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Years active. 1999–present. Known for. A.N.T. Farm, Mr. Young. Daniel Signer is a Canadian-American television producer and writer. He is creator and executive producer of Some Assembly Required for Netflix and YTV, [2] A.N.T. Farm [1] [3] for Disney Channel and Mr. Young [4] for YTV and Disney XD. He previously served as a writer and ...
The series was created by Dan Signer, a former writer and co-executive producer of The Suite Life on Deck and creator of the Disney XD/YTV series Mr. Young. In mid-November 2010, Disney Channel greenlit the series, [4] with production beginning in early 2011. [5] The first promo was released during the premiere of Lemonade Mouth.
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A.N.T. Farm revolves around Chyna Parks (China Anne McClain), an 11-year-old musical prodigy, who has just become the newest A.N.T. (Advanced Natural Talents) in the A.N.T. program at Webster High School in San Francisco, California. On her first day, she meets Olive Doyle (Sierra McCormick), an odd girl who has a photographic memory, and Fletcher ...
Development
Disney Channelannounced on November 11, 2010, that they had greenlighted the show for production, which began in early 2011. The show was first conceived when Dan Signer, creator of the show, saw China Anne McClain. "The girl had so much confidence. She can nail a joke. She can sing. She can play instruments. It's like China was some sort of child prodigy [...] And that's when it hit me: Why not build a show around a child prodigy? Someone who's got all of this natural talent & ability, but i...
Casting
Sierra McCormick was cast after an audition where she continually talked about tigers. Dan Signer stated "And as I heard her continually talking about tigers, I thought 'That's just how Olive would sound,' because Olive is a fast-talking, intelligent student whose talent is memory. Which is how Sierra got that part." Jake Short was the last of the three core characters to be cast. Caroline Sunshine was originally cast as Lexi and Stefanie Scott as the role of Tinka Hessenheffer in Shake it Up...
A.N.T. Farm was the number one show on Disney Channel in 2011 within the 6-11 demographic.It was nominated for an NAACP Award in February of 2012.Main characters
1. Chyna Parks (China Anne McClain) is an 11-year-old music prodigy who is part of the A.N.T. program in her brother's high school. In ParticipANTs, she becomes a cheerleader, only to be tricked by Lexi into losing her voice so she can't audition for the school play. In Bad RomANTs, it is said she thinks better with her guitar. She is very kind, although she seems to be as embarrassed by her brother as he is of her. 2. Olive Doyle (Sierra McCormick) is Chyna's best friend and part of the A.N....
Recurring characters
1. Paisley Houndstooth (Allie DeBerry) is best friends with Lexi. She is also on the cheer squad, even though she's clueless about almost every cheer. She is often confused about everything that's going on. However, she thinks different from Lexi, because she usually cares about people. She's a sweet-spirited girl, but cluelessly gets roped into Lexi's schemes. Both easily fooled and free with compliments, she is treated badly by Lexi despite them being "best friends." 2. Henry Gibson (Zach S...
Critical reception
The series's premiere earned mixed reviews. It also currently holds a 6.0 making "Fair" rating (based on 56 votes) on TV.com, and 5.2/10 rating (based on 142 votes and 5 reviews) on IMDb.com.
Ratings
The sneak preview of the series earned 4.4 million viewers on its premiere night, ranked as TV’s No. 1 Telecast in Total Day among Tweens 9-14 (441,000/1.8 rating) and was also TV’s No. 1 Telecast among Kids 6-11 (544,000/2.2 rating). Its lead-in, the series finale of The Suite Life on Deck, got 4.6 million. The episode "The PhANTom Locker", is currently the most-watched episode of the series, scoring 4.6 million viewers. It did better than its lead-in Wizards of Waverly Place, which got 4 mi...
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Jun 21, 2011 · And then – from there – Disney eventually beckoned. Dan joined the writing staff of “The Suite Life with Zack & Cody” midway through its second season. And the producers of that Disney Channel show were so impressed with Signer’s efforts that – when “The Suite Life on Deck” was
Disney Channel’s A.N.T. Farm. August 4 , 2013. by Lisa Horan. W hen Disney Channel execs approached Writer Dan Signer ( The Suite Life of Zack and Cody and The Suite Life on Deck) about creating an original series, Signer was, of course, delighted. While he was exploring the creative direction of the show, he was presented with an unexpected ...
Liked by Dan Signer Excited to share the new trailer for #prettyfreekinscary coming to @disneychannel on June 15 at 9pm et and next day on @disneyplus 💜 #disneychannel…
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Daniel "Dan" Signer is a Canadian television producer and writer. He is the creator and executive producer of A.N.T. Farm for Disney Channel and Mr. Young, for YTV and Disney XD. He also co-created and executive produces the series, Some Assembly Required, which premiered on January 6, 2014 on YTV. Prior to creating those series, he worked on series Rude Awakening, Grown Ups, Greg the Bunny ...
