Austin & Ally is an American teen sitcom that first aired on Disney Channel on December 2, 2011. The series was created by Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert, the writers and producers of the Disney Channel sitcoms Sonny with a Chance and Jonas.
Ally Dawson (Laura Marano), a shy songwriter, works at Sonic Boom, a music store owned by her father, Lester, located at the Mall of Miami. Austin Moon (Ross Lynch), an aspiring singer, interrupts Ally while she is in her practice room, singing a rough cut of "Double Take". Unbeknownst to Ally, Austin and his best friend, Dez (Calum Worthy), accidentally use the song thinking Austin wrote it himself, create a video, and post it on the Internet, after which Austin becomes an Internet sensation. After performing the song on "The Helen Show", Helen suggests that Austin returns and performs another original song. Austin isn't good at song-writing, and the only solution he can think of is to plead with Ally to write another song for him. Ally initially denies in anger, but later agrees to help him. The two bond while working on their next song, "Break Down the Walls", and Austin asks Ally to be there when he performs it. However, when the pianist gets sick, Ally has to fill in. This was all part of Austin's plan to help Ally overcome her stage fright, but it only ends in disaster. However, Austin and Ally become partners, along with Dez as video director, and Ally's best friend, Trish (Raini Rodriguez), as Austin's manager.
It has been one month since Austin's latest song was released; he becomes worried that his career will end and people will forget who he is. Because of this, people are starting to think that Austin is the dog food guy since he looks a lot like the dog food guy in the dog food commercial. Under pressure, Ally scribbles down song lyrics to Austin's new song in illegible handwriting, prompting Trish and Dez to start gathering random props for the music video, such as a kangaroo, which they think correspond to her lyrics. The group quickly works together to resolve the mix-up and Austin performs a new song written by Ally, which successfully regains his fame.