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Fancy Nancy (known as Fancy Nancy Clancy outside the United States and English-speaking Canada) is a 2018 Disney Junior animated family comedy series based on the wildly popular, NY Times bestselling children's same name book series centered on 6-year-old Nancy, who likes to be fancy in everything from her advanced vocabulary to her creative, elaborate attire.
Cast[]
- Mia Sinclair Jenness as Nancy Clancy
- Spencer Moss as JoJo
- Alyson Hannigan as Claire Clancy
- Rob Riggle as Doug Clancy
- Dana Heath as Bree James
- Hannah Nordberg as Grace
- Ian Chen as Jonathan
- Madison Pettis as Brigitte (guest star)
- Darcy Lynne Farmer as Daisy (guest star)
- Ruby Jay as Rhonda and Wanda
- Malachi Barton as Lionel
- Geoge Wendt as Frank Clancy (known as Grandpa)
- Blake Moore as Freddy James
- Rachael Macfarlane as Madame Lucille
- Chi McBride as Gus
- John Ratzenberger as Grandpa Sid
- Fabio Tassone as Frenchy
- Abigail Zoe Lewis as Megan
- George Yionoulis as Sean
Production[]
Development[]
In 2018, Nancy Kanter -- executive vice president, content and creative strategy of Disney Channels worldwide, said that she was aware of the books existence[1], and started to pursue the rights about eight or nine years ago. But they were already optioned for a possible feature by 20th Century Fox.[2]
Eventually, since the 20th Century Fox's Fancy Nancy feature was no longer active, Disney cut a deal with HarperCollins Children's Books in 2015 to adapt Fancy Nancy, whose development started in January 2016. It was developed by a group of artists and writers that worked on other Disney Junior shows like Sheriff Callie's Wild West, Sofia the First, and Goldie & Bear. Finally, its production started ten months later in October 2016.
Two years later in 2018, Disney announced that a second season was in the works; and one year later in 2019 prior to the second season premiere, they renewed the show for a third season, production for the third season wrapped up in June 2020 and it is set to air sometime in 2021.
Animation[]
It is produced by Disney Television Animation (storyboard, character design, writing, etc), and the animation was provided by Toiion Animation Studios from the first episode to the last episode of season one; and it currently is being provided by Snowball Studios and Stellar Creative Lab.
Episodes[]
- Main article: List of Episodes
Promotion and release[]
The show's promotion started in June 2018, one month before its premiere. Disney Music released a 14-songs album, while Disney Junior uploaded to their official YouTube channel an extended version of Add a Little Fancy, a trailer, and facts about the show's crew and characters. Also, Disney Junior started a countdown and shared more facts on their official Instagram and Twitter accounts.
Finally, the first two episodes premiered on July 13, 2018 on Disney Junior, followed by five half-hour episodes aired once a week on a Friday. Six of those episodes were released as a DVD in November 2018, and the entire first season was released on Disney+ one year later.
In May 2020, Disney Music released another album counting to 17 songs, and six of them had not been aired when the album got released.
Home Media[]
Fancy Nancy: Volume 1 was released on November 20, 2020 in Region 1, and it contains the first six half-hour episodes.
Reception[]
Fancy Nancy got mixed reviews, getting 5.2 stars out of 10 on IMDb (197 votes), and 3 stars out of 5 by both kids (7 reviews) and parents (48 reviews) on Common Sense Media. While an expert of Common Sense Media gave 4 stars out of 5 and said "Books-inspired series celebrates individuality, expression."
In terms of rating, its premiere opened with 258,000 viewers and 3.4 rating among girls 2-5, becoming Disney Junior's best premiere in that target demo since Elena of Avalor in 2016, and the No. 1 telecast of the week in the demo.
Future[]
While the second season is airing, Disney is working on the third season which is set to premiere anytime in 2021.
Trivia[]
- This is the first Disney Junior show that never had title cards on screen, and they are only spoken.
References[]
- ↑ Flores, Terry. "Disney Channels’ Nancy Kanter on New Series ‘Fancy Nancy,’ Her Catering Detour and That ‘Dog Day Afternoon’ Incident." Yahoo! Entertainment. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ↑ Littleton, Cynthia. "‘Fancy Nancy’ Set to Become Disney Junior Movie, TV Series." Variety. Retrieved May 30, 2020.