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Pretty Freekin Scary will not be returning for a second season. TV Line reports that Disney Channel has cancelled the multi-camera comedy horror series. The show, created by Jason P. Hauser and based on the popular book series, aired for one season of 20 episodes between June and August 2023.

Starring Eliana Su'a, Kyan Samuels, Leah Mei Gold, Yonas Kibreab, and Emma Shannon, the comedy series follows Frankie Ripp (Su'a), a 14-year-old girl whose life takes an unusual turn.

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Pretty Freekin Scary will not be returning to the network for a second season, TVLine has confirmed with Disney Channel.

Rumblings about the acquired live-action series’ unfortunate fate first started months ago via streaming analyst Drew Ryan‘s socials, and were recently bolstered by Instagram comments made by cast member Eliana Su’a.

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Pretty Freekin Scary Season 1, which aired its finale in August 2023, followed Frankie...

"Pretty Freekin Scary" is a new comedy TV series, created by Jason P. Hauser, based on the book series by Chris P. Flesh, starring Eliana Su'a, Kyan Samuels, Leah Mei Gold, Yonas Kibreab and Emma Shannon, now streaming on Disney+:

"...'Frankie Ripp' has a great life, until she gets killed in a freak accident. In the 'Underworld', she has a heated debate with the 'Grim Reaper' who lets her return home, as long as her Underworld guardians, 'Pretty' and 'Scary', accompany her. 

"Frankie tries to keep the Grim Reaper a secret from everyone while at the same time, she must work for the Grim Reaper by completing a series of given tasks should she wish to keep her life..."

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Disney Channel’s resident villains are welcoming some scary new neighbors this summer.

The second season of The Villains of Valley View will kick off with a full-hour premiere on Thursday, June 15 (8/7c), leading into the debut of the new series Pretty Freekin Scary (9/8c), TVLine has learned exclusively.

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Exclusive: Disney is reuniting with longtime former VP Original Series Kory Lunsford with a new comedy series and a first-look deal. The company has picked up to series Pretty Freekin Scary, a multi-camera sitcom based on the popular books, from CakeStart Entertainment, where Lunsford serves as president and partner, and Cloudco Entertainment. Lunsford left Disney after nearly 20 years in May 2021 to join the newly formed CakeStart.

Production is underway on the series, the first to be greenlit under a first-look development deal between CakeStart and Disney. The 20-episode first season is slated to debut in summer 2023 on Disney Channel and Disney+.

Eliana Su’a, Kyan Samuels, Leah Mei Gold, Yonas Kibreab and Emma Shannon

Created for television by Jason P. Hauser based on the book series, Pretty Freekin Scary follows the adventures of Frankie Ripp, a 14-year-old girl who has a seemingly perfect life – great parents, annoying little brother, lifelong Bff – until she dies.

The Casagrandes will be back for a third go-round. Ahead of its season 2 debut, Nickelodeon has renewed Emmy-winning kids series The Casagrandes for a third season.

A spinoff of Nickelodeon’s top-rated animated series The Loud House, The Casagrandes has ranked as the number two animated property across television with Kids 2-11 since its October 2019 debut. Season three is currently in production by Nickelodeon Animation Studio.

The Casagrandes tells the story of Ronnie Anne, who moves to the city with her mom and older brother to live with their big, loving family, the Casagrandes. The series showcases the culture, humor, and love that’s part of growing up in a multigenerational Mexican-American family. Season 3 will find Ronnie Anne and her family members on a variety of adventures while exploring different areas of the city.

“Our audience has loved the diverse characters, relatable stories and rich animation found in The Casagrandes...

Nickelodeon is getting into the Halloween spirit with an all-new episode of The Casagrandes! Titled “New Haunts,” the spooky story will be airing on Saturday, October 19th at 11:30Am. In this adventure, Ronnie Anne (Izabella Alvarez) forgoes a family Halloween tradition for a “cool” party but learns “cool” doesn’t always mean “fun.” Helping her in that realization is best friend Sid (Leah Mei Gold) and a surprising new addition to the cast of characters: Ken Jeong's debut as Sid's dad, Stanley. To celebrate Jeong's arrival on the show, we have an exclusive clip from "…...

Nickelodeon is expanding the world of its popular toon “The Loud House” with the multicultural spinoff “The Casagrandes,” which premieres Monday, Oct. 14, at 1:30 p.m. Et/Pt before moving to its regular timeslot on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. beginning on Oct. 19.

The new series follows Lincoln Loud’s friend 11-year-old Ronnie Anne Santiago, who moves to the big city with her mother and older brother to live with their multigenerational Mexican-American family, the Casagrandes, over their family-owned mercado. Ronnie Anne and her brother Bobby were first introduced on the first season of “The Loud House” in the episode titled “Save the Date.” The extended Casagrande family appeared during season 2 in the episode “Relative Chaos.”

While the series visually still lives in “The Loud House” world, the design of “The Casagrandes” is deeply steeped in Mexican-American culture with its own color palette and designs.

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Nickelodeon’s upcoming original animated series The Casagrandes has added Eugenio Derbez (Overboard), Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken) and Melissa Joan Hart (Sabrina the Teenage Witch) to its cast. In addition, Nickelodeon has renewed mothership series The Loud House for a fifth season.

The Loud House spinoff tells the story of the Casagrandes, a big, loving and multi-generational family living together in the city.

Derbez will lend his voice to Dr. Santiago, a physician living and working in Peru, who is Ronnie Anne and Bobby’s father. Jeong voices Mr. Stanley Chang, a friendly and patient train conductor, and Hart voices Mrs. Becca Chang, a quirky, smart and funny zoologist and wife to Stanley.

“The Casagrandes highlights the humorous stories and moments of daily life that every kind of family can relate to, and we’re thrilled to have Eugenio, Melissa and Ken on board to make these characters as relatable and funny as can be,...

Melissa Joan Hart is returning to Nickelodeon for her first series at the cable channel since “Clarissa Explains It All.” Hart, Ken Jeong and Eugenio Derbez have been cast in animated series “The Casagrandes,” which is a companion series to “The Loud House.”

Source series “The Loud House” has been renewed for a 26-episode fifth season ahead of its Season 4 premiere, Nick said on Tuesday. Spinoff “The Casagrandes” will debut in October.

The new 2D cartoon will tell the story of the titular Casagrandes, a big, loving and multi-generational Mexican-American family living together in the city. Derbez lends his voice as Dr. Santiago, a physician living and working in Peru, who is Ronnie Anne and Bobby’s (more on them below) father. Jeong voices Mr. Stanley Chang, a friendly and patient train conductor, and Hart voices his wife Mrs. Becca Chang, a quirky, smart and funny zoologist.

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