Bizaardvark
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Genre | Comedy |
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Opening theme | "Let's Go Make Some Videos" performed by Olivia Rodrigo and Madison Hu[1] |
Composer(s) | Scott Clausen |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 16 (list of episodes) |
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Running time | 22–25 minutes |
Production company(s) | It's a Laugh Productions |
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Original network | Disney Channel |
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Original release | June 24, 2016 – present |
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Bizaardvark is an American comedy series starring Madison Hu, Olivia Rodrigo, Jake Paul, DeVore Ledridge, and Ethan Wacker. The series premiered on Disney Channel on June 24, 2016.
Plot
The series follows Frankie and Paige, two teenage best friends who post funny songs and comedic videos on the Internet. After hitting 10,000 subscribers on their Vuuugle channel Bizaardvark (a portmanteau of the words "bizarre" and "aardvark"[2]), they are accepted into the Vuuugle studios, where they make their videos while also having to share them with other "Vuuuglers".
Characters
Main
- Frankie Wong[3] (Madison Hu) is one star of Bizaardvark who plays the keyboard and piano.
- Paige Olvera[3] (Olivia Rodrigo) is the other star of Bizaardvark who plays the guitar. In the episode "Unboxing", it is revealed that Paige takes mixed martial arts class when she wants some alone time.
- Dirk Mann[3] (Jake Paul) is the star of Dare Me Bro, where he takes dare requests that he performs.
- Amelia Duckworth[3] (DeVore Ledridge) is the star of Perfect Perfection with Amelia who details about fashion.
- Bernard "Bernie" Schotz[3] (Ethan Wacker) is a friend of Frankie and Paige who becomes their agent.
Recurring
- Liam (Johnathan McClain) is the son of Vuuugle's creator who speaks to the Vuuuglers through a robotic TV screen.
- Angelo (Jimmy Fowlie) is Amelia's personal assistant who doesn't talk much, especially when Amelia tends to cut him off in his responses. In the episode "Pretty Con," it is revealed by Amelia that Angelo resigned from working for Amelia in order to finish med school and work in doctor-less countries.
Episodes
- Jake Paul is absent for three episodes.
- DeVore Ledridge is absent for two episodes.
- Ethan Wacker is absent for one episode.
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [4][5] | Prod. code [4][6] | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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1 | "First!" | David Kendall | Kyle Stegina & Josh Lehrman | June 24, 2016 | 101 | 2.41[7] |
Best friends Paige and Frankie, who have an online channel titled Bizaardvark, hit 10,000 subscribers and get accepted into the Vuuugle studios, a place for other Internet stars. Their friend, Bernie, tags along and tries to convince the girls to let him represent them. The girls meet Dirk, from DareMeBro, a series in which he takes dare requests. Dirk asks the girls if they want some of his cake. Frankie smashes the cake, thinking it is a cake smash dare, but Dirk tells them it was a birthday cake. The girls leave and meet Amelia, from Perfect Perfection with Amelia, a series about fashion. Amelia is stressed because her video will not upload to the Internet. Paige tells her she knows a trick to fix it, and in the process of doing such, she deletes Amelia's video. This leads the whole room to shun the girls. Later, the girls meet Liam, the son of the creator of Vuuugle, who asks them about their channel. Frankie and Paige say the channel was named by thinking of random words and combining them: "bizarre" and "aardvark". They also tell him about their video idea for the upcoming VidView party, and he tells them he does not get it, leading Paige and Frankie to believe they are too weird. They try to change their video, but they get stuck thinking everything they do is too weird. Upset, the girls leave the studio, deciding to quit with Bizaardvark. When Bernie reminds them of their fans, they remember why they make their videos and they resume their original video idea, "The Comeback Song". They show their video at the VidView party and receive praise from Dirk and Amelia who forgave them for what happened. The girls decide to let Bernie be their manager. Guest stars: Johnathan McClain as Liam, Joshua Carlon as Theo, Jimmy Fowlie as Angelo, Sean Lew as Robbie | ||||||
2 | "Draw My Life" | David Kendall | Michael Curtis & Roger S.H. Schulman | July 10, 2016 | 102 | 1.19[8] |
Frankie and Paige are chosen to do a "Draw My Life", in which they create an animated story of their lives. When the girls realize they have nothing interesting to write about, they take up various new hobbies to create compelling stories. Dirk is dared to leap over a pond of snapping turtles, but declines due to a childhood fear of the animals. Bernie makes various attempts to help Dirk overcome his fear. Guest star: Jimmy Fowlie as Angelo | ||||||
3 | "Frankie Has a Hater" | Savage Steve Holland | Eric Friedman | July 17, 2016 | 105 | 1.07[9] |
Frankie becomes obsessed with locating the person who wrote a negative online comment about her, claiming that she is not funny. Paige tries unsuccessfully to convince Frankie not to worry about the comment. When Amelia discovers that she has been criticized for not being a good role model, she goes undercover at Paige and Frankie's school to learn about science so she can improve her image. Amelia discovers that the girls in the science club all watch her online series, and becomes convinced that she already is a good role model. After interrogating a classmate named Leon, Paige and Frankie discover that the negative comment came from a little girl who was merely complaining on the Internet using her older brother's laptop without any intention of insulting Frankie. Guest stars: Deborah Baker Jr. as Marge the Barista, Veronica McFarlane as Celeste, Jimmy Fowlie as Angelo, Joe Matthews as Leon, Zachary Conneen as Jeff Casoli, Tessa Espinola as Eva | ||||||
4 | "Superfan" | David Kendall | Heather Flanders | July 24, 2016 | 103 | 1.41[10] |
Bernie arranges for Paige and Frankie to perform songs live at a club on two consecutive nights. Paige and Frankie meet an obsessive fan of theirs named Belissa, who becomes an annoyance and eventually disrupts their performance. Bernie convinces the manager not to cancel the girls' second night at the club. Bernie wants to impress his critical grandmother and receives advice from Dirk. At the club, Bernie pretends that Amelia is his girlfriend to impress his grandmother. Amelia learns of Bernie's plan and agrees to go along with it. On the second night at the club, Bernie ends the fake relationship after being forced by Amelia to dress in tight clothing. Bernie's grandmother informs him that she knew the relationship was fake the entire time, but that she is proud of him. Guest stars: Maya Jade Frank as Belissa, Ellen Ratner as Grandma, Jimmy Fowlie as Angelo, Philip AJ Smithey as Booker | ||||||
5 | "The Collab" | Savage Steve Holland | Kyle Stegina & Josh Lehrman | July 31, 2016 | 106 | 1.04[11] |
According to Liam, those who have a million subscribers like JiffPom can get more studio time at Vuuugle. In order to raise their subscribers for Bizaardvark, Paige and Frankie plan to collaborate with the other Vuuuglers. They end up working with Victor of "Prank Town" because nobody else wanted to collaborate with the "newbies." What Paige and Frankie don't know is that Victor was secretly known for ruining the other Internet stars that used to work for Vuuugle. Meanwhile, Dirk and Amelia do their video collaboration. Guest stars: Calum Worthy as Victor, Johnathan McClain as Liam, Nick Galarza as Teddy, Sanai Victoria as Girl, Mark Bloom as Guy Special appearance by: JiffPom | ||||||
6 | "Unboxing" | David Kendall | Tim Brenner | August 7, 2016 | 104 | 1.74[12] |
Frankie, Paige, Amelia, and Bernie discover that Dirk has been moonlighting as the unseen Princess Unboxer at Vuuugle. When in the truth circle, Paige admits that she takes mixed martial arts as part of her alone time as Frankie tries to join her in it. While learning of Amelia having made a lot of money, Dirk and Bernie try to impress her through various things. Guest stars: Kevin A. Makely as Sensei, Albert Malafronte as Mayor Rollercoaster | ||||||
7 | "The First Law of Dirk" | David Kendall | Kyle Stegina & Josh Lehrman | August 14, 2016 | 108 | 1.53[13] |
Following Dirk's latest dare, Paige gets worried about his safety and finds that he is good at physics where she brings him to Ms. Tyson's physics class. This leads Dirk to work on perfecting his dares even when his brother Kirk shows up. Meanwhile, Frankie and Bernie try to get Liam to give Bernie an official office much different from the makeshift one that involves also having to keep Vuuugle's servers from overheating so that Bernie can meet with a TV network owner. Guest stars: Logan Paul as Kirk, Johnathan McClain as Liam, Devika Parikh as Ms. Tyson, Jonathan Runyon as TV Guy/Earl Squirrelson Absent: DeVore Ledridge as Amelia Duckworth | ||||||
8 | "Best Friend Tag" | Savage Steve Holland | Tracy Bitterolf & Miranda Russo | September 11, 2016 | 107 | 1.21[14] |
Paige and Frankie are suspicious about Amelia having an actual best friend named Becky who she claims travels the world. So Paige and Frankie invite Amelia over for a sleepover where Amelia's antics annoy Paige and Frankie. Meanwhile, a dare involving a bowling ball return causes Dirk and Bernie to accidentally destroy the robotic monitor that Liam speaks through as they work to dispose of it before someone finds out that they "killed" Liam. Guest stars: Johnathan McClain as Liam, Bryana Salaz as Becky, Jeremy Briggs as Rug Doug | ||||||
9 | "Bernie's in Charge" | David Kendall | Eric Friedman | September 18, 2016 | 109 | 1.04[15] |
Liam suspends Paige and Frankie from Vuuugle's studio for two weeks when he finds out that they plan to have pyrotechnics in their latest video. Bernie convinces Liam to take a vacation and leave him in charge. While Liam is away, Bernie actually listens to the other Vuuugler's issues which Liam never deals with. Meanwhile, Amelia enlists Marge to help her with Gliiink, a one second video app. Guest stars: Johnathan McClain as Liam, Deborah Baker Jr. as Marge the Barista, Danny Woodburn as Pyro Steve Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann | ||||||
10 | "Pretty Con" | David Kendall | Michael Curtis & Roger S.H. Schulman | September 25, 2016 | 110 | 1.20[16] |
The beauty convention Pretty Con has come to Vuuugle and is being hosted by Meredith Foster. Due to Angelo resigning in order to finish med school and work in doctor-less countries, Paige and Frankie work with Amelia in exchange for showing the latest Bizaardvark video if she wins. Amelia ends up in a competition with a nine-year-old beauty guru named Didi. Meanwhile, Bernie goes through the initiations in order to attend Dirk's Dude Con. Guest stars: Meredith Foster as herself, Mckenna Grace as Didi, Cleo Berry as Sweaty Phil, David Light as Judge, Gregory Ballora as Bad Hair Puppeteer | ||||||
11 | "Puff & Frankie" | Jon Rosenbaum | Tim Brenner | October 2, 2016 | 112 | 1.28[17] |
Bernie is still trying to get some other Vuuuglers to let him be his agent with no success. At the suggestion of Paige and Frankie, Bernie starts to meet with different Internet animal stars until he manages to land some cats and does some cat-themed videos mixed with some Bizaardvark songs which lands him on a spot for Britt Pickle's upcoming series at Vuuugle. Meanwhile, Belissa returns where she is interning at Vuuugle as Amelia tries to get Belissa to subscribe to Amelia's page. Guest stars: Maya Jade Frank as Belissa, Shakira Barrera as Britt Pickles Special appearance by: Grumpy Cat Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann | ||||||
12 | "Halloweenvark" | David Kendall | Eric Friedman | October 7, 2016 | 116 | 1.92[18] |
On Halloween, Liam is asking Paige, Frankie, Dirk, Amelia, and Bernie for a Halloween video idea to post on Bizaardvark's main page. Each one does their Halloween video pitch:
After the stories are pitched, Liam ends up going with the Halloween video that Horseface Guy just posted of him in a skeleton costume. In the final scene, Bernie tells his story after being disappointed with dying in each one. While claiming in the story that is invincible, he is zapped by Liam in the story who then quotes to the viewers "Happy Halloween!" Guest star: Johnathan McClain as Liam | ||||||
13 | "Spoiler Alert: Belissa Returns" | Linda Mendoza | Heather Flanders | October 23, 2016 | 111 | 0.86[19] |
When Paige and Frankie have a hard time trying to write a song for Bizaardvark, Frankie accidentally wishes for bad things to happen to them. Still interning at Vuuugle, Belissa overhears this and "helps" them out where she steals Paige's phone, drops water on Paige's electric guitar and on Frankie's keyboard, tries to drop a studio light on Frankie, and later frames the girls for breaking inside the mayor's house. Meanwhile, Dirk and Amelia try to find Dirk's lucky bandage after it went missing when Amelia did an ambush reorganizing in Dirk's area. Guest stars: Maya Jade Frank as Belissa, Devika Parikh as Ms. Tyson, Dan Oster as Reporter/Cop Absent: Ethan Wacker as Bernard "Bernie" Schotz | ||||||
14 | "Bizaardvark vs. Vicki 'Hot Head' Fuego" | Robbie Countryman | Tracy Bitterolf & Miranda Russo | November 6, 2016 | 114 | 1.29[20] |
Inspired by Amelia's fake feud with JoJo Siwa and the feud between Horseface Guy and Bagpipe Ninja, Paige and Frankie start a fake feud with Internet MMA fighter Vicki "Hot Head" Fuego which soon starts to turn into an actual feud within the ring that results in them asking Paige's sensei to help them train for the fight. Meanwhile, Bernie works for Amelia when he is unable to pay back the $500.00 he loaned to her and tries to make money from the upcoming live feuds at Vuuugle. Guest stars: JoJo Siwa as herself, Kevin Makely as Sensei, Ciara Wilson as Vicki "Hot Head" Fuego Absent: Jake Paul as Dirk Mann | ||||||
15 | "Moosetashio: A Cautionary Tale" | Sean Mulcahy | Kyle Stegina & Josh Lehrman | November 13, 2016 | 115 | 1.17[21] |
Guest stars: Ellen Ratner as Grandma, O'Neill Monahan as Milo, Katya Lidsky as Mommy Blogger Absent: DeVore Ledridge as Amelia Duckworth | ||||||
16 | "Control (Plus) Alt (Plus) Escape!" | Jon Rosenbaum | Eric Friedman | November 27, 2016 | 121 | 0.97[22] |
Guest stars: Eva Gutowski as herself, Annalisa Cochrane as Dare-Me-Girl, Elijah Nelson as Hugh | ||||||
17 | "Agh, Humbug"[23] | TBA | TBA | December 11, 2016 | 120 | TBD |
Ratings
Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired | Avg. viewers (millions) | ||
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Date | Viewers (millions) |
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1 | 16 | June 24, 2016 | 2.41[7] | TBA | TBD | 1.33 |
Production
The series was created by Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman, who were discovered by the inaugural Disney Channel Storytellers program which is designed to develop the next generation of writers and series creators for Disney's children and family programming. They serve as the series' co-executive producers. Eric Friedman serves as the executive producer and its showrunner. Marc Warren, who previously supervised Disney Channel Storytellers, was the executive producer on the pilot. The series started shooting in early 2016.[24]
Broadcast
The series premiered in both the United States and Canada following the premiere of Adventures in Babysitting on Disney Channel and Disney Channel Canada, respectively, on June 24, 2016.[25][26]
References
- ↑ Disney Channel (June 18, 2016). Main Title | Bizaardvark. YouTube. Retrieved June 19, 2016.
- ↑ "First!". Bizaardvark. Episode 1. June 24, 2016. Disney Channel.
Frankie: Okay, we need a name for our channel. Paige: Let's just go through the alphabet. "A", aardvark. Frankie: "B", bizarre. Both: Bizaardvark!
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lakeitcha Thomas (April 26, 2016). "Bizaardvark Fact Sheet". Disney ABC Press. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
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- 1 2 Mitch Metcalf (June 27, 2016). "Top 150 Friday Cable Originals: 6.24.2016". Showbuzz Daily. Retrieved June 27, 2016.
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