2012–2014) Packages from Planet X (2013–2015) Avengers Assemble (2013–2019) Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. (2013–2015) Wander Over Yonder (2013–2016) Mighty Med (2013–2015) The 7D (2014–2016) Star Wars Rebels (2014–2018) Kirby Buckets (2014–2017) Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (2014–2017) Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2015–2019) Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales (2015) Two More Eggs (2015–2017) Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything (2015–2017) Guardians of the Galaxy (2015–2019) Pickle and Peanut (2015–2018) Lab Rats: Elite Force (2016) Walk the Prank (2016–2018) Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures (2016–2017) Counterfeit Cat (2016–2017) Future-Worm! (2016–2018) Right Now Kapow (2016–2017) Milo Murphy's Law (2016–2019) Mech-X4 (2016–2018) Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer (2017) Parker Plays (2017–2018) Player Select (2017–2020) DuckTales (2017–2021) Marvel's Spider-Man (2017–2020) Big Hero 6: The Series (2017–2021) Star Wars Resistance (2018–2020) Space Chickens in Space (2018–2019)
2020s debuts	Eye Wonder (2021–2022) G.O.A.T. (2021–2022) Roman to the Rescue (2022) Beyblade Burst QuadStrike (2023) Bakugan (2023–2024)
See also	25 Days of Christmas Disney Television Animation It's a Laugh Productions

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