The star of Good Luck Charlie isn’t even 2 years old yet and she’s got plenty of fans. Her biggest admirers are her co-stars on the new Disney family sitcom, which airs its latest new episode this Saturday.

Good Luck Charlie tells the story of the Duncan family adjusting to a new arrival baby Charlotte, who is also known as Charlie. Played by Mia Talerico, Charlie is left in the care of her three older siblings when both parents decide to go back to work.

Mom Amy Duncan is a nurse and dad Bob Duncan is an exterminator who drives a truck with a giant bug sculpture on top. Bridgit Mendler plays the role of the big sister Teddy, who is making a video diary for Charlie. Kids may remember Mendler as Juliet from Disney’s hit series Wizards of Waverly Place.

Going ga ga for the baby

On a recent visit to the set of this funny new show, the kids had much praise for their diaper-wearing co-star. Mendler, who is as sweet in person as she is on TV, expressed how much fun it is to have a baby co-star.

“We did not expect Mia to be such a well-behaved baby,” she said. “She’s been just incredible. She’s really social with everybody. She wants to have a good time and play with all of us.”

According to the cast, Mia is a very capable actress.

“She just has this really innate talent,” said Jason Dolley, who plays P.J., the oldest sibling. Dolley was last seen as Newt on Corey in the House. “She’s a great television baby; an amazing, adorable, cute baby.”

Bradley Steven Perry, who plays brother Gabe, a 5th grader, is surprised by her acting skills.

“We all say she reads the script,” Perry said. “She does stuff that’s in the script that you don’t think she’ll do.”

The cast of kids say they enjoy the time they get to spend with each other both on and off the show.

“I think I’ve been really lucky to have such a great group of people on the show,” Mendler said. “We all have bonded and we feel like a family. That makes work that much more fun.”

The group tends to hang out with each other off the set, too. Says Dolley, some of their favorite activities together include bowling and go-kart racing.

“We’ve really sort of become our own family on the set,” Dolley said. He also made a prediction. “I think people will tune into this and I think families will all really enjoy watching this. I think adults will laugh, kids will laugh. There’s something in it for everyone.”

In the upcoming episode “Dance Off,” Teddy (Mendler) and Ivy (Raven Goodwin) go on a double date to the school dance with Spencer (Harper) and Emmett (Micah Williams). However, Spencer and Emmett have a dance-off that turns into a bonding moment and Teddy is ignored.

Meanwhile, Gabe (Bradley Steven Perry) tells his teacher that his parents are arguing in order to get out of homework and attempts to prove it at Open House night.

“Dance Off” premieres Sunday, May 2 @ 8:30PM ET/PT on Disney Channel.

You may know her as Juliet from Disney’s hit series Wizards of Waverly Place, but Bridgit Mendler will be front and center in the young Hollywood spotlight, as she stars in her new Disney television series called Good Luck Charlie (Premiering TONIGHT on Disney at 8:30pm). We had the opportunity to talk to Bridgit, who chatted about her new role, as well as what it’s like being in the Disney family!
Bridgit stars as Teddy in Good Luck Charlie, along side Jason Dolley who plays her brother. “It’s about this family of 5 who has another child, and the parents have to go back to work so the kids have to help out with the baby, and all sorts of chaos ensues.” Bridgit said. “It’s been really fun to do.”
Bridgit even revealed that she often relates to her character, being a teen girl. “I’ve had a lot of fun with some of Teddy’s more nerdy moments – I’m kind of a nerd myself, like in one of the episodes Teddy had to be a bad dancer which I had some fun with, got to give her some nerdy dance moves and just little stuff like that where Teddy isn’t as cool as she might seem.”
With the premiere happening tonight, Bridgit is super excited for people to see what she’s been working on. “I’m so excited! It was so surreal for me to actually become part of the Disney family, and I’ve been watching Disney channel all my life so it was just so crazy to actually become a part of it.” She confessed. “We’ve been working on the show since the end of August last year, and now things are gearing up for it to be released, and I’m so excited for everyone to actually be able to see what we’ve been working on.”
Even though Bridgit is good friends with the rest of the cast, she did say that she would love to have her real life friends join her on screen in an episode! “I’ve already had one of my really good friends guest star, so that was awesome to have her on the show. I would love to have my best friend on the show. She’s visited a couple of times, but she hasn’t actually been on it.”
“Generally we do live audience episodes and it’s really cool.” Bridgit said about filming the sitcom in front of a live studio audience. “What definitely puts me at ease is having all my lines memorized. If I don’t have my lines memorized and I go out there in front of the group of people, and I mess up, it’s kind of embarrassing. I wanna have all my lines down so I know what I’m doing in the scene, and I’m ready to go. “
Be sure to tune in to Disney tonight at 8:30pm to watch the show! Brigit also appears on the Disney Mania 7 CD, where she sings When She Loved Me. The CD is in stores now!

TORONTO, April 21 /CNW/ – Astral Media’s Family Channel proudly introduces Canadians to Good Luck Charlie – a sitcom for the whole family that revolves around what happens when a new baby joins the Duncan household and roles shift for everyone in the family. Family Channel will air two back-to-back episodes of the Disney Channel comedy series Good Luck Charlie beginning at 7 p.m. ET/PT on Friday, May 14. The regular timeslot for the series is Fridays at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

In Good Luck Charlie, the Duncan family, including teen siblings PJ and Teddy and tween brother Gabe, welcomes their newest addition, Charlie, and the many adjustments she brings to the household. Charlie’s soon sitting up, crawling, walking and running – requiring the kids to team up and help their parents, Bob and Amy, look after the cute little newcomer. In each episode Teddy creates a personalized video diary for Charlie, an older sister telling her baby sister about all the things she’ll help her learn as she grows up, including how to withstand the household and deal with friends, boys and school.

Good Luck Charlie stars Bridgit Mendler (Wizards of Waverly Place), Jason Dolley (Cory in the House), Bradley Steven Perry, Leigh-Allyn Baker (Will & Grace), Eric Allan Kramer (My Name Is Earl, The Hughleys, Robin Hood: Men in Tights) and newcomer Mia Talerico as Charlie. The creative team includes several network sitcom veterans led by series creators Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen (Suddenly Susan and What I Like About You), who also serve as executive producers with Dan Staley (Cheers, Love & Money).

In the premiere episode, Study Date, airing Friday, May 14 at 7 p.m. ET/PT, Amy is fretting as she returns to work, but Bob reassures her that they have a support system to care for Charlie. That is until Teddy is distracted by a study session with a cute classmate, PJ tries to have a jam session with his friend, Gabe acts as though his territory has been invaded and Bob takes a tumble. This debut episode is currently being previewed on Family OnDemand.

In Baby Come Back, airing Friday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. ET/PT, Teddy encourages Amy and Bob to go on a long overdue date while the kids babysit Charlie. When PJ takes Charlie to the park, he accidentally swaps strollers and babies with a cute girl.

Leading up the introduction of the Duncan family, Family presents family-themed episodes of Disney series Wizards of Waverly Place and JONAS beginning at 6 p.m. ET/PT on Friday, May 14.

Family Channel is a premium, commercial-free network offering the best in family television entertainment in 6 million homes across Canada. Dedicated to celebrating family life and providing a fun experience for all, Family airs a unique mix of series, movies and specials, with a large portion of programming supplied by Disney. Family Channel also offers Family OnDemand in select areas, a Subscription Video on Demand (SVOD) service that features hit Disney movies and series, top-rated Canadian series and Playhouse Disney programming, and Family OnLine, a broadband service offered to Bell TV subscribers. Visit us at Family.ca.

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On the premiere episode: “There’s the romance between Teddy (Bridgit Mendler) and Spencer (Shane Harper). We don’t know what’s going to happen with them but the goal is to get the first kiss. We’re all anticipating it, but if it doesn’t happen between them, you never know what could happen further down the line.”

On the pranks pulled on set: “There was one that I was not a part of. Bridgit and Bradley [Steven Perry] got one of guest cast good. They put honey on his the handle to his dressing room door. Then they put honey on the sick faucet and all over the paper towels. So everywhere he went to de-honey himself, he just ended up getting more honey.

On his favorite thing about the show: “I think it’s just the whole package of it. It’s a family show which I think people will enjoy watching with their whole family together. Even the setting on set is very much family oriented. We have two families — one off set and our new one on set. You can see on screen that we’re very family oriented and we really do feel like a real family. That’s really important to the show.”