Shake It Up

Shake It Up  is an American sitcom  airing on Disney Channel  in the United States. The series premiered on November 7, 2010. Created by Chris Thompson and starring Bella Thorne and Zendaya, the show follows the adventures of CeCe Jones (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 also are other main cast members in the series.

The show's original concept was for Disney to create a female buddy comedy, only with a dance aspect. The dance concept is Disney's third original series, after The Famous Jett Jackson and Sonny With A Chance, to use a show-within-a-show format. The series is also the first Disney Channel Original Series since So Random! to have more than six primary contracted cast members at one time.

On September 29, 2011, Disney Channel announced it had increased Shake It Up's second season order to 26 episodes. A second soundtrack with songs from the series, Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance, was released on March 20, 2012. 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 will not be a regular cast member for season 3, but will make special guest appearances. The third soundtrack Shake It Up: I <3 Dance was released on March 5, 2013.

On July 25, Disney Channel confirmed that Shake It Up will be canceled after the end of the third season.

Premise
Shake It Up revolves around the adventures of best friends Rocky Blue and Cece Jones who, with the help of Rocky's brother Ty and his best friend Deuce Martinez, fulfill their dreams of becoming professional dancers when they land roles as dancers on a local show, "Shake It Up, Chicago!". Cece and Rocky deal with their circumstances, by adapting and maintaining their social status at school while watching Cece's little brother, Flynn; and their antics of their TV show which includes matching the skills of their competition, notably brother and sister, Gunther and Tinka.

Main Characters
Bella Thorne as Cece Jones

Zendaya as Rocky Blue

Davis Cleveland as Flynn Jones

Roshon Fegan as Ty Blue

Adam Irigoyen as Deuce Martinez

Kenton Duty as Gunther Hessenheffer

Caroline Sunshine as Tinka Hessenheffer

Recurring characters
R. Brandon Johnson as Gary Wilde

Anita Barone as Georgia Jones

Carla Renata as Marcie Blue

Phil Morris as Dr. Curtis Blue

Buddy Handleson as Henry

Ainsley Bailey as Dina Garcia

Jim Pirri as Uncle Frank

Anthony Starke as Jeremy Hunter

Leo Howard as Logan Hunter

Jonathan Chase as Phil