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“Primos” is a new animated family comedy series, inspired by creator Natasha Kline’s childhood experience in Southern California, starring Myrna Velasco, Angélica María, Cheech Marin, Melissa Villaseñor, Nellie Ramirez Humphrey; Jim Conroy, Michelle Ortiz, Liza Koshy, and Mark Consuelos, debuting July 25, 2024 on Disney Channel, followed by July 26, 2024 streaming on Disney :

“…’Tater Ramirez Humphrey’ is an eccentric girl with ambitious summer dreams.

“However, her plans take an unexpected turn when her family invites all 12 of her cousins to stay with them…

“…leading to a summer of surprises and unforgettable adventures…”

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Primos creator Natasha Kline has known since she was little that she wanted to make her own show. “I was five years old and I was like, “I want to be an animator,’” she recalls.

Equally influential on the childhood of the director/writer/storyboard artist was her large, diverse family and hometown of L.A., a giant city where “there’s grit and there’s dust and there’s texture.” It’s a place she loves for the “real people who live here, despite what the world thinks of Hollywood as this glamorous place.”

Growing up, the creative hadn’t really seen a series that reflected her coming of age as a Latina with two dozen cousins in the Inland Empire. Hey Arnold!, the beloved ‘90s animated series set in a fictitious and amalgamous American city, got somewhat close, thanks to its setting and central characters who “are able...

Here’s a look at this week’s biggest premieres, parties and openings in Los Angeles and New York, including events for If, Bridgerton and Hit Man.

If premiere

Writer-director John Krasinski joined stars Ryan Reynolds, Steve Carell, Cailey Fleming, Fiona Shaw, Alan Kim, Emily Blunt, Bradley Cooper, Awkwafina, Matt Damon, Amy Schumer, Maya Rudolph, Bobby Moynihan and Christopher Meloni at the New York premiere of If on Monday.

Bobby Moynihan, Steve Carell, John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, Fiona Shaw and Alan Kim Bradley Cooper

Bridgerton premiere

Nicola Coughlan, Luke Newton, Claudia Jessie, Adjoa Andoh, Ruth Gemmell, Lorraine Ashbourne, Simone Ashley and Jonathan Bailey walked the carpet on Monday at the New York premiere of Bridgerton‘s third season.

Luke Newton and Nicola Coughlan Simone Ashley and Jonathan Bailey

Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion premiere

The Paley Center for Media hosted the world premiere of documentary Bob Mackie: Naked Illusion in Los Angeles on Monday,...

Exclusive: Everyone’s favorite Gordita is coming back!

The Max original Gordita Chronicles is getting a second life on Tubi as they have acquired the rights to Season 1 and will be the exclusive AVOD home of the comedy. All 10 episodes of the single-cam series will be available on March 29 at 7:30 a.m. Pt.

Created by Claudia Forestieri based on her real-life childhood experiences, Gordita Chronicles is about family, opportunity, love, resilience and boldly defying the status quo in pursuit of the “American Dream.” It tells the story of Cucu “Gordita” Castelli (Olivia Goncalves), who has just said goodbye to all of her friends and family in Santo Domingo and moved to Miami with her marketing executive father Víctor (Juan Javier Cardenas), bold and vivacious mother Adela (Diana Maria Riva) and status-obsessed older sister Emilia (Savannah Nicole Ruiz). While life in America is far from what they imagined, the Castellis...

Disney Branded Television has promoted Meredith Roberts to Executive Vice President, TV Animation.

Roberts was previously the senior vice president/general manager for Television Animation, Disney Branded Television. Prior to that, she was the general manager of Disneytoon Studios which launched the Planes and Tinker Bell/Fairies franchise titles. From 2004 to 2007, Roberts served as the president of Creative Affairs, Walt Disney Television Animation.

Disney Branded Entertainment President Ayo Davis announced the promotion today at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

“A leader of incredible vision and a true champion of artistic talent, Meredith has set a new bar for Disney Television Animation, building upon the single greatest animation legacy in the world to lead a team that is creating the most innovative, magical animated storytelling in the business,” said Davis. “This well-deserved promotion is in recognition of not only her tremendous leadership and creativity but her ongoing commitment to advancing diverse,...

Exclusive: Disney Branded Television has ordered Primos, an original animated comedy series created and executive produced by Natasha Kline. The story is based on Kline’s childhood experiences with her extended multicultural Mexican American family. No network has been announced as of yet.

Each half-hour episode of Primos, produced by Disney Television Animation, will be comprised of two 11-minute stories featuring Tater, an eccentric 10-year-old girl with big dreams and, unbeknownst to her, a certain “it factor” that makes her exceptional. When her 12 cousins (“primos” in Spanish) move in for the summer, they help her discover just what it is. Tater’s aspirations and larger-than-life imagination are seen via entries in her super-secret diary, which turn her deepest thoughts into grandiose animation sequences.

“Primos is set in childhood summers spent with my cousins under one roof, and the comedy that’s borne from that wonderfully hectic setting,...

Disney Channel has greenlighted The Curse of Molly McGee, an animated buddy comedy series about a tween optimist and grumpy ghost from the Emmy-winning duo behind The Penguins of Madagascar.

The series from Disney Television Animation follows the adventures of Molly, who lives to make the world a better place, and Scratch, whose joy comes from spreading misery. When one of Scratch’s spells backfires, he finds himself forever cursed in Molly’s presence.

The Curse of Molly McGee is executive produced by Bill Motz and Bob Roth, former EPs of Disney Xd’s Lego Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures, along with Emmy winner Steve Loter. No cast was announced.

Disney Channel also said today that it signed a number of toon creators and artists to overall development deals. Among them are Bruce Smith (The Proud Family), Jeff Howard (Planes), Kate Kondell (The Pirate Fairy...

Disney Channel’s Big City Greens doesn’t premiere for another month, but it’s already set to return for Season 2. The cable net said today that the animated comedy-adventure series has been renewed for a sophomore session.

Debuting on June 18, Big City Greens follows the offbeat adventures of 10-year-old Cricket Green (Chris Houghton), a mischievous and optimistic country boy who moves to the big city with his wildly out-of-place family. Cricket’s natural curiosity and enthusiasm leads him and his kin on epic journeys and into the hearts of his new neighbors.

Marieve Herington voices Cricket’s quirky older sister, Tilly; Bob Joles plays his hardworking father, Bill; and Artemis Pebdani is his sweet Gramma Alice. Guest voice stars in Season 1 include Jon Hamm, Raven-Symoné, Busta Rhymes, Danny Trejo, Jim Rash, Lorraine Toussaint and Paul F. Tompkins.

The Disney Television Animation series hails from comic book-creating brothers Chris and...