A.N.T. Farm

This article is about the television series. For other uses, see Ant farm (disambiguation).

A.N.T. Farm
Genre
Created byDan Signer
Starring
Theme music composer
Opening theme"Exceptional"
by China Anne McClain
Ending theme"Exceptional" (instrumental)
ComposerKenneth Burgomaster
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes62 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Julie Tsutsui (season 1)
  • Vic Kaplan (seasons 2–3)
Camera setup
Running time22 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkDisney Channel
ReleaseMay 6, 2011 (2011-05-06) –
March 21, 2014 (2014-03-21)
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A.N.T. Farm is an American teen sitcom that originally aired on Disney Channel from May 6, 2011, to March 21, 2014.[1] It first aired on May 6, 2011, as a special one-episode preview and continued as a regular series starting on June 17, 2011.[2] After airing as the preview of the series, the pilot episode "transplANTed" later re-aired after the series finale of The Suite Life on Deck.[3] 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.

The series stars China Anne McClain as Chyna Parks, an 11-year-old musical prodigy who is the newest member in the Advanced Natural Talent (A.N.T.) program, a gifted program at Webster High School in San Francisco that allows gifted middle school students to skip middle school and go immediately to high school. Sierra McCormick, Jake Short, Stefanie Scott, Carlon Jeffery, and Aedin Mincks also star. The series was successful, as it was the most popular series on television among children in the age ranges 6 to 11 and 9 to 13. The A.N.T. Farm soundtrack was released on October 11, 2011, and was successful, spending five weeks on the Billboard kids chart, peaked at number 29 on the US Billboard 200, and peaked at number 2 on the US Top Soundtracks.[6][7]

Disney+ premiered A.N.T. Farm for streaming on June 26, 2020.[8]

  1. ^ "Series Finale of "A.N.T. Farm" Airs Friday, March 21 on Disney Channel". The Futon Critic. February 24, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Gorman, Bill (May 12, 2011). "A.N.T. Farm To Premiere June 17 On Disney Channel USA". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on May 15, 2011. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
  3. ^ "Disney Channel and Disney Junior May 2011 Program Highlights". The Walt Disney Company. April 22, 2011. Archived from the original (DOC) on April 2, 2012. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  4. ^ Hibberd, James (November 11, 2010). "Disney Orders Live Action Comedy 'Ant Farm'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 13, 2010. Retrieved December 17, 2010.
  5. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (November 11, 2010). "Disney Channel Picks Up Comedy 'A.N.T. Farm' To Series". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on January 12, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2011.
  6. ^ Weisman, Jon (October 2, 2012). "Disney Channel renews 'A.N.T. Farm'". Variety. Archived from the original on June 19, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  7. ^ "Soundtrack". Billboard. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
  8. ^ "A.N.T. Farm Coming to Disney+ on June 26". Twitter. May 29, 2020. Archived from the original on August 23, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.