QUICK WITTED TWEEN
USES HER INVENTIONS
TO NAVIGATE LIFE
AS THE MIDDLE CHILD
IN A LARGE FAMILY,
IN THE COMEDY SERIES
"STUCK IN THE MIDDLE,"
TO BE PRESENTED
IN A FULL EPISODE PREVIEW,
FEB. 14 ON DISNEY CHANNEL
#1 Animated Feature of All Time, Disney's "Frozen," to be Presented for the First Time Ever on Disney Channel
Jenna Ortega ("Jane the Virgin") stars as inventive tween Harley Diaz, the middle child in a bustling household of nine, in the engaging single-camera comedy series for kids and families "Stuck in the Middle" to be presented in a full episode preview FEB. 14 (8:45 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel, immediately following the channel's premiere of Disney's Academy Award-winning animated film "Frozen" (7:00 p.m., ET/PT).
Linda Videtti Figueiredo ("Rules of Engagement" and "Last Man Standing") serves as Executive Producer. The series was created by Alison Brown ("Dog With A Blog").
The "Stuck in the Middle" preview episode will be on WATCH Disney Channel and WATCHDisneyChannel.com, available to users on tablets, phones, set top boxes and computers, beginning FEB. 14.
"Stuck in the Middle" will begin in its regular time slot MARCH 11 (9:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel.
Told from Harley's point-of-view, the slice-of life stories find the comedy in everyday life of a big family as this middle child devises creative ways to cope with -- and stand out -- in her family's busy suburban Massachusetts household.
The Diaz parents, Suzy and Tom, also have six other kids: Rachel the self-involved eldest; Georgie, a basketball-playing teen; Ethan, Harley's closest ally; invincible and indestructible twins Lewie and "Beast;" and the strong-willed youngest sibling, Daphne.
In addition to Jenna Ortega (who's also set for a voice role in Disney Junior's upcoming "Elena of Avalor"), the series stars: Isaak Presley ("Austin & Ally") as Ethan Diaz; Ronni Hawk as Rachel Diaz; Kayla Maisonet ("Dog With A Blog") as Georgie Diaz; Nicolas Bechtel ("General Hospital") as Lewie Diaz; Malachi Barton ("The Young and the Restless") as "Beast" Diaz; Ariana Greenblatt ("Liv and Maddie") as Daphne Diaz; Cerina Vincent ("Mike and Molly") as Suzy Diaz; and Joe Nieves ("How I Met Your Mother") as Tom Diaz.
In the preview episode, avid inventor Harley is all set to accept a community award but first must devise a way to get her family out of the house and to the ceremony on time.
The series is from Horizon Productions, Inc., and carries a TV-G parental guideline.
Disney Channel is a 24-hour kid-driven, family-inclusive television network that taps into the world of kids and families through original series and movies.
Currently available on basic cable in over 96 million U.S. homes and to millions of other viewers on Disney Channels around the world, Disney Channel is part of the Disney | ABC Television Group.
About Frozen
Walt Disney Animation Studios’ animated feature “Frozen” launched a worldwide phenomenon in 2013, becoming the highest-grossing animated feature ever released with more than $1.27 billion in global box office. “Frozen” has received multiple honors, including two Academy Awards®, the Golden Globe®, BAFTA® Award, PGA Award, five Annie Awards and two Grammy® Awards. The film was one of the biggest home entertainment successes of the last decade, becoming the best-selling Blu-ray and digital release in U.S. history. The film’s quadruple Platinum soundtrack, featuring the Oscar®-winning song “Let It Go,” has sold over 10 million units worldwide and spent 33 weeks in the top 5 on the Billboard 200 chart, including 13 weeks at No. 1. The North American tour of “Disney on Ice Presents Frozen,” produced by Feld Entertainment, resulted in the biggest on-sale in Feld’s history. Millions of guests enjoy “Frozen” experiences at Disney Parks around the world, where Anna and Elsa are among the most sought-after princesses, and construction is underway on a new “Frozen” attraction at the Norway Pavilion in Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort. Disney Cruise Line has featured a variety of “Frozen”-inspired activities on select itineraries. Topping the National Retail Federation’s 2014 Hot Holiday Toys survey, “Frozen” product popularity continues to soar: More than 3 million role-play dresses have been sold in North America alone; “Frozen: The Junior Novelization” spent more than 40 weeks on the New York Times best sellers list; and the “Disney Karaoke: Frozen” app peaked at No. 1 on the iPad Entertainment Downloads category in more than 100 countries. “Frozen” also took home the prestigious 2015 Property of the Year award during the Toy Industry Association’s annual Toy of the Year Awards. Fans have spent 42 billion minutes playing the “Frozen Free Fall” mobile game, and the film also inspired a Code.org initiative to encourage people to learn how to code. The adventures of Anna, Elsa, Olaf, Kristoff and Sven continued in “Frozen Fever,” a Walt Disney Animation Studios short film created by the original “Frozen” team, which debuted in theaters in March 2015.
