As the Bell Rings | |
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Starring |
Demi Lovato (season 1) Lindsey Black (season 2) Tony Oller Carlson Young Gabriella Rodriguez Collin Cole Seth Ginsberg |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 36 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Running time | 4 minutes |
Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
Release | |
Original network | Disney Channel |
Original release | August 26, 2007 – April 19, 2009 |
As the Bell Rings (a play on the soap opera As the World Turns) is a Disney Channel short show based on the Disney Channel Italy series Quelli dell'intervallo. The format was a selection of short live-action comedy sequences. The American version of As the Bell Rings also aired on the Dutch Disney Channel, as well as the Latin American one. The show ended after the second season.
The American version features roles by actors Demi Lovato (only in season one), Tony Oller, Seth Ginsberg, Carlson Young, Gabriela Rodriguez and Collin Cole, and finally Lindsey Black (only in season two). The first season with 15 episodes began airing on August 26, 2007 at 8:25 and 8:55 p.m. (ET/PT).
"Shadow", by Demi Lovato and Tony Oller was performed in Season 1. "Could You Be the One", "Here I Go" and "All You Gotta Do", by Tony Oller, was performed in Season 2.
Abby West of Entertainment Weekly was mostly unenthusiastic about As the Bell Rings, giving it a grade of "B−" and writing, "It’s no Saved by the Bell" and described the shorts as "harmless, if often barely humorous".