K.C. Undercover

K.C. Undercover
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Corinne Marshall
Starring	Zendaya Veronica Dunne Kamil McFadden Trinitee Stokes Tammy Townsend Kadeem Hardison
Theme music composer	Andrew Love, Joacim Persson, Johan Alkenas
Opening theme	"Keep It Undercover" performed by Zendaya
Composer(s)	Bert Selen
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	33 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Rob Lotterstein Jared Hoffman
Producer(s)	Vic Kaplan
Location(s)	Hollywood Center Studios Hollywood, California
Camera setup	Videotape (filmized); Multi-camera
Running time	23–30 minutes
Production company(s)	Rob Lotterstein Productions It's a Laugh Productions
Distributor	Disney Channel
Release
Original network	Disney Channel
Picture format	720p (HDTV)
Original release	January 18, 2015 – present
External links
Website

K.C. Undercover is an American sitcom developed for Disney Channel, created by Corinne Marshall and executive produced by Rob Lotterstein. The series stars Zendaya as K.C. Cooper, a high school student training to follow in her parents' footsteps as an undercover spy.

Plot

Set in Washington, D.C., the series follows K.C. Cooper, a high school math genius who gets recruited by her parents, Craig and Kira Cooper, after she discovers that they are secretly undercover spies working for the Organization. Her brother, Ernie, tries to help because he feels left out, and eventually joins the team, and his desire leads Craig and Kira to get a new robot child named Judy.

Each episode centers on K.C. and her family as they contend with common familial issues while also performing missions to save the country with a recurring one having to thwart the plans of a criminal organization called the Other Side.

Characters

Main

• K.C. Cooper (Zendaya) is a high school student training to become an undercover spy. She is highly proficient at math, basketball, and karate. K.C. is a tomboy.
• Marisa Clark^[1] (Veronica Dunne) is K.C.'s best friend. She is cheerful, girly and a very outgoing person. In "Photo Bombed", she learns about K.C.'s spy life. In "Twas the Fight Before Christmas", her last name was revealed to be Miller.
• Ernie Cooper (Kamil McFadden) is K.C. and Judy's brother and a stereotypical nerd. He is a computer genius and joins the family's spy team in "My Sister From Another Mother...Board". He is often ignored by his parents (especially his father, who treats him as expendable during missions), which gives him a severe inferiority complex.
• Judy Cooper^[1] (Trinitee Stokes) is K.C. and Ernie's sarcastic robot sister who looks like a 10-year-old girl. Her robotic nature makes her very smart, but she has no social skills, although she is considered to be sassy. Her name stands for "Junior Undercover Digital Youth". She does not appear in the show until "My Sister from Another Mother...Board", when the Cooper parents believe Ernie wouldn't make a good enough spy before he quickly proves them wrong.
• Kira Cooper (Tammy Townsend) is K.C., Ernie, and Judy's mom and also an undercover spy.
• Craig Cooper (Kadeem Hardison) is K.C., Ernie, and Judy's dad and also an undercover spy.

Recurring

• Agent Johnson (Rick Hall) is a member of the Organization.
• Beverly (Sherri Shepherd) is a member of the Organization. She is good friends with the Cooper family.
• Petey (James DiGiacomo) is a "friend" of Judy's. Judy finds him annoying, as he has proven to be skeptical of the Cooper household, when Judy is alone. He's shown to be obnoxious and loud every time he screams out Judy's name.
• Brett Willis (Ross Butler) is an enemy spy and K.C.'s ex-boyfriend. In "Operation: Other Side, Part 2", it's shown that Brett was kicked out of the Organization, after he was discovered working as a double agent and being the son of Zane, he now works for the Other Side as a hand-to-hand combat instructor. In "K.C. and Brett: The Final Chapter" Brett was sent to kill K.C., but failed, and he is now on the run from the Other Side. He is now currently on the run in Canada.
• Mrs. Goldfeder (Jaime Moyer) is the Coopers' neighbor and Petey's mother. Like Petey, she is also obnoxious and loud, frequently visiting the Cooper's house.
• Zane (Francois Chau) is a member of the Other Side and the father of Brett.
• Victor (Lee Reherman) is the underboss of the Other Side.
• Abby (Kara Royster) is the long-lost cousin of K.C. and Ernie and the daughter of Erica Martin and Richard Martin. She is secretly a member of the Other Side who was sent to reactivate her mother's status.
• Erica (Jasmine Guy) is the sister of Kira, the estranged wife of Richard Martin, the mother of Abby, the aunt of K.C. and Ernie, and a member of the Other Side who went inactive.
• Richard (Rick Fox) is the father of Abby, the husband of Erica, and the uncle of K.C. and Ernie. He is the leader of the Other Side that has eluded the Organization.

Production

The series was first announced as a pilot in pre-production titled Super Awesome Katy in November 2013. The series was set to star Shake It Up star, Zendaya, who would play 16-year-old Katy Cooper, an outspoken and confident technology wiz and skilled black belt, who discovers that both her parents are spies who expect her to follow in their footsteps. Production on the pilot was set to begin in early 2014.^[2] On November 6, 2013, Zendaya tweeted about the pilot saying she wants to bring back the "cool Disney Channel", mentioning shows like That's So Raven, The Proud Family, and Kim Possible.^[3]

The series was released on January 1, 2015, on Watch Disney Channel and was followed by the television premiere on January 18, 2015. The first season consisted of 27 episodes.

On May 15, 2015, Disney Channel renewed the series for a second season,^[4] which premiered on March 6, 2016.

Episodes

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	27	January 18, 2015	January 24, 2016
	2	TBA	March 6, 2016	TBA

Ratings

Season	Timeslot (ET)	Episodes	First aired		Last aired		Avg. viewers (millions)
			Date	Viewers (millions)	Date	Viewers (millions)
1	Sunday 8:30 pm	27	January 18, 2015	3.51[5]	January 24, 2016	2.02[6]	2.3
2	Sunday 8:00 pm	TBA	March 6, 2016	2.08[7]	TBA	TBD	TBD

Broadcast

In Canada, the series premiered on Family Channel on January 23, 2015,^[8] and moved to Disney Channel on September 1, 2015. During the launch week of Disney Channel, the episode "Runaway Robot" aired on September 1, 2015, a week before the U.S.^[9] The series airs in French on Disney La Chaîne.^[10] The series premiered on Disney Channel in Australia and New Zealand on March 5, 2015.^[11] In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the show premiered on March 27, 2015, on Disney Channel. On Disney Channel in Southeast Asia, it premiered in Singapore on March 13, 2015, and in the Philippines on April 10, 2015.^[12] The show debuted on October 12 on the English feed of Disney XD in the Middle East and Africa.^[13]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result
2015	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Actress: Comedy	Zendaya	Nominated
2016	Kids Choice Awards	Favorite Female TV Star	Zendaya	Won

References

1. Thomas, Lakeitcha (February 26, 2016). "Fact Sheet: K.C. Undercover" (Press release). Disney Channel. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
2. "'Shake It Up' Star Zendaya to Topline Disney Channel Spy Pilot (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
3. "Zendaya on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
4. "‘K.C. Undercover’ Renewed for Season 2 at Disney Channel". TVLine. May 15, 2015. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
5. Baron, Steve (January 21, 2015). "Sunday Cable Ratings: 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' & 'UFC Fight Night' Win Night, 'Shameless', 'The Librarians', 'Total Divas', 'Girls' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
6. Metcalf, Mitch (January 26, 2016). "Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals: 1.24.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
7. Metcalf, Mitch (March 8, 2016). "Top 150 Sunday Cable Originals: 3.6.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
8. Family Channel (January 16, 2015). "Don't Miss the PREMIERE of K.C. Undercover!". YouTube. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
9. "Get Ready Canada! Disney Channel Arrives on September 1!" (Press release). Toronto: Corus Entertainment. August 11, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
10. http://www.disneylachaine.ca/emissions/agent-kc
11. "K.C. Undercover: Zendaya reveals her latest series". Foxtel Insider. Foxtel. February 26, 2015. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
12. "K.C. Undercover – Disney Channel Philippines". Disney Channel PH. April 13, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2015.
13. Germishuys, Andrew (August 31, 2015). "Disney XD Programming Highlights For October 2015". South African Movie Database. Retrieved October 3, 2015.

External links

• K.C. Undercover at the Internet Movie Database
• K.C. Undercover at Disney Channel