The Disney Channel (DStv 303) is hoping to turn Debby Ryan (18) from The Suite Life on Deck into the next Miley Cyrus and with production that very recently started on the first season of her own new teen show Jessie, I can reveal that Jessie is scheduled to start in South Africa on The Disney Channel in March of 2012.
The first season order of Jessie was also increased from 13 episodes to 20, which indicates that Disney Channel executives must be very happy with the episodes they're seeing, even before a single episode has yet been broadcast in America.
Disney tells me that ''production has begun in Hollywood on Jessie'' with Debby Ryan playing ''an idealistic teen from rural Texas who moves to New York City and becomes a nanny for a high-profile couple with four kids. The series is scheduled to premiere in 2012 on The Disney Channel in South Africa.''
Jessie was created by Pamela Eels O'Connell responsible for Family Matters, The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and The Suite Life on Deck and she's also the executive producer. The series is from It's a Laugh Productions Inc.