That's So Raven (2003)

Directed by

Sean McNamara

Genre

fantasy television series, teen sitcom

Country

United States

Length

4 seasons, 100 episodes

Rated

TV-G

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 282 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl named Raven Baxter has psychic visions of future events. She tries to change what she sees in her visions to help her friends and family, but her plans often backfire with funny results.

lightheartedcomedicbouncywhimsicalsillyfeel-goodfast-pacedcheerful

What happens

That's So Raven is an American television fantasy teen sitcom that was created by Michael Poryes and Susan Sherman, and aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between January 2003 and November 2007. The series centers on Raven Baxter (Raven-Symoné), a teenager with hidden psychic abilities. Episodes show Raven experiencing visions of future events; she must also deal with the social and personal issues of her youth. Raven often misinterprets the events she foresees, and intervenes to prevent a vision from coming true or to protect her friends and family, although her intervention often causes the vision to come true. She uses her skills in fashion design to create elaborate disguises she wears during these schemes. Raven's secret is shared with her best friends, Eddie Thomas (Orlando Brown) and Chelsea Daniels (Anneliese van der Pol), along with her brother, Cory (Kyle Massey), and parents, Tanya (T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh) and Victor (Rondell Sheridan). The series explores supernatural elements, family, friendship, and adolescence. The Walt Disney Company created the series as its television network's first multi-camera sitcom after the success of its earlier single-camera comedy series such as Even Stevens and Lizzie McGuire, the former of which executive producers David Brookwell and Sean McNamara concurrently worked on. Their joint company Brookwell McNamara Entertainment produced That's So Raven, which premiered on January 17, 2003. The series concluded on November 10, 2007, after becoming the first program on the network to reach 100 episodes, and ended because the actors were aging beyond the show's target teenage demographic. All four seasons of the show have been distributed through digital download and on the streaming service Disney+. That's So Raven enjoyed high viewership on broadcast television in the United States, and gave rise to the development of merchandise, soundtrack albums, and video game adaptations. Television critics praised Raven-Symoné for her physical comedy in what is considered her breakthrough role. The series received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Children's Program in 2005 and 2007. A spin-off entitled Cory in the House, which stars Massey and Sheridan, aired on Disney Channel for two seasons from 2007 to 2008. Raven-Symoné, van der Pol, Sheridan and Keymáh reprised their roles for the spin-off Raven's Home, which aired for six seasons from 2017 to 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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