Austin & Ally
The show was planned to renew for a third season on March 12, 2013 at the Disney upfront.It was officially confirmed on April 2, 2013 by Adam Bonnett, Senior Vice President, Original Programming, Disney Channels Worldwide.
Plot
Set in Miami, Austin & Ally is a multi-camera comedy about the relationship between two very different musicians: extroverted singer and instrumentalist Austin Moon (Ross Lynch), who is fun-loving and outgoing; and introverted and awkward songwriter Ally Dawson (Laura Marano), who is a good singer but had an extreme case of stage fright.Austin becomes famous after he secretly records one of Ally's songs with the help of his best friend Dez (Calum Worthy), and posts it on the internet. However, he did so without Ally's knowledge, and once Ally, convinced by her best friend Trish (Raini Rodriguez), takes credit for her song, Austin convinces her to become partners. The two agree to work together, and become close friends, while struggling to keep Austin's newfound fame and profit from it, with the help of Trish and Dez. They face adventures while in Austin's music career. At the end of the 1st season, Austin gets signed to Jimmy Starr's record label.
The series has been described as a "pint-sized" version of HBO's comedy-drama Entourage.
Cast and characters
Main cast
• Ross Lynch as Austin Moon,an outgoing, confident and talented singer who became an "overnight" Internet sensation. Austin's closest friends are Dez, Ally and Trish. He loves singing, dancing, pancakes, cheerleaders, and having fun. His middle name is Monica. He sort of likes somewhat childish things, including coloring in coloring books, laughing at toilet humor and liking stuffed animals. He is generally shown to be sweet, naive and gullible. In "Filmmaking & Fear Breaking", it is revealed that he has had a big fear of umbrellas since he was a child. Ally eventually helps him overcome his fears. Towards the end of Season 1, Austin gets a record deal from Jimmy Starr with Starr Records. He develops a crush on Ally in Season 2, later they became a couple in Partners and Parachutes. They broke up and ended up being friends and partners again in Couples and Careers. In "Tunes & Trials", Austin writes his first successful song which is written for Ally.• Laura Marano as Ally Dawson, a singer-songwriter with extreme stage fright, which developed from her fear of rejection. She wrote the first hit song that Austin performed. She originally wrote for herself, but after Austin accidentally stole and became an internet sensation because of it, she and Trish tracked him down and they became friends. Ever since then, she has been his partner and songwriter. She works at her father's music store, Sonic Boom, and is shown to have unusual habits, such as biting her hair when she's nervous and having a big love for pickles. She is a very talented singer and pianist, but is terrible at dancing. She is very shy and awkward, a personality that often clashes with Austin's. She develops a crush on Austin in Season 2, and later became a couple in Partners and Parachutes. They soon went on their first date, but things got all awkward and they ended up being only friends and partners in Couples and Careers. In Tracks and Troubles, she gets a record deal from Jimmy Starr for singing "Finally Me" and now she and Austin share a record deal in Starr Records.
• Raini Rodriguez as Trish,Ally's best friend and Austin's manager. Her jobs change frequently due to her lack of effort and presence at work. However, she takes her job as Austin's manager very seriously, leading to the point where she would put her name and photo on ideal covers for Austin's debut album. Trish also became Ally's manager in Season 2. She has a complicated love/hate relationship with Dez. She and Dez share some similar interests, such as "Zalien" movies and the show "Crime and judgement". Her full name is revealed to be Patricia Maria de la Rosa in the Season 1, episode 8, Club Owners & Quinceaneras. She is sarcastic, vindictive, has little patience and a bit of a temper. Trish is also a very impressive singer as shown in " Rockers and Writers" and " Diners and Daters"
• Calum Worthy as Dez,Austin's best friend and an aspiring director with a strange fashion style and strong lack of intelligence and meaning. He films all of Austin's music videos and is Austin's best friend. It is revealed in season 2 that he has a sister named Didi. He has a complicated love/hate relationship with Trish. He understands very little and is somewhat annoying, weird, and immature, but becomes serious when it counts. He also often have strange things in his backpack, such as ice sculptures, or lots of different types of jam. Dez almost made the world record for spinning a basketball for the longest time, but he absentmindedly stopped the basketball, forgetting that Austin already lost and wanted him to win. He somehow led Austin into thinking that zebras weren't real.
Recurring cast
• Nelson, played by Cole Sand, an awkward young boy who takes music lessons from Ally. He is known for saying "Aw, nartz!!" He tends to mix up a word for a word that sounds alike, such as "oboe" and "hobo". In "Parents & Punishments" Nelson has a crush on Megan.• Lester, played by Andy Milder, Ally's father. He is the cheapskate owner of the music store Sonic Boom, and is completely ignorant of Ally's musical talents, among other things. He has been heard saying that she has a billion-to-one shot at making it in the music business, just like Austin's parents have told him. It's revealed that he and Penny, Ally's mother, are divorced.
• Dallas, played by Noah Centineo, was Ally's crush and worked at cell phone accessories cart. He rejects Ally when she asks him to dance at Trish's quinceañera in the episode "Club Owners & Quinceaneras", but only because he cannot dance. In the episode "World Records & Work Wreckers", Ally accidentally hires Dallas to work at Sonic Boom and is forced to fire him once it becomes evident that Dallas is a clumsy worker. Dallas now works at the library nearby.
• Mindy, played by Ashley Fink, an older teenage girl who is the manager of The Melody Diner who has a crush on Dez. Mindy was first introduced in the episode "myTAB & My Pet". Mindy is shown to be rude and aggressive, causing Dez to be rather afraid of her in addition to his dislike of her. In "Diners & Daters", she supplies Dez with unlimited chicken pot pies (which he loves) in order to encourage him to stay at the Melody Diner longer.
• Jimmy Starr, played by Richard Whiten, he is the owner of Starr Records, and has signed Austin Moon to his record label on the episode "Successes & Setbacks". In "Ferris Wheels & Funky Breath", it is revealed that Jimmy has no sense of smell as a result of an operation to fix his childhood drooling problem.
• Trent, played by Trevor Jackson, Trish's ex-boyfriend & Team Austin's rival. He first appears in "Backups & Breakups" as a backup dancer for Austin. He and Trish broke up after Ally discovered Trent was cheating on Trish. In "Crybabies & Cologne", Trent begins rivaling Austin for fame by copying Austin's life.
• Megan Simms, played by Aubrey K. Miller, a 10-year-old Cheetah Beat photographer. Megan tends to use teenage slang terms such as "totes" or "hilar" instead of totally or hilarious. Megan is rather stubborn and perhaps a bit nosy as well, though she appears unaware of when she crosses the line for others. She is an extreme paintballer and a sharpshooter.
• Mike Moon, played by John Henson, Austin's father. He owns Moon's Mattress Kingdom, a mattress store. He knows a lot about mattresses and the history of them. He is first introduced in "Successes & Setbacks".
• Mimi Moon, played by Jill Benjamin, Austin's mother. She co-owns Moon's Mattress Kingdom. She used to be a hand model before she went into the mattress selling business. She is first introduced in "Successes & Setbacks".
• Penny Dawson, played by Julia Campbell, Ally's mother. She was on a research trip in Africa for gorillas, and came home in "Chapters & Choices" to see Ally and her friends. It's revealed that she and Lester, Ally's father, are divorced. In a book she wrote about gorillas, she mocked her ex-husband with a character named Chester the Cheap Gorilla. Lester is offended at first but appreciates the character by the end of the episode.
• Kira Starr, played by Kiersey Clemons, Jimmy Starr's daughter and Austin's ex-girlfriend. Kira temporarily had a case of repugment breath, causing the gang to be extremely wary of her throughout "Ferris Wheels and Funky Breath". Her bad breath was caused by her constant eating of garlic and anchovy pizza. Her bad breath cleared away in the episode afterward, resulting in Austin asking her out. Kira and Austin broke up in "Partners & Parachutes" because Austin wanted to be with Ally. Kira is signed on to Starr Records and records her song Elevator Doors
• Chuck, played by John Paul Green, Dez's enemy. He is a short, country speaking guy who thinks he is better than Dez. The reason why they're enemies is because Dez stole the crazy fashion style from him. Chuck has a huge crush on Trish by calling her "Trishita-Bonita ", but she finds him to be weird. He is first introduced in "Freaky Friends & Fan Fiction".
• Brooke, played by Carrie Wampler, also known as "Scrapbook Girl", is shown to be a person who is very serious about her relationships. She seems to be madly in love with Austin, even though they only went on two dates. She claims they went on 37 dates in her dreams. Austin, however, doesn't return her feelings. She appears in the episodes "Magazines & Made-Up Stuff" and "Tunes & Trials"
• Val Crawford, played by Saidah Arrika Ekulona, is the manager of the group The Stray Kitties, and it is shown that she is willing to go to many lengths to try to get what she wants. Val comes back in "Tunes & Trials", where she comes into Sonic Boom and asks Ally and Austin to write her a song that will give her band, The Stray Kitties, their first big hit. They decline, and she leaves, infuriated. She then comes back for revenge; she sues them and claims that Austin stole the song, Steal Your Heart, from her. They go to court, and despite the majority of the court session going her way, she ends up losing the case.
Development, production and reception
The series was created by Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert, the writers and producers of the Disney Channel sitcoms Sonny with a Chance and Jonas. Production for the pilot episode began in mid-February 2011.The pilot was directed by Shelley Jensen. Casting for the series regulars were held nationally around the United States and shooting for the pilot began in early March 2011.On May 24, 2011, Disney Channel announced that Austin & Ally had been picked up as a series.On September 29, 2011, it was announced that Disney Channel had extended the show's episode order from 13 episodes to 21. Shooting for the first season completed on January 27, 2012. It was announced on March 11, 2012, that the show had been renewed for a second season and production would resume that summer,though the cast's first day back for the second season was earlier than that, on June 4, 2012. A DVD featuring a couple of episodes of the series titled "Austin & Ally: All the Write Moves" was released on June 18 2013.
The series preview attracted 5.7 million viewers and the official premiere garnered 4.0 million viewers. Austin & Ally was ranked the No.1 Telecast on Sunday premieres among pre-teens 9-12 and teens 13-18. So far, the most viewed Austin & Ally episode is "Rockers & Writers" with 5.7 million views, the second most viewed episode is "Campers & Complications" with 4.9 million views and the least viewed episode is "Boy Songs & Badges" with 2.5 million views.
Songs
Songs with an * are not on the Austin & Ally soundtrack
Soundtrack
Main article: Austin & Ally (soundtrack)
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