Hey
everyone!
Great news! We’re so happy to announce that Disney has picked up a second
season of “JONAS” and “Living the Dream”!
Special
congrats to our co-stars, Chelsea Staub and Nicole Anderson. We love working
with you and can't wait to make next year even better. Paul Hoen, one of our
new Executive Producers, whom we’ve worked with for a while now on “JONAS” and
“Camp Rock 2”, and of course Lester Lewis ("The Office", "The
Larry Sanders Show"), our other Executive Producer.
We couldn’t be happier to get back to “JONAS”. So many of you have written us
great comments all throughout season one telling us about all of your favorite
episodes so this makes us even more excited about bringing you an awesome
second season. We have so many great ideas and plans for what’s to come on the
show that we just can’t wait to share them with all of you!
We’re so lucky to work with such an amazing cast and producers to make the very
best show for all of you! We want the best for our fans because you’re the best
fans in the world!
Thanks to Disney for believing in us and “JONAS” enough to bring us back for a
2nd season.
2010 is going to be best year yet!!
We love you!
Thanks for your support!
JB
Kevin, Joe and Nick
Official press release below.
"JONAS," THE HIT COMEDY SERIES STARRING
THE MULTI-PLATINUM AND MULTI-PLATFORM JONAS BROTHERS,
PICKED UP FOR SEASON TWO ON DISNEY CHANNEL
-- "Jonas
Brothers: Living the Dream," a Popular Short-form Series,
Also Picked Up for
Season Two, Begins Production in Europe --
Disney Channel
has picked up Season Two of the hit comedy series "JONAS," starring
the multi-platinum recording artists Jonas Brothers plus popular actresses
Chelsea Staub and Nicole Anderson. Two new and notable producers, Lester Lewis
("The Office," "The Larry Sanders Show") and Paul Hoen (director
and co-producer of "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam," DGA Award-winning
director of "Jump In!," and "The Cheetah Girls One World,"
among others), have been named executive producers of the series. Season two of
"JONAS" is scheduled to begin production in Hollywood in February for
debut in mid-2010 on Disney Channel, DisneyChannel.com, mobile and VOD
platforms. The announcement was made today by Gary Marsh, president,
entertainment, Disney Channels Worldwide.
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This month,
while on the European leg of their hugely successful Jonas Brothers World Tour
2009 (produced by Live Nation), Kevin, Joe and Nick Jonas also began production
on Season Two of their popular short-form reality series, "Jonas Brothers:
Living the Dream," for premiere in early 2010. It will be followed by the
highly anticipated Disney Channel Original Movie "Camp Rock 2: The Final
Jam" in summer.
Marsh said, "We
couldn't ask for a more collaborative or creative partnership than we have with
the Jonas Brothers – and the success of our first season of 'JONAS' speaks for
itself. As we build on that success in a second season, we are thrilled to add
the extraordinary creative talents of Lester Lewis and Paul Hoen to the producing
team."
Regarding the
appeal of a second season of "Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream,"
Marsh continued, "We can deliver something to our viewers that no one else
can – exclusive, behind-the-scenes access to the real life adventures of one of
the superstar bands of our time. That's exactly the kind of unique experience
our viewers have come to expect from Disney Channel."
Michael
Rapino, President and Chief Executive Officer of Live Nation, the band's global
touring partner, said, "Two years ago we joined forces with the Jonas
Brothers' team when the band was performing small concerts in our House of
Blues clubs. Over the last two years they have developed into the superstars
they are today, playing in sold out arenas and stadiums throughout the world."
He continued, "Today they are a true global touring powerhouse, just won
Billboard Magazine's Choice Tour Award for 2009, and stand among the top
grossing artists of the year."
In
its primary timeslot (Sunday, 8:30 p.m.), "JONAS" ranks as TV's #1
program among Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14 and cable TV's #1 program in Total
Viewers (averaging 3.4 million viewers). For all of 2009, "JONAS" is #8
among all TV series in Kids 6-11 and on cable TV among Tweens. In its first
season, the series also won a Teen Choice Award in the Choice TV Breakout
Series category. In 2008 "Jonas Brothers: Living the Dream" reached
over 85 million unique Total Viewers, and 17 million Kids 6-11 and Tweens 9-14.
The success of
their TV ventures is among a notable list of Jonas Brothers milestones over the
past year including:
- A three-continent
concert tour, "Jonas Brothers World Tour 2009," that sold 1.5 million
arena tickets and ranks among the year's top grossing tours. Last week at
the Billboard Touring Awards, Jonas Brothers won the 2009 Eventful Fans'
Choice Award for the best concert tour of the year
- A #1 album
debut, "Lines, Vines and Trying Times," one of 2009's top album
debuts
- Three
#1 hit singles and five Top 10 songs on Radio Disney's listener-generated
Top 30
- #3
highest-grossing 3D concert film of all time, "Jonas Brothers: The 3D
Concert Experience"
- The launch
of a joint venture record label with Disney Music Group
- A
Grammy Award nomination
- New
York Times best-selling book, "Burning Up: On Tour with the Jonas
Brothers"
In addition,
Jonas Brothers have amassed nearly four million fans on Facebook, MySpace and
Say Now and are the #1 most-subscribed music channel and the #5 channel overall
on YouTube.
The
new season of "JONAS" follows the three hardest working brothers in
show business, Kevin, Joe and Nick Lucas, as they set out on a summer adventure
they will never forget. Along with their friend and chief of security Big Rob
(played by Jonas Brothers' real-life chief of security Rob Feggans, a familiar
face to Jonas Brothers fans) the brothers pack up from their converted New
Jersey firehouse home and head to Los Angeles. What starts out as a relaxing
vacation turns into three life-changing opportunities for the boys: Joe pursues
a prized role in a big Hollywood film, Kevin gets to indulge his newfound
passion for the movie business by shadowing a famous director, and Nick
partners with an eccentric record producer to work on the next JONAS album
(when he isn't busy with his latest passion...surfing). Their best friend, Stella
Malone, is along for the ride, staying with her aunt and interning in the
wardrobe department on the set of Joe's movie. Documenting the experience is
their friend and uber-Jonas fan, Macy Misa, who keeps all the fans up to date
with her Jonas blog.
Source: NTI, as dated. Year to date program ranks based on trackage
level data, most current, and Nielsen Media Research, NPower, 12/31/07-12/28/08 (2
minute qualifier).
Press Contact: Brenda Kelly Grant
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