Wizards of Waverly Place
American fantasy teen sitcom
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| March 31 2025 | Series is renewed for a second season. |
| March 2025 | The series was renewed for a second season by Disney Channel, indicating its initial success and continued popularity. |
| February 28 2025 | Episodes 10-21 were released on Disney+ platform, with episode 21 premiering before its televised broadcast. |
| February 15 2025 | Nominated for Excellence in Production Design for a Multi-Camera Series at the Art Directors Guild Awards by Kelly Hogan for episodes 'Saved by the Spell' and 'Something Wizard this Way Comes'. |
| February 15 2025 | Nominated for Best Makeup in Children and Teen Programming at the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards by Melissa Sandora, Sarah Benjamin Hall, and Koji Ohmura. |
| 2024 | The trailer for Wizards Beyond Waverly Place went viral, accumulating 69 million viewers across social media platforms in 10 days and becoming Disney Channel's most-watched comedy series trailer of all time. |
| October 30 2024 | The first nine episodes of the series were made available for streaming on Disney+, with episodes 3-9 released prior to their televised broadcasts. |
| October 29 2024 | Wizards Beyond Waverly Place premiered on Disney. |
| May 2024 | The official title was announced as 'Wizards Beyond Waverly Place'. |
| March 2024 | The Wizards sequel pilot received a full series order. |
| March 22 2024 | Disney Channel orders the pilot to series, with production to begin in Los Angeles in April. |
| February 1 2024 | Pilot episode is filmed, with Selena Gomez guest starring and reprising her role as Alex Russo. |
| January 2024 | Disney Branded Television ordered a pilot for a sequel series starring David Henrie and featuring Selena Gomez as a guest star, with a storyline about a young wizard named Billie seeking training from Justin Russo. |
| January 18 2024 | Disney orders a pilot for the Wizards of Waverly Place sequel series, with Jed Elinoff and Scott Thomas writing the pilot episode, and Andy Fickman directing. |
| March 2023 | Peter Murrieta confirmed that the character Stevie Nichols was originally intended to be Alex's girlfriend, but Disney did not approve the storyline. |
| February 6 2023 | The Wizards of Waverly Pod podcast officially premiered, produced by The Podcast Company, with hosts Jennifer Stone and David DeLuise beginning their rewatch of the original series. |
| December 2022 | Jennifer Stone and David DeLuise announced the creation of the Wizards of Waverly Pod podcast, a rewatch series for the Disney Channel show Wizards of Waverly Place. |
| August 2020 | David Henrie commented that all key actors were open to producing a revival of the series, suggesting a potential storyline about a disconnected Russo family finding success separately. |
| 2019 | Disney Channel in Southeast Asia produced a Malaysian adaptation of Wizards of Waverly Place called 'Wizards of Warna Walk', filmed at Pinewood Studios in Johor over two months. The series ran for 14 episodes and was set in Kuala Lumpur, using local actors, Malaysian language, and Asian values. |
| December 2019 | Billie Eilish and Finneas acknowledged a connection between Eilish's 'Bad Guy' and Gomez's 'Everything Is Not What It Seems' in a Rolling Stone interview. |
| 2017 | Greenwald expressed interest in continuing Wizards of Waverly Place with a potential high-budget feature film and proposed a prequel series focusing on Jerry's WizTech high school years. |
| 2013 | Disney Classics CD box set included the soundtrack with the track title 'Everything Is Not as It Seems'. |
| March 15 2013 | 'The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex' television special premiered, depicting the Russo family traveling to Tuscany, Italy. The special featured the original cast and involved Alex accidentally creating good and evil versions of herself. The broadcast was watched by 5.9 million viewers. |
| 2012 | Television series concludes after five seasons |
| 2012 | Wizards of Waverly Place wins Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children's Program |
| 2012 | The show won another Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program and an Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Children's Series Programming. |
| September 2012 | An hour-long television special 'The Wizards Return: Alex vs. Alex' was reported to be in production, with Selena Gomez serving as an executive producer. |
| January 6 2012 | The series finale aired, depicting the Russo family's wizard competition and concluding the show's run. |
| January 6 2012 | The series concluded its original run to allow Selena Gomez to pursue more mature roles, with its finale being the most-watched final episode of any Disney Channel series. |
| 2011 | Selena Gomez wins Imagen Awards for Best Young Actress – Television |
| 2011 | Maria Canals-Barrera wins ALMA Award for Favorite TV Actress – Supporting Role |
| April 19 2011 | Joely Fisher and James Urbaniak appear as Meg and Rob Robinson in the episode 'Alex the Puppetmaster' |
| April 18 2011 | Tim Conway appears as Cragmont in the episode 'Justin's Back In' |
| April 12 2011 | Valente Rodriguez guest stars as Bob 'Muy Macho' in the episode 'Magic Unmasked' |
| April 10 2011 | Jackie Evancho appears as Choir Girl in the episode 'Back to Max' |
| April 9 2011 | China Anne McClain appears as Tina in the episode 'Wizards vs. Angels' |
| April 5 2011 | Bailee Madison appears as Maxine Russo, and Shane Harper appears as Fidel in 'Three Maxes and a Little Lady' |
| 2010 | Received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program. |
| 2010 | British Academy Children's Awards: Wizards of Waverly Place wins BAFTA Kids' Vote: Television |
| 2010 | Selena Gomez wins Gracie Award for Outstanding Female Rising Star in a Comedy Series |
| November 2010 | Disney Interactive Studios released the second video game 'Wizards of Waverly Place: Spellbound' for the Nintendo DS. |
| July 2010 | Selena Gomez announced that the fourth season would be the final season of the program. |
| June 2010 | Disney Channel ordered a second television film, initially scheduled to enter production in 2011, but was later canceled due to the cast's maturing careers. |
| June 2010 | The fourth season of Wizards of Waverly Place was officially ordered, with Vince Cheung and Ben Montanio becoming new showrunners and executive producers. |
| April 2010 | Creator and writer Julio Murrieta left the program at the conclusion of the third season, citing he was not invited back as showrunner for the fourth season due to creative differences. |
| March 26 2010 | Laura Ashley Samuels appeared as Sara in the episode 'Moving On'. |
| March 25 2010 | Wilmer Valderrama guest stars as Uncle Ernesto in the episode 'Uncle Ernesto' |
| March 23 2010 | Kate Flannery and Scot Robinson appear in the episode 'Wizards vs. Finkles' |
| March 22 2010 | John O'Hurley guest stars as Captain Jim Sherwood in the episode 'Captain Jim Bob Sherwood' |
| March 19 2010 | Bella Thorne appeared as Nancy Lukey in the episode 'Max's Secret Girlfriend'. |
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