Sonny with a Chance is an American television show.
Disney Channel ( originally called The Disney Channel from 1983 to 1997 and commonly shortened to Disney from 1997 to 2002 ) is an American basic cable and satellite television network that serves as the flagship property of owner Disney Channels Television Group , itself a unit of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company . A situation comedy , or sitcom , is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode . Sitcoms originated in radio , but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms . Sonny with a Chance is an American sitcom created by Steve Marmel which aired for two seasons on Disney Channel from February 8 , 2009 to January 2 , 2011 .