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Shake It Up

American sitcom (2010-2013)

TV series · TMDB

★ 7.6

Best pals CeCe and Rocky dream of dancing stardom. And they seem on the verge of realizing that goal when they win places as backup dancers on the local TV show "Shake It Up, Chicago." While they get to show off their moves, they find out they need to keep putting their best feet forward to keep up with the rest of the crew on the show.

Aired: 2010–2013
Seasons: 3 · 77 episodes
Status: Ended
Created by: Chris Thompson
Network: Disney Channel
Genres: Family, Kids, Comedy, Drama

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Key facts

Genre: Teen sitcom
Created by: Chris Thompson
Showrunners: Chris Thompson (season 1) Rob Lotterstein (seasons 2-3)
Starring: Bella Thorne Zendaya Davis Cleveland Roshon Fegan Adam Irigoyen Kenton Duty Caroline Sunshine
Theme music composer: Jeanne Lurie, Aris Archontis and Chen Neeman
Opening theme: " Shake It Up ", performed by Selena Gomez
Ending theme: "Shake It Up" (second verse)
Composers: Eric Goldman Zed Kelley Ken Lofkoll Michael Corcoran
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English
Number span no of episodes: 75 ( list of episodes )
Executive producers: Rob Lotterstein Chris Thompson (season 1) Jeff Strauss (season 2) Eileen Conn (episode 49–season 3)

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Shake It Up is an American sitcom that originally aired on Disney Channel from November 7, 2010, to November 10, 2013. Created by Chris Thompson and starring Bella Thorne and Zendaya, the show follows the adventures of CeCe Jones (Bella Thorne) and Rocky Blue (Zendaya) as they star as background dancers on a local show, Shake It Up Chicago. It also chronicles their misadventures on and off-set and their troubles and rising social status at school. Davis Cleveland, Roshon Fegan, Adam Irigoyen, Kenton Duty, and Caroline Sunshine play other main characters in the series. The show's original concept was for Disney to create a female buddy comedy with a dance aspect.

On September 29, 2011, Disney Channel announced it had increased Shake It Up's second season order to 26 episodes. A 90-minute special episode Made in Japan aired August 17, 2012, as the season two finale. On June 4, 2012, Disney Channel announced that Shake It Up was renewed for a third season and announced that Kenton Duty would not be a regular cast member for season 3, but would instead make special guest appearances. Despite this announcement, he did not appear in a single episode.