A blog about television by TIME’s TV critic James Poniewozik.

Corporate Press Release Theater: HSM (Kind of) Returning

Disney today announced plans for High School Musical 4—a TV movie again this time, not a movie-movie like HSM3, and with a new cast: 

DISNEY'S “HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 4” SET TO DEBUT AS A DISNEY CHANNEL ORIGINAL MOVIE IN 2010

 

East meets West in a classic love triangle set against the cross-town school rivalry between the East High Wildcats and West High Knights, in “High School Musical 4,” the fourth story in the celebrated franchise that became a cultural sensation, fueled unprecedented digital music downloads and underscored the strength of Disney Channel and Radio Disney's connection to kids, tweens and families.

 

“High School Musical 4” brings the franchise back to television in a music and dance-filled Disney Channel Original Movie that will introduce a new cast of characters. It is scheduled to begin production later this year for premiere on Disney Channel in 2010. 

Personally, I'm more interested in Ryan Murphy's Glee, upcoming on Fox (I've seen a preview trailer which looks exciting but unfortunately it's not yet public), which looks like High School Musical by way of Election. But I'm not a 10 year old girl. Except when one of my alters takes over.

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    When will Disney stop pretending that their channel is for families? No adult I know will sit and watch anything on the Disney Channel with their kids. There are fewer and fewer channels that are really family-oriented anymore, especially now that Animal Planet has moved into Whale Wars territory.

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    [...] all comes on the heals of the slightly less exciting news that High School Musical will return for a fourth (original cast-less) outing.  Don’t get me wrong, I love Kenny Ortega, and the awesome so-bad-its-good-ness that is the [...]

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